Demonground Outskirts
These areas do not have the magical side effects of demonground however they do have the wandering possessed, scavengers, road gangs and other dangerous entities and beings.
Some say that you are in more physical danger on the outskirts. Its in the demonground that you soul is in danger.
Tech 4(7) Pop ?
Demonground
The areas where the barrier between the real world and the spirit world is too thin, places where demons may cross over if they can find a vessel that has a loose enough grasp on their own reality.
Some more powerful entities are able to manifest even without a suitable vessel.
Demonground is a place of time paradoxes, undead, disappearances, appearances and all other sorts of strangeness.
Tech 0(10) Pop ?
SIXTEEN
This still fully functioning Undercity has had its main computer possessed by an unspeakably cruel demon. The computer, known as Sixteen, continues its programming of 'protecting' its inhabitants. Sealing them in to protect them from the outside world but the insane nature of the computer makes life a living hell. Sixteen regularly kidnaps more people from the demongrounds to 'protect'. Sixteen is an insane demon with a mothering complex.
Tech 2(10) Pop Very High
FOUR
This is a dead Undercity, but some of it still seems to be functioning. The inhabitants are the scavengers on the surface who eke out a living by venturing below and retrieving anything that is not nailed down. Not all that venture below return.
This area has little in the way of water, they have trade with places like Hangman for essentials.
It is possible to strike it rich here, searching for that piece of technology that can be sold for top dollar. Most are 'no hoper' scavengers down to their last litre of water hoping for that lucky find.
Tech 2(6) Pop: Medium
FIVE
Right on the outskirts of demonground, this is not the safest place to be above ground. The shanty towns have long ago been destroyed by orks and other raiders.
Underground however it is as safe as any of the Undercities. The inhabitants safely oblivious to the outside world. This ignorance actually protecting them.
Smuggling to the outside world still occurs but without the aid of a shanty town.
Tech 6(8)
EIGHT
Cut off from the rest of the continent. their only contact with the outside world are the Runners that run the Gauntlet of the demonground to The 'Gate. Their 'island' sort of keeping them safe from scavengers and beasts.
Tech 6(8)
Surrounding Shanty town.
Tech 1(7)
NINE
This undercity is quite xenophobic. They fear magic and all non-human races. Being so close to demonground they fear anything they can not immediately understand.
Tech 6(8) Pop 40,000,000
The shanty town manages very little trade with NINE, relying mostly on their discarded rubbish.
Tech 3(5) Pop Small
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Ten
The northern most Undercity. They are in effect cut off by the demongrounds. A poor Shanite town has developed, living like parasites off the excesses of the undercity.
Ten is the second hardest Undercity to trade with. They are in land enough that sea trade is inconvenient, pirating making it non-profitable. Trade must be taken over land through deserts and rough terrain from Nine.
Tech 6(8)
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Twelve
This is the poorest Undercity. In times past supernatural creatures entered to live and feed. Due to this entry and exit have become very difficult, an attempt to rid the Undercity of these entities.
Technology is equivalent to all the other undercities, fashion and architecture can be described as a collision of gothic and early 20th century Art Deco/Nouveau
Twelve is cut off by the wilderness that surrounds them and the surrounding communities believe the area to be haunted. No 'shanty town' settlements have ever survived long. Only the most brave smuggle to them, past the Circle the Fey and the Druids.
Tech 5(8) Pop:30,000,000
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NINETEEN
This Undercity is the most open minded of all Undercities, and as such the most prosperous. Outsiders are still not free to travel into the undercity unchecked, but it is at least possible (with enough bribes and contacts)
Tech 6(8) Pop:50,000,000
The shanty town is quite large, so it is rarely threatened (by demons etc). Trade with scavengers for raw materials, food etc is common.
Tech 5(8) Pop: 1,000,000
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Hangman
This is a trading hub for Runners smuggling government disallowed technology Blueprints and magical drugs between the Undercities. Hangman also trades water and alcohol fuel to places like FOUR and Gauntlets Gate.
Tech 4(9) POP Small
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Gauntlets Gate
This is the last stop before the SIXTEEN demonground. Similar to Hangman for trade etc. However this is the start of the most dangerous Run's though the most active demonground. A home to Runners, Guns, scavengers, refugees and other miscreants.
Here the laws of the desert and the six-shooter rule. Water is mainly shipped from Hangman or collected in demonground.
Tech 4 (9) Pop: Small
The Twin Cities
This City is a curious mixture of technology and magic. It appears Renaissance cusping on the Industrial era. However if you delve deeper much newer technologies can be found. Much of the city is controlled by 'The Circle' who use the twin cities as a check point to allow people but not technology in to the south and preventing magic from heading north.
The two cities have been joined so long that few even remember the two towns original names.
Tech 3 (7) Pop Very Large
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Vlarden
This town is renowned for its university of knowledge and not much else... Unlike all the other southern universities wizardry is not the primary study, of course magic is taught here but the primary areas of knowledge are history, geography and biology.
