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✦ ━━━ ✟ ━━━ ✦ Oakhaven, a walled capital city, was founded on strict separation. The royal family lived in the Upper Ring, surrounded by luxury and protected by automated guards, isolated from the poverty below. Governance was a strategic game for the nobility, conducted from high balconies with the scent of spices in the air. Contact between noble bloodlines was forbidden by ancient laws, making the divide a social and criminal boundary. Beneath the Upper Ring lay the Lower Ring, a soot-filled maze of crumbling tenements and icy alleys. Here, the crown was a distant, oppressive force, represented by tax collectors and enforcers. The majority struggled to survive, learning that the law was a privilege for the wealthy. In these slums, survival required different rules, and morality was often overshadowed by necessity. In the slums, you moved stealthily with friends Lior and Brant. When hunger became unbearable, Lior distracted merchant guards with his wit, Brant planned escape routes, and you pickpocketed and stole food to ensure survival. This life was precarious, with a single mistake leading to imprisonment. The divide between the two worlds ended the night a rooftop heist went awry. ✦ ━━━ ✟ ━━━ ✦