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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 1924345" data-attributes="member: 99">Ok, let me make an addendum to some of the concepts that I just put forward in that lengthy post.  I went back and took a long, hard look at the various maps and illustrations in the book and I'm a bit confused.There seems to be some disparity between the text and the various bits of artwork throughout the book.  Some of the pictures seem to support the idea of individual towers that rise up through the various layers of the city.  These towers are individual structures, albeit crammed together somewhat, with smaller spires jutting from them in various places.However, the picture on page 11 seems to imply that what we would tend to think of as an individual "tower" stretching from Cogs to Upper Ward is a rarity.  Instead what you have looks to be an ever thickening set of "roots" all jumbled together to basically make the Lower Wards all but a solid foundation for the areas above them.  It looks like things are so crammed together, even at an altitude thousands of feet above the level of the river that each Lower Ward is nearly a single building.  There will doubtlessly be gaps here or there and these will be bridged by short spans to the next area.  But without travelling to at least the Middle Wards, the people who dwell in Lower areas will seldom even get a chance to see the sky, much less breathe fresh air.At the Middle Wards we start to see a bit of separation between actual "towers", although some areas they will still be crammed very close together.  The spans between towers here can probably be largely supported through normal means or using support towers that stretch down to sit upon the upper layers of the Lower Ward.It is only at the Upper Wards where you get enough separation to start having to worry about unsupported spans and this problem is solved thanks to the magic of the Flying Butress.  It still seems likely that, given the affluence of the area, travel by private Skycoach or steed will be common if not prevalent.Whether this view is "correct" or not probably depends somewhat on personal preference and who you ask.  I think the idea that I'm adopting for now is that it depends on what part of the city you're talking about.  Lower Dura is probably more crammed together into one huge mass of pitted stone, only occasionally punctuated by a chasm where you can see the bases of some of the towers.  Lower Northedge is probably more individual towers with interspersed smaller spires and long bridges.</blockquote>

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