It is still struggling to recover from being a pawn in the Lisk wars, when it was sacked by orks and much of its population taken to Sixteen.
Tech 2(4) Pop : Medium
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Sephardishe
This City trading hub for the plains. Produce is traded here and then exported to the Lake's and vice versa. This is also the spiritual hub of the south with many Churches being based here.
Tech 2(3) POP Large
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Fuex
The only vestige of civilization on the Plains. Much of this area is populated with small villages and tiny communities that farm then trade to Fuex or to Sephardishe.
Tech 2(3) POP Medium
Bolon
The mid point between the lakes and the elven city Illandar. Trade between the 'Plains', the Lake's and the Elves takes place here.
One of the few places outside the Elven Cities where the elven currency is readily accepted at face value.
Tech 2(3) POP Moderate
Ostol
The most technologically tolerant of the Lake's cities Ostol still has anti-technology laws with harsh punishments.
Anything as advanced as Muskets are viewed with suspicion but tolerated.
Clockwork and steam power are starting to be experimented with under the watchful eye of the Circle.
Tech: 2(3!) POP: Very Large
Moloch
This is the most technologically bigoted of the Lake's Cities. Angry mobs often dealing out diabolic punishments for the most minor of offences.
Moloch is the main market point of the Lakes, goods going to and from the Plains via Sephardishe.
Tech: 2(3!) POP: Very Large
Tannar
Tannar is the most obviously magical of the three Lake's cities. Normally such frivolous use of magic would be considered sacrilege, but Tannar is a city of Wizards.
The Wizard Circle's power is spread between the three cities but they rule the northern continent at arms length from Tannar.
Possession of the simplest technology is punishable by death. Enforced by the government, rather than angry mobs, which makes things slightly fairer despite the harshest punishments.
Tech: 2(3!) POP: Very Large
Yolknar Mountain
There is a Dwarven enclave beneath the Yolknar mountains the entire area is riddled with mines and settlements. There are other underground races that live here too but the dwarves are the most prevalent. They trade with humans and all the other underground dwellers, even the Dark Elves. Their Over-king was lost in the Lisk wars, and has been succeeded by his simpleton twin sons Misk and Marq. Luckily for the dwarves there is a layer of government between the people and its Kings.
Tech: 2+ Pop: High
(Dwarves are fascinated by mechanical technology but distrust electricity)
Illandar
An Elven City whose territories extend into the mountains and to the nearby lake. They are all that stands between the demongrounds and Southern civilization, or at least that is what they believe. Unfortunately they await the demons next move, endlessly, lost in the senate's red tape. Why do it today when your going to live forever?
Those that did wish to continue the war were banished eons ago. Illandar sits as caretaker not protector, much to the chagrin of their Royals.
Tech 2(3) POP: Medium-High
Lohze
This is the largest of the elven cities, in fact elven settlement dominates the entire island. They trade with the mainland but in general enjoy their isolation.
The elves of Lohze have long stopped pursuing the destruction of demons. Leaving that task to the elves of the mainland.
Tech 2(4) Population: Medium
Borden
This is the most isolated and wary city of the Elves. The mountain range their only protection from demonground.
Borden keeps to it self, as does many of the far northern cities, this xenophobia has protected them in the past from demons so it continues, however this stifles trade and has lead to a poor economy. It is known for the elves to 'pillage' the nearby islands when crops fails or in time of economic stress
Technology is not feared but see the human 'toys' as beneath them, most refusing to use them.
Tech 2(5) Pop Medium
The Orkish Lands
This area is mostly populated with orks, however there are other inhabitants, banished humans, goblin and other such races. The Circle restricts human settlement in this area to protect them from the Technology of the northern continent. This gives the Orks and other lesser species free reign.
Tech 1(5) POP:?
Dark elven Empire
Hidden beneath the mountain is what is left of the Dark Elven empire. 'Dark elf' is how Elves refer to those that were exiled for wanting to take a more active role in the destruction of demons. They fled and were persecuted where ever they roamed. Eventually following the old legends they found a huge underground city, one that had been deserted by the elves eons earlier.
The Elves of the Light deny that this city is of elven construction for it is far too advanced and therefore the work of demons.
Tech:4(10) Population : Sparse
Pirate Cove
Even though they have access to modern weaponry cost dictates that it is used sparingly. Most pirates use sail power, very few able to afford motor power.
Booty consists of slaves fine foods or very simple technologies (Tech4).
Most pirates are ex-slaves who escaped and look to free others for humanitarian reasons or just pure profit.
The area is regularly raided to restore trade safety but it always recovers
Tech 4(6) Pop Small
Wild
This is the true Wild these are the lands where the Circles control does not reach. Primarily populated by those wanting to escape technology and maybe even civilization as well. There are countless small communities, human, elven, ork, goblin and others. This area is also home to the Druids and the Fey.
Tech 2(3) Population : Sparse?
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