California

## Background information

### Books

*The Super Babies: Revenge of Hell Burnbottom
The Super Babies: An Ended Generation
Before The SMSB: The Dominion of the Dark Lord
Before The SMSB: The Legacy of Mae
The Marauder
Band of Justice: Omniverse
League of Red Stars
Superquack: Focal Point* (mentioned)
*23* (unreleased)

## Other information

### Type of Location

American State

*"Well, whatever makes your state special, somewhere we have the same thing, only ours is an improvement."*
―Description of California[src]
**California** is a state located on the West Coast of the United States of America.

## Overview

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*"Is there a superhero college?"
"There used to be."*
―Baby Intelligence and the second apprentice of Merlin[src]
California is by far the most populous U.S. state. The capital is Sacramento. It is also southwest of Mexico (Baja California and the Gulf of Mexico to the south). To mutants, San Francisco is famous for being the location of the skirmish in 1933, in which an ampacone attacked a group of sunbathing Fobbles. San Francisco was located near the Golden Gates and, as a result, was heavily flooded and ruined in the aftermath of a nearby battle fought in 2030. It is also home to prestigious universities such as Caltech and Superhero University.

## History

### Fortification of Lioness graveyard

Many decades ago, the local cemetery of California, Lioness graveyard, was fortified strongly against the supernatural and hence became the burial place for various members of the Grant family.

### Skirmish at Long Beach

A skirmish broke out in 1933, in which an ampacone attacked a group of sunbathing Fobbles. Fortunately, a vacationing mutant family by the name of Tolke also happened to be present. They managed to subdue the ampacone and removed the memories of the incident in the largest group of Memory wipes performed in the 20th century. However, despite their mass memory erasing, some individuals managed to escape with their memories intact, including a certain "Iffy" Ivan who maintained to 1948, much to the obvious confusion of Fobbles, that a "freaking great flying shadow" poked a hole in his fat suit.

### Death of Walt Disney

On December 15, 1966, the city of Burbank was the place wherein occurred the death of Walt Disney, who had become one the most renowned film producers and entrepreneurs of all time.

### Design of Zira Miranda Grover's mansion

More than a century later, Zira Miranda Grover, head of the International Alliance, built a custom mansion in San Diego, California, creating a Artificial intelligence system that helped out in the house, naming it Goldie, and another one that defended it from intrusion, naming it Chromie. When approaching the AI pole, a proper etiquette must be maintained to avoid activating it. Eye contact should be maintained at all times, without a single blink. Chromie should be allowed to make the first move, as that was polite. If this etiquette was not of one approaching it, it would attack. In Zira's bedroom, there maintained a salad bar full of exotic foods, and ahead of her bed was a state-of-the-art television. She often came here for week-long spans when she wanted to be alone, bringing only several chefs being alert for duty and Nortorans standing outside to reinforce Chromie as well as her personalized servant, who kept her company or indulged her absolute isolationism at her whim. Unlike her palace, Zira had no cameras installed into her mansion at all. After she realized she was pregnant, Zira brought Melinoe Gregorio, her on-and-off romantic partner, and Corey Deidrick, the young father of her unborn child, with her. Over the course of the century, numerous iconic businesses came to be based in California, including the world-famous website Facebook.

### Roy Walltalker's Catholic school

In his youth, Roy Walltalker attended St. Bruno's Parish School in Whittier, where he met his future wife Janice.

### Battle of Superhero University

Superhero University came under attack in 2017. This battle ended with the death of many on both sides. Thanks to Sheriff Bladepoint and his ally Roxanne Waterston, Dorphane Giles was destroyed, and the university anticipated an era of peace, and Josie Vane became the Headmistress of the educational facility. Bladepoint was celebrated as a true hero. Superhero University sustained extensive damage during the battle. Multiple areas of the main building and adjacent areas were set on fire or blown up, and the Teleportation pitch was largely destroyed by fire. After the battle, Superhero University was repaired. Some students returned to the school in 2017 for their degrees.

A few years went by, and Static took revenge on Superhero University by taking the Almataffe. The leader of the New Overlord Society arrived at the college by force, annihilating the professors and many of the students and burning the university to the ground as part of his quest to annihilate his enemies and enable the Dark Lord to return and seize control of all existence.

### School War

When her son, Eegan, was abducted by an unknown assailant in 2021, the Magistrate felt miserable and terrified for her son's well-being and retreated to her mansion following the kidnapping. Hoping that the Boy-Team could win over Zira's support and her invaluable knowledge of secret interlinking routes, Supreme Commander Steven Thompson dispatched Vincent Organa to negotiate with the Empress assuming she was in her city quarter in Maryland, while Thompson and his friends Angela Grace and Summer Petersen sought out the missing infant. As the Armies of Organa investigated, the leader of the Girl-Team, Emily Watson, approached Zira in her mansion and made the Magistrate suspect that the Armies of Organa were using the baby as a way of bartering with the Empress and eventually toppling her regime, when in fact Watson was responsible for arranging the kidnapping in the first place. An enraged Magistrate was led to believe the Boy-Team killed her son, despite the fact Thompson and Petersen had rescued him, and ordered that the adolescents responsible be put to death. As the duo arrived back in Maryland to return the infant to his parent, Thompson turned over the baby to The Else, who spoke for her mistress as Zira, still in her mansion, telepathically overheard their vocal exchange, and the Boy-Team forces were graciously granted safe passage, regretting that she could not do more.

