Magnolia Town

Magnolia Town (マグノリア タウン Magunoria Taun) is a city located in the Kingdom of Fiore.

Description
Magnolia has a population of 60,000 inhabitants, and is a merchant city that has been prosperous in Magic since the ancient era. Such reputation was supported by the fact that the town used to house the formerly strongest Guild in Fiore, Fairy Tail. This, however, until Acnologia's attack on Tenrou Island, which caused most of Fairy Tail's top members to disappear for seven whole years: such fact prompted Fairy Tail to move out of town, with its place being taken over by Twilight Ogre.

Location
Magnolia is located in the southeastern part of Fiore, with the sea and Hargeon Town not too far to the south, a series of minor built-up areas (namely Onibus, Kunugi, Oshibana and Clover Town) linked to it by a railway line to the north. The state boundary with the Kingdom of Bosco is located to the east.

Design
Magnolia possesses a large built-up area, extending over a large, rectangular surface to the shores of Lake Sciliora. Splitting the town vertically and horizontally is a series of large roads. Located almost in the middle of the town, overlooking a horizontal road, is Kardia Cathedral, one of Magnolia's most important and distinctive landmarks.

Gildarts Shift
Magnolia Town has rebuilt the entire town to accommodate Gildarts Clive because of his absent mindedness. This rebuild is called the "Gildarts Shift", where the town completely shifts to form a single straight road to the guild so that Gildarts won't accidently destroy private homes.