Alexandria

Alexandria (アレクサンドリア) is the base of Shadow Garden. It was the former capital of the Midgar Kingdom until it was destroyed by a Mist Dragon.

Background
Long ago, the king of Alexandria formed a pact with the Mist Dragon. The Mist Dragon promised prosperity for the city and protected the city using his mist, in return was that one day the king or his descendant will giving Mist Dragon a death. However, as time passed, the pact was forgotten and the king's descendant became greedy with their prosperity instead of striving to grow in strength. Then, the Mist Dragon will laid waste to the capital for a test to see if they were worthy to kill the dragon. However, the capital fell in one night against the Mist Dragon's force along with the king's descendant and it's inhabitants.

Years later, Shadow and the Seven Shadows, in search for a new place to stay would uncover Alexandria and face off against the dragon. Cid defeated the Mist Dragon using an underdeveloped "I Am Atomic" but could not kill him. The dragon then swore obedience to Shadow allowing his organization to use Alexandria as their headquarters, believing one day that Shadow will be able to kill him.

Location
It was a legendary capital, said to be far east of the Sacred Land Lindwurm at Midgar, beyond the Abyss Woods. It's a natural stronghold, surrounded by steep cliffs on three sides and to the west of the Abyss Woods, which is protected by the Mist Dragon's deadly poison mist.