Traction City
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In Philip Reeve
's Mortal Engines Quartet, Traction Cities are vast metropolises built on tiers that are capable of moving on gigantic wheels and caterpillar tracks. These cities hunt smaller cities (in order to tear them apart for resources
and fuel
) which in turn hunt towns which in turn hunt villages and static settlements. This practice is known as Municipal Darwinism
, and is clearly a parody of the animal kingdom
.
Traction cities in the books are often named after cities in the real world, such as London
, Brighton
, Anchorage
, Paris
or Manchester
, and sometimes their names have been slightly modified for comedic effect; for example, Tunbridge Wells
has been renamed 'Tunbridge Wheels' and Wolverhampton
has become 'Wolverinehampton'.
The author states that when coming up with the concept he was inspired by how his home town of Brighton
was "expanding and swallowing up the smaller towns and villages around it".
named Nicholas Quirke, who was inspired by the ideas of the scriven (a mutant human species) leader Auric Godshawk who invented huge engines capable of moving large cities. Quirke had to move the city to escape from attackers such as the nomads and also so he could use the moving city to hunt for prey. After the devastation of the Sixty Minute War
, the world collapsed into a post apocalyptic state, and immense geological upheaval (such as earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes and glaciers) threatened the world's surviving cities. In order to survive, urban areas were mobilized into vast vehicles that could evade dangerous areas. Naturally this required vast amounts of fuel, and as the earth became stripped of its natural resources, cities resorted to the practice of Municipal Darwinism
and began to consume each other for energy.
Before the age of the Traction Era, other moving buildings had been created. In Fever Crumb
the Northern Nomads used moving fortresses.
The Traction Cities were soon opposed by the Anti-Traction League
, based out of Central Asia
, which sought to return the Earth to its former state and viewed the inhabitants of the cities as barbarians and savages. Conversely, the Traction Cities also view the Anti-Tractionists as barbarians.
The series takes place roughly 1000 years after London becomes the first Traction City (that is, around AD 13000), and it covers the rising tensions between the Traction Cities and the Anti-Traction League, eventually culminating in a war towards the end of the series.
propelled by small engines or even sails. Airships have become the most common method of transport in this new era, as they are the only way to travel between mobile destinations - actual heavier-than-air aeroplanes having become an extinct technology after the Sixty Minute War.
Larger cities are usually built on tiers similar to a wedding cake
, with the poorer classes living on the lower tiers among the tracks and engines, known as the Gut of the city, and the higher classes living in mansions and villas at the top of the city.
An exception to this was Arkangel, a huge, not very ethical, Ice City. As well as being divided into tiers, there is an outer "shell", and an inner area, close to the engines. The poorer classes live on the outside of the city, while the rich live on the inside where it is warmer.
Most cities are urbivorous, and have attachments called "Jaws" to catch prey and drag it into the Gut. Here the prey is stripped, melted down and used as fuel for the predator city. Its inhabitants are integrated into the population of the predator city, or, in less ethical cities, taken as slaves.
Not all cities are predatory, however; some (notably Anchorage
and Airhaven) are peaceful and make a living by trading. Smaller towns and hamlets are also often peaceful and survive by trading or mining. Sometimes smaller towns meet in gatherings known as "trading clusters."
Ice cities are cities, and towns, that are around the colder parts of the world, such as Greenland
or Siberia
. Instead of wheels, they have skates to quickly get across the snow and ice. They have a Main Drive Wheel for grip and to propel the city, or town, along. The skates are just for support. Anchorage also had wheels that could be used if the city was crossing solid land. These cities can only be found in the far north, not the far south.
Static Settlements are towns, and occasionally cities, that have settled up in mountains or anywhere where bigger towns can't find and eat them. They are usually not moving. Sometimes, they can be Semi - Static.
There are also aquatic equivalents of Traction Cities called Raft Cities which travel across the oceans hunting smaller raft suburbs and static island settlements. Notable Raft Cities include Puerto Angeles, Brighton
and Marseille
, most of which are coastal port
s in the real world. Some smaller towns are amphibious, using inflatable air-tanks to float across water when necessary.
There are also cities on the ocean floor, such as Grimsby
. However most of these are sunken and are uninhabited.
