Al Gothein

=Settlement Info= Al Gothein, affectionately referred to as "Al Gotham" by many residents, is an Arabic themed town with several districts.

Al Gothein was the first city attempted on the current map. It stands as a conjoined effort of DraxQuin and ForestRaptor (with much assistance from squids_eye), the cites development was originally planned on the previous map but the map proved troublesome due to biome changes. The cities name on the older map was "Al Qraft", although DraxQuin left its production and built another city with the name "Lut Gothein", the current name stands as an amalgamation of both initial labels.

The city was strongly inspired by the similarly named "Lut Gholein" located in the game Diablo II, produced by Blizzard Entertainment, a blueprint of which can be seen bellow:



Al Gothein is slated by many as the most themed city on the server so far, with fairly strict rules on the specifics of constructing property, only Sand, Sandstone, Fences, Wood Planks and Wool being the permitted materials (though there are exceptions.)

The city was originally intended to consist of the Residential District alone, however later plans were adopted to expand the city into five separate districts.

Location
Al Gothein is located East of spawn, a road from Al Gothein to spawn exists and a railroad to the Al Gothein Harbor District is in works.

Districts
As stated Al Gothein was built on the foundation of containing one district, the Residential District, plans however changed when DraxQuin decided the city was far too small for his intentions, later he created a blueprint on the server thread (Page 69) this would outline three other districts the Market District, Agricultural District and Royal District.

The blueprints contained two different progressions and can be seen bellow:



The Districts are conveniently color coded, for aesthetic and observational purposes, the Residential (Red), Market (blue) Agricultural (green) and Harbor (yellow). Different districts also have different building rules.

The Residential District
The Residential District (color-coded red) is where most of Al Gothein residents reside, the West Entrance is located here which is the closest to spawn. The District is considered the Working-Class district. The District contains a Library, Temple and Mine amongst other houses.

The specifications of lots here vary:
 * Houses are as small as X
 * Houses are as big as Y
 * The Height limit is Z
 * A boxed design is forbidden
 * Houses must have some form of look-out

The district has been subject to much controversy, when a house by MaskedStranger was suspected to have been created without permission, this stirred much argument between DraxQuin and MaskedStranger which was finally resolved, MaskedStranger's house was destroyed, but he was later permitted to create the Al Gothein Clock Tower, the Clock Tower stands as one of Al Gothein's most beautiful monuments and has garnered much praise from the cities founders.

The Market District
The Market District (color-coded blue) is the financial core of Al Gothein, it is considered the Upper-class district, there was an initial fee (6 iron) to build in the district, but DraxQuin later provided lots to those who had assisted the most in the development of the city. The District contains a Bank and Market Stalls, the Stalls are still very much in development.

The specifications for lots here are:


 * Houses are 12x15
 * The Bank is 12x30
 * The Height limit is X
 * Houses must have a boxed-design.
 * Houses must be braced with support beams.

Regarding the specifications Minecraftguy a resident accidentally made his lot 15x17 in dimensions, as Minecraftguy was completely unaware of doing so DraxQuin allowed his lot to remain, and as such created the outer wall further away from where it was intended.

The Agricultural District
The Agricultural District (color-coded green) is where Al Gothein's farms are located. The East Entrance is also located here. Notably there used to be a mountain where the District now stands, much effort by users AlienAnarchist (primarily), Orckrast (primarily), Mr.Sun, Patroclus Rex, CrashJR, Squids_eye, Logokiller, ForestRaptor, DraxQuin, Fizzlecleave,do0ob and others went into its removal.

Iliekboxes Provided a time-lapsed video demonstrating the removal of the mountain which can be seen here:

The specifications for lots in this district are two-fold:


 * Crop lots are roughly X in size
 * Property lots are roughly Z in size
 * Farm and Property are complementary goods.
 * The height limit is Y
 * Properties must be shacks or tents.



The Harbor District
The Harbor District (color-coded yellow) was not an initially planned district, instead it is an extended district created by Nissehut who was given authority and ruling power over its development. It is very much a work in progress, a railroad is also under construction within the district.

The Royal District
The Royal District withholds the work-in-progress palace, designed mostly by DraxQuin. Palace uses cyan as the district color. The area itself is available purely for the construction of a Palace which is about 10% ready. The palace will be the tallest and largest building inside the walls of Al Gothein.

Mining
Al Gothein has a public mine, the Osama Bin Laden Memorial Cave, which is located conveniently in the middle of the Residential District. The mine was created by Patroclus Rex, and has strict rules concerning mining, it utilizes a Branch Mining method, with branches being 50 blocks long, 3 blocks across and trunks that can extend as long as necessary. Digging your own mines inside the city is restricted.