The highest rooms of Paradiso are reserved for the highest bidders. The inhabitants of the Heights don't often descend from on-high, and their faces are only seen painted upon the many screens and billboards throughout the city. Contrary to the old world, a celebrity showing themselves amongst the common crowd is almost unheard of, and Diamond Heights has almost become a whole other city in itself. Hover vehicles are used to transport from building to building, and sister towers are often connected by a bridge.

Accessed from Sky Hotel, the Sky Bar is the only place within the Heights that is open to the general public.

The Lower District, otherwise known as the Trader Zone, is a series of streets laced with an array of neon-decorated shops. Standard shops are found here, with clothing and food stalls being particularly prominent. A handful of convenient - yet expensive - pharmacies are dotted throughout.

A dubious crowd often gathers in the rear streets, offering stolen cybernetics, narcotics, and illegal computer parts.

The Complex is a stack of cloned apartments and bedsits appropriate for the common crowd. As with most things in Paradiso, the quality of residence generally increases with the floor number, and those unfortunate enough to settle within the ground floor are often subjected to violent burglaries. The Complex is the largest residential zone by a large margin, with around 70% of Paradiso's population residing there.

Since its birth, a huge portion of Paradiso's populace work or have worked somewhere within The Foundry. The Foundry is an industrial district home to the largest steelworks in the world, as well as an array of canneries, furniture warehouses, and power plants. Paradiso's primary source of energy is thermodynamic.

Out of pre-planned convenience, The Foundry was erected adjacent to The Complex.

Over time, cybernetics have become a pseudo-natural part of society. Despite being introduced as a solution for the physically disabled, body modifications have now become immensely popular as both enhancements and fashion accessories. Those who can afford it often have cybernetic eyes, limbs, and chip implants. Chip implants are directly connected to the Databahn, and offer a simple way of accessing various parts of the city without having to carry physical passes and money.

The Geiger Institute is also the sole producer of androids. Whilst their AI system is outstanding, they have held back on the external appearance of the androids, leaving them distinctly robot-like as to not inflict paranoia amongst the populace. Androids are widely popular amongst businesses, and are used as guards, cashiers, and receptionists.

The cheapest mode of travel in Paradiso is through use of the monorail. The monorail weaves through most of the city, with a station situated in each zone. The Main Gate is settled beneath the Pyre at the heart of Paradiso, and provides access to every other line in the system. When passing through The Foundry, the monorail enters a subway system as to preserve its engines from the smoke and waste fuel.

The Pyre is the tallest structure within Paradiso and hosts the central nervous system of the Databahn. Access into the tower is severely restricted, and trespassers are killed on sight. The majority of the Pyre's security personnel are androids, but the control systems are manned by several Geiger Corp. technicians at once.

Being the only publicly known source of data transfer, disruption of the Databahn is considered a national disaster. As such, attempting to or plotting to sabotage the Databahn is considered high treason and is punishable by death without jury.

THE CREATION MYTH
The people of The Dry Wastes held that the world had arisen out of the primeval waters of chaos, known as Nu-e. It is believed that Tirã-Kin, the great oasis, was the first point to rise from the waters, with the mountain of Paarl being the tallest point of their visible world. Such stories tie in greatly with the flooding of the River Khef each year, during which the gradually receding waters would reveal softened and fertile earth in their wake.

The sun - a vital icon amongst the burning desert - is said to have birthed from the bud of a mallow flower as it bloomed at the peak of Paarl. The sun otherwise bears the name of Akhtun, and is perceived as a never-ending deity which consummated with the sky and bore the Gods of the First Era as its children.

Mortal men are told to have risen from damp soil many sunrises later, as the last of Nu-e evaporated away.

Human existence is understood by mortals as being a mere segment of an eternal journey, presided over and orchestrated by the many deities which comprised the pantheon of Tirã-Kin and The Dry Wastes. In death, mortal souls are ferried to the afterlife, wherein they would continue their own eternal journey affected by how well they had lived their life before.

AKHTUN, AT-UIR, AND THE DIRE SUMMER
Akhtun, upon realising his solitude, consorted with his own shadow in the form of the sky in order to birth At-uir, The Second Sun. It was the birth of At-uir which saw the coming of the seasons as the new planet rotated around the two suns in a broad figure of eight.

Akhtun, grand and golden, burned the sands with long summers and warm nights. At-uir, modest and blue, offered cooler days and cold, still nights. However, upon reaching the central point of rotation, mortals are put through what they dub clearly as The Dire Summer; a stretch of time where neither sun sets, and the night never comes.