Furthermore, there are Sand Towns, and Sand Cities, that hunt in deserts, mostly in north and western Africa - the mountains of southern Africa being home instead to more static settlements.
The city of Airhaven is a flying city, that attached gas bags to itself to lift itself away from the hungry cities.
There is also reference to Harvester Suburbs, such as Harrowbarrow , which are built for war, with thick armour, reserve engines, and spare wheels to replace ones lost or damaged in conflict. Harrowbarrow can also bury underground and launch surprise attacks against static settlements.
and Northern Asia
, which is because of constant trampling by the Traction machinery a muddy wasteland called the 'Great Hunting Ground'. They are also prevalent in South America
(now called Nuevo Maya), the Arctic
(now called the Ice Wastes), India
, the Sahara Desert, and Antarctica. However, all this can be said as being Hunting Ground; Traction Cities are simply more abundant in number in Europe and Northern Asia. North America
has been reduced to a nuclear wasteland by the Sixty-Minute War and is known as the Dead Continent.
Static settlements are found across the mountains of Central and South-East Asia, Southern Africa and the Andes. Still, in Africa many Traction Cities and Towns are roaming. Movement difficulty for Tractionist civilisation is the reason why static civilisation has not become extinct, and this is taken to its peak in the Far East:
Much of the Far East
is controlled by the Anti-Traction League, focussed in the Himalayas and other such mountainous regions, which are difficult or impossible for the Traction Cities to reach or manoeuvre through. Protecting the Anti-Traction League are immense fortifications, which the Traction Cities cannot penetrate, further protecting the League from Tractionist attack.
Australia
's condition is never specified. It is notably the only continent in the series that is never mentioned by any characters or the book's narration. However, Philip Reeve
hints that Fever Crumb may have adventures in Australia and Nuevo Maya in the future, as he never found time to explore them in the original series.
Philip Reeve
Philip Reeve is a British author and illustrator. He presently lives on Dartmoor with his wife Sarah and their son Samuel.-Biography:...
's Mortal Engines Quartet, Traction Cities are vast metropolises built on tiers that are capable of moving on gigantic wheels and caterpillar tracks. These cities hunt smaller cities (in order to tear them apart for resources
Natural resource
Natural resources occur naturally within environments that exist relatively undisturbed by mankind, in a natural form. A natural resource is often characterized by amounts of biodiversity and geodiversity existent in various ecosystems....
and fuel
Fuel
Fuel is any material that stores energy that can later be extracted to perform mechanical work in a controlled manner. Most fuels used by humans undergo combustion, a redox reaction in which a combustible substance releases energy after it ignites and reacts with the oxygen in the air...
) which in turn hunt towns which in turn hunt villages and static settlements. This practice is known as Municipal Darwinism
Municipal Darwinism
Municipal Darwinism is a fictional concept featured in Philip Reeve's Mortal Engines Quartet. It refers to the practice in the post apocalyptic world described in the series, in which large mobile metropolitan areas, known as Traction Cities, consume one another by gathering other, smaller cities...
, and is clearly a parody of the animal kingdom
Animal
Animals are a major group of multicellular, eukaryotic organisms of the kingdom Animalia or Metazoa. Their body plan eventually becomes fixed as they develop, although some undergo a process of metamorphosis later on in their life. Most animals are motile, meaning they can move spontaneously and...
.
Traction cities in the books are often named after cities in the real world, such as London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, Brighton
Brighton
Brighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England on the south coast of Great Britain...
, Anchorage
Anchorage, Alaska
Anchorage is a unified home rule municipality in the southcentral part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the northernmost major city in the United States...
, Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
or Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
, and sometimes their names have been slightly modified for comedic effect; for example, Tunbridge Wells
Royal Tunbridge Wells
Royal Tunbridge Wells is a town in west Kent, England, about south-east of central London by road, by rail. The town is close to the border of the county of East Sussex...
has been renamed 'Tunbridge Wheels' and Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region...
has become 'Wolverinehampton'.
The author states that when coming up with the concept he was inspired by how his home town of Brighton
Brighton
Brighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England on the south coast of Great Britain...
was "expanding and swallowing up the smaller towns and villages around it".
