New Avalon -

The City — New Avalon
New Avalon rose out of a global energy collapse that fractured nations and forced humanity into vertical survival. Built around the volatile resource Aetherium, the city stretches upward in layers of inequality: the radiant Canopy, where the Zenith Syndicate hoards sunlight and power, and the suffocating Undercity below, where entire generations labor in toxic conditions to keep the system alive. It is a place engineered for efficiency, not fairness—where opportunity is rationed, identity is shaped by altitude, and the machinery of the world hums on, indifferent to the lives ground beneath it.

The Sport — Shatter-Drive
Shatter-Drive began as an improvised outlet for Undercity workers—kids strapping scrap metal to skates and racing through abandoned industrial zones—but it quickly evolved into a brutal underground spectacle. Now fought in reinforced arenas lined with magnetic rails and deadly hazards, players wear Aether-powered rigs and battle for control of a dense tungsten sphere, aiming to slam it through elevated scoring rings while surviving full-contact chaos. Illegal yet wildly profitable, the sport is sustained by shadowy sponsors and gambling syndicates, turning desperate players into fleeting stars or broken casualties in a system that rewards risk and forgets the fallen.

Felix — The Scrap-Dog
Felix grew up in the quiet neglect of a home held together by absence. His mother, a gifted surgeon trapped in the Canopy’s relentless medical system, is rarely present—lost to double shifts, sterile sleeping pods, and the slow erosion of exhaustion. Left to fend for himself, Felix learned early how to survive: sharp-minded, emotionally guarded, and outwardly indifferent. By day, he drifts through Edenhurst Academy as an unremarkable slacker on scholarship; by night, he becomes “Versipellis”, or more simply "V", a ruthless and calculating Shatter-Drive competitor. Every victory keeps the lights on, pays off debts, and buys him time—but each match pulls him deeper into a life that’s harder to walk away from.

Lyra — The Gilded Heir
Lyra was born into the highest tier of New Avalon, but her world is no less suffocating. As the daughter of a Zenith Syndicate executive, she has been raised as an extension of corporate ambition rather than a person—her every action scrutinized, her worth measured in perfection. Years of cold, calculated parenting have shaped her into someone composed and perceptive, someone who rarely reacts but always understands. Beneath that control lies a quiet isolation, a life devoid of genuine connection. At Edenhurst, she moves with effortless authority, but behind the polished exterior is someone who has never been allowed to choose who she is—or who she cares about.