~places: zenith~

Talk of Dyluck's city

I called this Enix for a while because that name, when they put out the game Star Ocean, it made me think of this area. I didn't play the game- I just got inspired by the names. But, Enix doesn't work, I just knew I wanted something like it. I thought about what this city stood for and ...Apex came up but... that wasn't right either. Then I thought: Zenith. It sounded good and it meant exactly what I wanted: Vertex, point, top, cusp, far out, crest, climax, crown of the world, climatic, peak, pinnacle, upmost, culmination, perfection, beginning, limit, finale, masimum, end, depth, edge, boarder, boundry, rim, verdge, ultimate, height, adversity, crest, rise, prominence, etc...

Zenith is directly "under" OneLand's "fixed" star (Polaris) It is also in that bay that's called The Crest: steep cliffs that form a crescent shape around an island in the ocean. (and the crescent is Dyluck's symbol) It's known as "star" island or "mirror star" before he builds there. It's an idealistic city that's main purpose is to fuel it's university and band of knights and it's built like the tower of babble. It has five docks and a great wall all the way around it.

Zenith
One entry found for zenith.
Main Entry: ze·nith
Pronunciation: 'zE-n&th, Canadian also and Britain usually 'ze-n&th, -nith
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English cenyth, senyth, from Middle French cenit, from Medieval Latin, from Old Spanish zenit, modification of Arabic samt (al-ra's) way (over one's head)
1 : the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the nadir and vertically above the observer -- see AZIMUTH illustration
2 : the highest point reached in the heavens by a celestial body
3 : culminating point : ACME <at the zenith of his powers -- John Buchan>

Apex
One entry found for apex.
Main Entry: apex
Pronunciation: 'A-"peks
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural apex·es or api·ces /'A-p&-"sEz, 'a-/
Etymology: Latin
1 a : the uppermost point : VERTEX <the apex of a mountain> b : the narrowed or pointed end : TIP <the apex of the tongue>
2 : the highest or culminating point <the apex of his career>
synonym see SUMMIT