History
Traction Cities were first formed by an engineer from LondonLondon
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
named Nicholas Quirke, who was inspired by the ideas of the scriven (a mutant human species) leader Auric Godshawk who invented huge engines capable of moving large cities. Quirke had to move the city to escape from attackers such as the nomads and also so he could use the moving city to hunt for prey. After the devastation of the Sixty Minute War
Sixty Minute War
The Sixty Minute War is a fictional event in Philip Reeve's Mortal Engines Quartet. It is a cataclysmic conflict which is deliberately left vague, but was evidently fought between the American Empire and Greater China. It is likely that the Middle East was involved, as this region has been reduced...
, the world collapsed into a post apocalyptic state, and immense geological upheaval (such as earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes and glaciers) threatened the world's surviving cities. In order to survive, urban areas were mobilized into vast vehicles that could evade dangerous areas. Naturally this required vast amounts of fuel, and as the earth became stripped of its natural resources, cities resorted to the practice of Municipal Darwinism
Municipal Darwinism
Municipal Darwinism is a fictional concept featured in Philip Reeve's Mortal Engines Quartet. It refers to the practice in the post apocalyptic world described in the series, in which large mobile metropolitan areas, known as Traction Cities, consume one another by gathering other, smaller cities...
and began to consume each other for energy.
Before the age of the Traction Era, other moving buildings had been created. In Fever Crumb
Fever Crumb
Fever Crumb is the prequel to the Mortal Engines Quartet by Philip Reeve, released in 2009. A sequel called A Web of Air was released in April 2010.-Plot synopsis:...
the Northern Nomads used moving fortresses.
The Traction Cities were soon opposed by the Anti-Traction League
Anti-Traction League
In Philip Reeve's book-series Mortal Engines Quartet, the Anti-Traction League is an organization opposed to the prevalence of Traction Cities and Municipal Darwinism. Its symbol is that of a broken wheel.-Geography:...
, based out of Central Asia
Central Asia
Central Asia is a core region of the Asian continent from the Caspian Sea in the west, China in the east, Afghanistan in the south, and Russia in the north...
, which sought to return the Earth to its former state and viewed the inhabitants of the cities as barbarians and savages. Conversely, the Traction Cities also view the Anti-Tractionists as barbarians.
The series takes place roughly 1000 years after London becomes the first Traction City (that is, around AD 13000), and it covers the rising tensions between the Traction Cities and the Anti-Traction League, eventually culminating in a war towards the end of the series.
Description
Traction Cities range in size from enormous metropolis (or Urbivores) with populations of millions, to tiny villages and hamletsHamlet (place)
A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...
propelled by small engines or even sails. Airships have become the most common method of transport in this new era, as they are the only way to travel between mobile destinations - actual heavier-than-air aeroplanes having become an extinct technology after the Sixty Minute War.
Larger cities are usually built on tiers similar to a wedding cake
Wedding cake
A wedding cake is the traditional cake served to the guests at a wedding reception after a wedding. In modern Western culture, it is usually a large cake, multi-layered or tiered, and heavily decorated with icing, usually over a layer of marzipan or fondant...
, with the poorer classes living on the lower tiers among the tracks and engines, known as the Gut of the city, and the higher classes living in mansions and villas at the top of the city.
An exception to this was Arkangel, a huge, not very ethical, Ice City. As well as being divided into tiers, there is an outer "shell", and an inner area, close to the engines. The poorer classes live on the outside of the city, while the rich live on the inside where it is warmer.
Most cities are urbivorous, and have attachments called "Jaws" to catch prey and drag it into the Gut. Here the prey is stripped, melted down and used as fuel for the predator city. Its inhabitants are integrated into the population of the predator city, or, in less ethical cities, taken as slaves.
Not all cities are predatory, however; some (notably Anchorage
Anchorage-in-Vineland
Anchorage-in-Vineland is a fictional city based on the city of Anchorage, Alaska in the Mortal Engines Quartet by Philip Reeve.It is the static and stable version of the Traction City of Anchorage that had decided to stop wandering the Arctic wastes and settle in the green and unspoilt land of...
and Airhaven) are peaceful and make a living by trading. Smaller towns and hamlets are also often peaceful and survive by trading or mining. Sometimes smaller towns meet in gatherings known as "trading clusters."
