Leon

Regency of Leon
Survival 5 Shepherd
Clockwise from top: Leon's skyline from across the river,  Leon Central Station in the city center, The clocktower in downtown Leon
Settlement
World	Survival 5 (Shepherd)
Founded	March 18, 2022
Mayor(s)	ashapink,  eybwam,  strawberrysham,  zacattack2097
Location	X= 6784 Y= 64 Z= 163
Map Click for full map

The Regency of Leon, or simply Leon, was a city located in the southern region on the Shepherd world of the Dogcraft Server. Under the curation of its City Planners  strawberrysham,  eybwam,  ashapink, and  zacattack2097, Leon grew substantially over the course of the season and became known as one of the most impressive city projects in Dogcraft's history. By the season's end, Leon served as a cultural hub for media, events, and building, and was widely regarded as the de-facto "capital" of the Survival 5 season.

Overview

Leon aims to be a diverse, integrated, and sustainable modern-day city project that creates unique experiences. Drawing heavy inspiration from real-life, the city will feature many opportunities for various styles of architecture set in three different zones around the city: Traditional European, Modern, and Industrial.

Districts

Downtown

Conceived as the heart of the city, Downtown was designed to be an example of Leon's architectural vision: a melting pot of historic European and contemporary styles in a vibrant and curated streetscape. It is located on both sides of the river separating Leon and Saint-Pierre island. The Thalic Gallery, an amphitheater, is nested on its north side. Meanwhile, the resplendent Leon Grand Central on its west end separates it from Oldtown. Across the river at Saint-Pierre island, a set of sample buildings were constructed that reached skywards, providing a delicate visual backdrop, and paving the way for the modern district's eventual opening.

Old Town

Opened in the 3rd of June 2022, Oldtown is the district south, northwest, and west of Downtown. This area manifests traditional European architecture.

Government

The seat of Leon's government opened its gates to foreign embassies on the 9th of October 2022. Located northwest of the city, an arterial avenue morphs into an elliptical road, adorned with an obelisk centerpiece of Leonidas, Leon's canonical founder. South of the avenue is the Embassy Row, a block of plots reserved for construction of consulate buildings from other settlements on Dogcraft. Across the road, government buildings will be constructed. These will include a bank, a fire and police station, among others planned.

Historically, Dogcraft's city halls were designed after distinct Neoclassical cues such as porticos and pediments, akin to the White House. This time around, Leon has opted for an Italian-/Mediterranean-style villa as its palace.

Saint-Pierre

Saint-Pierre is the island east of mainland Leon. It hosts the other half of the downtown area. This island district is envisioned to be the benchmark and template for Dogcraft's future modern cities. It will manifest both contemporary and traditional architecture that uses holistic and sustainable designs through mixed-use, integrated, high-density style principles. This district opened on the 23rd of December 2022, during preparations for the New Years' Eve Event.

Westgate

The gate into the city. A traveler's initial encounter with Leon starts here. Found in the southwest of Leon, this area is separated from Oldtown by a river. Westgate predates the heights of the heart of Leon; bolstering traditionally quaint yet architecturally striking constructions.

Citizenship

Leon was organized in a private Discord server. Like prior settlement projects, Leon's application process was crafted to further collaboration and, consequently, to oversee and ensure quality of builds. There are three ways to become a Leon citizen:

1. Buildings

- Firstly, an applicant must be able to construct and design, of their own or with help, a build in creative. The application is reviewed, modified according to feedback, and ultimately approved if it satisfies Leon's standards. This has to then be transferred to survival to get the role.

2. Interiors

- An applicant will satisfactorily furnish all floors of one empty building to Leon standards.

3. Ambient Builds

- Ambient builds are small, accessory details that are added to give life and human element to the city. These include vehicles, trees, set pieces, stalls, etc. The quantity, difficulty, and quality of these are then reviewed to the City Planners' satisfaction. Normally, an applicant would have to request to build at at least five approved versions of these.

Contributors

Below is the roster of Leon's citizens.

Leon's Citizen Roster

#	Player
1	strawberrysham †
2	zacattack2097 †
3	eybwam †
4	ashapink †
5	Trainermoon †
6	EddyTeach †
7	Ze_Tais †
8	Wanderer_06
9	M_Sky3
10	colliecolie
11	AwesomeTom21
12	Mika_Panda †
13	HatterSkye
14	_edo
15	Lendog1888
16	Bigeater
17	TigerNL †
18	Slomo_1994
19	AdamB4255
20	Montenator
21	SummerFlower1234
22	EtaThetaZeta
23	kasvir
24	Nomiium †
25	Txp_
26	NecroVecro
27	StenLluk
28	Duckyz
29	SarahPantera100
30	MrManatee
31	Cosm1c_Moonl1ght
32	Princess223
33	Kar204
34	Elednor89
35	Valaritas
36	Acadra
37	JVKermit

List updated 11^st September 2023.

