Gedo

Introduction
Gedo was a trading city/ island located in the first half of the Grand line. The city was comprised of a market centre spanning miles across, multiple embassys and government buildings located there for trade purposes, wealthy and slum districts and Gedo mountain, a main feature surrounded by a few hills whose shadow in which the city was built.

History
Gedo was a major city decades ago for its booming fishing industry, however the seas surrounding Gedo eventually ran dry resulting in the downfall of the city and the creation of the slums district, which encapsulated nearly then entire island. However nearly 15 years before the start of the current story line a minor noble bought the island and turned it into a trading powerhouse, restoring Gedo to its former glory. However the means for which this happened were debateable. It is believed the noble paid local merceneries to destroy nearly 80% of the slums district to make way for the new market centre, resulting in the deaths of many of the inhabitants and giving the city its reputation for being corrupt. At some point in the last 10 years Raphael Maris and his brother, Gabriel Maris, ended up living in the slums district of this island. The destruction of Gedo came about almost 3 years before current events after the death of Gabriel Maris. Rapahel in a fit of rage used his devil fruit power to invoke Zeus' wrath and destroy the entire city, who he labelled responsible for Gabriels death (along with his killer) and swore vengence upon.

Geography and Architecture
Before its destruction, Gedo was a small island city next to the large Gedo mountain. Apart from this mountain and a few surrounding hills, Gedo's topography was flat with few natural distinguishing features. The style of buildings varied greatly between the sperate districts, with the slums being comprised of small wodden shacks while the government buildings and embassys were the large marble structures with modern designs due to being recently built.

