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Imagine an alternate history where the Crystal Empire didn't disappear for 1000 years.
Imagine that the small but significant population kept growing and eventually had to come to a decision of balancing their land usage between farming and living space.
Because the Crystal Heart can only provide a finite amount of land that is arable and untouched by snowfall, the most obvious and readily available solution would be to build upwards.
But how would they have gone about in doing this from an engineer's standpoint?
And what would the Skyline of the Crystal Empire look like after a few years of high-rise construction?

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Posted previously at: 2017-10-03T10:35:05