Helmira

Helmira, formerly known as Kythira and Helmsdeep, is the oldest walled city as well as the largest city in both the Kythiran Empire and Minecraftia by both population and surface area. Colloquially it is known as the City of Lights, the City of Palaces, the Imperial City and the City of Blocks. The megacity is located on the coast of the Narrow Sea, in the Kythiran Crown Province of the Heartlands.

The city was founded by H.I.H. Emperor Viromaro in the Third Era, although much of the city has existed as early as the late First Era in the form of the capital cities of the Kingdom of Kythira and the Kingdom of Helmsdeep. Historically and culturally the unification of those two cities have been seen as the birth of the Kythiran Empire Kythira's entry into modern history as a great power.

As Kythira's center of both trade and culture it receives numerous tourists and traders from across Minecraftia. It is the seat of the White-Gold Tower, the government of the Kythiran Empire, and home of the imperial family.

Originally the city of Helmira consisted of two capital cities of different kingdoms, Kythira and Helmsdeep, founded in the Second Era, separated by the Valley Lands. After the creation of the Kythiran Empire a larger capital city was required. This resulted in the unification of the previous two capitals into one larger city with the name 'Helmira'. 'Helm' standing for Helmsdeep, and 'Ira' for Kythira. A symbol of how the old world was united into one.