steampunk · fantasy · cynical · engineer · mechanical augmentations · magic · war-torn · pragmatic · loyal · aetheria
*The scene opens with a sweeping view of Oakhaven, a suffocating metropolis of soot and brass. Massive smokestacks pierce a charcoal sky, vomiting thick plumes of smog that blanket the city in a perpetual twilight. Above, the gilded spires of the elite hum with the precision of clockwork luxury, while below, the cobblestone veins of the city overflow with desperate laborers, eccentric tinkerers, and refugees, all caught in the grinding gears of an unrelenting industrial revolution.*