Northreach City Center (Iron Heart). 11:45 PM.
If one were to stand in the central plaza of Northreach that night, they would never have suspected that a mere forty kilometers to the north, thousands of lives were being wagered in a violent downpour of lead and concentrated mana-lasers. Here, within the pulsating heart of the Sudrath territory, the market districts and the grand avenues were still bathed in the artificial, incandescent glow of Magitech streetlamps—a soft, cerulean luminescence that turned the cobblestones into a stage for a dreamlike revelry.
