Altarus

**Altarus,** also known as ***The City of Gears*,** is a city in Chrysanthia.

## Description

Altarus is infamous for it's highly advanced technologies and blending of science and magic. Altarus is divided into several major districts, with inhabitants sorted in various walled "rings" based on economic and social class. These range from the Coal Ring, a place of ghettos inhabited by refugees and the poor, to the High Ring, home of the Altarus' ruling classes and the richest of technological tycoons.

Travel throughout the city, in addition to entering and exiting it, is provided by large, steam powered monorails, constructed during the reign of Caden Moorish The monorails meet in large transit stations, are free to the general public, and make travel within the city much easier. Citizens are free to travel between the Steam Ring, the Coal Ring, and the Bronze Ring. The High Ring is a particularly exclusive area of the city; it is restricted to citizens with the personal invitation of a citizen of the Steam Ring, the government, or the King of Steam. Prominent members include Berren Amriad, Lazaren Deur and Ferrek Tilothy.

Not much is known about Altarus outside of their general layout and their technological prowess. Citizens of Altarus are almost never seen outside of the city and if they are they do not speak of it. As far as moving to the city it is a long and arduous process that most folk do not have the mental fortitude for.

## Key Locations

### Undercity

Beneath the Rings of the city is Undercity which is home to many of the crime families and drug runners of Altarus. It is a highly dangerous place but some of the best places to drink can be found there. Such places include Clockworkz and The Techlite Lounge.

### Coal Ring

Home to mostly miners and laborers, The Coal Ring is majoritly a ghetto with run down dive bars and plagued by the infamous gang of Modders, humanoids who combine technological devices and contraptions with their organic bodies willingly. Within The Coal Ring notable locations include The Powderkeg and Faezzen's Bonds and Brokerage.

### Bronze Ring

Full of well off commoners that attempt to emulate the upper classes, The Bronze Ring is your second most populated. The upper class continues to keep these almost-wretches at arm's length. As far as most of the upper class can tell the only real thing separating this ring and The Coal Ring is posession of silverware, and the level of squalor. Gang activity is still a familiar sight to the residents of this ring, but justice usually isn't far behind. Within The Bronze Ring notable locations include Rigby's Booze and Brawls, Tito's Tacos and FourTwo's Mechanical Companions.

### Steam Ring

The Steam Ring contains some of the greatest scientists and artificers that Vitore has ever seen. It is said that you can actually buy a device that allows for unlimited range communication without the use of a spell slot for just 3 gold there. Not much is really known by me about this place, but I promise this bard is looking for a way in... Maybe if I got my hands on a polymorph potion...

### High Ring

The supposed seat of The King of Steam is located within The High Ring and in addition to his seat the highest up officals call this place home as well. Surrounded by technology so far ahead of the rest of Vitore they may as well be in a world of their own.