Leviathan City

Leviathan City (commonly referred to as simply ‘Leviathan’) is the underwater settlement established by Evangeline Leifreik to serve as the headquarters to the immortal community.  Established in the late 11^th Century with the assistance of Soraxian technology, Leviathan is located in a small cul-de-sac at the basin of the Mariana Trench at a depth of over 36,000 feet. The entrance to Leviathan is accessed through the top of a giant cathedral carved out of the actual wall of the trench.  Once inside, a vertical airlock descends several hundred feet to the bottom of the Cathedral which opens into a massive airtight cavern in which the actual city is located.

In addition, the city can be accessed from the surface using the Keyhole Network (see above Keyhole).  However, the network has been largely disabled since the Rebellion Incident over 70 years ago.  Surface and non-military underwater excursions also can be facilitated through Zephyr class transport vessels.

The Great Cavern that houses Leviathan is approximately two miles in length and just over one mile wide. However, the Cavern is continually being expanded (mostly in the Eastern Quadrant) in an area known as the Genesis Zone by the city’s fleet of Cave Hogs.  A special exploratory team known as DeepEye has been formed within Leviathan to specialize in intra-Earth expeditions as new cave arteries are discovered off the main cavern of Leviathan.

The city itself contains housing elements from every major period of human development since the 11^th Century  It is not unusual to see a modest Victorian manor next to an adobe style dwelling or modern glass apartment building.  Shinto temples abut Toltec pyramids and synagogues.  In short, diversity is celebrated and encouraged.

Evangeline Leifreik designed Leviathan to be a living laboratory for The Eden Initiative; an experiment conceived by her almost a millennia ago to test the essential nature of man.  She believed that by creating a space free of want by providing the inhabitants of Leviathan with not just food, shelter and material goods but also the gift of immortality, that the Leviathan inhabitants could advance the human race further and faster than their mortal brethren on the surface.