On Ecetopia, with its back to the mountains known as Antioch's Wall, and cradled in the warm embrace of the fast flowing Brisk,just east of Evenshire, sits a city. The city has no founders, society just seemed to congregate at this spot until they realized that the land they had paved was a city. Today this gleaming beacon of progress, commerce, debauchery, politics and many other things, welcomes beings from all over Ecetopia ( and all the worlds beyond).

Levels of wealth are clearly defined in the layout of the city. Closest to the Brisk, and more prone to the spring floods, is The Landing. The Landing is home for many shipwrights, dock workers and their families. It is also home to the poorer citizens, those not able to afford the next tier of New Bastion life.

Up rough stone hewn steps or the steep wagon switchbacks, you enter Trader's Terrace. Trader's Terrace is home to the working class. Artisans and crafters scrape out a living on these streets. Here you will find the guild halls and safer lodgings.

The black smoke of the smithies, mixed with the smell of rising bread, enters the next level of New Bastion, Silver Seat. On New Bastion's third terrace you will find the bankers, the Mage schools, and the homes of New Bastions more well to do. They sleep only under Bastion Hall and The Cathedral of Deities.

The Magistrate Lord chosen to govern New Bastion, so chosen by his Majesty, deals his political dealings in those mighty halls. From here it seems that Bastion Hall is too large for a borderland lord, that’s why the rumors are, that only a quarter of it’s rooms are used. The rest of the hall is a constantly changing dungeon, hiding secrets with the cities heart. Atop those halls, stand The Brothers. Some say those are the brothers that raised the first wall, mortared the first stone. Some say they are great protectors, in tireless vigil over their charge. I think nice to look at, they look good on Bastion minted coins.

Places of Interest (( Ready to add more, help the city grow))

The Landing:
The Boorish Hound- The beer here is the most watered down, the food the oldest, the bed straws more rife with life. But you can find a wider range of services rendered.
Arjack and Sons- One of the oldest and most trusted shipwrights on Ecetopia
The Soft House- A brothel serving sailors.
The Sands- A competitive fighting arena.

Trader’s Terrace:
The Plastered Fly- An adventurer’s tavern, through and through. Owned and operated by retired adventurers.
Black Tongs- A Blacksmith
The Hide Away- Leatherworker
Dolores Fetunia’s Fine Tailoria- Tailor and Dressmaker
The Market Square- Merchant’s travel from up and down the Brisk to sell their wares in the square.
The Dancing Dryad- A more expensive brothel.
Apothecarium Arcanum- A potion seller and regent supplier.

Silver Seat:
University at New Bastion- College of the Arcane Arts.
Two Brother’s Trust- Grand Bank of New Bastion

The Cathedral of Deities- A collection of individual churches making up one massive cathedral that houses clergyman and servants to many different religions. Peace is adamantly maintained here, not just by the city guards and the cathedral’s clerics and paladins, but buy the very church itself.

Is this by chance just a thread for a city, or is there an overall RP here?

I have it as open. Players could jump from Evenshire to here, back and forth, I wanted to give players some more toys to play with besides *generic fantasy town*. Something could develop to a story here if you or the other mods wanted to step in, I left a couple of hooks in the description. I PMed Harbinger before I posted this.

@LPRKN I've been thinking about joining Expanding Horizons, specifically New Bastion ^-^ Would I have to have my character approved by mods in the normal character approval thingy? Or should I just have it posted here? :D

@Delta44
All characters to appear in EH need to go through moderator review. New Bastion is currently quite empty, but if you think you can draw people in to play with you joining here would not be wrong. However, I would personally recommend you to hop on the "bigger" Ecetopia topic and see if you can find friends there :)

Shameless plug, Grug the Oracle needs friends at (a relatively insignificant location, town of) Wesville.

Yeah, as Hekazu stated all EH PC's need Mod approval, but feel free to operate in the city or start in Ecetopia thread and migrate here. My fantasy character started here but has since ridden south to Riverdale. But thank you for showing interest.

I guess New Bastion could be west of Wesville, just across The Brisk.

@Hekazu@LPRKN Thanks for the info ^-^ I might have a friend or two interested in this, but I'll have to wait and see. The original thread just seems a little... disorderly, if that makes sense. I know that's basically the point, but at the very least if I'm going to make some kind of story I'd prefer a little something to go with it or be completely out there, and the main thread seems to be this weird, in-between zone c:

The more that I read into the world, though, the more that I realise everyone probably needs a map or some clear-cut directions to prevent further confusion, and maybe a little something to work with, assuming this collective RP isn't entirely freeform (as in, everyone is essentially a GM for the world) :D I'm going to make up a character, however it might take me a bit before I decide to implement them anywhere.