World-Builder Wednesday: Shadows of Memphis

I'm short on ideas this week, so I thought I'd fall back to the CAS and take a look at a city I love in real life, and is a destination in the Sixth World: Memphis, Tennessee.

Memphis is an entry/ exit point for the CAS, since it's a hub for air, car, and rail travel near the northern border. It's also a tourist destination for millions of people per year that pass through to visit Graceland, check out B. B. King's blues club, and sample the excellent local barbecue.

Naturally, every corp that has business in Tennessee will have regional headquarters in Memphis. Memphis also has a large recording industry, being a capital for blues and country music. Of course, Memphis has its rough neighborhoods too, so it should be perfect for Shadowrun.

And let's face it, a spirit of The King, behbeh could be a good laugh for an April Fools' Day game. Just make sure he does karate and has a thing for gaudy jewelry, pink cadillacs, and peanut butter-and-banana sandwiches.

Edit for clarity: the northern border of the CAS, not Tennessee in particular. It forms a travel hub because it's the largest city in Tennessee, so it sees more air and ground travel.