[center][h1][color=Red][u]N E W Y O R K C I T Y[/u][/color][/h1][/center] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/t56hv25.png[/img][/center] [indent][indent][color=Silver]The largest city in America, the Big Apple has been home to costumed heroes, masked vigilantes, and crazed super-criminals for so long that it feels like they've always been there. Home to over 8 million people in total, the five Boroughs each have their own distinct personality, their own well-known landmarks, and their own threats that can pose a danger to the unwary and the unlucky. For every hero patrolling the rooftops, there's a gang leader, a drug mogul, an aspiring crime lord, and an army of thugs and henchmen willing to do their dirty work.[/color][/indent][/indent] [hr] [center][h2][color=Red][u]O V E R V I E W[/u][/color][/h2][/center] [hider=Boroughs Map][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/ZLpXmvL.jpg[/img][/center][/hider] [indent][indent][color=Silver]The Five Boroughs that make up New York City cover over 300 square miles total, and is the heart of the Tri-State Area, the largest metropolitan area in the world. It has the largest economy of any city on the planet, with a gross metropolitan product of over $2.6 trillion, and is the home to the greatest concentration of superhumans on Earth, as well as several of the world's most prominent high-tech "super-science" corporations. The combination of a dense population, a high cost of living leading to massive inequality, an abnormally large amount of super-powered humans, and extremely valuable technology being developed in the city has resulted in volatile mixture that frequently boils over. Crime is rampant across all five Boroughs, between warring street gangs, billionaire syndicate leaders, and everything in between. While the NYPD does what they can to contain the ever-growing criminal underworld, more often than not the heavy lifting falls to the city's population of costumed crime-fighters and vigilantes.[/color][/indent][/indent] [center][h2][color=Khaki][u]T H E B R O N X[/u][/color][/h2][/center] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/dpyGdkIm.png[/img][/center] [indent][indent][color=Silver]The home of the Yankees and birthplace of hip-hop, the people living in the Bronx are loud and proud. Most Bronxites are more than happy to live up to the stereotype of being tough, brash, swearing like a sailor, and being able to sleep through Armageddon. It's also one of the most diverse places in the country, with a huge population of first-generation Americans, meaning you're likely to get yelled at and cursed out in more languages than you knew even existed.[/color][/indent][/indent] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/9vCQ7N2t.jpg[/img][/center] [indent][indent][color=Silver]The Bronx is also the main turf of Lonnie Lincoln, better known to the world as the vicious crime boss Tombstone. With a rep for being 'cold as ice, hard as marble,' Tombstone rose through the ranks of the criminal underworld as a petty thug, then a top hitman, before carving out his own territory. Tombstone's gang are often seen wearing skull-themed "war paint" on their faces.[/color][/indent][/indent] [hider=Bronx Map][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/rUFW3Aa.png[/img][/center] [indent][indent][color=Silver][b]Points of Interest:[/b] [list][*]Yankee Stadium [*]Bronx Zoo [*]Riverdale [*]New York Botanical Garden [*]Whitestone Bridge [*]Edgar Allen Poe's Cottage[/list][/color][/indent][/indent][/hider] [center][h2][color=SteelBlue][u]B R O O K L Y N[/u][/color][/h2][/center] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/3uKAHUKm.png[/img][/center] [indent][indent][color=Silver]The most heavily populated area of the city, Brooklyn has a culture unique to itself, with the unmistakable "fugheddaboutit" accent being instantly recognizable anywhere in the world. Today the neighborhoods of Brooklyn are a styles clash of the old "youse guys" generation of New Yawkers and the younger generation of hipsters and tech bros, of old historic brownstones and trendy new cafes. It's also home to Little Odessa, bringing with it a strong Eastern European culture. [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/AGhe5zZs.jpg[/img][/center] Madame Masque, the heiress of the Nefaria Crime Family, has taken up territory in Brooklyn, attempting to solidify her family and herself as the head of the Maggia international crime syndicate. With her extensive network of agents, expert combat skills, cunning strategic mind, and mastery of disguise Madame Masque has proven to be one of the most treacherous criminals in the world.