Vertvale City

Vertvale City, also referred to simply as "The City", "England's Big Apple" or "The Big Teacup", is the primary setting of the Action/Comedy webcomic series Team Season With Superpsion. It is a fictional city in the north of England that is prone to heavy rain and snow. Vertvale City is the temporary home of the Season Siblings and the location that they are sent to immediately following their banishment from Spheron. The city's name is an oxymoron and a portmanteau of vertical and vale, although the city itself has no connection to either of these things.

Vertvale City's design is a mix of standard city backgrounds from the Pixton editor. The style of the city seems to be based on other large British cities such as London, Greater Manchester, and Leeds, although it does appear to have a strong American flavor as well. Vertvale City is apparently known for hosting the United Kingdom's biggest annual skating competition, the Skate-O-Rama, which skaters come from all across the UK to attend. Eclipse, Solstice, Spring, and Equinox Season are annual participators in the Skate-O-Rama, with Equinox attending starting in season two.

Vertvale City was founded in 1878 by Erwin Vertvale. The city grew rapidly, as its purpose was to house millions suffering from economic hardship. The city provided free food and medical care to those who needed it, and as a result drew flocks of bereft people from London and other cities across the UK. Over the next century or so, Vertvale City rose to the spotlight of the UK's stage, especially for its performance as a home for war victims following the two World Wars and its growth and prosperity exploded in 1991 at the end of the Cold War. With the breakup of the Soviet Union, new trading lines were established to former Soviet countries that drew massive profit. This profit was used in Vertvale City's elderly, invalid, and poor mixed care programs. Unfortunately, by this time, Vertvale City was already suffering from frequent assaults by marauding monsters, malevolent ghosts, and unstable Meta-Villains, which had begun a year earlier in 1990. This was also the year in which the Season Siblings arrived on Earth to serve out their exile. In February of 1990, the Season Siblings moved into Snowy Heights Apartments Suite 7H. This apartment served as the siblings' home until their return to Spheron following the death of the supervillain Lord Lochindorb.

Due to Lochindorb's actions and machinations throughout the series, much of Vertvale City is a battlefield, with the idyllic metropolis under near-constant attack from savage monsters, vengeful ghosts, and malicious Meta-Villains. However, the Season siblings regularly eliminate these threats, not to save the public, but to gain Hero Points in order to return home to Spheron. Vertvale City is the refuge of Peter Minella when he flees from America to escape the U.S. military, and the home of Valentine and Noah Masterson. Vertvale City has a longstanding competition with Davenport City to become the largest noncapital city in the UK. Currently, Vertvale City is run by Mayor Alma Forrest, whose son Christian is leader of the Royals social clique at Snowy Heights High School and serves as a minor antagonist.

Notable locations in Vertvale City include Snowy Heights Apartments and its apartments 7H, home of the Season siblings and 7A, Valentine's home. More notable locations include the Loud House Cafe and Restaurant, the Sugar Shack Restaurant and Candy Store, Geekville Paradise, Lord Lochindorb's secret base, the secluded airfield that the retrieval ship lands at at the end of every season, and Apartment 8H, into which Team Holliday moves at the start of Season 2.