The City... We see it from the Guild walls, but we don't visit it. We focus on traveling to other worlds, spending only the necessary minimum in our own world. So who lives in the City and what does it look like?
As the earth began to die, the world was in chaos. The place where the Gate was found turned out not only to be the luckiest one - it is probably the only place where people are still alive...
People started to come to the City, wanting to save themselves and hoping for a better life. It used to be a village, but in just weeks it has become the largest City in the world. The roads began to be full of people who slept on the streets because there were not enough houses to locate them. Many of them spoke other languages, believed in other religions… Some decided that access to the Gate should be allowed for everyone, and started a riot. Others attacked longtime villagers to seize their homes and supplies. This quickly resulted in a bloodily suppressed rebellion. Then, special guards started to keep the streets from the next riots. The City was divided into two zones - the old town, which consisted of the original village, and the new City resembling favelas.
The Guild promised to look after the people - and with each journey beyond the Gate, fur, meat, water, and other essentials were brought. Unfortunately, there were not many Gatewalkers trained for the difficult conditions behind the Gate, and very often the young volunteers from the City were unable to complete their training or died early in the fights. Therefore, it was difficult to supply the City.
The biggest problem was the lack of clean water - it was virtually impossible to provide it to everyone, every day. This led to massive famine and an epidemic. People from the poorest areas, unable to withstand the burning thirst, drank the leftover water from puddles or silted old wells. Diseases in such an overcrowded area spread in the blink of an eye, and without medicines, food, and hygienic conditions, no one could stop it. Thus, most of the City became extinct.
Those who survived blamed the Guild for everything. People believed that if everyone had access to the Gate, they could take care of their families. One person, Remy Vangraff, seemed to understand the situation. He knew how many young people never returned after crossing the Gate. He spoke to the locals explaining how dangerous it is. Moreover, he stated that the City's inhabitants are probably the only survivors of the cataclysm, and without them, the entire human race will perish. He promised that he and the Guild would work on some solutions. From now on, Remy, nicknamed "the Voice of People", was to communicate with the Guild on behalf of all residents and soothe the growing unrest.
The Guild slowly increased its ranks, and the heavily depleted City managed to communicate with each other. There were fewer people, so the Gatewalkers were on time with supplying them with food and water - but it wasn’t enough. Everyone knew that it was impossible to live like this - and that somehow the Guild needs to improve the process of supplying residents. The Guild's scientist Victor, and Ursula, a librarian, tried to find a way to adapt plants from other planets to ease the process a little. They did a lot of experiments… However, it was to no avail.
At the moment when there are no more ideas and hope is slowly fading away, it was decided to recruit new strength. A strict selection was carried out, which was to immediately check physical fitness and intellectual acuity. And that's how new forces joined the Guild - including you.
Will you be the person who will bring a breath of fresh air to the Guild and help to deal with the harsh reality? Or maybe it is you who will find a way to save not only the City but the whole world? Are you brave enough to take on this challenge...?
If so, we are waiting for you!
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