City of Dawn

City of Dawn
The City of Dawn as seen in Season Three of KI 2013
Information
Location	Amazonas state of Brazil, upstream of the Juruá River
Stage(s) from	Maya
Default Theme(s)	Temperance & Vengeance
Soundtrack
Killer Instinct S2 OST - Temperance & Vengeance (Maya's Theme)

The City of Dawn serves as Maya's background stage in Killer Instinct (2013). It's the eleventh stage to be introduced in the game, and the second stage introduced during Season Two.

It is very similar to her Jungle stage in Killer Instinct 2/Killer Instinct Gold.

Description

The City of Dawn is a collection of pre-Columbian structures, located in a tropical jungle in the westmost region of Brazil's Amazonas state. Set in highlands which border the Peruvian Amazon on the east slopes of the Andes, a massive dam that controls the Juruá River as it flows in from Peru can be seen in the distance. During Ultra Combos, a thunderstorm forms and bolts of lightning will begin to strike the temples and the dam, causing the Juruá River to break through and the central basin below to flood rapidly.

Music

Killer Instinct- Maya Theme (Complete Edited Version)

The song "Temperance & Vengeance" was composed by Mick Gordon and features the vocals of Ali Edwards, who also did Orchid's theme for her Rebel Outpost stage. It's a rave and trance remix of Maya's original Killer Instinct 2 theme called Jungle. The pulse-pounding beats are accompanied by beautifully-sung lyrics. The OST version makes the techno much more prominent, with the original natural instruments being veiled beneath new Daft Punk-style synths.

Trivia

• Cinematics from Maya's story mode in Season Two reveal the City of Dawn is located in the westernmost parts of Brazil's Amazonas state, and is hidden in the highlands which border the Peruvian Amazon, on the east slopes of the Andes Mountains.
  • Amazonas is the Brazilian state with the country's largest indigenous population, and a majority of its citizens are Pardo Brazilians. This ties directly into the stories of Maya, Mira and the Night Guard in Killer Instinct (2013).

Gallery

Concept art of the new KI (2013) stage

City of Dawn in Season Two, showing its jungle interior

In Season Three, showing the Juruá River and the dam

Maya's render in the City of Dawn

Sadira in the City of Dawn