Ice cities are cities, and towns, that are around the colder parts of the world, such as Greenland
Greenland
Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for...
or Siberia
Siberia
Siberia is an extensive region constituting almost all of Northern Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, it was part of the Soviet Union from its beginning, as its predecessor states, the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire, conquered it during the 16th...
. Instead of wheels, they have skates to quickly get across the snow and ice. They have a Main Drive Wheel for grip and to propel the city, or town, along. The skates are just for support. Anchorage also had wheels that could be used if the city was crossing solid land. These cities can only be found in the far north, not the far south.
Static Settlements are towns, and occasionally cities, that have settled up in mountains or anywhere where bigger towns can't find and eat them. They are usually not moving. Sometimes, they can be Semi - Static.
There are also aquatic equivalents of Traction Cities called Raft Cities which travel across the oceans hunting smaller raft suburbs and static island settlements. Notable Raft Cities include Puerto Angeles, Brighton
Brighton
Brighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England on the south coast of Great Britain...
and Marseille
Marseille
Marseille , known in antiquity as Massalia , is the second largest city in France, after Paris, with a population of 852,395 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Marseille extends beyond the city limits with a population of over 1,420,000 on an area of...
, most of which are coastal port
Port
A port is a location on a coast or shore containing one or more harbors where ships can dock and transfer people or cargo to or from land....
s in the real world. Some smaller towns are amphibious, using inflatable air-tanks to float across water when necessary.
There are also cities on the ocean floor, such as Grimsby
Grimsby
Grimsby is a seaport on the Humber Estuary in Lincolnshire, England. It has been the administrative centre of the unitary authority area of North East Lincolnshire since 1996...
. However most of these are sunken and are uninhabited.
Furthermore, there are Sand Towns, and Sand Cities, that hunt in deserts, mostly in north and western Africa - the mountains of southern Africa being home instead to more static settlements.
The city of Airhaven is a flying city, that attached gas bags to itself to lift itself away from the hungry cities.
There is also reference to Harvester Suburbs, such as Harrowbarrow , which are built for war, with thick armour, reserve engines, and spare wheels to replace ones lost or damaged in conflict. Harrowbarrow can also bury underground and launch surprise attacks against static settlements.
Habitat
The most common area for Traction Cities to be found is EuropeEurope
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
and Northern Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
, which is because of constant trampling by the Traction machinery a muddy wasteland called the 'Great Hunting Ground'. They are also prevalent in South America
South America
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...
(now called Nuevo Maya), the Arctic
Arctic
The Arctic is a region located at the northern-most part of the Earth. The Arctic consists of the Arctic Ocean and parts of Canada, Russia, Greenland, the United States, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Iceland. The Arctic region consists of a vast, ice-covered ocean, surrounded by treeless permafrost...
(now called the Ice Wastes), India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, the Sahara Desert, and Antarctica. However, all this can be said as being Hunting Ground; Traction Cities are simply more abundant in number in Europe and Northern Asia. North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
has been reduced to a nuclear wasteland by the Sixty-Minute War and is known as the Dead Continent.
Static settlements are found across the mountains of Central and South-East Asia, Southern Africa and the Andes. Still, in Africa many Traction Cities and Towns are roaming. Movement difficulty for Tractionist civilisation is the reason why static civilisation has not become extinct, and this is taken to its peak in the Far East:
Much of the Far East
Far East
The Far East is an English term mostly describing East Asia and Southeast Asia, with South Asia sometimes also included for economic and cultural reasons.The term came into use in European geopolitical discourse in the 19th century,...
is controlled by the Anti-Traction League, focussed in the Himalayas and other such mountainous regions, which are difficult or impossible for the Traction Cities to reach or manoeuvre through. Protecting the Anti-Traction League are immense fortifications, which the Traction Cities cannot penetrate, further protecting the League from Tractionist attack.
Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
's condition is never specified. It is notably the only continent in the series that is never mentioned by any characters or the book's narration. However, Philip Reeve
Philip Reeve
Philip Reeve is a British author and illustrator. He presently lives on Dartmoor with his wife Sarah and their son Samuel.-Biography:...
hints that Fever Crumb may have adventures in Australia and Nuevo Maya in the future, as he never found time to explore them in the original series.
Traction cities
- BenghaziBenghaziBenghazi is the second largest city in Libya, the main city of the Cyrenaica region , and the former provisional capital of the National Transitional Council. The wider metropolitan area is also a district of Libya...
- BordeauxBordeauxBordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern France.The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan area, has a population of 1,010,000 and constitutes the sixth-largest urban area in France. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture...
-Mobile - BremenBremenThe City Municipality of Bremen is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany. A commercial and industrial city with a major port on the river Weser, Bremen is part of the Bremen-Oldenburg metropolitan area . Bremen is the second most populous city in North Germany and tenth in Germany.Bremen is...
- CairoCairoCairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...
- ChidanagaramChidambaramChidambaram is a fast growing industrial city in Eastern part of Tamil Nadu and the taluk headquarters of the Cuddalore district. It is located in 58 km from Pondicherry, 60 km from Karaikal, and 240 km south of Chennai by rail...
- Cittamotore
- DarmstadtDarmstadtDarmstadt is a city in the Bundesland of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Rhine Main Area.The sandy soils in the Darmstadt area, ill-suited for agriculture in times before industrial fertilisation, prevented any larger settlement from developing, until the city became the seat...
(destroyed by the Green Storm) - DortmundDortmundDortmund is a city in Germany. It is located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. Its population of 585,045 makes it the 7th largest city in Germany and the 34th largest in the European Union....
(destroyed by the Green Storm) - EdinburghEdinburghEdinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
- Gutak
- ItzalItzalleItzalle or Izal is one of the villages that forms the municipality of Galoze in Zaraitzu, Navarre. 37 inhabitants in 2005....
- Jaegerstadt UlmUlmUlm is a city in the federal German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the River Danube. The city, whose population is estimated at 120,000 , forms an urban district of its own and is the administrative seat of the Alb-Donau district. Ulm, founded around 850, is rich in history and...
- Jagdstadt MagdeburgMagdeburgMagdeburg , is the largest city and the capital city of the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Magdeburg is situated on the Elbe River and was one of the most important medieval cities of Europe....
- JuggernautpurJaipurJaipur , also popularly known as the Pink City, is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan. Founded on 18 November 1727 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amber, the city today has a population of more than 3.1 million....
- Kom OmboKom OmboKom Ombo or Ombos or Latin: Ambo and Ombi – is an agricultural town in Egypt famous for the Temple of Kom Ombo...
- LondonLondon (Hungry City Chronicles)London, as well as being a real city, is a Traction City in the Mortal Engines Quartet. It appears in "Mortal Engines", "A Darkling Plain" and the prequel "Fever Crumb".-Appearance:London is divided into seven tiers...
(destroyed by MEDUSA) - ManchesterManchesterManchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
(destroyed by ODIN) - MilanMilanMilan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
- Moloch-Maschinenstadt (destroyed by ODIN)
- Motoropolis (starved)
- MurnauMurnauMurnau may refer to:Place names:* Murnau am Staffelsee, a town in Bavaria, Germany** Oflag VII-A Murnau, A German WW 2 POW camp located in the Bavarian town "Murnau am Staffelsee"- Other :...
(went static) - OmskOmsk-History:The wooden fort of Omsk was erected in 1716 to protect the expanding Russian frontier along the Ishim and the Irtysh rivers against the Kyrgyz nomads of the Steppes...
(destroyed by the Green Storm) - Panzerstadt-Bayreuth (destroyed by MEDUSA)
- Panzerstadt-Breslau (destroyed by ODIN)
- Panzerstadt-LinzLinzLinz is the third-largest city of Austria and capital of the state of Upper Austria . It is located in the north centre of Austria, approximately south of the Czech border, on both sides of the river Danube. The population of the city is , and that of the Greater Linz conurbation is about...
(destroyed by ODIN) - Panzerstadt-KoblenzKoblenzKoblenz is a German city situated on both banks of the Rhine at its confluence with the Moselle, where the Deutsches Eck and its monument are situated.As Koblenz was one of the military posts established by Drusus about 8 BC, the...
(destroyed by ODIN) - Panzerstadt-WinterthurWinterthurWinterthur is a city in the canton of Zurich in northern Switzerland. It has the country's sixth largest population with an estimate of more than 100,000 people. In the local dialect and by its inhabitants, it is usually abbreviated to Winti...