THE SECOND ERA
The growing of mankind and its culture presented growing concern for Akhtun, who worried of the new world's survivability. He, along with the first "Gods" (namely the sky and At-Uir) planted their own seed in the image of man and ascended a generation of pseudo-humans into what became known as Paarl, The Endless Dream.

This dream, constructed by the ambient thoughts of Akhtun, saw that the great sun settle its consciousness into an endless slumber. In giving once-mortals their own domains to govern and maintain, the Gods of the First Era had passed on the torch to make way for the children of the Second Era.

NIHAYAT—SEHTEN
The Gods of the Second Era were headed by Osahir, God of Order and appointed All-Father of the Pantheon. Though many centuries had passed during his grand and knowledgable overwatching, signs of the coming of a new Era began to swell.

Tremors would shake the usually tranquil grounds of Paarl, and waves of heat and cold and the whisper of distant voices in the wind told tales of the beginning of an age-old prophecy; Nihayat—Sehten, the beginning of an end. The Great Sun began to stir, and Akhtun threatened to awaken. The Gods - who had become so accustomed to their endlessness - suddenly feared mortality. For if the dreamer of the dream were to awaken, Paarl and all its inhabitants would turn to ash and sand.

Though the crisis brought many to the edge of their tempers, Osahir, whose honor was nigh unmatched by his brethren, cast himself into the flames of Akhtun as to smother the First God back into his hibernation. The Paarl dream ceased it's dissolving, but alas, the empty throne of the All-Father saw that another conundrum arose.

A confluence of the Gods saw no solution to the election of Osahir's successor, and many heads sought to claim the domain of Order beneath their wing. Relations and treaties pulled taught beneath the argument, and each began to ponder their own routes to the empty title. For all their might and wisdom, the Pantheon dared not imagine that the first day of Nihayat—Sehten was not the stirring of Akhtun, but the day of their confluence.

TIR×KIN
The beacon of life within the vast desert, and the centre of all trade across the sands. Constructed of sandstone and marble and decorated with gleaming golds, the shining city of Tirã-Kin is led by the image of Emperor Ptolem IV, who in turn issues commands echoed from the whispers of his many masked advisers. The Emperor's Council is entirely populated by this advisers, who devoutly worship the God of Secrets. Represented by the image of the sun, Emperors are appointed by blood only, and are said to be the incarnation of Order; a reflection of the late Osahir himself.

Though the economy is maintained by skilled craftsman and businessmen alike, the majority of labour work is divided across the backs of slaves. Slaves are obtained from the many settlements in the vicinity of Tirã-Kin; small villages and towns unable to afford tax will forfeit their children as substitute, an act which has led to several revolts in the history of Tirã-Kin.

The shining city is built in an upwards motion, with the palace being built atop the Temple of Divines at the central peak of the architecture. Said architecture reflects upon the innovations of ancient Rome, but still retains the traditions of religion and culture akin to that of the Egyptians. With divine presence being so prominent, mankind will pin the troubles of failed crops and illness to the wrath of the Gods, and pay great effort into remaining at peace with them.

Though the idols of nigh all Gods can be found within the Temple of Divines, some will bear external shrines in their image, often having mortals journey on pilgrimages to visit them across the wastes.

MOUNT PAARL
A grand silhouette on the horizon of the Dry Wastes, perilous to mortals yet home to Sahaq, the Gate of Paarl. Though the climb is grave, should mankind make even it to the peak, it is said that they will be greeted by a foul gatekeeper. Though meddling in mortal affairs is frowned upon within Paarl, it is known that any deity who wishes to enter the mortal plane would most likely do so by means of Sahaq. It is possible for portals to be torn open by force if the aggressor so desired, but Sahaq is built for such purposes of travel, if very rarely used.

Domains claimed either by played characters or reserved for NPC usage.

> Warfare, Masculinity, Bravery, Plundering, Strength, Combat, Death and Sacrifice.
> Festivity, Inebriation, Merriment, Sorrow, & Trickery
> Wandering, Discovery, Oversight, & Mirages
> The Underworld
> Order
> The Hunt, Animals
> Birds, Fertility, and Harvest
> Sand, Sleep, Dreams, and Illusion
> Blood, Secrets, and Shadows
> Water, Crocodiles, and Fate
> Justice, Law
> Decay, Aging, Struggle