### Josh Hogan's college experience

As a high-level university, Caltech promoted its excellency to attract gifted teenagers for their courses, and notably established a "Gifted & Talented Immersion Program" meant for high school students which would be welcomed on the Caltech premises for a series of classes. Among those who applied and were accepted in the program was Josh Hogan, who decided to accept the offer and travel to **California** after making sure that his friend Steven Thompson, would be all right without him. He briefly took leave of his studies when he was recruited to rejoin the Armies of Organa as they prepared for their assault against both the International Alliance and the Cavaliers of Thornton at the Temple of the Relinquished, returning to Caltech proper midway through February of 2026.

### Poe Ledsa's campaign

In 2020, future Arcanus Cassidy was born in San Francisco. Poe Ledsa built the Laboratory of Light in Santa Cruz in 2028, and hence, it became the birthplace of X1 and X2.

### Second NoHead War

California housed the Golden Gates and, as a result, San Francisco was heavily flooded and ruined in the aftermath of a nearby battle fought in 2030. Brute Gunray proceeded to launch a vicious attack on Los Angeles, although the Police Grand Army successfully saved the city from destruction.

### Melanization

California, like every other location in the star system, was affected by the Melanization. The sudden disappearance of the Sun caused panic and mass chaos within the state. Throughout the next seventeen years, California became desolate. Survivors began to form communities out of state. Thankfully, the light was restored eventually, although this also caused chaos in and of itself.

### Alternate Universes

#### The Zone of No Return

In an alternate universe, 777 Tower was established in Los Angeles. However, Needed Evil took issue with the presence of this tower and erased the entire reality from existence, sending 777 Tower to the Black Multiverse.

#### The stick figures

In an alternate universe, California existed in a state of stick figure animation. Passing through this universe, Lode found himself in California, where he was briefly transformed into a stick figure character.

#### Dimension 1500

In an alternate universe, the Cosmic Strangers righted several wrongs in California.

#### An incursion-destroyed universe

A crime lord provoked an Incursion-like event that destroyed his native reality, including California, inspiring Vertigo in the process.

## Notable inhabitants

* Rebecca Black
* Cassidy
* Joan Didion
* Walt Disney
* Zira Miranda Grover
* Simon Helberg
* Ivan
* Poe Ledsa
* Bruce Lee
* Katy Perry
* Rihanna
* Janice Walltalker
* Roy Walltalker
* John Wooden

## Locations

* **Anaheim** — Home of the Disneyland Resort.
* **Burbank** — The place where Walt Disney passed on.
* **Indio** — A city in Coachella Valley hence often correlated with the Coachella Festival.
* **Los Angeles** — The largest city in California, the second-most populous city in the country minus New York, and the heart of Hollywood. It is also home to Lioness graveyard. Los Angeles eventually faced a vicious attack from Brute Gunray in 2030, although the Police Grand Army successfully saved the city from destruction.
* **Sacramento** — The capitol of California as well as the whereabouts of California State Park, Crocker Art Museum, and Fairytale Town.
* **San Diego** — A popular surfing locale and the home of Zira Miranda Grover's personal mansion and place of residence.
* **San Francisco** — The leading financial and cultural center of Northern California and the San Francisco Bay Area. It sustained damage from the Battle of the Golden Gates in 2030.
* **Santa Cruz** — A popular tourist destination and the place where Poe Ledsa built the Laboratory of Light. Led by Annabeth Black, the Arcanus besieged it in 2028.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Agents of the S.M.S.B.: The Latest Threat*
2. ↑ *The Official Chronology of the D.I.T. Literary Universe*
3. ↑ *The Super Babies: Revenge of Hell Burnbottom*
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 *League of Red Stars*
5. ↑ *Sebiscuits: Renascence*
6. ↑ *The Man Who Talked to the Wall*
7. ↑ *Before The SMSB: The Legacy of Mae*
8. ↑ *Before The SMSB: The Legacy of Sheriff Bladepoint*
9. ↑ *Boys vs. Girls: The Rise of the Serpent*
10. ↑ *Zachary Brown*
11. ↑ *Boys vs. Girls 2*
12. ↑ *The Marauder*
13. ↑ *The Super Babies: An Ended Generation*
14. ↑ *Agents of the S.M.S.B.: Age of Innovation*
15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 *Band of Justice: Omniverse*

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