Evans City

**Evans City** was a major population centre with a population comparable to that of New York City or other major US cities.

It is the setting of Road of The Dead, Road of The Dead 2 and Segway of The Dead. It is close to the setting of Lab of the Dead and Range of the Dead. It is also the first known major outbreak of the zombie virus.

## The Fall of Evans City

In Road of the Dead 2, the game's loading screen gives the player some background into the week preceding the nuclear strike of Evans City.

### Day 1

*Small isolated events of an unknown illness and violence are reported in and around Evans City.*

### Day 2

*News reports of a man dying of an unknown illness who was rushed to Evans City hospital where bloody violence and chaos ensued*

### Day 3

*More reports of sick, seemingly dead people commiting acts of random violence in the city. Cannibalism is also witnessed but grisly details are being withheld to reduce panic.*

### Day 4

*The CDC moves in, setting makeshift zones to try to contain the unknown illness. It's reported that bites and deep scratches can transfer the disease.*

*The infected victims are clinically dead but still move and attack violently, in larger and larger numbers.*

### Day 5

*All news channels are forced off the air. Military forces move in and begin a quarantine of the entire city. No one is permitted to enter or leave the city. Military officials broadcast the rules of the quarantine: to keep calm and stay indoors.*

*All outside news channels are reporting that there is a chemical leak and that it's being cleaned up. The truth of the mysterious illness is being withheld from the public under government order.*

### Day 6

*Riots and panic break out as people try to leave the city, hundreds are arrested and put into makeshift camps in local schools and jails. The military and CDC set up quarantine checkpoints throughout Evans City to uphold the quarantine. Churches and police stations are set up to be last minute evacuation zones.*

*More people become infected and lash out violently. Thousands of people are being killed. Military open fire upon anyone approaching checkpoints. The CDC begins burning large piles of bodies.*

### Day 7

The infected walking corpses start to outnumber living people in the city. Checkpoints are being overrun at a faster and faster rate. A central command and communications checkpoint is overrun by a panicked riot of hundreds of civilians followed by a horde of undead. A high security broadcast radio is stolen in the chaos. Communication breaks down throughout military channels as the military is thrown into disarray.

### Aftermath

By the end of the 7th day, Evans City is almost completely overrun by hordes of the undead. The military officer in charge, General Sherman, orders a nuclear strike on the city.

Unforunately, the zombies have spread too far and the nuclear bomb is unable to eliminate all of the undead. The nearby national guard operating HQ is overrun by the horde, cutting off majority of the military's communication in pennsylvania.

However, John Creasman (Protagonist of RotD), Cocheta Solomon, Diane Roseworth (Protagonists of RotD2) and General Sherman were able to escape the nuclear strike in time.

## Locations in Road of the Dead

In Road of the Dead, John Creasman must get pass several military checkpoints set up across the city. The checkpoints act as a save checkpoint for the player to return to if they lose. There are 10 checkpoints to get through:

* Monroeville
* Red Ridge
* Burgony Street
* Central City
* Down Town
* Chinatown
* Brighton Square
* North Side Park
* West Ridge
* Tunnel Drive

## Locations: Road of the Dead 2

In Road of the Dead 2, Cocheta and Diane has to get through a number of overrun suburbs to get out of the city. Similarily to Road of the Dead, they act as save checkpoints to return to if the player dies on a run. They are as follows:

* Thornhill Road
* Woodmere
* North Logan
* Meridian Avenue
* Greater Renton
* Bonaventure Plaza
* Burnaby Street
* Clifton Square
* Juneau Street
* West Middletown
* Madera District
* Down Town
* Chinatown
* Brighton Square
* Sylmar Avenue
* Northside Park
* Candor Hill
* Northside Cemetery
* East Entrance
* Clearwater
* East Finchley
* Fairview Mall

## Trivia

* The town's name is a nod to the actual Evans City, Pennsylvania. It is famously known for being the filming location of the iconic zombie movie Night of the Living Dead, which the "Of the Dead" movie franchise, which was the main inspiration for the Saga of the Dead series.
	+ It's unlikely that the two cities are the same though, as the actual place is a relatively small, suburban town with just a little under 2,000 residents.