M&M.EmeraldCityHeroes

M&M Presents - Emerald City Adventure!

Welcome to the Wiki for our RPG.Net Play-By-Post game of Mutants & Masterminds 3rd ed. the Heroes of Emerald City.

The HEROES

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Welcome to Emerald City

WELCOME TO EMERALD CITY, Storm City, the City of Destiny, City on the Red and White Rivers, City of the Three Hills... a city in flux. Emerald City is a thriving Pacific Northwest metropolis, a port city known as a home to hardy pioneers for well over a century and a half. The people of E.C. need their pioneer spirit, too, since the city has also become the focus of world-changing events.

It has been almost one year since the Silver Storm Event -- an explosion on the city's famous Yellow Brick Row shopping district/farmers market. The explosion killed and injurdd hundreds of people but it also resulted in hundreds more gaining metahuman powers. The goernment determined that the Storm was somekind of alien experiment that released tiny nanabits into the air that altered the genetic make up of humans; changing many in strange ways and giving their targets metahuman powers! Some where driven mad by their body's mutations while others turned to crime as they felt it was there due or that they were owned. A few have tried to help but most seem to want to keep their heads down and return to their old lives.

Now the City is in need of heroes like never before. Villains and secret societies have sprun up like weeds throughout the city.

Emerald City At A Glance

Emerald City is centered on the sheltered inner peninsula jutting into the Albian River, with access to Malory Bay and the islands, built upon three main hills, modest in size compared to the mountainous terrain in the surrounding area, but still fairly steep. The city has since spread across the inlet to the western or outer peninsula and along the south of the riverbank eastward as well as pushing south towards the mountains.

The downtown area of the city is towards the waterfront, the early center of Emerald City’s livelihood and activity. Royal Hill, the northernmost of the city’s three main hills, lives up to its name with some of the most expensive real estate in E.C.. To the south rise University Hill, home of Emerald City University (ECU), and Sunset Hill, bordering the Red River. As the hills level out into a broad valley, the neighborhoods give way to the Eastern District and Lakeside, curving around Lake Vallee.

Neighborhood and Districts

Downtown Core: Emerald City’s downtown area runs from the riverfront and slopes up and around Royal Hill. A main highway runs along the waterfront, connecting up with the two main bridges, crossing the Albian and Red Rivers to the north and west, running along the Albian River towards the east.

The Riverfront is still quite active as a port; much of the shipping has shifted eastward along the river and westward towards the outer peninsula, leaving much of the downtown waterfront area to piers dedicated to shopping, pleasure craft, and tourism. Rumors abound that smugglers still ply their trade in some parts of the Riverfront.

Emerald City’s most famous shopping area; it is paved in yellow-painted brick, forming a large pedestrian mall along the north-facing slope of Royal Hill. The Yellow Brick Row is also the site of the infamous Silver Storm, which transformed Emerald City—along with a number of its residents.

Emerald City suffered early flooding problems, which led to the city administration literally covering over and building on top of the old central part of the city in the lowlands. This created an “Undercity” where buildings and even streets from the 1800s are preserved beneath the current downtown area. The Undercity is connected to various tunnels and underground structures now inhabited and used by “underdwellers” like Pack-Rat and his gang, Fomorians, Morlocks, and, via deeper connections, even to the denizens of Sub-Terra.

Crown Heights: The summit of Royal Hill is known as the Crown Heights neighborhood, expensive real estate commanding a good view of Emerald City (although not quite so good as it was before the soaring towers of the downtown area were built). The Crown Tower hotel, a local landmark, is found in Crown Heights, along with some highclass condos.

The Eastern District: Although southwest of downtown, the city’s Eastern District is so named because of its largely Asian population. It is located in the broad valley between and below Sunset and University Hills.

The Eastern District used to have a reputation as the “shady side” of Emerald City, tucked away and hidden by the hills from Downtown, and a difficult walk from there, but in the present day, the District is a bustling tourist area with a thriving local culture.

The neighborhood known as Jadetown is primarily Chinese, and you can see a good deal of Chinese writing, art, and architecture there. Local schools teach students Chinese languages, culture, and history in addition to the lessons they learn in public school. Jadetown residents are quite proud of their heritage. Jadetown is home to the Jade Arch, its official “entrance” and a major tourist attraction.

Little Osaka is the Japanese area of the Eastern District. It has a more subdued style and character, featuring a renowned Japanese Tea Garden and some hotels that make it a popular place for Japanese visitors to Emerald City to stay, as well as tourists to visit.

