Ancient Super Cities

"They were meant to last forever. And they did — just not for us."

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Description

The Ancient Super Cities are legendary remnants of the Ancients’ highest achievements — titanic ocean-bound metropolises filled with technology far beyond current comprehension. Long thought to be myths or lost beneath the waves, they were only rediscovered in the last generation.

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Location

• Scattered across deep ocean trenches, submerged volcanic calderas, and floating continental shelves.
• Most remain submerged or semi-submerged, with only occasional spires breaching the surface.
• Require magical or technological means to reach — traditional sailing vessels are often repelled.

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Defenses

The surviving cities still exhibit advanced defensive systems, including:

• Illusion barriers that warp perception and hide their location.
• A subtle repulsion effect that pushes would-be explorers away.
• Anti-intrusion systems — some partially functioning — including automated drones, laser defenses, or sound-based deterrents.
• These defenses are now unreliable or degrading due to age and partial damage from long exposure.

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Infrastructure

• The cities were designed as utopian living networks, integrating natural energy sources, vertical arcologies, and clean automation.
• Despite their age, many systems still function: lights flicker on, elevators hum, drones drift silently.
• Power sources remain unknown, likely tapping into deep geothermal or arcane cores.

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Current Threat

Each of these cities is now a mass grave turned hive — millions of Necrotics roam their streets, the victims of the initial outbreak and subsequent mass casualties during the fall.

• Some Necrotics remain inert in sealed zones — others roam in endless patrols, responding to noise, light, or proximity.
• These cities are considered unrecoverable by most factions, but remain tempting targets for scavengers, scholars, and mad inventors.

Defences

• Too advanced to be understood
• For the ones that remain at sea, they seem to have a kind of illusion barrier and a subtle repulsion effect, though it is now ineffective after being found

Infrastructure

• These were incredibly advanced technological wonders, beautiful supercities.
• Even after a thousand years, they are still mostly functioning

RUINED SETTLEMENT
100

Alternative Name(s)

The Ancient Graves

Type

Megalopolis

Population

Around 100,000,000 Necrotics each in the modern age

Inhabitant Demonym

Ancient Necrotics