Ewuel
This is the capital city for the Aries people and is located on their homeworld of Aries III. It is a large, well laid-out city of about 3 billion. Almost 60% of all their major manufacturing facilities are located in or around the city. It also houses their government buildings and the Aries University that can handle over 50 million students. In fact the University is truly a small city in its own right.
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The streets are wide and all have trees and flowers planted along them. All the production facilities have been designed in such a way that their is very little pollution produced. Even with all the production facilities, it is hard to believe that so much industrial and technological work could be going on in this city. Great care was taken when it was designed and constructed so as to prevent any crowding while leaving as much natural green space as possible.
Statue of Mystery
In the center of the city, in the center of the large park that surrounds it, is the ancient statue of mystery. Surrounding the statue is a 4 foot wall of green shrubs that are carefully looked after and tended. Inside this area the grass grows wild, weeds run rampant and some vines may attempt to climb it. As tradition requires the gardener never enters this area. However nowdays with the use of some of the new technology the gardener is able to keep it under control with out haveing to enter.
The statue is over 50 feet tall. It is of a humanoid that appears faintly terran with long hair and a beard and mustache. He wears robes that hang down to his feet and holds a book in one hand balanced against his hip. His other hand is pointing out at something. He is wearing a belt that has 12 symbols on it. One of the twelve symbols is promenant in it's placement at the front on what appears to be a buckle. It looks faintly like a M but with the central line being twice as long as the outer two.
This statue was a central part of their earliest legends and religious beliefs. In time the religion was replaced with the newer belief in the Book of Life. The legends have also been mostly replaced with newer myths that have to deal more with agriculture and community life.
What makes this statue so unusual is that it is of an unknown humanoid species. Also that with the advances they have made in technology they have been able to date the statue. It is over 50,000 years old and made of some unknown material that has lasted through the ages in as perfect a condition as the day it was made.
For the most part the Aries people leave the statue alone out of respect. Few have ever touched it as the old legends warn against it. To do so is to die. While this seems to be a silly superstition the people still take care to make sure the statue is left alone.