LORE24 ENTRY #10 – Paradise City
Category – Place
Located in the Valfar system, on the planet Valefar V, Paradise City is the first major settlement to appear on the frontier that was opened up when the Demon Sector was breached. Originally meant as a mining settlement, Paradise City, as it was later renamed, quickly exploded into much more, becoming the first stop for many explorers once they had left Aphelion Station at the edge of the Demon Barrier. Located near enough to several mining operations and good farm lands to promote visits by the newly established locals, Paradise City was already a busy local hub by the time anyone realized it had become a major stop among the space lanes.
Still very rustic compared to the civilized settlements outside the Demon Sector, the “spaceport” is more or less a collection of a handful of landing pads and the larger part of a sizeable plain, and parking a ship there requires some amount of skill given the lack of proper guided approaches. Still, explorers consider it worth it for the chance to set foot on the first settled world in the Demon Sector, and to experience the wild and (mostly) corporation-free atmosphere. Trade is open and free, with more than a few black markets appearing within the maze of the local bazaar.
In the “downtown” area of Paradise City, one can find a more refined and modern setting, as those who arrived early have solidified their hold on their claims and have gone through great lengths to draw the crowds to their businesses. Gambling halls, bars, and various other forms of entertainment can be found here, “anything you could dream of” as the saying goes. Amongst the largest and most well-traveled of these is the Devil’s Watering Hole (so named for the owners, Vanessa Hellion and Savory Delight, succubi siblings with strong ties to various criminal groups beyond the Demon Barrier), which started off as a simple bar, but has rapidly grown into a multi-story bar, nightclub, gambling hall, and “exotic entertainment hub”, with an established and still-growing reputation for their more risqué forms of entertainment and methods for punishing those who wind up owing them a debt.