Posted. Trumpet Mecca is now Nouvelle which is a nod to Nouvelle Chanson, a French music genre. :D

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So what is Nouvelle like?

Well it is definitely going to be a lot like Lumiose City so imagine a pretty big cityscape stylized in that French theme. On the edge of the city's official buildings are tent and shack communities, especially along the main roads to get in. Luckily for the tourists, the city guard patrols the roads on foot or mounted on Pontya or Rapidash mounts. Once you get in town, expect the stretch of the main roads to house many shops, bakeries, cafes, taverns, and inns. The city is considered very progressive in its culture and social activity but the notion of just sitting around in public business like that can seem quite taboo to outsiders. Head off the main streets in any direction and the number of those business drops and instead you see more urban parks and maybe a church or two. You might even find a school or two, if you are in an aristocratic part of town. 

The city is at a slight incline leading to the center. At the center the slope increases quite a bit to form a towering hill and that is Cheviot Hill. On the summit is Cheviot Hold, and the entire hill is walled off. Cheviot Hold is a massive structure with many unique features of architecture. For one just look at the buildings shape overhead, it is shaped like a quarter note with the stem being the main hold and the round portion being the Grand Hall, the place where only the finest performances happen. The area surrounding the Hold but still inside the walls, are a beautiful greenscape with lots of landscaping and gardens. 

For the fine arts (the theme of the town), the circus camps outside the city offer performances ranging in all sorts of things from normal to strange. The edge of town offers the less refined services but they remain cheap. Struggling performers dance or play their hand-me-down instruments looking for appreciation and coin. Some taverns pay for bards or performers but don't pay them very much. Deeper into the city, cafes pay for good musicians, soloists up to small bands, and host artisans for their writing and art. Near the center, concert halls hold large audiences for their orchestras and plays to be performed in front of the more affluent of the city. The shopping near the center is more refined, too, and everything costs a premium but not inflated as the Cheviots monitor the economy of the city well. 

And if you aren't a fan of music, this city is not for you. Music can be heard at most hours of the day from just about anywhere.

The city has a good guard, utilizing strong fighting Pokemon like Machoke to bolster the numbers, and they keep most of the city orderly. Most crime happens on the edge of town and beyond, but overall the Cheviots do a good job at policing.

Speaking of Pokemon, you'll all sorts of Pokemon within Nouvelle but a common theme in the aristocratic are more graceful types, like Fairy types. The edge of town and Circus districts often have a wide range, and you'll find a great number of shiny Pokemon in circus communities because of their oddity. 

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I hope I'm not waaay out there with the idea of this city. It isn't Medieval per say, but instead more Renaissance.