𝘾𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙣 ━ ◦ Locations ◦ ━

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C O R E B O R N An Arcane inspired Group RP ​ This is the Locations thread! Mostly to help remember where you can go! [ RP ] [ OOC / PLOTTING ] [ CHARACTERS ] [ LOCATIONS ] [ NPCS ] ​

 

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Elaris - The Gilded Spire
Tagline - "Progress is peace. Peace through control."
Core belief - Knowledge is power, but only when controlled.​

Overview
Elaris is a gleaming metropolis built on the morals of order, innovation, and hierarchy. Elongated towers that stretch into the clouds are polished with rare crystal and copper, linked by gliding trains and mechanical bridges. It is a utopia of invention and elegance on the surface, where every device is run by ethereal energy and every citizen is tracked and cataloged. Yet, beneath the shine lies great fear - fear of chaos, of the potential unknown, and now? The radiation coming from beneath their beloved world.

Aesthetic

• Art deco meets arcane tech
• Floating street lamps, drones with gilded wings, surveillance eyes in statue heads
• Alchemical gardens suspended in glass
• Calm, quiet streets lined with automaton guards

Power Structure
Governed by The Lumen Council, made up of scientists, technocrats, and arc-mages. The lower classes work in infrastructure and data-mining, barely seen by the elite. Their police force is The Accord Division.

What They Want from the Core - Strategic control.

• They want to mine and stabilize the core fragments, maybe even weaponize them.
• They aim to fuel their systems that run on refined Core energy, and build armor, weapons, etc.
• Found a way to build Core-tech suppression suits to withstand the long exposure.

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Places in Elaris​

The Elaris Ascension Institute
Elaris' most prestigious and strictly regulated university. Getting accepted in a high honor, and students are ranked publicly. Many fields can be studied here.

The Tranquil Promenade
A shopping district in pristine condition, where high-end tech boutiques, pharmaceutical vendors, and Core stabilizer clinics operate. They are under tight surveillance. This location is built atop of old protest tunnels.

The Apex Spire Forum
A towering public square, where political speeches, tech explos, and citizen announcements are held. Often, members of The Lumen Circle gather here under the watchful eyes of guards and drones.

Sector G-12 Labs
A government funded research facility with tight access with bustling staff, clean rooms and tight access. Here, they conduct research with the mutations.

 

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Virelow - The Broken Crown
Tagline - "We build from what you throw away."
Core Belief - Survival is sacred and freedom is worth blood.​

Overview
Virelow festers beneath the bustling city of Elaris, the area a vast sprawl of rusted scaffolds, tunnels and scrapyard cities.It thrives off of rebellion, grit, and ungoverned freedom. Here, inventors tinker with cast-off tech, gangs are aplenty and carve out territory, and mystics whisper about dreams bleeding through the cracks.

Aesthetic

• Neon-glow graffiti and rusted steel.
• Mismatched tech cobbled from discarded magic-infused gear.
• Steam pouring from vents, alley vendors selling glowing "fracture charms".
• A thousand voices echoing in tight corridors.

Power Structure
No government whatsoever. Only shifting power blocs. The ones that rule these lands are gangs, rebel scientists, underground faiths, and cyber-shamans. Alliances are temporary, but grudges are eternal.

What they want from the Core - Ascendancy

• They believe the Core could grant them the edge to finally break free.
• They may use the Core to build unstable gadgets, black market weapons, and will go so far to willingly mutate themselves.
• Core cults are beginning to rise, and rogue engineers are pushing their limits.

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Places in Virelow​

The Wire Docks
Located in Virelow. A harbor system within the underground city, used for salvage delivery, people smuggling, and a meeting ground for mercenary contracts. It reeks of sea and oil, and the air is thick with tension - as if a brawl is about to happen at any moment.

The Scraphound Market
Located in Virelow. Ran by rogue modders and others, it's a massive open-air junkyard-turned-bazaar. You can find any and everything here: Drugs, body parts, you name it they got it.

The Lowtone Arena
Located in Virelow. A combat pit where those fight for either coin, respect, or catharsis. Mutated and Altered people are popular contestants nowadays.

The Flickerhive
Located in Virelow. A heavily frequented social club, where music pulsates and the walls are layered with reactive neon. This space is popular among rebels, hackers, artists, and more. No violence is allowed inside.

The Havenwall
Located in Virelow. A public square that was purposely built around a bombed-out piece of the original Elarian wall. It is a place where people mourn, celebrate or recruit. It is covered in memorials, rebel graffiti, and missing person posters. Speeches can also be made here.

 

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The Fracture Zone - The Hollow Below
Tagline - "It cracked the ground… then it cracked reality."​

Overview
The Fracture zone is a unstable territory that inhabits the Catalyst Core - where toxic energy has permanently altered the land, its physics, and the life forms within. It is not magical, instead, it's a place of dangerous mutation and radiation, with unpredictable environmental shifts. Both Elaris and Virelow send expeditions there, yet few return the same. In its center lies the Cradle, the deepest point of the Core influence. It is rumored to hold the purest origialshard of the Crystal Core itself, being stable.

Aesthetic

• Cracked earth that glows faintly beneath with pulsating light from the Core
• Skies are streaked with inverted auroras and static lightning
• Hovering rock fragments are suspended by a magnetic force