Central City

**Central City** is a city-state in the V2 Chronicles Series, and it serves as the primary setting of all V2 Chronicles media. Found in the north of the fictional Vitannian continent, Celona City borders Central on the south, but to the left and right of Central are the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans respectively. This makes it an exceptional hub of trade and commerce, almost as prolific as Menagerie, the trade capital of the world.

Central is known for its eccentric schools, colorful architecture, state-of-the-art technology, booming downtown & uptown districts, and a concerningly high number of gangs and vigilante groups that fight for dominance of the streets, key among them being the famous Vincent Five.

## Primary Locations

### Amber Academy

*Main article: Amber Academy*

**Amber Academy** is a private academy located in the heart of Central City, established, owned, and operated by the Minister of Education and Culture's own Amber Association. The academy is run by Principal Milly Ashford and Student President Cammy Karbowski. Amber Academy is known for its lavish, eccentric school festivals, exorbitant amount of school clubs (including the eternally loathable Equestrian Club), and their often-illustrious students, alumni, and personnel, including V2, James, Yuri, and Nana Mobius, Dark Chao Walker, Callista Paige, and current Prime Minister Ding-Dong. Amber has a bad tendency to be attacked by terrorists, no doubt due to its close proximity and relationship to the Vincent Five.

### Vincent Five Hideout

*Main article: Vincent Five Hideout*

The Vincent Five are Central City's most famous and noteworthy gang, run by their mysterious leader **Viro**, who was later unearthed to be V2. In spite of their fame and constant public appearances, their hideout remains a mystery to the general public, known only to V2's inner circle of Vincents and a small number of field agents and informants. The audience is aware, however, that the hideout is located on the edge of the Downtown District, hidden beneath a record shop, and only be accessed through an underground garage or a number of secret passageways and interlinked underground tunnels that V2 and Rolo had secretly constructed.

### Hereford High School

*Main article: Hereford High School*

Amber Academy's direct rival - despite being a smaller and much more public school than Amber Academy, Hereford has quite a few illustrious students and staff of its own, including Sheila Venera, aka "sheilavenus", a famous YouTuber and TikTok idol, Daymond Fairbanks, the Detective Prince himself, and two of his fellow officers, Rivalz Cardemonde and Valerie Torres. Though Hereford's festivals are nowhere near as lavish and bombastic as Amber's, Hereford generally has a higher grade record and has less of a reputation as a terrorist-magnet.

### Downtown District

The Downtown District is the heart of Central City, the most populated spot, and the largest tourist attraction. A number of iconic locations can be found in Downtown: Amber Academy, the Vincent Five Hideout, the Rainbow Tower, Archer Square, and Mobius Central Hospital, amongst other things. The Vincent Five, GUN, and independent but politically-recognized factions like the Arclight PMC and the Regulators maintain a constant presence in the disputed streets.

### Uptown District

The Uptown District is the wealthier and fancier alternative to the Downtown District. The Central Fashion Mall and Hereford High School can be found here, as well as the Lyric Theatre, the Aries Villa, and the Agency, amongst other things. Uptown is generally considered the "safest" spot of the often crime-ridden Central City - wars and street fights tend to be held outside of its frontiers and landmarks. The district of Central City with the smallest gang presence.

### Neon District

The Neon District is one of Central City's strongholds, and is generally thought of as the "GUN District" due to the presence of the GUN Fortress, the headquarters of the Central City GUN division. Korey High can be found in the Neon District, and the Prime Minister Embassy is located in the Neon as well. The Neon is a highly political and militaristic location - a lot of violence occurs within and just outside of its borders. Roy's Hideout is situated in the Neon District as well.

### Stampton District

The Stampton District can easily be considered the slums of Central City. The poverty-stricken, crime-ridden streets lack the luster of the three aforementioned districts and are only loosely protected by the Vincent Five and GUN (a common criticism of both factions). Miriam's Journal describes it in detail: "Homeless people everywhere, fights in the middle of the street, dealers out in plain sight, buildings on the verge of collapse." In wartime, Stampton is often hit the hardest. In spite of its derelict nature, the Stampton District is named after the founder of Central City: Kimmel Stampton. It was the first settlement built in Central City.

### Rainbow Tower

The **Rainbow Tower** is one of the most instantly-recognizable locations in Central City. Despite being almost completely demolished by an incoming Promethean airship during the Promethean War, it was narrowly saved by the efforts of the late Melissa Lavigne. Thanks to this, a memorial has been erected on the Rainbow Tower's grounds dedicated entirely to Melissa - pictures, memorabilia, and guitars can often be found on premises. The Rainbow Tower is actually home to multiple businesses; dozens of offices can be found per floor. A beloved in-house cafe can be found on the ground floor, and some rooms have even been set aside for prominent guests. During the Promethean War, the Rainbow Tower served as a safe haven for many people hiding from the Council of Fire.

