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===Important Landmarks and Locations===
'''The Atlas Mountains''': The majestic Atlas Mountains surround the Emerald City region like a massive fence, stretching in a roughly northsouth range some distance eastward of the peninsulas
and the mouth of the Albian River. The Arcadian Peaks, forming the middle of the Outer Peninsula, are a spur of the Atlas Mountains, smaller than their eastern cousins.
:The natural barrier of the mountains keeps clouds and weather formations moving in from the ocean trapped over the Emerald City area, contributing to its famous rainy and often overcast weather. On the eastern side of the mountains, precipitation drops off considerably, leaving miles of arid plain in the range’s “rain shadow”.
:Native tribes thought the mountains where sacrade and home to a tribe of beast-man-spirits, something like bigfoot but more savage. They tended to avoid the range except to make offerings to settle and calm the spirits there.

'''Elysian Forest''': A broad swath of greenery stretching from the southeastern borders of Emerald City into the lowlands of the Atlas Mountains, the Elysian Forest helped to give the city its name and remains a local and national treasure. Large parts of the forest near the mountains are protected national parkland, safe from development to preserve wildlife habitats as well as their natural beauty.
:While popular with local hikers and campers rumors persist that the forest is haunted by strange cryptiod creatures. A few campers and odd hiker have disappear over the years no traces of them have ever been found. 

'''The Red River Dam''' and '''Lake Vallee''': In the 1930s, the U.S. federal government developed a project to dam the Red River in the area known as the Red River Canyon, a plan to generate hydro-electric power for Emerald City and the region as well as put much-needed money into the local economy. The Red River Dam Project was complete in 1939, nearly a year ahead of schedule, and the dam formed present day Lake Vallee, covering the abandoned mining town of Maxey. The dam continues to provide a significant portion of Emerald City’s electricity and is a local tourist attraction, as well as an occasional target for those looking to threaten the city’s power supply or the area downriver from the dam. The man-made Lake Vallee is popular with both campers and boaters. 

'''Angel Island''': The small, lone Angel Island is set aside as a bird sanctuary by the National Audubon Society to protect various species that nest and live in the wooded areas and rocky beaches of the island, including a number of sheltering sea birds and inland raptors. Parts of the island are open to the public as parkland, accessible by ferry from the mainland and the other islands, although other areas are closed off to protect certain habitats and species.