


The suitor of famous skypainter Farrah Yon-Dale lived in Goldwalk, and numerous community improvement efforts by resident Niola Chein included the controversial opening of the Goldwalk Channel.Ī neighboring district to Goldwalk, Highrise is the home of Red and the Highrise Hammers, including their troubled star quarterfielder, Olmarq. The area features the Empty Set and Junction Jan's, as well as the Canals District with its seventeen public houses. Goldwalk is the northwestern district of the city. Not every area is accessible through gameplay, but many are explorable. The ubiquity of the system also colored the city's history with transience and volatility, leading to the formation of the Camerata, a group disillusioned by how quickly public opinion could foment change.Ĭloudbank, being a very large area, has several districts. While the voting system attempts to ensure that "everyone has a voice," some citizens choose to be nonvoters and marginal perspectives with fewer voteshares can end up sidelined, potential problems which Niola Chein attempted to solve through education and activism in her district. If the people vote for a building to change shape, or for the sky to change color, or the weather to be different, it will happen. Popular votes, carried out via OVC terminals, dictate every aspect of Cloudbank's environs. The city is overseen by Cloudbank Central Administration and operated on a completely democratic basis.

The buildings feature a menagerie of design styles, but equilateral triangles serve as somewhat of a common design element, as it does throughout the game. Some blocks are connected by bridges suspended in the sky, and there are highways running through the city. The city has multiple vertical layers, connected by staircases and gondolas. Cloudbank is a densely populated urban area, with many tall buildings packed closely together.
