Civitas illa Fortis

"Fortis" redirects here. For the Colosseum, see Fortis Colosseum.

Civitas illa Fortis
Released		20 March 2024 (Update)
Members		Yes
Location		Varlamore
League region		Varlamore✓
Inhabitants		Humans
Teleports		Civitas illa Fortis Teleport after Twilight's Promise
Music		• The City of Sun • Prospering Fortune
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Type		settlement

Civitas illa Fortis is the capital of Varlamore. Commonly referred to as Fortis by its inhabitants (as it was known as such before Varlamore's founding 900 years ago), the city is notable for its Perican-style architecture, featuring several notable landmarks such as the Fortis Colosseum, Sunrise Palace, and the Grand Museum.

Transportation

The player must first travel to Civitas illa Fortis by travelling with Primio, located east of the Varrock east bank after completing Children of the Sun before other transportation methods listed below become usable. This will teleport players just north of the Bazaar.

• The Civitas illa Fortis Teleport spell on the standard spellbook takes players to the Sunrise Palace. Requires completion of Twilight's Promise, as well as level 54 Magic.
• Charter ships can take players to the Fortis Cothon.
• Players can teleport into the Fortis Colosseum via ring of dueling after having unlocked the ability to do so at 12,000 glory.
• A fairy ring (code AJP) will take players to the centre of the Avium Savannah, south of Civitas illa Fortis.
• The portal nexus or portal chamber in a player-owned house can take players to the fountain outside Sunrise Palace.

Features

Fortis Colosseum

Main article: Fortis Colosseum

The Fortis Colosseum is a large stadium found atop the Fortis Cliffs at the eastern end of the city. Here, players can take on up to twelve waves of opponents, culminating with the final fight against Sol Heredit. Enemies will spawn in similarly to the TzHaar Fight Caves and Inferno, though additional reinforcements will also spawn in during the wave.

Players can obtain rewards such as sunfire fanatic armour and Dizana's quiver, as well as earn Glory, where certain amounts will give additional benefits throughout the city.

Stealing valuables

Main article: Stealing valuables

Stealing valuables is a low intensity thieving activity offering modest GP and experience rates that requires 50 Thieving to participate in. In this activity players obtain house keys in order to steal valuables from one of three houses inhabited by wealthy citizens. These valuables can then be sold to Oriana for 55 gold per valuable.

If pickpocketing wealthy citizens for their house keys, easy clue scrolls may be commonly obtained during the course of the activity. During the burgling portion of the activity, there is an uncommon chance to obtain jewellery up to diamond, as well as a rare chance to obtain a blessed bone statuette, which can be broken down into blessed bone shards that are used in Prayer training.

Grand Museum

Main article: Grand Museum

The Grand Museum is located in the northern side of the city, east of the Sunrise Palace. Similar to the museum in Varrock, it has displays showing historic artefacts related to Varlamore's history. The armour of the Cloud Titan is displayed here, as well as the unique daggers that have been given to Kualti that served former rulers.

Outer Fortis

Main article: Outer Fortis

Outer Fortis part of the city itself, is found outside the main walls of Civitas illa Fortis. It has many farms around it to support the city population, and has a few shops and a pub.

Ortus Farm

Ortus Farm is a collection of farm buildings and fields on the west side of Civitas illa Fortis, outside of the city wall. It has a few fields with buffalos and alpacas. It also features allotment patches along with herb and flower patches.

Banks

There are banks on the west and east sides of the city.

Shops

• Fortis Gem Stall
• Fortis Fur Stall
• Floria's Fashion
• Fortis Silk Stall
• Fortis Baker's Stall
• Fortis Spice Stall
• Cobado's Groceries
• The Flaming Arrow
• Fortis General Store
• Fortis Blacksmith
• Artima's Crafting Supplies

Other landmarks

• Sunrise Palace - the residence of the royal family
• Kualti Headquarters, the headquarters of the Kualti, the Sun Queen's elite guard
• The bazaar, a marketplace containing various shops
• Fortis Cothon, the city's port which hosts a charter ship
• The park, housing a Temple of Ralos

Quests

• Twilight's Promise

Gallery

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  The Sunrise Palace
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  The Kualti Headquarters
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  The Grand Museum
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  The Fortis Bazaar
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  The Fortis Park
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  The Fortis Colosseum
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  The Fortis Cothon
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  Outer Fortis
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  The Ortus Farm

Environment

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  Concept art of the city pillars, by Mod Grub.
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  Concept art of the city's outer wall, by Mod Grub.
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  Concept art of the city wall kits, by Mod Grub.
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  Concept art of various objects in the city, by Mod Grub.
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  Concept art of the Fortis Aqueduct, by Mod Grub.
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  Concept art of the city environment, by Mod Grub.
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  Paintover concepts of the Fortis Cothon, by Mod Grub.
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  Concept art by Mod Grub showing a scrapped trireme in the cothon.
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  Concept art of the various temples in the kingdom, by Mod Jerv.
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  Concept art of the various statues in the city, by Mod Jerv.

NPCs

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  Concept art of various NPCs in the city, by Mod Jerv.
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  Concept art of various merchants in the city, by Mod Jerv.
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  Concept art by Mod Jerv of rich homeowners. It also includes scrapped concepts of bards that presumably would be found in the city
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  A scrapped concept of a travelling merchant, by Mod Jerv.

Development history

During the development of the continent of Zeah, Civitas illa Fortis was supposed to be added to the continent in the third phase of the release, featuring a Colosseum that is a large arena akin to RuneScape's now-removed Duel Arena Tournament. Just the combat ground of the arena is said to be as large as all six sections of Emir's Arena combined. Seatings encircle this central area, and the victorious combatants would be rewarded with the entrance fees of the spectators.

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  A concept art of Zeah, showing the Colloseum on the left side of the island.
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  A work in progress wireframe of the Colosseum's entrance.

Trivia

• The appearance of the city is said to be inspired by Roman architecture.
• The city's name can be translated as "The Mighty City" from Latin.