Paris

Paris is the capital and most populous city of France. One of the original cities founded by The Silver Ones at the dawn of humanity, Paris has become a major center for culture, politics, business, magic, and general scheming. Through hundreds of thousands of years, Paris has remained perhaps the most beautiful city on this plane of existence, and its near-constant growth has made it the largest and most complex city in the whole world.

Paris has been home to many notable people throughout its history including Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Monet, Gustave Flingler, De Gaulle, Rimbaud, Guy de Maupassant, Jean-Paul Sartre, Claude Debussy, Andre Oglethorpe, Camille Saint-Saëns, Karl Lagerfeld, Napoleon, Dreadmask, and Justin Belli.

Origins and Early History
Paris was founded around 200,000 years ago by The Silver Ones, who used it as their capital city for nearly 3000 years before making Rome their capital. When The Silver Ones left 30,000 years ago, humans began to populate the area. Records of The Silver Ones' knowledge and activities were moved into an underground archive around this time and their current location is unknown. In the early years of human settlement in the city, the citizens began to worship The Silver Ones and built a large temple to them, the location of which is currently unknown. The earliest known ruler of the city was Huntergrunt I, who ruled around 11,000 years ago. Huntergrunt I was inspired by the writings of The Silver Ones and commissioned the creation of an alphabet for human. This proved to be very controversial, as the League of Priests thought that written language and record keeping belonged only to The Silver Ones. Huntergrunt I was steadfast however, and as a result record keeping became a major occupation in the city. Outraged, the League of Priests conspired against Huntergrunt I and aimed to take control of Paris for themselves. Huntergrunt I caught wind of this and outlawed the League of Priests, leading to the eventual cessation of the worship of The Silver Ones. It is believed that Jules I, son of Huntergrunt I, ordered the destruction of the temple as Huntergrunt I remained loyal throughout his life to The Silver Ones.

Jules I is recorded to have founded the Royal Underground Parisian Archives, a vast tunnel system of archives which exists to this very day, constantly moving their records further down beneath the Earth's crust.

Bronze Age
Around 5000 BC, great walls were built around Paris due to the authoritarian madness of the current royal family. No one was allowed to enter or leave the city for thousands of years, leaving the rest of the world to brave the Bronze Age alone while Paris continued to advance greatly, guided by newfound technology left behind by The Silver Ones.