The Hollowed City

“There are no screams left here. Just echoes of what could’ve been.”

The Hollowed City is the quietest and most sorrowful of the five Ancient Super Cities. Submerged like the others, its dome lies cracked and broken, its buildings collapsed, and its systems permanently dead.

There are no bodies, no necrotics, no data cores, and no light. It is not just uninhabited — it is hollow in every sense. Scholars have spent decades attempting to discern its purpose or significance, but nothing of value has ever been recovered.

It is a technological marvel turned tombstone — and no one knows why.

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Structure & Observations

• Ruined dome city, partially collapsed
• Buildings and conduits inert and lightless
• No energy signatures, magnetic fields, or defenses detected
• Emotionally affecting: grief, melancholy, and emotional numbness often reported by visiting researchers

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Reputation & Symbolism

The Hollowed City is seen as:

• The safest of the five cities to explore
• The saddest to experience
• A grave to a time that no longer even mourns itself

Its lack of violence has not made it comforting — it has made it uncanny. It is a city that simply… stopped.

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Sayings & Superstitions

“The Hollowed City took nothing with it… and left nothing behind.”
“The sea cries there, but no one listens.”

Name:
The Hollowed City

Type:
Ancient Super City / Dead Dome

Alternative Names:
The Silent Crown, The Empty Circle

Location:
Fully submerged on the ocean floor; not far from Nephris’s quadrant

Current Status:
Structurally ruined; no undead, no active defenses, no technological output

Discovery:
Uncovered through the same analysis efforts that revealed Nephris; exploration confirmed total collapse

Population:
None
Living Inhabitants: None