The New World looms on the horizon, and the New Arc shines on its shores: the city of progress and the last hope in the search for a cure for the deadly disease that has afflicted your family. You arrive in this unknown land, crowded in the cheapest compartment of a steamship with thousands of other immigrants. You are a stranger in a foreign land full of wonder. But you will soon discover that the beauty of this city is very superficial, and beneath its golden façade there is nothing but corruption. The sky is covered with black smoke from factories, and segregation, inequality and corruption are rampant in the city. If you want to succeed, you have to bounce back, make tough decisions, and get your hands dirty – and you have to do it no matter the cost! Create technopunk gear or master mystical arts. Fight, steal, or make your way through smooth chatter to reach the top and become the hero or villain you want. But you don't have to face the challenges of this world alone: find companions and form a team, gain allies and enemies, fall in love, engage in a large-scale conspiracy, and change the course of history forever. Will you be up to the task?