---
id: "codex://object/cities-built-on-ruin"
archive_id: "cities-built-on-ruin"
slug: "cities-built-on-ruin"
url: "https://ndcodex.com/objects/cities-built-on-ruin/"
type: "fragment"
title: "Cities Built on Ruin"
summary: "From the fractures. new wills appear. the ones that come after."
date_published: "2026-03-08T22:16:48.529Z"
date_modified: "2026-03-08T22:16:48.529Z"
status: "published"
visibility: "public"
language: "en-US"
axes: {}
themes:
  - "survival"
  - "structure"
  - "signal"
constellations: []
tags:
  - "survival"
  - "structure"
  - "signal"
keywords:
  - "Fragment"
  - "survival"
  - "structure"
  - "signal"
author:
  id: "nathan-davis"
  name: "Nathan Davis"
  designation: "Archive Operator"
  role: "Archive Operator"
  handle: "@nathandavis"
  avatar: "/media/people/nathan-davis.jpg"
  bio: "Designer, builder, and curator of the Codex Archive."
contributors:
  - id: "nathan-davis"
    name: "Nathan Davis"
    designation: "Archive Operator"
    role: "Archive Operator"
    handle: "@nathandavis"
    avatar: "/media/people/nathan-davis.jpg"
    bio: "Designer, builder, and curator of the Codex Archive."
relations:
  - kind: "related"
    target: "codex://object/jsa-collage-evolution-003"
    slug: "jsa-collage-evolution-003"
    url: "https://ndcodex.com/objects/jsa-collage-evolution-003/"
  - kind: "related"
    target: "codex://object/artifact-jsa-collage-001"
    slug: "artifact-jsa-collage-001"
    url: "https://ndcodex.com/objects/artifact-jsa-collage-001/"
  - kind: "related"
    target: "codex://object/pressure-psalm-v"
    slug: "pressure-psalm-v"
    url: "https://ndcodex.com/objects/pressure-psalm-v/"
  - kind: "related"
    target: "codex://object/signal-harvest"
    slug: "signal-harvest"
    url: "https://ndcodex.com/objects/signal-harvest/"
media: []
---
Cities built on ruin.

From the fractures
new wills appear --

the ones that come after.