Kartana

Kartana is considered the largest city to ever be, and sits at the mouth of the river Vinn.

Geography
In response to an ask of Petra's tumblr, she expands upon the geography of Kartana. "Kartana is located in more unforgiving place than lucentia, their summers are hot and burning, and their winters cold and windy. the river vinn goes through the city, and is considered the “vein” of the city that keeps it alive. the people are generally thought being more resilient, stocky built and tall, and “more hard workers than those soft lucentians”."

Culture
After helping Ludo with her seasickness shortly after boarding the Gallant, Jamis reveals that people from Kartana believe that there is a sea within people's eyes, and that's why staring at the horizon to allow your eyesight to adjust to the movement of the ship helps with seasickness. "An upset sea of the eye is an upset sea in the stomach." - Jamis

Petra expanded on the culture of Kartana in response to a tumblr ask. "in kartana they believe in a dualistic god, that has two faces on the same being, the sun and the moon. they are brother and sister, and sometimes it’s presented with both sexes at the same time.

they gave birth to all living beings, and “also to a man perfect in every way, but it was tainted by the sin of people, turned against its parents and drove the people away from the house of god”. the similarities in lucentian and kartanian religions have made it easier for the two cities to connect, both having two main deities (in a way) and some antagonist that cut the ties between man and god. there are people who believe in both religions, and see them just different sides of the same coin.

it’s also more common in kartana to not to be as spiritual as lucentians tend to be."

Notable Citizens

 * Jamis Arlesi
 * Varna Bonnaire
 * Lord Arlesi
 * Rakkatak Ann
 * Lord Karimir

Trivia

 * On the official discord Petra has confirmed that Ulmara, one of the locations on the map at the beginning of Book One, Chapter One: Tiger, Tiger, was actually the working name for Kartana. It has yet to be decided if the map will be changed or if Ulmara is the name that Lucentian's use for Kartana.