Bitsy's hometown is a mix of classic German architecture with minor resonance style accents. Acts as sort of a large trade hub and is home to many political figures. Is one of the few locations i have that have lords and nobility but no "king " per say. but many of the nobles are heads of high-ranking guilds and hold a LOT of power both locally and abroad.

The city amora and page are from is the Japanese based region and has a mix of more modern Japanese city architecture with more traditional accents. I'm a Have to Oversimplify Here

To summarize: town got big enough to get noticed on global stage. Local officials got convinced that local yokai and kami were a threat to their governing/destabilizing their position. And used forgiven influence to justify actively oppressing said yokai in the name of public safety (but it's sort of being done through of veil of it being a privilege? basically, yokai and kami's are held by a different standard that actively harms them (over monitoring policing, watching everything they do. sometimes actively drafting them. But it seen culturally as a duty because yokai and kami abilities are passed down. it's been the norm socially for years, so it's been really normalized? a lot of the ocs from this region have to navigate those expectations while trying to live a normalish life.)

Abbi lives in a more remote region and is a bit of a hermit. the region she is in is based on Russian but due to its close proximity to the town Bitsys from it has some minor Germanic influence too. due to them being close trading partners It's much more regionally isolated and is more of a scattering of small towns than a city. It's a fishing town on the edge of a small lake. they raise various wooly creatures (think similar to llamas or alpacas there.) it's very rural. the weather can change on a dime however due to its being pretty high up in the mountains.

I don't have any REALEASED characters for this region yet but there is a Chinese region that's in a sort of mountainy area (but not too high up? it's known for occasional thick fog but doesn't get too cold.) Its entire archenteric is designed around sound as that is how they keep monsters and stuff away from the main plazas. Most of the buildings and plant life have harmonic elements and theming with lots of references to music/ sheet music. The city makes a point of "balancing" the sound locally due to traditional values and beliefs. they tend prioritize deescalation over elimination for local hostile creatures often opting to lure them away or distract them over openly fighting (they will kill off the creatures if need be but it's more of a last resort than other regions) most of their local adventures are bards or herb gatherers as a result of this

local festivals are built around different local creatures hibernation cycles or seasons.

Other notes:

culturally this is based off of what I loosely know about Taoism and Feng 

Shui. as a result, sort of mirrors a blend of those two practices with a spin on it. basically, taking the traditional elements and layouts from both an applying it specifically to sound. So, there are a lot of elements that pull from both of those things specifically for this town.

I'll add the other towns here as they become relevant <3