(destroyed by the Green Storm) - ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
- PraguePraguePrague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
- San Juan De Los Motores
- Stamboul
- Traktionbad BraunschweigBraunschweigBraunschweig , is a city of 247,400 people, located in the federal-state of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located north of the Harz mountains at the farthest navigable point of the Oker river, which connects to the North Sea via the rivers Aller and Weser....
- TraktiongradGrad- Geometry & measurement :* Grad , a unit of angular measurement* Gradient of a scalar field, a differential operator in mathematics- Education related events & ceremonies :* Graduation ceremony, prom, or a graduate...
(destroyed by the Green Storm) - Traktiongrad SmolenskSmolenskSmolensk is a city and the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Dnieper River. Situated west-southwest of Moscow, this walled city was destroyed several times throughout its long history since it was on the invasion routes of both Napoleon and Hitler. Today, Smolensk...
- Traktionstadt-WeimarWeimarWeimar is a city in Germany famous for its cultural heritage. It is located in the federal state of Thuringia , north of the Thüringer Wald, east of Erfurt, and southwest of Halle and Leipzig. Its current population is approximately 65,000. The oldest record of the city dates from the year 899...
(destroyed by ODIN) - Xanne-SandanskySandanski-Municipality:Sandanski is the seat of Sandanski municipality , which includes the following 54 places:-Honour:Sandanski Point on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named after the town of Sandanski....
(destroyed by the Green Storm) - ZanzibarZanzibarZanzibar ,Persian: زنگبار, from suffix bār: "coast" and Zangi: "bruin" ; is a semi-autonomous part of Tanzania, in East Africa. It comprises the Zanzibar Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of the mainland, and consists of numerous small islands and two large ones: Unguja , and Pemba...
- Zimbra
Traction towns and suburbs
- CrawleyCrawleyCrawley is a town and local government district with Borough status in West Sussex, England. It is south of Charing Cross, north of Brighton and Hove, and northeast of the county town of Chichester, covers an area of and had a population of 99,744 at the time of the 2001 Census.The area has...
- Cutler's Gulp
- El Houl
- EvercreechEvercreechEvercreech is a village and civil parish south east of Shepton Mallet, and north east of Castle Cary, in the Mendip district of Somerset, England...
(destroyed by ODIN) - GorkyNizhny NovgorodNizhny Novgorod , colloquially shortened to Nizhny, is, with the population of 1,250,615, the fifth largest city in Russia, ranking after Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, and Yekaterinburg...
- HarrowbarrowHarrowHarrow may refer to:*Harrow , an agricultural implement consisting of many spikes, tines or discs dragged across the soil-Places:* London Borough of Harrow** Harrow, London** Harrow on the Hill** North Harrow** West Harrow** Harrow Weald...
(destroyed by the Green Storm) - HoltHolt- Natural world :* Holt, an otter den* Holt, an occasional name for a fox den* Holt, an area of woodland, e.g. a grove or copse, especially as a place-name in Great Britain, Scandinavia, Iceland, and Germany...
(destroyed by the Green Storm) - Peripateiapolis
- Purley SpokesPurley Oaks railway stationPurley Oaks railway station is in the London Borough of Croydon in south London. The station is on the Brighton Main Line between Croydon and Redhill. All trains serving it are operated by Southern and it is in London Travelcard Zone 6...
- Marlborough
- Quirke-Le-Dieu (destroyed by the Green Storm)
- Salthook (devoured by London)
- ShuddersfieldHuddersfieldHuddersfield is a large market town within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England, situated halfway between Leeds and Manchester. It lies north of London, and south of Bradford, the nearest city....
- SpeedwellSpeedwell- Places named Speedwell :* Speedwell, Bristol, in England* Speedwell Island, one of the Falkland Islands* Speedwell, New Jersey, an unincorporated community* Speedwell, Tennessee, an unincorporated community* Speedwell, Virginia, an unincorporated community...
- StaynsStainesStaines is a Thames-side town in the Spelthorne borough of Surrey and Greater London Urban Area, as well as the London Commuter Belt of South East England. It is a suburban development within the western bounds of the M25 motorway and located 17 miles west south-west of Charing Cross in...
