Brouchage

Called "The City of Masks" for many years by its detractors and inhabitants alike, Brouchage is a pejou city in the southern swamps of Morgnis. As one of the older pejou cities on the planet, the ever-growing sprawl has breached the canopy above the city, twisting upwards into a tangle of brightly colored skyscrapers, wrought iron porches, and stained glass. As the uper reaches piled ever higher, the lower reaches were choked of more and more light.
Eventually, this dim underbelly became a second city of sorts, where criminals and those on the run could hide and plan in secret. From this underside, they would often strike at the brighter layers with crudely fashioned masks from old festivals, left forgotten among the rest of the old city. Eventually, these masked villains and their escapades brought about their own downfall, in the form of Boulon the Bear, widely cited as the first true masked hero of Brouchage.
Once Boulon's presence was known and well established, though, the floodgates were wide open. Brouchage became a breeding ground and haven for those who sought a life of costumed vigilanteism, or to carry out crimes with the grandeur and pomp only a supervillain can. As the heroes and villains in Brouchage grew ever more numerous, so to did the grand scale conflicts they brought with them, their clashes tearing through whole swaths of the city at their most extreme. As the frequency of the fights increased, the maskless populace of the city began to take to the streets to protest the presence of villains and heroes alike in their city, clamoring for something to be done about these public menaces
The countermovement came to a head with the death of Vermillion Sun at the hands of Vartan Vetes, before the latter had managed to sieze the reigns of Brouchage for his family. Legislation quickly made its way through the city council, officially banning vigilanteism and empowering the lawkeepers of Brouchage to arrest and detain any individuals caught in the act on sight. In what would become known as The Unmasking, the city's masked heroes and villains were apprehended, unmasked, and placed on permanent watch to prevent them from donning their costumes again.
Since the Unmasking, Brouchage has acquired a reputation for being a remarkably quiet city for one founded by pejou. While some costumed heroes still operate within the city, their acts are much subtler than before, and their exploits rarely make news in the city, much less the rest of the system.
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