| The Glass Field | |
|---|---|
| Nation | The Forged Sands |
| Type | City |
| Population | ~182,000 |
| Ruler | Prime Bastion Axion-7 |
| Location | Southern edge of the Broken Wastes, guarding the canyon entrance to the Steelborn interior |
| Notable For | Apex Ember Creation Forge (2,500 ft), glass terrain defenses, Crucible Steps, Forgebound Legion HQ |
The Glass Field
The Glass Field serves as both gate and gauntlet to the Steelborn homeland — a vast, gleaming expanse of superheated sand transformed into razor-sharp glass. At its heart stands the Apex Ember, a towering 2,500-foot obsidian-and-silver monolith whose core births new Steelborn into the world.
Defenses: Heat Field (radiated heat melts gear in under a day), Glass Blade Terrain (razor-sharp glass dangerous for invading armies).
Leadership
Prime Bastion Axion-7 — Supreme commander. Encased in scorched blacksteel armor. Has not left the city in two centuries. Revered as the “Living Directive.”
Districts
The Prism Ward — Crystalline administrative hub at the base of the Apex Ember. Logic tribunals and memory-route debates. The Ember Array — Defense perimeter of modular steel towers, firelance turrets, and arcane cannons. The Crucible Steps — Trial Grounds for all newly forged Steelborn carved into the cliffside. Echo Market — Suspended platforms over glass. Tinkerers, salvagers, scrap traders, and foreign merchants. Overseen by Tradecore Glintcipher. The Melted Fields — Jagged ridges, mirrored plains, and semi-molten fissures. No siege has ever lasted here.