Trigon
(n.) - a city built using the Rupture as a basis for a social hub
Trigon is the name of the city that
links the three worlds. It is shaped like a triangle, and each side resides in a different world. The northernmost side resides on
Apex, the westernmost side lies on
Gaia, and the easternmost side lies on
Sephyria. The city is an artificial island, built in the form of a megafloat sized approximately 11150 square miles, marking the multi-world record for largest floating structure, built using an astounding combination of magic and engineering.
The city is split into 26 districts, which are each numbered as such, although many have nicknames. Each district is also shaped like a triangle, as it makes them easier to define, as well as all taking up equal space in the city. There is also an empty gap in the center of the city with enough space to fit exactly four districts, but this area was supposedly taken out of the megafloat to reduce construction costs. During the
Over-Nine incident, it was revealed that these districts were actually in place, hidden in a pocket universe inside the Rupture, in which the city had been secretly governed from a single terminal with absolute access to Trigon's system network. This terminal was later deactivated, but the Zero Districts are still not open to the public.
Trigon's purpose is threefold, as the name and shape imply. Primarily, it is a social hub for the three worlds, where many from each can meet and visit one another, and so it is a very expensive but wholly worthwhile tourist destination. However, it is also considered a floating laboratory, where breakthroughs are made almost every day in the fields of both technology and magology. The city is full of experimental magical technology which is being tested sometimes as far as the entire city. Thirdly, the city contains the best educational facilities for
mages of all kinds due to it being a social and informational center of the known universe. Many young mages make for Trigon every day, coming either alone or with their families to learn how to fully control their destructive talent and put it to good use.
Due to the vast amount of students in Trigon, smoking in the street is illegal, and roads and highways are integrated as part of the street as automobiles are almost entirely in possession of the security forces or the government, with a
magitech tram system getting everybody from A to B. In addition, due to the vast but dangerous potential for mages, all residents are registered in Trigon's network, with their name, age, school or workplace, magic type,
Level, known spells and a photograph of them all being recorded on their file, among other things.
Districts
Residential districts have primarily have apartments; shops of almost every type (except firearms, because why would a energy-spewing, physics-breaking apocalypse in human form need a gun?); and recreational facilities, like arcades, leisure centres, and parks.
Laboratory districts, true to the name, primarily have research and scientific facilities, usually to test applications and the inner workings of magic.
Industrial districts tend to have factories and warehouses to make and store equipment and goods for either shipping or use elsewhere in the city.
Finally, educational districts mostly have schools, universities and academies, and always have a small amount of scientific facilities to analyse data taken from the schools.
A district is 430 square miles, and despite its core purpose, you will more often than not find elements of other areas in a district, since even though one could take the tram, it would hardly be practical to travel 800 miles to school or work every day.
The districts are as follows:
1. "Alpha District" - In the northwest corner of Trigon lies District 1. Many harbours and airports reside here and this will often be the first district visitors from Gaia will set foot in.
2. "Gearworks" - This area can be considered the industrial district: anything that is mass-produced has a factory here, and there are also "freezer warehouses" where large amounts of food are stored.
3. "The Sandbox" - District 3 is currently being put to use as an experimental area to test new applications for magitech, which is also designed here. Most people that work here can be classed as "theoretical magologists". Most of the area is closed off, as it's both a workplace and a dangerous area,
but some of the district is used for exhibitions.
4. Laboratory area.
5. Industrial area.
6. Educational/residential area.
7. Laboratory area.
8. "Silicon City" - Most of the administration and scientific data passes through the vast computer network here. While there are a few labs, there are next to no living areas, and it's generally off-limits to students and
mundane residents. Also famous here is the site of highly-protected, apartment-sized Arcasys (Arcane System), the first magitech supercomputer in existence, which is kept in a skyscraper nicknamed "The Computer Tower". Arcasys is used to automatically manage the entire city, from weather forecasts, to traffic control on the tram system, to storing the master copies of the data for every student in Trigon. While it has been publicly announced that there are redundancies in place to keep the city running if Arcasys was to ever crash, everybody knows that daily life would not run nearly as smoothly without the help of the supercomputer. What many do not know is that before the Over-Nine Incident, the computer was actually a living person, wired up to the mainframe and forced to manage Trigon. It has since been rebuilt as an actual computer.
9. Educational area.
10. "Blind Alley" - Nicknamed for a satirical play on the phrase "blind eye", most of the crime in Trigon accumulates here, but contrary to the name, the Witch Hunt is making an active effort to try to get it back under control. However, this is proving difficult, as vandalism has made the district mostly rundown and beyond repair, including surveillance equipment. Being mostly blocked off from the general public, and a heavily guarded barricade with even more fortified gates surrounding the district are proving so-far to be a successful attempt to contain the malfeasance.
11. Residential area.
12. Industrial area.
13. "Beta District" - Lying in the northeast corner of the city, this is the place that will first see new Sephyrian arrivals.
14. Industrial area.
15. Residential area.
16. Laboratory area.
17. "Ivory Study" - The district that is more or less the face of Trigon, this is the area where most of the experiments on magic are actually done, but this is also the place that the already-esteemed Birougé Academy of Magecraft was relocated to once construction was completed. According to rumours, two of the Level 9s used to attend the Higher Studies there. Because of the sheer amount of people who need to be here, apartment blocks have also been built here to accommodate them. This is also the location of the Witch Hunt Office No. 7301, where the Witch Hunters known as Abbadon Squad are assigned.
18. Laboratory area.
19. Educational area.
20. "Colour Palette" - Another of the residential areas in the city, this district is unique in its architecture, which is inspired by that of Paris.
21. Residential area.
22. "Dance Garden" - Named for the abundance of facilities that exclusively teach
Sorcery to students. As a result, it's mostly populated by Apexites, and there are a lot of parks, hence the "garden".
23. "The Railyard" - Due to the enormity of Trigon, a high-speed above-ground magitech tram system has been established, which runs all through the city. This system converges in the residential area named District 23, and this simple fact gave it the nickname "The Railyard", probably because there isn't really much of interest else here.
24. "Gamma District" - At the southernmost point of Trigon, the Gamma District can be found accepting Apexite incomers.[/hr]