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The city's Clock Tower rises above, tolling the hours of the night - and it is always night. The sky is an eternal inky blackness, cloudless shadows stretching infinitely overhead and broken only by the glowing face of the Clock. The narrow streets are illuminated by cheerful lamps and candlelit windows, bathing the city in warm light. Go too far towards the city edges, however, and you risk wandering into the Shadows; dark in both lighting and purpose, populated with vicious monsters. Few people who venture so far are heard from again.
The streets throughout Midnight are paved with cobblestones, with winding sections laid out at odd angles. The buildings hold a mix of businesses and residences, there being no clear division between shopping, manufacturing and living districts. There are no parks, but there is the occasional grassy square at a larger intersection of roads, sometimes featuring a decorative statue or fountain. Flats and houses cost a moderate rental fee, but finding suitable and sufficiently-paying employment is never difficult.
The Clock Tower itself, while it rises always-visible in the same direction, is unreachable - or at the least, no one knows how to reach it. Those who try find themselves wandering the twisting streets and alleys, the Tower seeming no closer nor further than before whichever way they go. The longer-term residents of Midnight simply shrug the question off when asked.
There seems to be nothing particularly magical about the people of Midnight, despite the strange circumstances leading to being there. Some still remember having come from another world; some have lived in Midnight long enough that the memories have faded. No one seems to age, and with the unchanging night, the passage of time beyond weeks or perhaps months fades into irrelevance.
The clothing, technology level and aesthetics of Midnight seem to have been lifted from the late Victorian era - or perhaps, what that era might have been like, in another world. A student of Earth UK history might recognize odd anachronisms here and there - a public telephone booth, perhaps, or an electronic wrist watch.
Players are welcome to create new ones! Public locations, business, shops, and residences that are established will be listed here.
