The History of Vaia
The city is dotted with endless conflicts, as the superstructure of the metropolis holds and sustains Forty-Two million residents of all races, creatures, and designs. Strict laws, massive controlling factions, organizations, and competing ideologies swarm the city in a relatively peaceful balance, yet, friction is an undeniable constant. From the lowest peasant, two days from death from starving in the lowest district, to the One Above All who most speculate is just some Artificial Mind. There are thousands of different stories happening every single day.
What a rich tapestry of history. War, peace, and momentous moments that define the shared heritage of our times. The unifying force of patriotism comes from our collective success and persistence against the overwhelming tide of opposition throughout our lives, and our social structures. The Metropolis of Vaia is no different. It did not come about in a day, the empire grew from the smallest seed one day at a time.
The Status Quo
Voric drifted off to sleep some twenty years ago. His rigid psionic presence weakened year over year. The city has gone from an anthill to a capitalistic superstructure where the flow of credit defines unshaped progress. The Vor has become a near unified field with the Feed, the digital influence from the undisciplined, greedy, and selfish elite wreaking havoc on the city. The second generation Pylons of the Vor are losing their sense of purpose, and the walls between districts are beginning to weaken.
The city has begun a descent, the end of a unified era, thousands of small factions, underground gangs, organized crime all on the rise. The slow dismantling of the Artificial Hive Mind marks this moment. The precipice of the city's growth aligned to becoming disconnected to the tools that supported and run Forty-Two million lives. The equipment that moderated habits and routines breaks down. The running of all the city in seamless day to day operations shakes loose and here you are, like millions of others, in a hot pot of a billion different ideas suddenly fighting for control in the most advanced metropolis to ever exist.
“Welcome to Vaia,”