Pivuku

Pivuku is a small city and capital of Taizi. Although it has only around 13,000 inhabitants, its strategic importance as the homeland of the Ebesnata lineage has made it an Imperial center of power since the fall of the Omban Empire in 338 IE. It is a city designed in the low, rectangular grey stone typical of the northern coastal cities, leading to the Imperial palace and estate on a hill overlooking the Ujon River, the sea, and then across the river to Khutu. During the Khutu-Taizian wars and other times of tension, the capital has moved from Pivuku to Sufumardo to the south, but has always returned here upon the restoration of peace. It is a deeply conservative place where obedience to Imperial (Ebesnata) decorum and the nobility are strongly enforced.