Talk:Karnaca/@comment-1500935-20181022143116

I'm making this a second post because I realize it's damn big to read in addition to my original post below.

In interviews before D2's release, the developers (mainly Smith and Mitton) explained they created Karnaca's layout by imagining how the city could have evolved over two centuries. The thing though is that they only talked about some of the city's changes over its last 50 years. I'm imagining here what the rest of that history may be, in chronological order and based on what we currently know.


 * Campo Seta could be where the original city of Karnaca started, with the Dukes' old palace (Campo as in a military camp) housing the military force of Serkonos. Later, Luca demolished that old utilitarian fortress to make a leisure palace instead, similarly to how castle building was abandoned in favor of palaces during the Renaissance.
 * Another hypothesis, the city first built its economy on wood craftsmanship and export. Campo Seta (as in a field) could be where Karnaca started as a lumberjack village at the edge of an umberwood forest, now disappeared among modern Karnaca (hence the decrees to protect the remaining trees). The shipyards and sawmills (Bandera), came along and stayed on that location despite the city's expansion. In constrast, Dunwall started as a fishing town on a river opening on the sea and going further inland. Karnaca only had the forest and bay as natural resources before the Grand Canal was built.
 * In both cases, I believe Campo Seta is the "old town" part of Karnaca.
 * Clemente Landing started as a village, seperated from Karnaca and built by the immigrated Morleyians after the insurrection. Because of its proximity to the mountain, I'm guessing this was the first mining district, so to speak. When the silver started flowing and the Wind Corridor was built, Batista was developed next to the mine's easiest access for the new workers coming in. This could have also been a move to bring the mines under Karnaca's control. What hints me is that Stilton is from Morley and started as a miner.
 * The Gristol aristocracy came in last for the fishing/whaling trade after building a direct canal from Karnaca to Dunwall. They logically set the fishing businesses along the newly built canal. Aventa grew next to the fisheries to house the new workers (Lower Aventa) and business owners (Upper Aventa).
 * In parallel to Karnaca's expansions, Cyria grew as the better part of the city, complete with lavish, giant parks and educational institutions like the conservatory. Smaller canals were built to ease access that far inland, like in Dunwall's Estate District. And because it was the best part of the city, the new aristocracy started making their home there.

I hope you enjoyed this plausible historical tour of Karnaca. :)