The Lands Above - Page 9 Welcome to Griggsby Station, a sleepy frontier town deep in the heart of the Carthagian Badlands. Known as "The Griggs" by locals, the town serves both as a stopover on the Sovereign airship route connecting Capitol City with Restoration Point and a transfer point for travelers continuing north by rail towards the Northern Marches. On any given day, it is common to see haughty Sovereign royalty, savage barbarians, uniformed airship crewmen, exotic Achaemeni Corsairs, wily sky pirates, red fez-wearing members of the Order of The Crimson Meridian, traders, explorers, outlaws, and frontier settlers making their way through town. The town is a Badlands crossroads of sorts and while many travelers pass through The Griggs, few stay. Those who call Griggsby Station home are true Badlanders -- courageous, adventurous types who carve out an existence from the harsh, unforgiving environment. People like Mekka Clan Third Degree Fixer, Djinn. The hardy people that eke out a living in the vast, arid wasteland that is the Carthagian Badlands have a rich cultural history awash with myths and legends. One such legend tells of a tribe of inventors and tinkerers who live below the surface in caverns connected by miles of tunnels hewn into the bedrock -- the Mekka Clan. With pale skin, luminous green eyes, and an unrelenting curiosity, Mekka only venture to the surface to trade their exquisitely fabricated devices, tools, and weapons for supplies and raw materials produced by other tribes. They are rarely seen in a town or settlement, preferring to live far away from any "Sirfs." Then there's Mekka Third Degree Fixer, Djinn. The wickedly intelligent and wondrously strong young woman has risen to the level of Third Degree Fixer faster than any Mekka Fixer -- a rank that would take decades to reach, she achieved in only a few short years. Harboring an almost unhealthy fascination with the upper world, Djinn dreams of living in the lands above. When her brother, Pugs, gives her the location of a secret exit to the surface, Djinn jumps at the chance to leave the subterranean realm of the Mekka Clan and forge a new life far away from everything and everyone she has ever known. #Steampunk #TheAirshipAndalusia #GriggsbyStation #DieselPunk #WeirdWest #GraphicNovel #OriginalCharacters Story and art by Aaron Hanson © 2021