Seattle

Seattle is a seaport city on the west coast of the United States. It's the largest city in the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of America. During 1986, its population was about 2,025,000. It is the first setting of Jade Jam, and serves as a melting pot of main and antagonist characters.

## Founding

Through archaeological excavations, it is said that native americans have been inhabiting the area for at least 4.000 years. The first european to visit the Seattle area was George Vancouver in May 1792.

## Notable Areas

### The Seattle Great Wheel

It is a giant ferris wheel at Pier 57 on Elliot Bay. While in the real world, it opened on June 29, 2012, it exists in the Jade Jam universe by the time of 1986. With an overall height of 175 feet, it is the tallest ferris wheel on the West Coast of the US.

In universe, it's used by main characters as a rendezvous point and for sight seeing. It served as the backdrop of the Elijah, Jonah vs Goodbye Stranger fight.

### Museum of Flight

It is a private non-profit air and space museum located at the southern end of King County International Airport.

Alongside other attractions, its most notable ones are a Boeing 747, Concorde 214, Lockheed Model 10-E Electra and Douglas DC-2.

### Pike Place Market

It is a public market in Seattle, Washington, United States. It opened on August 17, 1907, and is one of the oldest continuously operated public farmers' markets in the United States.

It is built on the edge of a steep hill, and consists of several lower levels located below the main level.

### Seattle Aquarium

It is a public aquarium opened in 1977 and located on Pier 59 on the Elliott Bay waterfront in Seattle, Washington, USA. The aquarium opened on May 20, 1977, and was initially owned and operated by the City of Seattle, Department of Parks and Recreation.

In the Jade Jam universe, it serves as part of the staging ground for the Servant of Silence battle.

### Elliott Bay

It is a part of the Central Basin region of Puget Sound in Cascadia. Seattle was founded on this body of water in the 1850s and has since grown to encompass it completely.

In the Jade Jam universe, its port is used for the attacked staged by Uki Hikashi on the S.S. Jewel.

### CenturyLink Field

CenturyLink Field is a multi-purpose stadium located in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is the home field for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL), and the Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer (MLS). While it was originally built between 2000 and 2002, it is already existing by the time Jade Jam takes place.

It is a modern facility with views of the Downtown Seattle skyline and can seat 68,740 people for NFL games and 37,722 for most MLS matches and XFL games.

### Delp Avenue

Delp Ave. is a fictional residential area almost to the outskirts of town.

It is a low class neighborhood in which Jonah Bijou, and by extension Tony Orlando both live.

### Harborview Medical Center

Harborview Medical Center, located on Seattle's First Hill, is a public hospital in King County, Washington and is managed by UW Medicine.

The hospital was founded in 1877 as King County Hospital, a six-bed welfare hospital in a two-story south Seattle building. By 1906, it had moved into a new building in Georgetown, with room for 225 patients. Another move occurred in 1931, when the center wing of the present hospital on First Hill was completed, and the hospital's name was changed to Harborview.

It serves as mostly a de facto home for Jonah Bijou, as his skirmishes often leave him in a hospital bed.