Underrise
Underrise is an area of the city of Maezberg that exists shadowed by the great raised platform known as The Rise.
Earlier in the history of Maezberg the area that has become Underrise was open to the sky, but as population swelled and housing pressure grew, the authorities decided to build The Rise, an elevated city-above-a-city where the more affluent individuals and enterprises could reside.
The original plan had been for the Underrise area to be reserved exclusively for factories and other non-residential use, but as the housing pressures and underclasses in Maezberg continued to grow this plan was abandoned and Underrise was assigned as housing for the poor.
Underrise now is divided into a number of Districts, each under the governance of a Major and Constabulary, and is a thriving and bustling, in a desperate and overcrowded way.
Illumination in Underrise is provided huge artificial suns, factory-sized Wispcoal-Gas lamps, one for each district, which blaze and dim to mirror the days outside. While the operation of these lamps is usually reliable, occasional blackouts are not-unheard-of.
Though the days there is always the distant clangs and pounding of factories, sound that seem to echo around the enclosed space, whilst nights seem close and claustrophobic as star-dim gaslight refracts through the swirling fog.
Districts
Founding Date
622
Population
Approximately 4 million
Included Locations
Owning Organization
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