Earth

Earth has many forms in our group. Most of them are of fictional cities, though all versions take place with the general similarities of our lovely green giant...

## That's How It Is On This Bitch Of An Earth

### San Francisco: Vampires in the Rust, 2019

For the Kindred, cities are urban collections of territories and domains that stand as illuminated points against the greater backdrop of the wilderness and the places in between their safety. For vampires, the paradigm is almost medieval. The cities are their homes, and everything that’s not a city represents some sort of danger. Outside the city are packs of savage Lupines, vast fallow areas where there is no blood to be found, and the unidentifiable strangeness crucial to a World of Darkness. Modern technology eases those dangers somewhat, but most Kindred are effectively trapped in cities, where they gild their cages with elaborate games of prestige, social status, and vendetta.

To that end, much of Vampire takes place in urban environments. Why should the Kindred risk starvation in the untamed wild when those badlands confer no status upon their masters, and when a frenzied werewolf may well come rampaging across the landscape, leaving dismemberment in their wake? Truly, vampires are uniquely acclimated to city domains, and the cities are the places that hold the most of their most precious resource in vitae...

### Knox County, Kentucky: Zombie Times, 2020

Know County is the third-most populous county in Tennessee with a population of over 470,000. This also makes it the the third-most populous city in Tennessee as well. It is located at the geographical center of the Great Valley of East Tennessee. Near the heart of the county is the origin of the Tennessee River, at the confluence of the Holston and French Broad rivers. Knox is surrounded by over 20 highways, ensuring it is well connected to the other areas of the state.

In 2020, the pandemic hit. No, not that one (luckily)! Instead a zombie epidemic hit the country. It was centered in the small county of Knox in Kentucky. Out of nowhere the dead began to roam the streets. Knox was promptly put under strict quarantine. However, signals were still allowed through to display the horror within- recorded by the remaining survivors...

### Halcyon City: City of Dreams, 2021

Halcyon is the focal point of the super-powered, extra-normal world. Caped figures soar through its skies and break into fights against terrible monsters and gigantic robots. Villains scheme in nefarious lairs hidden in the clouds over the city, while heroes meet and contemplate their next course of action in their golden halls of justice. Paranormal adventurers walk Halcyon City’s streets, looking for distortions and portals to other realms, while time travelers and aliens make this city their home, for better or worse. The city’s always had more than its share of strange heroes and goings-on, but since the late 1930s, it’s played home to more superhumans and their kin than any other place on Earth, and the city has evolved to fit its population. Construction crews work at ridiculous speeds to repair the damage done in superhuman brawls. Law enforcement has adapted to the superhuman activity with a unique set of responses and equipment. Halcyon hosts the headquarters of A.E.G.I.S., the Advanced Expert Group for Intervention and Security, an elite government agency that arose specifically to deal with superhumans, among other weird, secret, and superhuman oriented organizations.

Over the course of 80 or so years of superheroes, Halcyon City has seen three relatively distinct generations of superheroes rise and fall. These three generations are known colloquially as the Gold Generation, the Silver Generation, and the Bronze Generation. And now... there’s a new generation rising. The children of other superheroes, or trainees of prior generations, or brand new superpowered individuals, all trying to figure out who they are in the midst of Halcyon City’s own special brand of wonder and insanity. That’s you. You’re the new generation, and soon enough, this city with its amazing miracles and impossible wonders will be yours. Who will you be when it’s time to inherit Halcyon’s reins? What will you make of the place? Whose butts will you kick on the way?

### American Wasteland: Wild Wastes, 2069

Our world and the world of Wild Wastes was the same until 1989. After the Berlin Wall fell the Cold War sweltered into a nuclear hotbed. America and Russia bombed each other in vengeful fury, and those unable to reach a shelter in time were turned into dust. Earth is now set 80 years from that tragedy after the radiation levels have mostly passed and everyone became free to roam the broken land before them. The federal government has, of course, fallen. In its place are local factions such as: New Reno, Tellhate over by Tahoe, The LA Confederacy, the Next Californian Kingdom controlling San Francisco, The Republic of Texas, The New Patriots, The Red Wheels, and many more.

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knox\_County,\_Tennessee