Leaving the main market place will lead us to a hookah lounge overlooking B site. We can also see two large spice shops, an animals store, and a sign for a 3-star hotel. In the Link area between the two sites lies the main market place with thread dyeing workshops and stores for textiles and pottery. We can also see a lamps and lantern shop along with a carpet workshop near the teleporter that takes us to B site. On A site, there is a public bath with detailed tiling and traditional skylights with a grocery store and a bicycle shop close by. While Kingdom seems to have taken over the back areas of A site and most of B site so far, there are enough signs and buildings around the map to create a picture of activities of the residents. One cultural setting that catches the eye specifically is around a market place close to the residential areas. The local culture is reflected across the map. There are multiple anti-Kingdom posters across the map showing that Kingdom's takeover was not all so well received by the locals.

This fact can be also seen in how the large grey refining towers clash harshly with the landscape as opposed to the harmonious regional architecture. The building is being demolished by several cranes further showcasing Kingdom's ignorance to the culture and background of the city. Remnants of a historical building featuring Moorish style archways are shown front and center. The first view that meets the eye of the player in Defenders' Spawn can be considered quite symbolic for what has happened in the city.

The existence of a major Kingdom refinery in Morocco as well as the picture of a radianite meteor colliding with Lake Bosomtwe in Ghana in Astra's contract card can hint to north and west Africa as locations with significant radianite resources.Ĭultural Cues and Environmental Elements Viper mentions the lies Kingdom told the city to get their way and access to the radianite resources in the area and Cypher believes Kingdom told many pretty lies just to suck the city dry. Similar to the teleporters on Fracture, however, we can again see they have a similar triangular structure, though they are smaller in size and include automatic doors.īind is Cypher's home town, indicated through voice lines of Viper and Cypher that the Kingdom take over of the city district and the construction of the large refining factory was not done through transparent means or consent of the locals. The teleportation we see on Bind is one-way and limited to short distances in the same Earth and therefore it can be safe to assume it to be more compact and require less resources to operate and upkeep compared to an inter-dimensional teleporter like we see on the map Fracture.

It is the first map in the game that introduced the concept of teleportation equipment to the player base. Being a Radianite Refinery, Radianite extractors, generators, and storage facilities can be seen in the Bombsites.īind is located off the coast of Rabat, the capital city of Morocco on Alpha Earth and seems to be hosting a large radianite refining facility for Kingdom Corporation. Most of the map's surface is dusty towards B site while the A site surface is plastered with cement.

A view of Atlas mountains is visible behind the defender side spawn of the map. Furthermore, many of the rooftops around the B area of the map are dominated by thin golden solar panels that may provide power to the city's buildings in place of using the power generated by Kingdom.īind sees the prevalence of dust and sand in its design reflecting the arid climate of Rabat with rolling sand dunes being seen behind the attacker spawn and the fountain area leading to B side. In place of a reactor tower, B sports a lower building housing a small diorama, and what appears to be a testing lab and control system for the refinery as a whole. Similar to A site, the structure of B site is heavily dominated by Kingdom's influence.

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