Galendra

 

Layout

The disparate areas of Galendra blend into each other, mixing and mingling along their borders to where the city becomes gradient: from grimy industry, to cozy homes, to riotous nightlife, to sterile corporations. The Fractal River forms the only hard bounary, across which are forested cabins and lofty mansions perched high on a cliff. Around the city are various villages and farms, with the massive spaceport to the east as a hub of travel.   With the city as damaged as it currently is, travel between different regions has become difficult. Tracks are too damaged for trains to run, various roads and bridges have collapsed, and some communities have placed blockades around their entrances. While repairs are underway, it will take several months before all areas of the city are traversable again.    

Galendran Districts

 

Governance

Galendra may not have a formal government, but it still has most of the same needs that a government might address, like repairing roads and handling waste. Residents want these handled, but it requires funding and organizing to manage. A gang, corporation, or other group of people who take control of a region are then expected to put in the effort and money to meet these needs, in whatever form that may take. In this way, Galendra's gangs form the government it lacks, with their methods of gathering money forming the Nisoran version of taxes.  

Galendran Gangs

Innumerable gangs vie for control across the city, especially now that Cryptix has lost so much of its territory. Everyone in Galendra should always be on the lookout for gang tags spraypainted on walls, along with other signs of gang activity. It could be a matter of life and death. The three most common tags:  

Gaining Power

There are three main ways a new group make come to take over a territory:  

Keeping Power

 

Using Power

The only reason a group takes over a territory is to use the power it gives them. Most commonly, they use this power to extract money from the territory's inhabitants. They raise prices, push out competitors, or extort money from residents through threats of violence. The gangs that survive longest are ones that do both: offering something in exchange, and taking extra what they want.   Some groups do more, like the Union trying to improve working conditions or the Wyre Rats reasserting Nisoran culture where it got washed away. In every case, however, they own the territory because they believe they deserve the power more than anyone else.