Oakmont City

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**Oakmont City, Massachusetts**, (colloquially known as *Oakmont*,) is the primary setting for *The Sinking City*. A large fishing town on the coast of Eastern Massachusetts, Oakmont does not appear on many maps, and its relative isolation from the greater United States has allowed it to develop in unusual ways. It is not far from the town of Innsmouth, which recently suffered a catastrophe.
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## History

Oakmont was founded sometime in the 17th century, and was well-established by the time of the Salem witch trials, when at least one witch reportedly fled there from Salem. The original town was built at the modern-day location of Salvation Harbor.

For much of its history, Oakmont was ruled by the three Grand Families: the Throgmortons, the Carpenters, and the Blackwoods.

### Recent Events

In 1920, Oakmont was beset by a mysterious Flood that cut it off from the mainland. Whole streets were submerged, necessitating the use of motorboats to travel between the areas of the town still above sea level. Inexplicably, the Flood refuses to recede even after six months, and local residents have begun to suffer from terrifying visions. Other people from across the country who also have visions have been disappearing and turning up in Oakmont as "newcomers", seemingly thinking whatever phenomenon that grips the town may hold the answers to their affliction. As the supernatural crisis continues with no relief in sight, Oakmonters struggle to continue their daily lives.

## Districts

Oakmont is divided into seven districts.

* Advent - Location of Oakmont City Hall and Oakmont University Library.
* Coverside - Location of the Devil's Reef Hotel, Hospital of St. Mary, Oakmont Police Department, and The Oakmont Chronicle.
* Grimhaven Bay - Location of Oakmont City Port.
* Oldgrove - Location of St. Botolph Cemetery and Throgmorton Manor.
* Reed Heights
* Salvation Harbor
* The Shells - Location of the Fish Market.

## Notable Residents

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Note: Mission givers are marked with a "†".

### Grand Families

* Robert Throgmorton†, philanthropist and Throgmorton family patriarch†
* Albert Throgmorton, explorer and Throgmorton family scion
* Brutus Carpenter, crime boss and Carpenter family patriarch
* Graham Carpenter, World War I veteran and Carpenter family scion
* Ebernote Blackwood, cultist and Blackwood family patriarch

### Community Leaders

* Doctor Grant, Chief of Medicine at the Hospital of St. Mary
* Caleb Lyons, Coverside Precinct
* Helen Bland, publisher of The Oakmont Chronicle

## Trivia

* Oakmont's close proximity to the town of Innsmouth places it in eastern Essex County near the real-life town of Ipswich, MA.
	+ Author H. P. Lovecraft, who originally created Innsmouth as a setting some of his stories, (most famously *The Shadow Over Innsmouth*,) gave a clear approximation of its location between Plum Island and Cape Ann, and named Ipswich and nearby Rowley, MA, as close neighbors.
* Oakmont appears to be an amalgamation of a number of small northeastern Massachusetts towns; most notably, its layout is somewhat similar to that of Gloucester, Massachusetts, specifically