The Bastion

> *"The temple of Mother. That triangle structure you can see from Blockrock." - Elro*
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**The Bastion** is the Capitol building of the One Concern and the easternmost building in City One. The Bastion is where Mother and the Suits rule from. Mother never leaves the Bastion except on religious holidays. Once the events of the Bastion have been completed and Robin leaves City One, the Bastion cannot be revisited. There are no side-quests or optional objectives in this building, so it is not possible to permanently miss something while playing through the game.

# Events

After the death of Mother, General Chrome attempts to assume control over the One Concern, and a fight breaks out between the One Concern Army and the Bastion Elite. Robin, Mina, Royal, and Elro take shelter in the Bastion. Mina contemplates that the world is going to end due to Ivory use, and reflects that her people, the Isi, contributed to this to an extent by minng Ivory Pustules. Robin continues on ahead by herself to the top of the tower.

As she approaches the top, she sees Oliver Shard fleeing in the opposite direction with armfuls of papers, tripping over himself as he runs. His destination is unknown. She enters a conference room to find the rest of the Suits in a state of panic. Joseph Glass despairs head-down. Bea Blockrock is shouting out the window, praying for salvation. Aisling Ferrier, is found shaking Emmet Darland by the collar angrily. Ferrier had voiced concerns about not escaping to Midway soon enough previously, but Darland had been dismissive. There is a sixth person present, what appears to be a blond man, laying face-down on the desk and covered in blood. He is motionless and unresponsive.

Robin returns to the other wing of the Bastion tower to find Chrome sitting next to Father, who is old and frail and in a wheelchair. Tolo is present, but Chrome requests that he leaves, at which point he walks out of the room to the balcony. Chrome explains he believes he has been divinely inspired by Him to eliminate all authoritative figuresfrom the world to free the people from corrupt leadership. In the middle of his speech, he kills Father with his sidearm. He and Robin walk towards the balcony where he explains to Tolo that he must not be exhalted as a leader, as Tolo would likely wish to do, and that after the rest of the world's leaders are eliminated he will "take his place among the stars". Chrome declares that he will try to save the world by contacting Him from the balcony and to reason with Him to spare the world, having found a solution to the world's problems. He then announces that because of Robin also being potentially seen as a hero to the people, he must eliminate her too. Chrome asks that Robin surrender her life to him willingly, for the greater good.

At that moment, Elro arrives and stands between Chrome and Robin in defiance of Chrome. Though Chrome is not sane, he is compassionate, and offers to allow Elro to take his frustration out on him. Chrome has little to fear as he is a Transcendent and Elro is a cripple. As Chrome awaits in surrender for Elro to attack, Elro walks up and jabs Chrome with one of his Syringes. Tolo and Chrome gloat at how the syringes are ineffective due to His devine blessing, but after a moment Chrome begins to be affected. Chrome breaks into a panic and dashes to the balcony where he explodes into Detritus dust.

As the confrontation upstairs transpires, Royal and Mina observe a sparkling in the night sky moving slowly. It appears to be Him, heading towards the earth. Mina laments being so far from home. Elro and Robin return from the uppr flors and rejoin the two. Tired of adventuring and tragedy, Elro announces his intentions to go home. Mina agrees, and they leave the Bastion.