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People only come to Puyallup to hide, or because they have no other choices left. The district is home to the indigent and the exiled. In particular, it sees a fair number of “immigrants” from Tir Tairngire, mostly elven exiles from “the Land of Promise” or young elves who think Seattle is an exciting and happening place where you can rock out, be different, and not have to conform to the complex customs of somebody’s idea of fairyland. All true, but they usually don’t know about the harsh and grimy realities until they show up here with noth-ing but some cred in their pockets and a dream of a different life. A lot of those dreams wash up in Puyallup, same with some of the kids who come from the NAN, California, and even further away. The tourists only come to Puyallup to see the spectacular lava fields, or maybe to slum in some of the nightspots, but even then they usually travel in armored helicopters and limos, and they don’t linger.

Compared to the Redmond, Puyallup is sparse: both in terms of people and places. It has about twice the area of Redmond with probably around half the population density, although large swaths of Puyallup are practically uninhabitable (but then, you can say the

Although Redmond—and all of Seattle—has changed a great deal, the district of the metroplex that has changed the most, to the point where people from fifty or sixty years ago would never recognize it, is Puyallup. An area that used to be wide stretches of fertile farmland and apple orchards (I’ve seen pictures) was buried under tons of vol-canic ash in 2017 when Mt. Rainier erupted. Then came the refugees of the Ghost Dance War, with their tent cities and semi-permanent encampments, then the metahumans fleeing the fires of the Night of Rage, looking for shelter. Then more volcanic eruptions, waves of changelings, mob violence … now a steady stream of debris—both ash and people—trickles into the Puyallup Barrens.

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PUYALLUP AT A GLANCESize: 1,008 square kilometersPopulation: 506,000 (estimated)

Human: 48%Elf: 21%Dwarf: 4%Ork: 22%Troll: 4%Other: 1%

Population Density: 502 per square kilometerPer Capita Income: 6,200¥Corporate-Affiliated Population: 18%Hospitals and Clinics: 6Voting Precincts: 10Education:

Less Than 12 Years: 80%High School Equivalency: 16%College Equivalency: 4%Advanced Degrees and Certificates: less than 1%

> Major Corp Facilities: None> Major Gangs: The Black Rains, Forever Tacoma, the

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