Elemental Plane of Water

The Citadel of Ten Thousand Pearls is the seat of the Grand Padish of the Marids. Unlike the metropolises favoured by other genies the Citadel of a Thousand Pearls is much smaller acting as a home for the Grand Padish and his direct court. Trade and other activities generally associated with the capital cities of the Inner Planes are left to the City of Glass allowing the marids in the citadel to focus their attention on their politics and espionage. The citadel is built on a free-floating coral reef which travels through warm, surface-waters. The reef is covered in buildings made of pearl, shell, coral and copper. Gardens of seaweed decorated with bubbling fountains of air decorate much of the outside space and the whole reef is illuminated by shafts of sunlight. Many of the buildings are built on a much larger scale than normal humanoid structures to allow large fish and whales to move through the citadel. These fish act as beasts of burden, transport, and guardians during war.