Marana

The city of Marana is the capital of the Taran Empire and before that was under the name Ceriadis the capital of the Empire of the same name.

Old Ceriadis
The foundation of the city of Ceriadis and the beginning of the Union between Derial, Erelas, Larein and Jerim marked also the beginning of a new time. With the foundation of Ceriadis the Ceridians began a new calendar. The old city of Ceriadis was thoroughly planned and became the most advanced city of its time. Especially the sophisticated sanitary system made the city a marvel of its time. The city was governed by a senate, which was put in place by the Dadar who resided on the Sun Hill. As the Empire grew the population of Ceriadis also grew immensely and soon the planning couldn't handle the growing population and so the canalisation was limited to the old quarters of Ceriadis. During the Second Dynasty or Interregnum the neighboring city of Jerim was burned down by the invading Adilan. After the Ceriadians reconquered their Capital they didn't rebuild Jerim, but instead expanded Ceriadis again.

Marana
By the time Ceriadis was conquered by the Taran, the city was already the biggest in the world. During the Taran rule the city was renamed Marana and got another population influx. In 1400 the city consisted of six quarters. The Old-Quarter which was planned and build following the Ceriadian Union, the Old Harbor, the Palaces on the Sunhill, the Mercantile Quarter and the New Harbor, the Poor Quarters on the hills in the south of the city and the Taran Quarter.