Location from Cradle by Will Wight
The capital of the Blackflame Empire — built on the remains of an ancient dragon and powered by the aura that still leaks from its bones.
Serpent's Grave is a city that literally grew on a corpse. The dragon's remains generate concentrated vital aura that makes the capital the best cycling location in the empire, which is why the imperial palace sits inside the creature's skull. The city hums with sacred arts commerce — soulsmith workshops, training academies, remnant auctions, and technique merchants line the inner rings. The atmosphere shifts between busy commercial energy during the day and an eerie aura-tinged quiet at night, when the old bones seem to glow and the destruction-aspect aura rising from them makes the air taste metallic.
A sprawling walled city built around and over the fossilized skeleton of an enormous dragon-type sacred beast. The beast's ribcage forms natural arches over the central district, and its skull houses the imperial palace. Streets radiate outward from the skeleton in concentric rings. The aura is richer here than anywhere else in the empire, tinged with fire and destruction aspects from the ancient remains.
Also known as: Serpent's Grave, the capital