CivcraftImport:Cities/gondolin

Gondolin, the Hidden City of Stone, is a small libertarian city-state in the -,- quadrant, now unoccupied and preserved as a historical landmark. Its location was discovered by WildWeazel, who founded and built it along with berge403. Gondolin is built in a long system of ravines and mineshafts in a vanilla region, making it entirely self-sufficient. Its few, trusted residents took it upon themselves to promote goodwill and free trade throughout Civcraftia. For the first several months while the city was occupied, it was kept strictly secret to residents and state guests.

The city is the official but inactive capital of the Kingdom of Gondolin, a federation of territories under the authority of the monarchy. Territories are mostly self-governing, but defer to Gondolin in matters of defense and foreign relations.

Gondolin is named after the hidden Elven city in The Silmarillion, and so the city contains many Middle-earth themed features and references. These include monuments to the Two Trees and Two Lamps, pillars for the Twelve Houses of Gondolin, and various Tolkien quotes.