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==Description==
 
==Description==
'''Avalon City''' was the [[Federated Suns]] capital city, located on the primary [[New Avalon]] continent of [[Albion (New Avalon IV)|Albion]], north of the planet's equator and a few kilometers east of the [[Grand Avalon Mountains]], on a natural island in the convergence region of the [[Albion River|Albion]], [[Cris River|Cris]], and [[Thames River|Thames]] rivers. The environment surrounding the city is an assortment of towns and villages, forests, mountains (with Mount Davion to the immediate east), and prairies.<ref name=JTPNA5/>
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'''Avalon City''' was the [[Federated Suns]] capital city, located on the primary [[New Avalon]] continent of [[Albion]], north of the planet's equator and a few kilometers east of the [[Grand Avalon Mountains]], on a natural island in the convergence region of the [[Albion River|Albion]], [[Cris River|Cris]], and [[Thames River|Thames]] rivers. The environment surrounding the city is an assortment of towns and villages, forests, mountains (with Mount Davion to the immediate east), and prairies.<ref name=JTPNA5/>
  
The city of [[Barrington]] lies to the northwest. The city's [[DropPort]] lies south, across the Cris River. The [[New Avalon Institute of Science]] lies beyond that.<ref name=JTPNA3-4>''Jihad Turning Points: New Avalon'', pp. 3–4: "New Avalon" (map)</ref><ref>''Jihad Turning Points: New Avalon'', p. 19: "Hex map"</ref>
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The city of [[Barrington]] lies to the northwest. The city's [[DropPort]] lies south, across the Cris River. The [[New Avalon Institute of Science]] lies beyond that.<ref name=JTPNA3-4>''Jihad Turning Points: New Avalon'', pp. 3-4, "New Avalon" (map)</ref><ref>''Jihad Turning Points: New Avalon'', p. 19, "Hex map"</ref>
 
[[File:New Avalon Planetary Map.png|right|450px|thumb|New Avalon world map, with New Avalon located just off-center on the continent of Albion.]]
 
[[File:New Avalon Planetary Map.png|right|450px|thumb|New Avalon world map, with New Avalon located just off-center on the continent of Albion.]]
  
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===Jihad===
 
===Jihad===
Following at least two major battles, occupation by the [[Word of Blake]], and the final devastation of a vengeful retreat during the [[Jihad]], the municipality was devastated.<ref name=JTPNA5>''Jihad Turning Points: New Avalon'', p. 5: "New Avalon"</ref> In the [[New Avalon#Second Battle for New Avalon|second assault]] by the Blakist [[31st Division (Word of Blake)|Thirty-first Division]], Avalon City was the intended prize. After almost a year of pushing against the defenses with the brutal assistance of the [[36th Division (Word of Blake)|Thirty-sixth Division]], both units retreated, to try again in the [[New Avalon#Third Battle for New Avalon|Third Battle for New Avalon]], alongside the recently arrived [[44th Shadow Division|Forty-fourth Shadow Division]] and mercenary [[Bronson's Horde]]. This final time, the brutality was further ratcheted up; opposition was just as defiant, with high casualties levied against the Blakists by the defending [[Davion Heavy Guards|Davion Heavy]] and [[Third Davion Guards|Third Guards]]. When ordered offworld in September [[3074]], the Blakists lobbed firebombs in their retreating wake.<ref name=JTPNA6-7>''Jihad Turning Points: New Avalon'', pp. 6–7: "Combatants"</ref>
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Following at least two major battles, occupation by the [[Word of Blake]], and the final devastation of a vengeful retreat during the [[Jihad]], the municipality was devastated.<ref name=JTPNA5>''Jihad Turning Points: New Avalon'', p. 5, "New Avalon"</ref> In the [[New_Avalon#Second_Battle_for_New_Avalon|second assault]] by the Blakist [[31st Division (Word of Blake)|Thirty-first Division]], Avalon City was the intended prize. After almost a year of pushing against the defenses with the brutal assistance of the [[36th Division (Word of Blake)|Thirty-sixth Division]], both units retreated, to try again in the [[New_Avalon#Third_Battle_for_New_Avalon|Third Battle for New Avalon]], alongside the recently-arrived [[44th Shadow Division|Forty-fourth Shadow Division]] and mercenary [[Bronson's Horde]]. This final time, the brutality was further ratcheted up; opposition was just as defiant, with high casualties levied against the Blakists by the defending [[Davion Heavy Guards|Davion Heavy]] and [[Third Davion Guards|Third Guards]]. When ordered offworld in September [[3074]], the Blakists lobbed firebombs in their retreating wake.<ref name=JTPNA6-7>''Jihad Turning Points: New Avalon'', pp. 6-7, "Combatants"</ref>
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
* On page 60 of ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'', the city is identified as "New Avalon City." This is probably an editorial mistake, but it cannot be completely discounted until officially confirmed, as it is mentioned in the context of an official dedication that occurred following the rebuilding post-Jihad.
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* On page 60 of ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'', the city is identified as "New Avalon City". This is probably an editorial mistake, but it cannot be completely discounted until officially confirmed, as it is mentioned in the context of an official dedication that occurred following the rebuilding post-Jihad.
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

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