New Vance City

Drowntrace Platform 12-B was originally part of an abandoned maintenance spur that dipped directly beneath the Shadow Reach canal. A crack in the old concrete ceiling opened during a structural quake, turning the station into a drip chamber. Within a month, the floor was fully submerged. Shamblers still occupy the drowned concourse—some fully underwater, others emerging only when disturbed. Silent Walkers have been seen near the central stairwells, standing ankle-deep in runoff without movement for hours. Attempts to reroute current or drain the platform have failed. The deeper end of the station is inaccessible, choked with collapsed stone and collapsed stairwells. It's considered a dead zone—marked red on all current Syndicate and Citadel maps.

The station is sunken almost to the top of its platform signage. Water sloshes slowly over the curved tile floors, occasionally disturbed by ripples that come without origin. Railcars remain in place on either side—half-flooded husks, their interiors dark and glistening. Several Shamblers rest inside, their heads tilted unnaturally as if listening to something beneath the water. Wall posters have melted from moisture and age, their ink pooling at the base of the tiling. Ceiling vents drip at irregular intervals, and the central stairway into the platform is entirely underwater. Somewhere in the shadows, a silent figure stands knee-deep near the emergency pillar, unmoving, with a faint blue glow bleeding from beneath their hood.