,&,,&&,&&&                                          ,,,&,&&&&&
&&,&,&&,,&                                          ,,&&&,,,,&
,&&&&,&,&&                                          ,&,,&,,,&,
&,,,&&&&,&                                          &&,&&,,&&,
&,,&,,,&&,                                          ,&&,&,&,&&
&,&&,,&,&&             :::::::::::::::              &,&&&&&&,,
&&,&,&&&,&              :  #########  :             &&,,,,,&,&
,&&&&,,&&, :          #     roads     #           : ,&,,,,&&&,
&,,,&,&,&,              :  #########  :             &&,,,&,,&,
&,,&&&&&&,             :::::::::::::::              ,&,,&&,&&&
&,&,,,,,&&                                          &&,&,&&,,,
&&&,,,,&,&   roads are physical representations of  ,&&&&,&,,&
,,&,,,&&&& the lines on  maps  that tell  you where &,,,&&&,&,
,&&,,&,,,,             you can travel.              &,,&,,&&&,
&,&,&&,,,&                                          &,&&,&,,&,
&&&&,&,,&& those  called  roads  are  for cars. for &&,&&&,&&&
,,,&&&,&,& bikes they are called  paths, for trains ,&&,,&&,,,
,,&,,&&&&,          they are called rails.          &,&,&,&,,,
,&&,&,,,&,                                          &&&&&&&,,,
&,&&&,,&&, when traveling by  foot, you can  follow ,,,,,,&,,,
&&,,&,&,&&          all of these, or none.          ,,,,,&&,,&
,&,&&&&&,,                                          ,,,,&,&,&,
&&&,,,,&,&                 ,,~#~,,                  ,,,&&&&&&,
,,&,,,&&&,                                          ,,&,,,,,&&
,&&,,&,,&&    most roads are elevated, suspended    ,&&,,,,&,&
&,&,&&,&,& between  three   to   a  hundred  (rare) &,&,,,&&&&
&&&&,&&&&, meters above ground. the  closer you get &&&,,&,,,,
,,,&&,,,&& to  a city,  the more  intertwined  they ,,&,&&,,,&
,,&,&,,&,,                   get.                   ,&&&,&,,&&
,&&&&,&&,&                                          &,,&&&,&,&
&,,,&&,&&, in   such  areas,  all   crossings   and &,&,,&&&&&
&,,&,&&,&& intersections are placed in  tunnels, or &&&,&,,,,,
&,&&&,&&,,   special tower-like structures called   ,,&&&,,,,&
&&,,&&,&,& outposts, which  enfold  the roads where ,&,,&,,,&,
,&,&,&&&&,              they interact.              &&,&&,,&&&
&&&&&,,,&&                                          ,&&,&,&,,&
,,,,&,,&,,                  ,,~#~,,                 &,&&&&&,&,
,,,&&,&&,,                                          &&,,,,&&&,
,,&,&&,&,& here and there  you will find symbols in ,&,,,&,,&,
,&&&,&&&&, white, on  the  asphalt. these are meant &&,,&&,&&,
&,,&&,,,&, to   tell   the   drivers   about   what ,&,&,&&,&,
&,&,&,,&&, manouvers  they  allowed  to perform  on &&&&&,&&&&
&&&&&,&,&&     that particular stretch of road.     ,,,,&&,,,,
,,,,&&&&,&                                          ,,,&,&,,,&
,,,&,,,&&, however,  some creatures paint their own ,,&&&&,,&&
,,&&,,&,&&   illicit symbols encoding territorial   ,&,,,&,&,&
,&,&,&&&,&    claims, nearby resources, or other    &&,,&&&&&&
&&&&&,,&&,      unknown and mysterious things.      ,&,&,,,,,&
,,,,&,&,&&                                          &&&&,,,,&,
,,,&&&&&,,                                          ,,,&,,,&&,
,,&,,,,&,&                                          ,,&&,,&,&,
,&&,,,&&&,                                          ,&,&,&&&&,
&,&,,&,,&&                                          &&&&&,,,&,