In the heart of Eversmoke, a city of towering chimneys and clanking gears, progress was the pulse of society. Brass and steel formed the bones of the metropolis, while thick smoke and steam served as its breath. It was a world of invention, where clockwork carriages zipped through streets of cobblestone, and airships floated like massive, silent specters against the smog-laden sky. Eversmoke was a marvel of human ingenuity—and a place where secrets festered in every shadowed alley and dimly lit laboratory.