Where Leviathans Once Ruled
LEGEND:
[#] = Major City [*] = Ruins
[@] = Port [+] = Sacred Site
[o] = Settlement [X] = Structure
[~] = Water [...] = Deep Zone
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DEPTH LOCATIONS
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SURFACE WATERS (0-500m)
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0m Ocean Surface
-100m [#] SALTMERE - 80,000 people
Major trading port
-200m [@] Port Veil - 30,000 people
Secondary trade hub
-300m [+] Crystal Bay - 45,000 people
Sacred harbor
-500m ===== SAFE DIVING LIMIT =====
TWILIGHT ZONE (1000-3500m)
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-1500m Last natural light reaches here
Bioluminescent life begins
-2000m [*] The Sunken Throne
Ancient palace, 200m tall
-2500m [+] Pearl Gardens
Living pearl fields
-3000m [*] Forgotten Archipelago
17 sunken cities
MIDNIGHT PLATEAU (3500-6000m)
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-4000m No natural light
400 atmospheres pressure
-4500m [X] Parliament of Depths
Great Assembly, 5km dome
Where Leviathans made laws
-5000m [+] The Bone Cathedral
Leviathan Graveyard
300km x 200km field
-5500m [X] First Deep's Throne
Obsidian pyramid, 1km tall
HADEAN TRENCH (6000m+)
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-6500m Pressure kills instantly
-7000m [X] The Abyssal Plain
Cities of coral and bone
Unknown millions lived here
-7500m [+] The Deep Throne
Seat of Ocean's Soul
Never seen by mortals
-8000m ===== OCEAN FLOOR =====
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POPULATION (Before War):
- Surface: 155,000
- Twilight: 500,000
- Midnight: 2,000,000
- Hadean: 3-5 million
STATUS (Year 1 After Shattering):
- All Leviathans dead
- Cities evacuating upward
- Ocean freezing (-3 degrees)
- Parliament abandoned
TRAVEL LIMITS:
- Swimming: 100m
- Diving bells: 2000m
- Magic suits: 3000m
- Soul diving: Any depth (one-way)