Welcome to Chicane City

“Welcome to Chicane City- The Monoliths City”

A dove soars in the air above the concrete jungle which its denizens call Chicane City. The brilliant sunlight of dawn reflects and resonates through each and every facade of the city’s skyscrapers. Spires of gothic cathedrals pierce the sky like archaic daggers on a bed blanketed by silken blue sheets- a morbid reminder that amidst the beautiful, seamless, near perfect works of modern architecture and civilization, there lurked a primitive and primordial force which is innate to all that is seemingly faultless.

“Welcome to Chicane City- Where Nothing is What It First Seems”

That same dove swoops down on one of the towering spires, circles it for a moment, as if selecting which of the many protruding sculptures it should land on to rest. Yesterday had it landed on the sculpture of a local saint, and the day before a prominent priest. Finally, the dove comes to rest on one of the wings of an opal gargoyle, who like the bird had perched on the frontal buttresses of the edifice since time in memoriam. For centuries gargoyles have warded off forces working against the fabric of this building, the story is the same for the other cathedrals scattered across Chicane City where lightning have never succeeded in striking down any of the great spires or any part of the church, nor have earthquakes budged its foundations.
It is no wonder doves and other creatures of flight choose these archaic buildings as sanctuary.

“Welcome to Chicane City – Home of the Gargoyles”

The cathedrals however, are home to some, more cynical and less pleasant creatures. On the ground, the City of Chicane rarely reflects the majesty so eloquently shown in the skyline. The differences between heaven and earth are easily distinguished when life was simpler; now with the rise of man-made buildings with seemingly no other goal than to soar for the heavens, the distinction is less apparent. Before the God of the Cathedrals could fathom his power down to street level in Chicane City, he would have to sift through the powers held by the many modern demigods who make the top floors of the skyscrapers their thrones.

“Welcome to Chicane City – Arena of the Gods”