Ironshroud

Ironshroud is a sprawling industrial titan built from soot-stained brick and polished brass. Victorian-style spires pierce the smog, while the lower levels are a labyrinth of thrumming pipes and steam-vents. Monrels and hybrids of every description navigate the crowded alleyways alongside humans and clockwork automatons. The constant rhythmic pounding of hydraulic hammers serves as the city heartbeat, echoing off the steel-reinforced riverfront where massive trains depart for the horizon.

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Metropolis

Ironshroud

Where the steam never clears and the gears never stop turning.

TypeMetropolis

Population1.2 Million

WealthExtreme Wealth Disparity

GovernmentCorporate Oligarchy

ReadinessHigh

“A thick blanket of coal smoke hangs over narrow cobblestone streets and towering iron-framed buildings.”

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Geography

RegionThe Fog-Bound Basin

ClimateDamp and smoggy with frequent acid drizzle.

TerrainA deep river valley lined with massive granite embankments.

Travel Links

The Great Iron Rail system connects to the distant capital.Steam-barges travel the soot-choked Ouse River.Elevated skywalks allow the wealthy to avoid the street-level slush.

Culture

Progress is the only virtue and efficiency is the only law.

Races

HumansMongrels (Animal-Hybrids)DwarvesClockwork Automatons

Religions

The Church of the Great MachineThe Cult of the River Mother

Arts & Entertainment

Mechanical pit-fighting and high-society steam-opera are the primary pastimes.

History

Founded as a simple river port, Ironshroud transformed during the Aetheric Revolution. The discovery of high-energy coal deep beneath the riverbed fueled a century of rapid, vertical expansion. This growth created a rigid social divide between the affluent High-Side and the industrial Slag-Heaps. Recent years have seen the rise of the Mongrel population, leading to new cultural shifts and political tensions.

The Golden GearThe Great IgnitionThe first central furnace was lit, powering the entire city grid.

The Soot AgeThe Chimera RiotsMongrel laborers fought for the right to own property and business licenses.

Government

LeaderChairman Alistair Sterling

Corporate Oligarchy

Key Laws

No unauthorized alchemical synthesis within city limits.A mandatory rail-tax is deducted from all weekly wages.Non-citizens must clear the High-Side district by sunset.

Problems

Infrastructure Sabotage

Bombs are being placed at rail junctions to halt trade.

Economy

Industries

Locomotive ManufacturingAether-Coal RefiningHydraulic Engineering

Scarcity

Clean, unpolluted drinking water.

Wealth LevelExtreme Wealth Disparity

Exports

Steam-EnginesBrass ChronometersRefined Lubricants

Imports

Raw Iron OreFresh ProduceExotic Spices

Defenses

ReadinessHigh

Fortifications

The Bastion Wall reinforced with Tesla-coils.River-side chain arrays to snag unauthorized vessels.Automated roof-top gatling turrets.

The Iron Wardens(15,000 active duty)

Soldiers equipped with steam-powered exo-suits and heavy pressure-rifles.

Law & Order

crime Level: High in the Slag-Heaps, low in High-Side.
enforcement: Militant and uncompromising patrols.
typical Punishment: Hard labor in the subterranean coal-refineries.

Alistair Sterling

NPC

Chairman of the Board

An older man in a pristine silk suit with a brass cane.

Vesper Thorne

NPC

Revolutionary

A scarred warrior wearing patched leather and goggles.

Professor Arkwright

NPC

Inventor

A stout man with soot-stained hands and multiple magnifying lenses.

Madam Zola

NPC

Information Broker

A lithe woman draped in heavy velvet and gold chains.

The Brass Compass

Shop

General Engineering

A shop filled with ticking clocks and hissing pipes.

The Leaking Pipe

Tavern

Mongrel laborers and weary rail-workers.

A basement tavern where steam pipes double as heaters.

The Silver Cog

Faction

Merchant Guild

An elite group of factory owners and investors.

The Patchwork Front

Faction

Rebel Cell

A diverse group of laborers and hybrid radicals.

The Copper Bridge

Point of Interest

A massive suspension bridge that glows orange at sunset.

The Sunken Slums

Point of Interest

A flooded district where the poorest build shacks on rafts.

The Aetheric Cathedral

Point of Interest

A temple where the pipes play hymns using pressurized steam.

Calendar of Events

First of Midsummer

The Festival of the First Spark

A city-wide celebration of the founding industrial fire.

The cult of the River Mother plans to douse the central furnace.

Secrets

The Aether-Coal is actually the remains of a subterranean god.

WorldStrange whispers echoing from the bottom of the deepest mines.

The Chairman is a clockwork duplicate; the real one died years ago.

RegionalA discarded maintenance log in the palace trash.

Rumors

They say a giant mechanical kraken lives beneath the river docks.

The fog is actually a sedative used to keep the population docile.

Plot Hooks

The Ghost Train

A train arrived at the Terminus with no crew and no passengers.

MysteryMaster Signalman CrouchLifetime rail pass and a bag of gold.

Sabotage in the Smoke

Catch the rebels before they blow up the main pressure valve.

CombatInspector GrimmOfficial Iron Warden badge and 500 gold.

The Missing Inventor

Professor Arkwright has been kidnapped by a rival corporate spy.

RescueMadam ZolaA custom-made steam-powered weapon.

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