City of Ehrenfest

Ehrenfest (エーレンフェスト Ērenfesuto) is the medieval city where Ascendance of a Bookworm takes place. It's ruled by nobles with magical powers. It has a rigid class system.

History
The city originally consisted of only the area now known as the Noble's Quarter. When the first Aub of Ehrenfest dethroned the previous lord 200 hundred years ago, the city was expanded to include the lower city as a show of power and wealth of the new lord.

Prior to the expansion of the city, the temple was originally an inn that served as a front gate while travelers were investigated. The gate that once led to the old city is now called the Noble's Gate.undefined

Knight Order
The Knight Order is a battalion of knights who serve as the primary defense force in the city of Ehrenfest. The Knight order is made up entirely of nobles who can use magic.

Karstead is the commander of the Knight order.

Church
The church is the primary place of worship to the Gods. Although there are small shrines throughout Ehrenfest, the church within the city is the only one in the territory. It sits directly on the border between Downtown and the Noble District.

Once a year, the church holds a ceremony where all children that have come of age receive their baptism, a ritual in which their citizenship is officially recognized. Following the baptism, children become eligible for business apprenticeships.

The priests within the church mainly fall into two groups: nobles, and orphans who had nowhere else to go. They are identified by the color of their robes; blue for nobles and gray for orphans.

Within the church, their is a hierarchy of command, from highest to lowest, the hierarchy goes:
 * The High Bishop
 * The Head Priest
 * Blue-Robed Priests
 * Apprentice Blue-Robed Priests
 * Gray-Robed Priests
 * Apprentice Gray-Robed Priests
 * Unbaptized Orphans

Blue-robed priests hold high authority within the church and are the ones who conduct religious ceremonies. Gray-robed priests however, do menial labor around the church and work as servants to the blue-robes.

The cast system also plays a part in how food is distributed. Blue-robes eat first, then the gray-robes get their leftovers, the orphanage get the leftovers from that.

Trivia

 * Suzuka has noted that the north side of the lower district would look like Rothenburg, Germany in the Manga Part 2 Volume 1 afterword.