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Much too busy compared to most of the Isles for things like a calm day of foraging or a relaxing morning with incense, Cove City is polite - but direct. Someone always has a place to go and creatures to see. While community culture here is still strong and someone will always lend a helping hand if you need assistance they wont stay around after to visit. They might help a sailor lift a heavy box onto the docks - and then disappear into the crowd before she could turn around to say thank you. The City is so large that many here only interact with their given district, creating several unique subcultures. The City is interspersed with both permanent and transient residents, with new nesting towers built often to ensure there is always somewhere to stay warm during a cold winter night regardless of where you may be from or how long you will be there.

Cove City is nestled into the calm waters of Coral Cap Cove at the end of the Luna River. It is the only true city on the small isles as most residents are unlikely to permanently settle in one location due to the more nomadic nature of those who live in Mycorzha. The creation of the city happened both naturally and haphazardly due to it's convenient location making it accessible both for traders and those who harvested from the fertile Luna Valley area for goods to exchange. Boat homes are built along it's expansive docks with many residents enjoying the access to the ocean and the constant movement that comes with the busy trading areas. Towers are built throughout the city, some having toppled over through the years and repurposed into new homes on the ground. The streets curve in unexpected ways that can make it hard to navigate if you aren't a local, causing many of those who do not live there to stay away from the city all together. For all that it is disorganized in it's city planning much effort has been made to make navigating the city as easy as possible regardless of where you are from. Cove City has official pictograph tiles they use to describe things like street names, goods, and processes throughout rather than using a distinct written language. This makes the city the ideal location for those not from Mycorzha who don't speak the local language. Versions of these pictographs are found at the other trade ports, but unlike Cove City lack any sort of official designation, making the other ports a little more haphazard.

Cove City due to it's many different types of residents boasts a robust nightlife to accommodate the many nocturnal creatures that reside there. The markets never really close, the ports are always running, and even the parks feature many wonderful plants and insects that only come out in the night.

Unique to Cove City is the Mystveil Academy of Sciences. For the most part those of the Mycorzha Isles do not have a strong academic focus - opting instead to learn how to tend to the land and spend their time with their communities. Many never learn to formally read or write as it is never a needed skill, and with stories passed along orally there is always a warm fire and a night of tall tales to be found nearby. However, some with different brains or bodies find themselves naturally fascinated with all the wonderful opportunities and enjoyment these skills can bring. These individuals are celebrated on the island for their unique perspectives, and many chose to leave their communities in favor of living at the Academy surrounded by others who enjoy these same pursuits. The Academy is expansive and known well beyond the Isles for its amazing research. Its curriculum is built to support those of all different backgrounds due to the predominant academic population being differently abled - expansive walkways, raised text, food and residential halls designed to support those who are perhaps to busy with a good book to always remember that they must also eat on occasion.

While many in the city are a bit more disconnected from the land than most, seeing the holidays as nothing more than a time for ridiculously over the top decorations, the Cove City residents wanted to ensure those who grew up there still understood the Isle. As such 7 large parks were built through out the city to represent each of the 7 known biomes the island has and the various ways to care for the plants that grow there (Fern Leaf Forest - taiga forest, Hazelmoss Woods - temperate forest, Greater Mycorzha Plains and Hills - temperate grasslands, Morel Marsh -temperate wetlands, Crescent Mountains - alpine tundra, Luna Valley - open woodland, and the surrounding Oceans - marine aquatic). While there isn't enough food grown in these to feed all the residents of Cove City those who had a bad trade month or are down on their luck are welcome to forage here to get them through tough times. For those truly unable to make it in the trades Luna Valley is nearby and always has room for more creatures.

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Cove City is too populated to hold much of it's own original Flora and Fauna.

However recently the Cove City Council decided to renovate some areas, for both safety and city improvements. They cleared several areas of collapsing older towers, remnants from early in the city's construction that had long since been abandoned. In their place, the Council decided to showcase new, amazing innovations developed by the Academy and local inventors thanks to recent mushrooms discoveries on the isles. (Read more about Mushroom Magic here) After much debate as to what these wonders would look, like the Council settled on monuments to the thing they all loved most about their beautiful home - gorgeous landscapes filled with fruits, herbs, and more, highlighting the Isles they all knew and loved. There are 7 grand parks in the city featuring the 7 distinct biomes found on the Mycorzha Isles, maintained both by the general population and the dedicated park rangers who teach creatures how to care for the food forests of each biome.

• Crescent Mountains - alpine tundra
• Fern Leaf Forest - taiga forest
• Greater Mycorzha Plains and Hills - temperate grasslands
• Hazelmoss Woods - temperate forest
• Luna Valley - open woodland
• Morel Marsh - temperate wetlands
• Oceans - marine aquatic

The Council, having mostly grown up in the city and away from much of the land, quickly found themselves a bit lost. They put out a posting, requesting the aid of some of the Mycorzhian critters to create a plan. Nalin volunteered immediately, eager to share their knowledge of the Isles, and together with the Council and the Academy the 7 Grand Parks were designed and ground was broken on the project. Large mature trees were shipped in from various regions to be planted, along with many saplings and seeds to recreate the best of Mycorzha right here in the city. 

