Chapter 81: The Magical Piltrof
Speaking of Pyrtrov, we have to talk about it with Zuan, because one is up and the other is down, but there are two kinds of lives. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Let's start with Piltrov, Piltover is a thriving and progressive city, and its own strength and influence are important in any Valoran. This is the cultural center of the Valoran continent, the arts and crafts here are absolutely gorgeous and dazzling, of course, people in other cities like it but will disparage it as mechanical products, without any cultural connotation, but this does not affect sales, or rather, except for a few old pedants, who cares about this.
Trade and innovation go hand in hand, trade is the lifeblood of Piltover, perched on a cliff adjacent to the city of Zaun, overlooking the sea, and home to the world's largest port in Valoran, rivaled by the pirate city of Bilgewater, with fleets of ships passing through its vast bay gorge laden with goods from all over the world. And its control of the main shipping lane between east and west is also seen as a vault full of gold. One consequence of this status quo is the rapid expansion of the Noxian Empire, because the Noxian army and supplies can now march to all sides of Valoran with relative ease, of course, this statement is very much opposed to Piltrov officials, because they are also under the iron cavalry of Noxus, but well, this is just talking, even the officials themselves are just protesting, there are no other dynamics, and this status quo has also made Bilgewater a prosperous pirate city, It flourished in the service of pirates and marauders who hunted ships to and from the city. Piltover has a milder climate, but when the temperature changes rapidly, sea fog covers the docks and warehouses. Piltover's dock front is always very busy, and anyone with a strong back and a willingness to work can easily be employed. The streets of the pier can be heard in a hundred accents at any given time, and a large number of boats from each pier pass through the Sun Gate every day.
Pitrov's strength does not come from military power, the wealth brought by maritime trade has brought unprecedented impetus to the growth of the city, of course, it is the same now, but now the city's technology is the first productive force, technology is the king, so shipping only brings monetary benefits, but if you want the people of the city to be proud, technology is prominent.
Piltover was, is, and continues to be revolutionary, striving to create a city of wealth, dreams, science fiction, and magic. The city's start-up chambers of commerce have funded amazing new developments: a grand art hodgepodge, obscure Hextech research, and monumental buildings that symbolize their prowess, all with the sole purpose of attracting scientists from all over the world, and it's also true that Piltover has become a natural magnet for skilled craftsmen from all over the world as more and more inventors are eager to follow suit.
Then there's Zaun below, a sprawling underground city beneath the winding ravines and gorges surrounding Piltover. Smoke and dust leak from the layered, corroded and aging smoke exhaust pipe network, filtering the light from above into an eerie color that cross-reflects between the tinted glass of the Zuan workshop. Zaun and Piltover were once united, but now they are divided and separated. Although Zuan has always been shrouded in a hazy twilight, the bustling city is not a slight, and the people here are all-encompassing and culturally diverse. Piltover's wealth also drove Zaun's growth, making it a dark mirror of the city overhead. Many of the goods destined for Piltover end up on the black market in Zaun, and some Hextech inventors may find the restrictions imposed on them by the city on Earth too strict, and many of them will find their dangerous research popular in Zaun. The indulgent exploitation of unstable technologies and reckless industries has polluted large swathes of Zaun and made living conditions increasingly dangerous. Toxic wastewater is accumulated in the lower reaches of the city, but even here people manage to survive and thrive.