- Cliff Rift - cuts the western 1/3 of island from the rest - it artistically developed just because monstrous cliffs are scenic from both sides but it also effectively divides the island for exploration purposes by keeping a semi linear path from one half of the island to the other
- Since this is a tectonic type upheaval - the rift continues underwater as a great wall
- Goes with the fresh volcanic nature of the island - "you can’t just get there from here"
- The user will discover that walking off a cliff does not allow you to reach the ground. This is useful for the navigation constraints such as using the "Cliff Rift" as a complete barrier (unless in dirigible). The user will find that they fall almost to the bottom and then rise back up. "Cliff flying" on the Cliff Rift can actually be a form of fast traveling along the Rift. Cliff Flying is a surreal mechanism to keep explorer from simply leaping to the lower west side of the island - instead of falling to the Western part of the island they can navigate horizontally along the cliff by the bungee jumping like motion. This provides a fast transit along the full length of the Cliff Rift and also along the Southern cliffs dividing Genesis Beach and the High Plateau
- Supposed to look like western part of the island disconnected and sunk down and even pulls away a little as the "River of Life" even goes along the base of the rift in some spots
- It is the entrance to the under-ground river on the southern side - and its a chance to cliff dive on the northern side near the slave docks - so only way to get to the western part of island for the first time is by swimming from the northern part of the cliff rift
- If bungee jumping Northward on the Cliff Rift it will block reaching the end of Atlantis Road
Follow the trail...