Crescent Mountains - alpine tundra

Unable to fully capture the nearly always snowy tundra of the mountains and the special plants that grow there, this park was buried underground to protect it from the warm summers in Cove City. Mushrooms are used to create artificial grow lights and bring in cold air - making this a year round sledding spot and a favorite for many citizens, especially the kids! Water sprayed into chamber cooled by mushroom magic is blasted into the main areas as snow, turning the whole of the park into a giant, year-round snow globe. Critters enter the park through a chamber which lifts them up to the center at the top of a large hill, meant to represent the terrain of the Crescent Mountains. Copying the vine and pully system that carries baskets up the Luna Valley River for trade, wooden sleds are pulled to the top to sled down. Some creatures choose instead to use the zipline to speed down the hill and enjoy the view from above the trees. Occasionaly critters might actually notice the alpine gardens walk where you can hike down the hill (or up) on a winding pathway and see all the amazing plants that grow here such as Arctic Poppy, Saskatoon Berry, and Pasqueflower.

Fern Leaf Forest - taiga forest

Evergreens such as Douglas Firs and Giant Sequoia trees tower above this park, and below a thick forest floor spreads beneath undergrowth of berrying plants and ferns. As Fern Leaf Forest is bordered to the north by the Lanturn Glow River, this park is planted on the north edge of the city, along the shore of the Luna River. Paths through the thickets and undergrowth let critters enjoy the feeling of being shaded beneath the large trees. An artificial lazy river was dug through the park, showcasing the spawning cycle of the Lanturn Fish, who swim up the Lanturn Glow River at the end of every fall season to lay their eggs in the steaming waters of the Glow Cap Caverns. Using some newly invented plumbing, the city park runs water through rooms filled with hot air from the heat mushrooms, warming the water in the lazy stream to simulate the Glow Cap pools, one of the only natural hot springs on the Isles. These sheltered pools allow for unique glowing mushrooms and algae to grow. The Lanturn fish eat these as babies, causing them to glow like lanturns in the water, a beautiful sight every year as they depart for ocean waters, and return to spawn in the spring. In the park, bioluminescent algae from the caverns was planted on the ground of the "river" in the shape of fish, and critters floating down the river can see pictograph tiles depicting the Lanturn Glowfish spawn cycle.

Greater Mycorzha Plains and Hills - temperate grasslands

A vast open prairie consisting of many wildflowers, this park is greatly enjoyed by rodent critters in particular who like to have picnics underneath the shade of the tall grasses standing overhead. Larger critters can find pathways that lead to large clearings with fire pits, where you can host small bonfires with your friends.

Hazelmoss Woods - temperate forest

This park is a favorite during the fall season for the gorgeous color changes of the beautiful chestnut, oak, and maple trees shading the landscape. It also features a unique playground made up of wooden platforms and bridges along the sturdy oaks.

Luna Valley - open woodland

The largest of the seven parks, and perhaps the most similar to what might be thought of as a city park, the Luna Valley parkland is located in the heart of the city and filled with trails, playgrounds, and interspersed trees for shade along with low lying grasses and flowers to enjoy. A large path covered in blue rocks winds up the center of the park to represent the Luna Valley River, where you can find the Mysts Temple at one end. All along either side of the pathway are closely planted Red-bud Trees that bloom pink in early spring, a spectacle for many who enjoy walking the flower fallen path. A portion of the park is a dedicated teaching center where you can learn about cultivation and care for all of the biomes in one convenient location.

Morel Marsh - temperate wetlands

Some innovative beavers figured out how to place a swamp in the middle of the city by diverting just the right amount of the burrowed water tunnels to flood a small pocket with constant water. Heated by special mushrooms planted there by the city, the moisture resulted in many spas being opened nearby claiming it to be good for cleansing your skin and rejuvenation. Boardwalks were built so you could cross through the marshes with ease. Kids delight in the carnivorous plant section of the boardwalk, while many adults like to ride in the circular "boat ride" that runs around the park on an automatic chained pully, finding the Swamp Cypruss trees, fireflies, and overhead bridges of the boardwalks to be romantic.

Oceans - marine aquatic

Once again the beaver engineers outdid themselves - salt water was diverted from the Coral Cap Cove into small tide pools for this park, shallow enough so that critters can pick up and look at the plants and small fish inside. WIth the help of some of the sea otters from the coast, the city brought in all kinds of sponges, starfish, and sea urchins that critters can pick up or pet in the little tidal pools. One of the pools shows the effects of the currents, starting with a large pool of water which moves back and forth in a minaturized wave pool constructed from water moving mushrooms. The waves eventually splash over a rock blockade to feed the tidepools below it.

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