New Atlantis is a densely-populated city on the island of Nantucket. Founded as a refugee colony during the last quarter of the 20th century, it serves as the primary residence for the Atlantean population. Permission to occupy the territory was granted by the United States, following peace talks at the close of the Atlantean World War. The city is home to the Arcana and it is where their ruling body, the Arcanum, meets.
History
Nantucket is a small island approximately 50 square miles in size. Originally the home of the Wampanoag people, Nantucket was eventually claimed by the United States. At an unknown point it came to the attention of the Atlanteans, likely when the Wampanoag still populated the island. Lord Sun chose Nantucket as the site of an estate in the 1920s, when he translocated the Beacon Towers mansion; Atlanteans began buying property in earnest there during the 1940s.
After the Atlantean World War, the surviving population of old Atlantis took shelter in a variety of international territories while the city was constructed. The Arcana created the urban fabric by translocating individual human buildings and even entire neighborhoods. The magical outlay from the mass translocations was so extreme that the western half of Nantucket spontaneously transformed into the site of a massive and dangerous concentration of wild magic. For this reason, New Atlantis is located on the eastern half of the island, with its growth constrained by the boundary with the Westlands. Today comparable in size to Manhattan, the city is tightly-packed with skyscrapers.
Arrangement
Districts and Neighborhoods
Public Works and Infrastructure
Government
Population
Magic
Thanks to the prolific traffic, the air pollution is periodically removed with a Cleansing spell.