Hardizan

Hardizan is one of the four societies that make up Arcadia. Hardizan is a steampunk society. Work is very important in Hardizan. The many factories that make up Hardzian run on clockwork and steam. Most of the people in Hardizan work in the factories and slaughterhouses. The people six days a week twelve hours a day. Skipping work is very dangerous because it increases the risk of being demoted which makes them more likely to die in a factory accident.

Sinclair, one of the main cities in Hardizan, is separated into three official districts: uptown, downtown, and the canneries. There are also the slums but the government tries to hide them from public view. The main thing that makes up uptown is big and nice houses. There are no factories in uptown, so the smoke is thinner there. Most people in uptown don't have to work so they have lots of free time to do recreational activities like gardening or going on walks. The people in uptown dress nice. Some wear flowy expensive dresses or crisply pressed suits. Many couriers work uptown such as Courier Marks but their jobs are way less dangerous compared to the jobs of the workers in the factories. Downtown is where many of the people who work in the factories live. Downtown is packed with tall and shabby buildings. Stalls and shops line the bottoms of the buildings. The shops sell everything from food to crude prosthetics, medicine, and spare bits of clockwork. The air is smokey from the nearby factories, and the streets are crowded with people. There are many markets in downtown it is where most people go to sell their goods. The canneries are where most factories and slaughterhouses are. The air is thick with smoke from all of the factories. Most people work in the canneries.

Characters
Canned Peaches Marks

Charlie Fowler

Mama Marks

Lavinia Rose

Emmeline Rose

Oswald

Jebediah Mosely