North Yankton

The State of North Yankton (abbreviation: Y.A.) is a fictional Midwestern state in the United States of America. It will be set to appear in Grand Theft Auto V: The Rockstar Series and The Outlaw’s Saga - Grand Theft Auto: Renegade.
== Description ==
The state is located in the Midwest. It has one known town: Ludendorff in Beaverhead County.
The main road in Ludendorff is Cavalry Boulevard, which has a railway line running across it.
Traffic paths do exist for North Yankton, and unique, snow-covered versions of vehicles found outside the state can be observed driving on Cavalry Boulevard and some of the other streets surrounding Ludendorff.
North Yankton is so far the only location in the Grand Theft Auto series that is completely landlocked.
== Geography/Influence ==
North Yankton has a mostly flat terrain from what is seen, but there are large hills far off in the distance. The state is almost always covered in snow, even during the summer/early fall months. North Yankton is based off of the real-life Midwestern state of North Dakota, with Ludendorff taking inspiration from Fargo, ND.
== Biography ==
=== 1940’s or 1950’s ===
Around the 1940’s or ‘50’s, former outlaw Samuel Wallace relocated to North Yankton from Liberty City to try and live off of the grid, away from the evergrowing civilization. Eventually, Sam met a Norwegian woman and later fell in love. Although they never married legally, they had children and stayed together. Sam eventually built a ranch somewhere in the fields of Beaverhead County, a distance from Ludendorff. He lived there for decades.
=== 1960’s - 1990’s ===
It is heavily implied that Michael Townley’s children, Tracey and James, were born in North Yankton, but it is unknown where; possibly Ludendorff. Amanda, Michael’s wife, was possibly from the area, especially Ludendorff, as her family lived there and she wanted to return there at some point. Whether Michael was born and raised here is unknown, but it may not be the case, possibly being raised somewhere else in North Yankton or another Midwestern state.
=== 2004 ===
In the winter of 2004, Michael had decided to become a federal informant in order to escape the criminal lifestyle and move far away with his family. He led his crew, which consisted of his best friend, Trevor Philips, and fellow member, Brad Snider, into an ambush at a farm outside of Ludendorff after robbing a Bobcat cash depot, where FIB agent Dave Norton sniped Brad in the chest by accident, intending for the bullet to be for Trevor. He also sniped Michael, who was wearing body armor, to make it look as though he would die, effectively faking his death. Trevor escaped the growing numbers of NYSP officers into the field and eventually fled the state. Brad soon succumbed to his bullet wound, in which his body was then proceeded to be used as a placeholder in Michael’s fake grave, buried in the Ludendorff Cemetery. Michael and his family were then relocated to the West Coast, with Norton receiving the glory for “killing” the infamous Michael Townley as well as relocating to the West Coast.
=== 2013 ===
In August of 2013, nearly ten years after the cash depot job, Trevor returned to Ludendorff when he began to deduce and suspect Brad’s demise, after he had believed that Brad was alive but in prison, with emails sent from him being from Dave, who wanted to monitor him. He flew back to the town and revisited the gravesite where Michael’s “grave” was. Michael followed behind to try and stop him, but he ultimately allowed him to dig up the grave. To Trevor’s rage and shock, he finally saw that it was Brad’s body that was buried in Michael’s place. The two had a heated fight about what Michael had done and drew their guns on each other. As the two could not initially take a shot at each other, a member of the Triads, who had come to possibly kidnap and/or kill Trevor, intercepted the standoff. Trevor tried to fire his gun at Michael while he was distracted, but his gun either jammed or was out of ammo. Trevor escaped through the back gate, but he sabotaged Michael’s car before escaping himself while the Triads attacked Michael, dooming the latter to be captured. Trevor flew back to the West Coast while Michael was kidnapped, but also taken back to the West Coast.
On the 17th of September, Samuel Wallace finally passed away from old age after living 105 years, having passed away on the porch of his home. Joel Wallace was eventually called to North Yankton after he heard about his great grandfather, Sam’s passing. Joel eventually traveled to his house to find it abandoned, having been cleared out by his grandchildren to sell it. Joel looked through the house and found a letter next to a golden plated Double-Action revolver, with it saying “for the one who reads this, I may be dead by the time you see this gun attached to this letter. If you know how to handle a gun, take it. I may not need it for Hell.” Joel kept the revolver. He then found Sam’s grave, having been buried on a hill nearby overlooking the property. Joel left a pistol near the grave and gave it a salute before leaving the ranch.
== Locations ==
* Ludendorff
* The Wallace Ranch
* The Ludendorff Homestead
* Bobcat Security depot
* Ludendorff Cemetery
== Deaths ==
* Jaspers
* Brad Snider
* Samuel Wallace
* Numerous counts of NYSP officers
* Numerous counts of Triads
== Gallery ==
== Trivia ==
* The scene for Sam’s ranch is the O’Neill Ranch in Grapeseed, San Andreas, but the surroundings were covered in snow due to winter updates. The cars that were used were modded with Yankton license plates. The house was accessed during a mission.