- St Jean Les Quatre-Mille Chevaux
- Strole
- Turnbridge WheelsRoyal Tunbridge WellsRoyal Tunbridge Wells is a town in west Kent, England, about south-east of central London by road, by rail. The town is close to the border of the county of East Sussex...
(sunken by the Anna Fang's Jenny Hanniver in defence of Airhaven ) - WagenhafnWagenhoffWagenhoff is a municipality in the district of Gifhorn, in Lower Saxony, Germany....
- WantageWantageWantage is a market town and civil parish in the Vale of the White Horse, Oxfordshire, England. The town is on Letcombe Brook, about south-west of Abingdon and a similar distance west of Didcot....
- Werwolf (destroyed by ODIN)
Raft Cities
- BrightonBrightonBrighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England on the south coast of Great Britain...
- GrimsbyGrimsbyGrimsby is a seaport on the Humber Estuary in Lincolnshire, England. It has been the administrative centre of the unitary authority area of North East Lincolnshire since 1996...
(sunken) - MarseilleMarseilleMarseille , known in antiquity as Massalia , is the second largest city in France, after Paris, with a population of 852,395 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Marseille extends beyond the city limits with a population of over 1,420,000 on an area of...
(sunken by Anna Fang's Jenny Haniver in defence of off shore statics) - Perfume Harbour
- Puerto Angeles
- Zeesdadt GdanskGdanskGdańsk is a Polish city on the Baltic coast, at the centre of the country's fourth-largest metropolitan area.The city lies on the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay , in a conurbation with the city of Gdynia, spa town of Sopot, and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the...
Ice Cities
- Anchorage (static)
- ArkangelArkhangelskArkhangelsk , formerly known as Archangel in English, is a city and the administrative center of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. It lies on both banks of the Northern Dvina River near its exit into the White Sea in the north of European Russia. The city spreads for over along the banks of the river...
(sunken) - BreidhavikBreidvikBreidvik may refer to the following locations:*Breidvik, Hordaland in Askøy municipality, Hordaland, Norway*Breidvik, Nord-Trøndelag in Inderøy municipality, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway*Breivik, Nordland in Bodø municipality, Nordland, Norway...
- EisenstadtEisenstadt- Politics :The current mayor of Eisenstadt is Andrea Fraunschiel ÖVP.The district council is composed as follows :* ÖVP: 17 seats* SPÖ: 8 seats* Austrian Green Party: 2 seats* FPÖ: 2 seats- Castles and palaces :...
- HelsinkiHelsinkiHelsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
- Kivitoo
- KodzKodžadžikKodžadžik is a village in the Republic of Macedonia. It is located in the western part of the country in the Centar Župa Municipality.According to historians, the village was mentioned for the first time in 1385 and the name of the village means "Great Battle". It was known "Svetigrad" before...
- Novaya-Nizhni
- RagnarollRagnallRagnall is a village and former civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England. At the time of the 2001 census it had a population of 102. It is located on the A57 road one mile west of the River Trent. The parish church of St Leonard was extensively rebuilt in 1864-67...
- ReykjavíkReykjavíkReykjavík is the capital and largest city in Iceland.Its latitude at 64°08' N makes it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói Bay...
- SkraelingshavnSkudeneshavnis a city on the southernmost tip of the island of Karmøy in Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Haugaland...
(destroyed) - WolverinehamptonWolverhamptonWolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region...
(devoured by Arkangel)
Sources
- Mortal EnginesMortal EnginesMortal Engines is the first of four novels in Philip Reeve's quartet of the same name, which is also known as the Hungry City Chronicles in the United States...
- Predator's GoldPredator's GoldPredator's Gold is the second of four novels in Philip Reeve's series for young adults, the Mortal Engines Quartet.-Setting:Predator's Gold is set two years after Mortal Engines...
- Infernal DevicesInfernal DevicesInfernal Devices is the third of four novels in Philip Reeve's children's series, the Mortal Engines Quartet.-Anchorage:The story continues sixteen years after the events of Predator's Gold. The peaceful city of Anchorage is now a static settlement called "Anchorage-in-Vineland" on an island in the...
- A Darkling PlainA Darkling PlainA Darkling Plain is the fourth and final novel in the Mortal Engines Quartet series written by author Philip Reeve.The novel won the 2006 Guardian Award and the 2007 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Fiction.-Setting:...