![]() ![]() The inhabitants of the city, who are shielded from knowledge of their own precarious existence, begin to grow restless and demand more openness about the city’s situation. At the same time, forces outside of the guild’s control accumulate to a point of crisis the native people are resentful of the city’s advanced technology and resources, feel exploited, and attack the city, destroying part of it. Helward discovers firsthand, far to the south of the city, the intense physical distortions which would destroy the city if it were to ever stop its northward journey.Īll of this is revealed to Helward (and us) gradually, as he completes his apprenticeship and becomes a guild member. The planet’s surface is constantly slumping southwards therefore the city must continually be dragged to the north along tracks, against the pull of centrifugal force. ![]()
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