Hundae

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> *"Good Morning Hundae, Welcome to another beautiful day on our shining crown."*
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> *Prime Minister Catherine Webb, Agathian Fable//Code White*

## Overview

Hundae (**Hanguel: 훈대**) is the capital city sitting atop the Nothe Crown in the new era of earth, formed after the events of Agathian Fable: Alea Vitae. It is in Hundae, that the events of Agathian Fable: CODE WHITE take place. Being the city which sits around the crown jewel, Hundae is responsible for the direct hands-on management of its exploration and research, which is the primary cause for Hundae’s diverse population of civilians and workers, attracting scholars and workers from all over the Nothe Surface and the other cities onboard the Nothe Crown. Due to the ability to explore and research the pure and self sustaining Hyacite within the crown jewel, Hundae and surrounding civilizations have been able to make immeasurable strides in technological, political and economical developments, with the city resembling a high-tech Sci-fi society with advanced technology such as hover vehicles, advanced automated robotics and laser-like weaponry amongst many others. Many cultures share the space within Hundae’s limits, with innumerable languages and cultures practiced by its population. It is within Hundae that the Aphid Project is executed, and the location where its participants are bound to operate.

## History

Hundae, whilst not named as such until much later in its evolution, was formed as a collective effort of the members of Alea Vitae and their allies to build a new centralised hub from which stronger civilisations could be formed upon the ideals that liberated Famthries from its cycles. Early into its lifespan, primitive attempts were made to experiment upon and explore the Crown Jewel, which had been formed in the place which Adam was defeated. Early attempts offered little fruit. However, with time, the technology developed by the Hyacite researchers from the Astenhul Diarchy (aided by magical researcher Darma Verdelet) were able to develop and adapt the technology to reveal the true scope of the Crown Jewel. Though they understood that efficient strides in this field would likely be ones they did not see in their lifetime, they saw the potential in the ability to look through the entirety of human memory and thus committed their lives to understanding the Crown Jewel.

Over the course of thousands of years, this technology only became more comprehensive, and as such, it attracted the attention of more scholars from around the world. It was at this time that what would later become Hundae began to takes it first roots as a capital city. With the technology evolving to a point which would allow safe explorations of the Hyacite within the crown jewel, the new primary obstacle became physically reaching it conveniently, as up until this point, the climbing of Heaven’s Reach was the only means to get close to the Crown Jewel.

Using some of the information they had accrued from past eras, teams developed a rudimentary rig around the Crown Jewel, allowing for what was planned to be temporary housing and research facilities to be built. The benefits to this end were immediate, and the rig only continued to expand. This, compacted by the issue of humanity beginning to overpopulate the relativly small portioned of un-scorched earth, caused the permanent residents of Hundae to propose a project known as the Nothe Crown. A gigantic metal structure similar to spiders web in concept, to be built and held up by mutual tension. It was anchored at several points around Famthries, which would then be renamed to “Nothe”, an ancient Solian word meaning “Web”. After several decades of construction, the crown was completed and considerable portions of Nothe’s countries chose to immigrate to the new Crown Cities. Hundae in this regard was one of the most popular destinations due to its proximity to the crown and its multi-culturalism. From here, research into the Crown Jewel continued, over time shedding light on several lost historical topics such as ancient cultures, languages, technology, research and politics.

### Cultural Impact on Hundae

With the influx of knowledge from era’s past, Hundae with its government and population looked upon the mistakes and experiments of previous civilisations to guide them and help them facilitate their own government. Several approaches were used, with aspects being harshly critiqued, and some being generally well accepted. In the modern era, Hundae (and several other) crown cities elected to imitate a form of democracy, with an unintentional form of capitalism following thereafter. Societal attitudes ebbed and flowed within Hundae as different ideas were implemented in an attempt to get as close as possible to a utopia-like societal model, however as time progressed, many began to believe that even with thousands of years of history to look back on, this may not be possible at all, and that the current system serves most people well enough that it’s worth maintaining. This attitude became the subject of much criticism from those who believed that many options had not been explored sufficiently enough to assess their efficacy, an idea often met weariness from those who only sought to settle on one system.

Besides political experimentation, many historical languages such as English, Chinese, Spanish, Korean etc. came back into prevalent usage due to the density of material which used them. As an extension to this, it became very easy to track ethnicities and heritages back to previous generations, such as connecting Astenese citizens to previous era ethnicities such as Chinese and Korean. In the modern era, these readopted identities are used almost exclusively over Famthrian identities, though there are several pockets of socials groups that take great pride in their more recent Famthrian heritage. Similarly, many historical names for people were taken and came back into popularity during the modern era, with names associated with the Famthrian era such as “Louisa Vanfrotham” and “Bellamy Kyle” having a very old feeling to them, similarly to how names like Martha and Charles feel old school in the real world. Thus, when someone with an “old fashioned name” introduces themselves, it is often the topic of discussions or jokes.

Many forms of entertainment, style influences and social trends were examined and revived in altered forms in the modern era. This combined with the previous examples has created a very modern society with advanced technology and familiar cultural elements. In many ways, the attitudes and interests of Hundae’s citizens are similar to those of the modern real world.

## Agathian Fable: CODE WHITE

Acting as the primary setting for Agathian Fable: CODE WHITE, Hundae is the area of operations for the Aphid Project Participants who were taken from their regular day-to-day lives. Each of the main party members will have their own prior established place within the world, with unique knowledge and skills.

## Major Groups & Figures

### Hundae Internal Defence Extraction (H.I.D.E)

One half of the Hundae law system, he Hundae Internal Defence Extraction, abbreviated to H.I.D.E, are the acting police force within Hundae. This police force is tasked with maintaining order, responding to terrorist threats, detaining criminals and protecting different sites and individuals. H.I.D.E are very well respected group within the middle and upper class, but are often criticised by the lower class and the section of Hundae’s citizens that want to pursue new political systems. H.I.D.E are often regarded as being relatively reliable with the results of their activities being published publicly on a regular basis. H.I.D.E officers are often equipped with high tech equipment such as the CB MKIII, a high energy discharge handgun used to stun suspects, making the process of apprehending them easier and safer for all parties involved.

### Judicial Operations Bureau (J.O.B)

The Judicial Operations Bureau are the second half of the law enforcement system within Hundae, summarised as being the portion that deals with court proceedings. Once suspects have been detained by H.I.D.E, they are handed to the Judicial Operations Bureau to undergo their court process, where they are charged, assessed and sentenced, or exonerated. The Judicial Operations Bureau work extremely closely with both H.I.D.E and the Governmental offices to manage convicts, decide their punishment/rehabilitation method and carry out any additional tasks determined necessary to assist the victims or families of victims or convicts. Public opinion of the J.O.B varies strongly depending on who you ask, with some seeing them as a largely cut throat but effective organisation, and others criticising their unwillingness to share particular details on cases, or fully explain the rational of their decisions to the public.

## Trivia

* Hundae as a city has taken inspiration from multiple fictional and non-fictional sources alike. Tokyo from Naoyoshi Shiotani’s Psycho Pass, as well as Night City from CD Projekt Red’s Cyberpunk 2077 and Neo Paris from Dontnod’s Remember Me were pivotal in establishing the level of tech as well as several visual influences in Hundae.