" The world as most knew it was over. The final straws had been pulled, strained upon for centuries. The apocalypse had happened, But this, this is not about that. "
After the 10 Year War, The Hystria. After the Hyst Protests and the Tyrannical Dogma of New Religious Orders. It was thought that nothing could repair our broken world. Introducing Valestia,{ Val-es-tia }, a Company made to reclaim and fix the world one part at a time.
Fear no longer of war, famine or pestilence as you join those on the inside of Valestia's walls. Fear no longer poverty or the corruption of greed and power. Overseen by Dawn, An observant, highly intelligent and empathetic A.I system, whose objectives lay firmly in the creation and maintenance of meaningful and healthy life to all of those under its supervision.
" Valestia in concept is forever expanding and innovating in the minds of its evolving founders. But at the moment the population inside city walls has officially reached over 1,500,000 as of our last city census. Congratulations everyone we have finally reached that milestone in high urban development. But do not worry now about overcrowding, we are now at the point that the construction of the second outer wall has been agreed and will be starting this coming winter season. Allowing farmlands to expand and turn more outside wasteland to productivity! Most of all, increasing our overall population capacity.
If you fear that even then we will be out of space do surely count on our highly intelligent designers and city engineers to work out all the kinks before anything major happens. Currently inner city capacity is resting at 3,000,000. which gives plenty of wiggle room and time to expand without restricting immigration. Outer city side holds an even more impressive 500,000 capacity for all those who do not wish for such close quarters with neighbors. I don't wish to take up more of our time on air today but it is important to stay informed of these types of things. Everyone now have everyone a wonderful evening and don't forget to check out the many music festivals playing in our festival houses. This is Claire Elisoct for Valestinian public news and service announcements signing off."
The walls tower up into the clouds as the skyscrapers do. Above our great city is a gate of sorts, A gridded network that is clear to the naked eye. Water and air are filtered through it going both ways. Our atmosphere being cleansed from the city out. It was not the newest in scientific advances made since the Hystria yet it held up to the test of time with careful patience and prevented further pollution from the city to seep into the outside world. The walls allow breezes to pass through special window-like holes in them covered in thicker layers of this mesh and those sustain much more of the beating than the top grids. Skyscrapers hold up the sections of the grid not supported enough by the wall. All buildings that hold up sections of this grid are commissioned by the City Design & Function Department and share a common element to distinguish themselves
Plot:
External conflict from Valestia as a city civilization and Internal conflicts will motivate your characters to work towards their personal and group goals, but what is there to investigate?
- Well mainly as rumored amongst the population, there is a group playing against Valestia for corporate gain. Not to destroy the city but to take it over tyrannically as those cities of the wasteland, using as much brute force as necessary. Having formed a violent rebellion that flows in the undercurrents of Valestian society and surely based on the fears of the peoples it thrives but these are only rumors.
- Secondarily, and less publicly known is the Anarchist group formed by a religious cult that had formed inside the cities walls, hailing the Dawn A.I as a false god, they work to bring the walls down and expose their believed lies of the corporation. It is with them that much crime in the city is associated.
- Finally and perhaps most disturbingly the rumor many dismiss as pure conspiracy yet fear is true; Dawn is not just an A.I but technology feeding off the energy of a human host. Perhaps the explanation for the seemingly random disappearances in the city, but again, rumors are not always true and should be taken with if only a pinch of salt.
These main sources of conflict exist with or without your characters, as the spark off point for the story to follow, but what will really drive this story is the internal conflicts and motivations for the characters.
But how would all of your characters come together in any fashion in the first place? The Inciting Incident of course. A large terrorist attack on a major skyscraper led to a massive hole in the Mesh protecting the city from the harsh outside world. Of course, the city began repairing this mesh immediately, but the resulting impurities from beyond the walls led to the major leaders of the anarchist movement, Esti, to proclaim they are behind this attack.
If this doesn't sound like your type of RP. That's great. But if exploring a world set in the future, with fantastically deep characters and an open world of stories to interact with does sound like your type of RP. Well hope right in and read some basic lore, think of what type of character in this setting you'd most enjoy and then maybe create that full-fleshed character you'd like to see put through trials and tribulations of surviving far into the future.