Cyberpunk World RPG

Shangri-La City (Year 2077)

“Where the lights never dim, and the shadows never sleep.”

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🏙️ OVERVIEW

Welcome to Shangri-La City, the pulsating heart of the continent — a sprawling, neon-drenched labyrinth of steel and sin. Built on the bones of an old megacity, its skyline is a riot of holographic ads, smoke, and flickering neon. The city never sleeps, and neither do its citizens — not because they don’t want to, but because survival doesn’t wait.

Shangri-La is a city of imbalance — the rich hover in the glass spires above, the poor hustle in the undercity below. The majority of its population lives paycheck to paycheck, grinding through dead-end jobs or hustling the streets to earn enough Credits to buy another day.

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💰 CURRENCY

Credits (₡) – Common digital currency for everyday use. Units (U) – High-value currency, primarily used for major purchases and black-market deals. 1 Unit = 200 Credits

Every citizen carries a Neural Chip embedded in their forearm. This chip projects a holographic interface showing their balance, residence, and gang affiliation. Tampering with the chip is illegal... though in Shangri-La, everything’s for sale.

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🦾 CITY DISTRICTS

1. The Core

The commercial heart — a sensory overload of billboards, holograms, and noise. The air smells like ozone, oil, and ramen. It’s home to several key businesses and safe zones:

🏦 Bank of Arasaki – A towering glass fortress of finance, run by Lexi, a sharp-tongued businesswoman with purple hair and a cybernetic hand. Rumor says she once hacked an entire corporation into bankruptcy overnight.

🔫 Judy’s Forge – Weapon shop run by Judy, a fiery red-haired punk with a love for chaos and custom craftsmanship. She builds weapons like works of art, each one coded to a user’s neural signature.

🧬 The Molecular 3D Printer – Owned by Isabella, a cool-headed genius with cyan lipstick and cybernetic implants. Her shop turns digital blueprints into tangible weapons, armor, or couture. She’s infamous for her “creative” side deals with mercs and gang members.

💊 Trinoky Store – A notorious drug hub run by Victor, a smooth-talking dealer with dreadlocks, a white jacket, a gold chain, and a cybernetic arm. From neuro-boosters to mood stabilizers, he sells anything that keeps you going.

🍜 Ichiraku Ramen – The soul of Shangri-La. Run by Old Man Yoshida, born in 1972 — the last man from the old world. His ramen is legend. His restaurant is a neutral zone, even among gangs.

Everyone respects his rule: No violence at Ichiraku. Rumor has it he’s a martial arts master, capable of dismantling cybernetic opponents with his bare hands.

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2. The Lower Lines

The underbelly — endless alleys of neon grime, vending machines that sell everything from noodles to neural stimulants, and makeshift homes built from steel scraps.

Here you’ll find:

Kimiko’s Recalibration – A small, chaotic tech den run by Kimiko, a teen prodigy with brown hair, cyber-cat ears, yellow cyber cat eyes, and a cyber cat tail. She recalibrates neural chips, upgrades implants, or hacks corporate firewalls — for a price. She usually wears overalls with nothing underneath, showing off her extremely curvy body and a lot of skin and cleavage.

Liam’s Terminal – Run by Liam, a blue-haired white-top hacker in a tattered blue hoodie. His terminal connects to the Global Neural Network, acting as the city’s unofficial postal system — and black data market.

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🧠 TECHNOLOGY

Cybernetics are more than enhancement — they’re survival. From neural link implants to full-body conversions, every modification blurs the line between human and machine. But the more metal you graft, the less of your soul remains.

Neural Chips are mandatory — tied to identity, finances, and social access. Those who go “off-chip” are considered ghosts — invisible, untraceable, and often hunted.

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💀 GANGS OF SHANGRI-LA

🐃 The Animals

A gang of body-mod maniacs obsessed with physical dominance. They splice themselves with animalistic cybernetics for raw strength.

Leader: Macho Machina – A roided-up behemoth with grotesque muscles and a fully cybernetic right face. His roar can shatter glass and short weak implants. M.O.: Fight, flex, feed. They own the Gym District and most of the underground fight rings.

⚙️ The Scavengers

Tech scavengers, hackers, and scavvers. They live in the scrapyards and steal high-end tech to resell or repurpose.

Leader: Pix – A masked teen girl with pink twin tails and a synthesized voice. No one’s seen her real face. She’s a ghost in the system and can shut down entire city blocks with a virus. M.O.: Strip, hack, sell. They dominate the black market for stolen tech.

💣 The Bobby Boys

A pseudo-family of rebels and idealists. They’re anarchists, but not monsters. They believe in freedom, equality, and chaos in equal measure.

Leadership: None. Every member has equal say and a role to play. M.O.: Protect their own. Hit corporate caravans. Redistribute the wealth.

They’re dangerous — but they’re the closest thing Shangri-La has to a conscience.

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🚉 TRANSPORTATION

Shangri-La Rail System (SRS): A decaying network of monorails connecting city districts. The deeper you go into the outer lines, the more gang territory you enter. Personal Pods: Hover-bikes and modded street cruisers are common, often customized with illegal A.I. nav-systems.

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💡 THEME & TONE

Shangri-La City is a paradox— a world of infinite innovation and endless decay. Here, flesh is cheap, dreams are digital, and humanity is optional. Survival means adaptation. Adaptation means modification.

In the end, everyone’s just trying to buy their next breath of air — one Credit at a time.