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Etrenank is the capital city of the Sacred Empire of Solaris. It is located in the very center of the flying artificial nation and is suspended upside-down by artificial gravity systems.
The city, like all of Solaris, is built off of and is a means to further Solaris's class system.
Technology[]
Fei doesn't know what Solarians are saying due to a language barrier, so any Solarian he speaks to results in a "!%#?&+!".
Etrenank is technologically advanced compared to the rest of the planet Xenogears is set on. Everything is automated, people drive hover cars, and news is broadcast via holograms, rather than video monitors or radio receivers.
The center piece of the capital is the massive Imperial Palace where Emperor Cain and Karellen reside. A large entertainment district known as Arbot Plaza is located just before the bridge leading to the palace.
Etymology[]
Its name appears to be a mistranslation of Etemenanki, the name of a ziggurat dedicated to the god Marduk in the city of Babylon of the 6th century BCE. The name means "temple of the foundation of heaven and earth" and is thought to have influenced the Biblical story of the Tower of Babel (the game has its own).
Trivia[]
Tifa in a poster.
- A poster of Tifa Lockhart from Final Fantasy VII can be found on a bedroom wall.
- Arbot Plaza is a misspelling of Araboth Plaza. In Judaism, Araboth is the name of the seventh Heaven where God and his most highly ranked angels live.