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AN ILLUSTRATED ATLAS

The world, from the heights to the river

Imagine standing above the canyon, then following its streets, stairs and working neighborhoods all the way to the river. Every level belongs to the same immense city—but life looks different at each height.

The connected city extending across the canyon and both rims
The canyon metropolis
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The canyon metropolis

A single vast metropolis rises on both rims and descends along steep, densely inhabited canyon walls.

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Busy streets and trade in the larger Upper City
Upper City · Everyday life
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Upper City · Everyday life

Above the canyon, avenues and neighborhoods form a metropolis that is much more than palaces and monuments.

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Approach from the Lower City's Upper Heights to the main Upper City gate
The way into the Upper City
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The way into the Upper City

From Upper Heights, the road climbs to the guarded gate into the Upper City. Beyond it lies the city's upper streets.

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Middle Heights neighborhoods built along two facing canyon walls, connected by walkways and bridges above a misty depth
Middle Heights · Neighborhood life
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Middle Heights · Neighborhood life

Halfway down the canyon, families and craftspeople live on facing terraces, connected by footbridges and stairs above the misty depths.

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Riverboats and cargo workers on the Deepwater docks
Deepwater · Working waterfront
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Deepwater · Working waterfront

At the bottom of the canyon, boats, workshops and river commerce support a community in the deepest shade.

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EXPLORE FURTHER

A living city

Seen the streets? Discover why the city grew this way, how people move between its levels, and what everyday life asks of them. The lore archive offers a little more without revealing the mystery.

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