Southern Shores: The southern shore of the Albian River, running westward from Downtown, goes from the urban structures and zoning of the center of the city to more suburban and residential areas. Southern Shore properties are prime real estate, centered around riverfront marinas, coves, and similar properties. The presence of the highway and rail line along the Southern Shore causes building to cluster around the transportation arteries, thinning southward towards the forest and mountains.

A broad western portion of Sunset Hill forms a pleasant park overlooking the Red River. The Overlook Park neighborhood extends into the area around the park, which includes a variety of homes and small businesses serving the largely residential community.

The Islands: The islands of the Albian River are broadly considered part of the Southern Shore, although technically they’re a district unto themselves. Some of the islands are set aside as parks and nature preserves, while others are inhabited, connected by narrow bridges and ferry service. A home on the Islands is a sure sign of success in the area, as they feature some of the most expensive real estate in Emerald City.

Sunset Hill: The south- and westernmost of the three hills occupied by Emerald City, Sunset Hill is named for the vista of the sun setting over it, seen from the other (eastern) parts of the city. It was once the site of stately turn-of-the-century homes a reasonable distance from both Crown and University Hills, affording residents a degree of privacy. More and more, as the city has expanded, Sunset Hill has become urbanized, and many of those stately homes are now businesses, apartments, or condos, although some have been restored to their original condition and remain private homes.

University Hill: The southeastern hill of Emerald City is named for the placement of Emerald City University near its summit. It and the surrounding area are part of the city’s youth culture and more artistic neighborhoods. “U-Hill,” as it is sometimes known, is home to various cafés, trendy boutiques, thrift shops (equally trendy among the right crowd), theaters, and businesses serving the student community as well as local residents.

Lakeside: The area bordering the lake to the south of the Eastern District, Lakeside is a relatively new district of the city and its character reflects a blending of Emerald City’s 19th and 20th century heritages with an eye towards life in the 21st century.

Important Landmarks and Locations

The Atlas Mountains: The majestic Atlas Mountains surround the Emerald City region like a massive fence, stretching in a roughly northsouth range some distance eastward of the peninsulas and the mouth of the Albian River. The Arcadian Peaks, forming the middle of the Outer Peninsula, are a spur of the Atlas Mountains, smaller than their eastern cousins.

The natural barrier of the mountains keeps clouds and weather formations moving in from the ocean trapped over the Emerald City area, contributing to its famous rainy and often overcast weather. On the eastern side of the mountains, precipitation drops off considerably, leaving miles of arid plain in the range’s “rain shadow”.

Elysian Forest: A broad swath of greenery stretching from the southeastern borders of Emerald City into the lowlands of the Atlas Mountains, the Elysian Forest helped to give the city its name and remains a local and national treasure. Large parts of the forest near the mountains are protected national parkland, safe from development to preserve wildlife habitats as well as their natural beauty.

While popular with local hikers and campers rumors persist that the forest is haunted by strange cryptid creatures. A few campers and odd hiker have visappear over the years no traces of them have ever been found.

The Red River Dam and Lake Vallee: In the 1930s, the U.S. federal government developed a project to dam the Red River in the area known as the Red River Canyon, a plan to generate hydro-electric power for Emerald City and the region as well as put much-needed money into the local economy. The Red River Dam Project was complete in 1939, nearly a year ahead of schedule, and the dam formed present day Lake Vallee, covering the abandoned mining town of Maxey. The dam continues to provide a significant portion of Emerald City’s electricity and is a local tourist attraction, as well as an occasional target for those looking to threaten the city’s power supply or the area downriver from the dam. The man-made Lake Vallee is popular with both campers and boaters.

Angel Island: The small, lone Angel Island is set aside as a bird sanctuary by the National Audubon Society to protect various species that nest and live in the wooded areas and rocky beaches of the island, including a number of sheltering sea birds and inland raptors. Parts of the island are open to the public as parkland, accessible by ferry from the mainland and the other islands, although other areas are closed off to protect certain habitats and species.

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Night Life

Storm Center: a new night club that caters especially to 'Stormers'. The owner, a Stormer himself, called Kraken[1]. He employees a number of Stormers for various rolls. The lead bouncer and partial owner in a Stormer called Magma[2]. Non-Stormers are frequent the place and the owner encourage them to come and be seen.

Prisons

Fortress Island State Penitentiary: A small, rocky island in the middle of the Albian River, between Council and Angel Islands, it is off-limits to the public and is home to the Fortress Island State Penitentiary. The only legal way to access the island is to take one of the prison ferries, which make frequent runs from the ferry port in South Shore.

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