### Lunato Bridge

The Lunato Bridge was a suspension bridge built over the Lunato River, the river that separated the Uptown and Downtown districts of Central City. It was used a source of commute for the residents of Central City, and it was one of the city's national icons. The Lunato Bridge was completely obliterated, however, by GUN's Glaston Air Force in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to kill a rampaging Stella. This wound up making national news; due to GUN's secrecy surrounding Stella, they never revealed their true intentions for destroying the bridge, and faced an overwhelming amount of backlash from the press for their actions.

### The Vincent Five Exhibit

The Vincent Five Exhibit is a Central City museum found in the Downtown District. The exhibit is filled to the brim with Vincent Five memorabilia and militaria, including weapons and equipment the team has used, entire rooms dedicated to various members (the biggest one of all dedicated to Viro himself), framed photographs of historical Vincent Five events, memorials to fallen Vincents, and various pieces of art related to or involving the Vincent Five. Every now and then, citizens are allowed the chance to attend meet-and-greets with members of the Vincent Five and their affiliates. V2 himself once surprised his guests by disguising himself as one of the tour guides.

### GUN Fortress

The Headquarters of the Central City Division of GUN, often just referred to as the GUN Fortress, is the industrial, largely subterranean headquarters of Central City's GUN forces. The fortress is operated by Commander Robyn. The fortress is an elaborate base that conceals a vast array of research facilities that GUN uses to develop both robotic projects (such as Armor restoration) and clandestine science experiments - namely, scientific projects dedicated to the development of experimental supersoldiers. One such supersoldier escaped captivity during a prison break orchestrated by the Vincent Five. The fortress is also home to GUN's command center, a state-of-the-art, 24-hour manned operations room where GUN monitors and supports their forces' operations in Central City and beyond.

### Archer Square

Archer Square features heavily in V2 Universe, among other things. Encompassed by three connecting roads, Archer Square is a wide and popular area, with a number of notable stores and landmarks surrounding the square, including a large statue of, predictably, an archer, featuring glazed pavilions on either side. There is a host of planters and classical streetlights (with luminiare light fixtures) dotted around the square as well.

### Telford Harbor

Telford Harbor is one of the first-ever-seen locations in the V2 Chronicles, being the site of one of the most recognizable battles of the series: the Estonian Freighter Operation. Telford is the southern harbor of Central City's four notable harbors. Telford's quiet and nondescript setting (being set near a fairly underpopulated section of Central) allows for a lot of secrecy. An old, abandoned police station can be seen on the harbor grounds as well.

### Port Janson

Port Janson is one of the biggest of Central City's four harbors, located in the east. As is usually the unfortunate case with Central's poorly-secured harbors, Port Janson was used as a warehouse, storage facility, and small base for undercover Sunrise agents, Mariah Nu in particular. Lucy Ann Taylor became aware of the goings-on in Port Janson, thanks to Trixie's manipulation, but was put under the control of Siegfried's Geass before she could tell anyone.

### Industrial District

The Industrial District is the smallest of Central City's districts, and easily the least populated. The industrial district is home to very few people, and as a result of this, the city mostly uses the Industrial District for development and storage. The shipyards can be found here, a labyrinthine compound of sky-high containers and crane rigs briefly occupied by a Talon Company splinter cell before being chased out by the Vincent Five. Due to the Industrial District's solitary nature, a lot of fights between gangs are settled here and a lot of deals are made in the district shadows, in order to avoid police persecution. The least tourist-friendly spot of Central.

## Noteworthy Shops and Businesses

* WinterCorp, a land-leasing and telecommunications company run by Myles Winters.
* Blue Moon Cafe, known for its beignets, peach cobbler, fruit cakes, and home-brewed coffee.
* Blue Note Records, a record shop known for its openness flexible business practices with local labels and local/unsigned bands and musicians. Secretly holds one of many entrances to the Vincent Five Hideout; Blue Note Records' garage ("Smith Casey Wuz Here") appears to be the most direct route to the Hideout.
* Rory's, a Dublin-style pub. Mira of Asher's Kingdom is a favorited waitress over at Rory's.
* Lootz Firearms, a gun store & shooting range, a favorite of Daymond Fairbanks and Callista Paige's.
* Lukebox Karaoke, a karaoke cafe with several private rooms.
* East Central Lanes, a bowling alley. V2's favorite bowling shoes come from here.
* Nojima Ramen, a ramen shop frequented by Tea Gardner, Kai Ishida, and (regrettably) Kenji Tomochika.
* Van Buren Firearms, a family-run weapons shop that specializes in heavy weaponry.
* Silver Bullet, a military surplus store that notably supplies the Vincent Five.
* Van Graafs, a rival store to Van Buren, shut down after an investigation by Sienna proved that the family had been attacking competing arms circuits and passing them off as terrorist and gang-oriented attacks.
* El Tarasco's, an authentic Vallian restaurant.
* Midnight Taco, a taco vendor that sells from the hours of 8 PM - 2 AM.