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This is still rough, but this is the setting for the city I'm working on. Jus the setting though.


In the far east, past the Great Borders of Rhea, sits an immeasurable cluster of snow-capped mountains as far as the eye can see. So large and so vast is this gathering of mountainous terrain that one can't help but wonder about what lies amongst the sparkling, frozen waterfalls and glistening snow. However, not one person ever wonders about what resides inside, at the top of one particular mountain, lest they are seduced into treacherous livelihoods. Its peak shines brighter than the sun at times and can be seen for miles around. 

Rumors upon rumors entangle that place. Stories of, "The City of Stars" that dwells at the top of the mountain spread far and wide and are often the popular topic among the people of Rhea, the closest residing kingdom. They say that the first stars of the night can be seen atop the city, but that's just what it says on the pamphlets that are occasionally found at the newsstand or taped to your front door. Even their postcards are adorned with many brightly colored stars. 

What a load of bullshit. 

My name is Danial D'artagnan and I live in the shittiest city in the world. It's a city known to most on the outside as the city of lights, where your life can be changed for the better or worse. They're not completely wrong. Your life absolutely can be changed, however, it's far more likely to be for the worse. 

This city goes by the name of Sodom. It's run by the most pig-headed and gluttonous, pompous and pretentious, rich bastards out there. Correction. It's ruled by the most pig-headed and gluttonous, pompous and pretentious, rich bastards out there, with an iron fist. This city is run, however, by the indebted slaves of the underground, forced to work off their dues after succumbing to the glamor of the surface lights with their many ringing bells and whistles. 

That's right. The city of Sodom, famous for its many hotels and casinos, clubs and bars and promises of money and grandeur is run off the backs of swindled debtors. They come to the city, lured by an ad for a few free nights at a nice hotel and some free plays at the casino, pool and buffet included. That first taste can be so tempting.

Then low and behold your deep in your pockets, desperate for a few extra pennies and knee deep in debt to the crown. 

Then to top it all off the City of Sodom has a policy that it calls the Gambler's Generosity. For however long you have to you can live in the city and work off your debt doing menial, low paid, jobs like janitorial services or sewer maintenance or God forbid the mines. If you were a woman you could be lucky enough to work as a hostess at a casino or a bar or a fancy restaurant if your willing to show some leg. Only the lucky ones who have yet to experience the dark underbelly of the debtors' society get poached for the military. Now there's a cushy job. 

You see? It's all an elaborate ruse. You come for the fun, stay for the debt, so says our "benevolent" rulers, the Four Kings. 

On the service of Sodom, lives a year-long population of approximately 100,000 citizens. Of those 100,000 citizens, about 20,000 are of the upper class and royalty; 30,000 or so are the upper middle class; the last 50,000 are middle class. The uncounted debtors of the underground are considered the lower middle class. All are ruled under a strict caste system by the Four Kings of Precious Gems: The Ruby King, The Emerald Kind, the Sapphire King, and the Diamond King. 

These Kings, for which I personally like to refer to as the monkeys atop monkey mountain, each are in charge of a specific piece of Sodom. The Ruby King as the General, or The King of Blood as some say, heads the kingdom's military consisting of the majority of the middle class to keep them in line and control the underground while also enforcing the surface law. The Emerald King is the CEO of financing, The King of Debt and a serious piece of shit, spearheading all interactions with business, money, and taxes, Including methods of attaining more debtors. Third down this row of bastard royalty is the Sapphire King, the lawmaker, creator of law and order, judge and jury and an all-around pain in my ass also known as The King of Lies. Together, these three are governed by the final king, The Diamond King. He is the de facto King of Kings and the regulator of the other three. His word is law and the deciding factor should the others disagree. Why the other three kings willfully kiss his ass, no one knows. 

All anyone really knows is the kings created Sodom so that they might live the arrogant, all saying lives they believed they deserved. They wanted a City-state for the rich, by the rich and away from the laws that restricted them in Rhea. Sodom was to be their sweet haven of wealth and prosperity and for the most part, that goal has been realized. The Four Kings have surrounded themselves in the high life of money and jewels and women; a Kingdom of Sin atop a mountain of gold and underneath the fruits of our labor. The underground.

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