Key: † - Builder

The city couldn't also have made it without the support of the community. The table below lists Leon's other contributors, usually non-citizens, who have assisted through labor, planning, or material means:

Leon's Contributors

#	Player
1	CajunNinja
2	darparniox
3	Ry44
4	DragonFire441
5	Domino_1
6	UnspeakableAl
7	mailboat06
8	Le_Gambit
9	mrkalaspuff
10	N1cM4tth3w63
11	lauratje19
12	blueartistic813_
13	MrsPierogi
14	GracessNella
15	ExcaliberFC
16	RangaAlert
17	solo_xo
18	Danielsama07
19	jmsvvr
20	kfr291
21	Ewan1011
22	FangsofAmber
23	Skelleton123
24	ToBeFranky
25	Arkhangellsk
26	H_Di_Chemici
27	Dutchsoccer
28	Edhellan
29	ItsDaCreeper
30	LIVMOTION
31	Dyl78_
32	sambrad06
33	Chriizsich
34	Elasmotherium1
35	VikingGaming1
36	NeoFiore

List updated 11^st September 2023.

Media

Photo Tour

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  Oldtown's staple building,  Leon Central Station. This building was one of the first to be planned for the city. The build was done in an creative build session with the four city planners way before we had concrete info announced on a reset. After completion, we knew the building would have to be a centerpiece for the city leading to us essentially growing the entire city around it.

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  The underbelly of the station featuring the rail hub of Leon central. This interior was the master mind of several builders but without question this build owes much to both Trainermoon and Mika_Panda without whom the build would look very different. This bottom area inspired by irl subways will feature both Leon transit to Regency specific stations and the official Shepherd East Line.

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  Another angle of Leon central station but this time featuring a Leon sign made up of the three Leon colors. This build was meant to serve as an iconic photograph location akin to the real life namesake photo opportunities. This build and idea comes from eybwam directly.

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  This photograph features much of the main rush of the downtown area that was built in preparation for the NYE event hosted in Leon. This area was developed very quickly by Mikapanda and Ze_Tais making the area one of the only large sections of the city with minimal city planner intervention.

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  This statue sits on the corner on the corner of the of  Leon Central Station and the Map Art Gallery. The Map Art Gallery was built by Ashapink after she surprised the Leon city planners with the Leon flag in map art form meant to serve as a place to sell map arts as done on the server before. This is also one of the few buildings Ashapink completed herself being a prime example of a combination of Ash's "cutesy" style and the realistic styles of Leon.

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  Featured is a photograph of Wanderer Park which is located in the central parts of old town and was built as the city planner's part of their contract with Wanderer's pet company. Due to his own request, the park features a prominent swing set which would be the first built in the city.

Base Tour

Leon was toured by  ReNDoG in a base tour, uploaded on October 6, 2022.

Regency

Leon is one of several Regencies of Shepherd's Greater Eastern Lands. For the purposes of this article, a Regency is an area categorically controlled by one or more Regent/s. Leon's Regents are its City Planners. The immediate lands outside of Leon are part of the Regencies by invitation or agreement. All Regents are involved in inter-area infrastructure or lore.

Lore

Before Leon, there were several kingdoms all fighting for dominance over the region's resources.

This was the Immortal Feud. A war with no clear cause: Neither side could tell you why they hated one the other: they just did.

The son of a nobleman, now a soldier fighting through this chaos was Leonidas. (Son of the Lion) Who would become the namesake of the regions capital

One night in a dream, Leonidas is guided from the battlefield by a lady cloaked in moss.

Years later he returns to the battlefield exactly as he was, as though not a day had passed. In all that time the war had raged on, still without end.

Emerging from the ashes, now framed with new guidance Leonidas emerged, prepared to guide the people towards prosperity.

Leon his namesake city was born

Iconography

Below is a table of Leon's symbols.

Leon's Symbols

Category	Symbol	Meaning and Representation
Flower	Cornflower	Despite its obvious color coordination with Leon's flag, the cornflower was a traditional symbol of Leon's people with traditional paintings of Leon including citizens dancing in crowns of cornflowers, flower beds stuffed to the brim with the flower of the people, and lattices built up against walls displaying the flower.
Colors	Orange	Leon's forward-looking ideals and creative, energizing spirit of its members. Orange provokes elation—this project is worth being excited about. This can also represent the classical parts of the city.
	White	The color represents the ironic rendering of Leon's obscene amount of materials and detail as effortless and elegantly simple.
	Cyan	Linked to the heavenward direction of its more modern district.
Object	Crown	The emblem of Leon, a crown represents the canonical absence of a prime leader among the group, hence the regents. It also represents the achievements and ambitions of Leon as both community and project.
Animal	Lion	Located within a savanna biome on the server, the lion serves as an example of Leon's dominance over the world

Events

Halloween Fest

Three activities were centered around Halloween:

- Fall Screenshot Contest. A texture pack was made available to the public which changed the look of leaves to better reflect an autumn hue appropriate for the occasion.

- Pumpkin Patch Scavenger Hunt. A pumpkin patch was put together by  zacattack2097. Participants had to search for 20 pumpkin miniblocks to win a prize.

- Dragon Fights. Players fought the dragon for four weekends.

New Year's Eve 2022

Leon partnered with the DCT to ring in the New Year. The celebrations took place on the 31^st of December 2022, held three times at different time zones, to mark the passage of the new year from 2022 to 2023. Players were invited to join a voice channel on Discord and listen in as the sky came to life to a pyro musical. Stalls were prepared to sell commemorative merchandise. Players were also encouraged to share their resolutions for the year ahead.

Capture the Flag

Leon partnered with the City of Caelon to host a Capture the Flag PvP minigame event on the 25^th of Febraury 2023, at 6:00pm GMT. The event was recorded for the Cyberdog News Network's February 2023 video (released March 8, 2023).