Nestled between the mountains and the swamp lies the great necropolis, Evergreen. The city of the dead and the damned. A thousand concrete spires half sunken into the rancid swamp form the city outskirts. Yet even this part of the city is not completely abandoned. Bridges are hung between the towers and at the top floors of a few, lit windows can still be spotted. Evergreen began as a hilltop fort nearly 1,000 years ago, and at the spot of that old fort is the mighty High Tower. The city is split into four uneven quarters, the largest of which is the Smoke Quarter, 100 square miles of factories and industrial farms. The cities few privileged upper classes live in the Gold Quarter, the only place to see green grass and slightly clearer skies for a thousand miles in any direction. Smaller free standing towers of only a few storeys make up the skyline here, and each tower belongs to a particularly wealthy family, those heads of factories and industry, business owners and land o
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