The Pit

The Pit is a 1000 mile long man made canyon that is approximately 20 miles deep on the eastern coast of the Fallen Land. Construction was started 800 years ago and finished 500 years ago, but has continuously been improved with additions such as mana collectors and defensive structures, til about 100 years ago, when it was deemed to be impenetrable. Very specific fallen are still capable of crossing it but no large force has been able.

Currently there are about 180 alchemical soldiers of the 7th call and 2000 from the 8th call standing guard at The Pit. Large scale organized Fallen attempts on conquering The Pit have become increasingly lessened over the last 200 years. There are only three points thought to be crossable, two of which have major forts built on them. One of which is the main area where alchemical soldiers guard.

The southern most fort is 'Fort Dread', this fort contains the most humans and engineers who work on receiving mana from the mana collectors and ships receiving the mana which carry it out to the rest of the world.

'Fort Deep' is the only fort that has been lost and is the middle of the three fortresses. It is also the only fort that has been built on the fallen side of the pit. When it was lost it was bombarded by heavy artillery until it was nearly destroyed. The bridge it was guarding was also demolished. Since its destruction there have been three attempts to retake and rebuild it, the last of which was the 7th call, in which they succeeded in taking the fort but then they ventured further into the fallen lands and were destroyed, whereupon the fort was once again lost.

Last is 'The Devil's Elbow'. This is a tactical outpost that guards a bridge and contains the highest concentration of alchemical soldiers. The bridge is normally retracted and is rarely extended. This area of the Pit gets its name from the sharp bend the Pit takes there (a 45 degree angle) which makes it easier to defend.