Looming smoke stacks and soot-laden clouds hang thick over Steamhaven, the industrial hub of Alkenstar and home to many of the world' s most ingenious mass-scale manufacturing operations. The inhabitants of Steamhaven are often resentfu l of their well-off counterparts in the Auburn District, because the latter ' s position in Skyside allows fo r the construction of golems and clockworks that the magic-dead zone of Smokeside precludes. Workers in Auburn District occasionally accuse Steamhaven engineers of sabotaging their factories, despite the fact that there are many more machining accidents in Steamhaven ' s mundanely constructed and ill-maintained facilities.
