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Good morning #Septopolis. If you're using this to build something and haven't picked one yet, take today and ponder it (I did this last year in fact!). Then, tell us about how it got this name. It could be serious and directly from in-world or it could be a silly in-joke amongst your friends.

This would be a simple answer for the month if I was only doing GC as a whole, but I think I want to also ponder why the focus districts are what they are. But first: GC. Galas Castoll was kind of a vibes-pondered name back in 2021-ish(?) meant to loosely mean “Great Castle.”

This was likely not the original name of the first settlements that became it, but one that was born out of it gradually consuming neighboring smaller settlements into a larger, reinforced amalgamation. Because yeah, it kind of became something frighteningly great.

Ashbury Heights: this is the name of one of my favorite music groups and I wanted to make a nod to them because it’s also got that perfect kind of neighborhood/subdivision kind of name. In universe, it’s probably named after Some Guy/Gal/Pal with the surname Ashbury.

Like... literally mirrors spread throughout the district? Magical mirrors? 👀

Nope! In this case it's themed off of a set of buildings in the major city I grew up near and therefore more mundane in nature. There *may* be a heat issue that I have to address if there are a lot of buildings made of this plate glass, but that's where it might turn into a mix of building types.

Galas Agrati: like GC itself, GA is another vibes-y kind of name that I wanted to reflect its importance. The port is what MADE GC a megaNYC on steroids and loosely means “Great Port Marketplace.” Colloquially, it gets called “the Agra.”

Holy shit PPG jumpscare, I love it These all sound great and very linguistically cohesive, considering they're vibe picks!

🙂‍↕️ Your jumpscare has reminded me that it would be a sin if I did not include a building of this style in Yinzburgh somewhere. Perhaps either an HQ of a GC-based company *or* the original inspo for the freak (positive) that decided to overhaul Miralleda.

Fantastic names. Loving that Galas Agrati has a colloquial alias.

Thank you! "The Agra" actually came first as far as naming. It's mentioned in a discussion as a point of reference and it flowed nicely in the moment. Just didn't sound powerful enough as a government name.