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THE LAND

Where everything happens.

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THE CENTRE

It is said that the Centre is where all roads in The Land lead to, eventually. It is the reset point of the city, the place where the lost can pick their way up again; it is also where the Tube is located. The Centre is where the markets of the merchants can be found, as it is the only open space that the packed city has. Everything can be found there: from rare exotic fabrics, to the common apple, to the introduction of a new invention. The Centre is the place to be if one is looking for something. 


The centre is, as the name suggests, located at the heart of the city. It is said that every alley in Golden City, no matter how complicated, leads to this place eventually which is why the Centre is an excellent point to reset if one is ever lost. The Centre is often characterised by its wide circular space on which everything comes together. Markets can be found there, as well as performers or meetings.

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THE NEST

Located in the north of The Land, hanging between The Sky and The Land, is a construction made of the same material as the cables hanging around The Land. It is called The Nest, and it functions as the main postal office of Golden City. It is where all of the incoming and outgoing mail is gathered, sorted, and distributed. From a letter to The Council, to a package to the outside, all postal traffic goes through The Nest first before it goes anywhere else. Being the highest building in the city, The Nest can easily reach out to anywhere needed with the use of the cables. Mail and packages are constantly whizzing up and down the lines towards their destinations, making the cables quite a spectacle to see.

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THE SOCIETY

Located at the inner circle of Golden City is a guild installed within one of the largest buildings the city has to offer. As the name suggests it started as a club of gentry with a common cause that banded together, but has slowly grown to become more inclusive and focussing itself on the growth and betterment of Golden City. The guild exists mostly out of tinkerers that settled in the city, to exchange ideas, to keep an eye out on each other, or to advance their own business.

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THE SIREN

A high end bar in Golden City for the citizens that can afford the extra penny. The focus of The Siren is to promote arts rather than a drinking culture. With the promise of live music the Siren invites the best and the beginning artists to come to the stage and sing a tune. Famous performers that have taken the stage in The Siren are: the Puppet and the Bird.

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PARIAH BAY

As Golden City has no bodies of water of its own, it has to make use of large water tanks to provide its people with clean and fresh water. One of these tanks, and the largest of them all, is found in the west of the city, and is what has given Pariah Bay its name. It is one of the poorest neighbourhoods of The Land. It is, as the name suggests, the place of outcasts, of those that don't entirely fit into the image of Golden City and its vision, but haven't fallen into The Underground yet. Some of them are orphans who have little chance to survive; others are failed dreamers who crashed hard; and all of them are struggling to survive. They are stranded in Pariah Bay, hoping to find a way out, but are ultimately fated to disappear into The Underground. The housing in Pariah Bay is considerably cheaper compared to the rest of the city, simply because most of the houses don't have basic utilities, or that small spaces are shared by multiple people. Security is also a problem within Pariah Bay the crime rate is high due to the dire circumstances most of the inhabitants of the district live in, and murder is an ordinary occurrence. It is the neighbourhood that few dare to enter on their own volition. Even the Inquisition steer clear of the place.

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THE COAL AND SHOVEL TAVERN

A low-end tavern where mostly drinks are served for the purpose of drinking the night away. The place is disreputable for its many fights and other shady dealings. Sometimes there is random live music, though the quality of the sound is always disputable. It is definitely not the place to be at to show off, unless it is in a drinking match and gambling.

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THE ORPHANAGE

In a city like Golden City there are many children who are left without parents. The smog doesn’t favour the survival rates and the harsh labour often also bereaved many. However, there is an even greater amount of children who are just plainly abandoned. Be it because their families could simply not afford them anymore, or because they were born out of wedlock. In any case, most of those children are picked off of the streets and brought to the orphanage, where they learn to worship the Pioneer and prepare for their fates to end in the mines, or with a lot of luck land an apprenticeship.

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