[/color][/indent][/indent] [hider=Brooklyn Map] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/Lwg1oYG.png[/img][/center] [indent][indent][color=Silver][b]Points of Interest:[/b] [list][*]Brooklyn Bridge [*]DUMBO (Down Under Manhattan Bridge Overpass) [*]Red Hook District [*]Williamsburg [*]Bedford-Stuyvesant [*]Little Odessa [*]Coney Island [*]Barclays Center [*]Prospect Park [*]Front Line Newspaper [/list][/color][/indent][/indent][/hider] [center][h2][color=SlateGray][u]M A N H A T T A N[/u][/color][/h2][/center] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/WTrqUEqm.png[/img][/center] [indent][indent][color=Silver]Far and away the most famous Borough in the city and probably the most famous area in the world, when most people think New York, they think Manhattan. While it's the smallest of the five Boroughs in terms of landmass, every square foot of the island is something to remember, from the iconic skyscrapers and the bright lights of Broadway, to the back alleys of Hell's Kitchen and the sights and sounds of Chinatown. There's [i]always[/i] something going down in Manhattan, and it's usually more than enough to keep any hero's hands full. [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/Uh15LpBt.png[/img][/center] Just as it's impossible to think of New York without thinking of Manhattan, it's impossible to think of New York's criminal underworld without thinking of the Kingpin. Ever since clawing his way to the very top, Wilson Fisk has been the mastermind behind countless evil deeds, from the world-threatening to the intimately personal. While his facade of a philanthropic industrialist may fool some, there is no shortage of heroes and villains alike who know that crossing the Kingpin is a sure way to make your life a living hell.[/color][/indent][/indent] [hider=Manhattan Map] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/j5hHpHd.png[/img][/center] [indent][indent][color=Silver][b]Points of Interest:[/b] [list] [*]Empire State Building [*]Empire State University [*]Freedom Tower [*]Fisk Tower [*]Stark Tower [*]OsCorp Tower [*]Chrysler Building [*]Baxter Building [*]Flatiron Building / Daily Bugle [*]Times Square [*]Central Park [*]Metropolitan Museum of Art ("The Met") [*]Broadway [*]Manhattan Bridge [*]George Washington Bridge [*]Chinatown [*]Little Italy [*]Harlem [*]Hell's Kitchen [*]Greenwich Village [*]District X [*]The Bowery [*]The Bar with No Name [*]SoHo [/list][/color][/indent][/indent][/hider] [center][h2][color=Salmon][u]Q U E E N S[/u][/color][/h2][/center] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/erY9RHBm.png[/img][/center] [indent][indent][color=Silver]The biggest of the five Boroughs, Queens is home to most of the city's blue-collar working stiffs and unapologetic Mets fans. There's an especially strong sense of Italian pride and "Guido/Guidette" culture in Queens. Despite this, it's just as diverse as any of the other areas, with people from all over the world trying to carve out their own slice of the American Dream. [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/8PtgpgPt.png[/img][/center] Just as the honest citizens of Queens struggle to make it to the top, so do the dishonest, and few embody that more than Hammerhead. Once a low-life enforcer for the Maggia, The metal-headed mobster has created a fortress for himself in his mansion home, a fiefdom of crime built on a foundation of bodies. While he may appear like an old-timey mug straight from the days of flappers and Tommy guns, Hammerhead always finds a way to pose some new danger.[/color][/indent][/indent] [hider=Queens map] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/BELs8Ae.png[/img][/center] [indent][indent][color=Silver][b]Points of Interest:[/b] [list] [*]Shea Stadium [*]Stark Enterprises Main Plant [*]John F. Kennedy International Airport [*]La Guardia Airport [*]Long Island Expressway [*]Rockaway [*]Jamaica Bay [/list][/color][/indent][/indent][/hider] [center][h2][color=Yellow][u]S T A T E N I S L A N D[/u][/color][/h2][/center] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/DqvNNqRm.jpg[/img][/center] [indent][indent][color=Silver]Often seen as the "Forgotten Borough" compared to the rest of the City, the people of Staten Island tend to have a chip on their shoulder. Fiercely independent from the other boroughs, residents of the island have a tendency to do things their own way, from making their own version of Groundhog Day to the surprisingly large population of Monsters (as in, literal actual monsters). Staten Islanders have an especially contentious relationship with Brooklyn, as an overflow of Brooklynites has poured across the Verazzanno Bridge into their turf. Like Queens, the majority of the Island's population is Italian-American, and wears that distinction proudly. [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/3kuSu2ht.jpg[/img][/center] Since being ousted from their old throne in Manhattan, the Italian families of the Maggia syndicate have claimed Staten Island as their turf, with the old but still very powerful Manfredi Family overseeing them all. The near-ancient Silvio Manfredi, better known as Silvermane, held court over the criminal underworld for decades, and even though the Kingpin has since taken the crown for himself, the old crime lord still has plenty of deadly tricks up his sleeve, and schemes to take his kingdom back.[/color][/indent][/indent] [hider=Staten Island Map] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/5tMHQ7e.png[/img][/center] [indent][indent][color=Silver][b]Points of Interest:[/b] [list] [*]Staten Island Ferry [*]Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge [*]Snug Harbor [*]Fort Wadsworth [*]Richmond County Ballpark [*]Flagship Brewing Company [*]Passage to Monster Metropolis [/list][/color][/indent][/indent][/hider]