Acada

Acada is the city of demi-angels in a valley near Caelum Academy. It is home to a thriving community of demi-angels that live in harmony together and keep tabs on humanity. The city is arranged in a spiral shape, surrounding its central building, the Anthelion. Its pattern is similar to a hurricane, with the "eye" being the Anthelion and the "bands" being the main roads. Smaller streets and avenues connect the "bands," and in between are tall, colorful spires, decorative apartment complexes, shopping malls that look like layer cakes, power plants that conduct magical energy, and domed cathedral-like structures.

The Anthelion is the beautiful capital building of Acada, It resembles a cathedral, with a domed roof, gothic windows, and many levels. It is often filled with demi-angels flying from level to level on business. Ember comes there every two days to have lessons in fire magic with Michael.

Sacred geometry plays a major role in the architecture of Acada, and influences from Classical and Gothic architecture make it look both archaic and modern at the same time. Most buildings are very colorful. Some streets are paved with flat paving stones or bricks, others are cobbled, and some are grassy. Statues and fountains line the roads. Between some of the spiral bands are beautiful parks and gardens.

The city is divided into three levels. The ground level is mainly for walking. The top level, just above the spires, consists mainly of platforms and flying vehicles called "skybuses" that move between them. Skybuses are used mainly for transporting large groups of people and wingless demi-angels. In between the ground level and sky level is most of the traffic-- demi-angels on the wing. Traffic is controlled by gigantic vertical rings suspended above the street by structures similar to flying buttresses. Travelling demi-angels fly through the rings.

Acada is, in many ways, an idillic city. Its stunning beauty and design illustrate the demi-angels' value of creativity and harmony.