Garyn Steelholt [Ragnarok] – Google Docs
Garyn Steelholt
City: Gary, Indiana
Population: 22,000
Controls: Gary city limits (part of the Chicago Mayorality)
Government: Strongman (satrap of Chicago)
Problem: Factions
Heroic Opportunity: Trade Goods
City Aspect: Religious
That Refreshing Taste [Ragnarok] – Google Docs
That Refreshing Taste
Lt. Commander John Austin (USN) has been given an assignment by the Warren administration: put a team together, go to the ruins of Atlanta, and extract the formula for Coca-Cola. Why? Well, it’s kind of complicated.
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Kansas Cities
City: Kansas City, Missouri/Kansas
Population: 100,000/700,000
Controls: Western Missouri and Eastern Kansas
Government: Strongman
Problem: Unrest
Heroic Opportunity: Technology
City Aspect: Extremely tense.
Kansas City, Kansas managed to get through the first few months better than Kansas City, Missouri: there were more people in the Missouri city, which meant more chances for cholera to rip its way through the population. The city fathers of KC-Missouri compounded their problems by planning a raid on the granaries KC-Kansas had barely managed to keep safe during the first bad year. Their sneak attack did manage to kill most of the elected leadership of KC-Kansas, but that simply allowed one Corporal Theodore Bronson, to effectively and decisely seize power in the confusion. The invading Missourians were first turned back, then defeated, then conquered outright in the spring and summer of 1946.
Sirens [Ragnarok] – Google Docs
Sirens
(Pseudobranchus axanthus contranaturam)
The southern dwarf siren was a small (4 to 10 inches) aquatic salamander that lacked back legs, and lived in the swamps of Florida. However, since the Serpentfall evolution for the species has gone into overdrive. Each year’s new clutch of dwarf sirens eggs doubled in size; currently, newly-mature sirens range from three to six feet in length, although that’s mostly tail.
River-Walled Cincinnati – Google Docs
River-Walled Cincinnati
City: Cincinnati, Ohio
Population: 90,000/510,000
Controls: SW Ohio, a small portion of NW Kentucky
Government: Machine
Problem: Hostile City (Dayton)
Heroic Opportunity: Mercenary Work
City Aspect: Ambitious and militaristic.
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Golden Vegas
City: Las Vegas, Nevada
Population: 18,000
Controls: Las Vegas (part of the USA)
Government: Despotism
Problem: Factions
Heroic Opportunity: Bounty
City Aspect: Free-wheeling
Most people think that, if it weren’t for the Serpentfall, Las Vegas would be a wide spot on the side of Route 91 instead of a rapidly growing metropolis. Before Ragnarok it didn’t have much; desert, cactus, some casinos — but it does have Hoover Dam nearby, which means that the electricity in Las Vegas is some of the most reliable in the Western United States. The changed climate doesn’t hurt, either: the colder, wetter weather actually helps grow more crops in the area.
Gem-Doomed Burningtown – Google Docs
Gem-Doomed Burningtown
City: Burningtown, North Carolina
Population: 8,000
Controls: Not even itself.
Government: Squatters
Problem: Unrest
Heroic Opportunity: Trade Goods
City Aspect: Red in tooth and claw.
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Free City of Ancient Dubuque – Google Docs
Free City of Ancient Dubuque
City: Dubuque, Iowa
Population: 13,000/50,000
Controls: Dubuque County, portions of Mississippi banks
Government: Machine
Problem: Hostile City (Iowa Soviet)
Heroic Opportunity: Mercenary Work
City Aspect: Tense
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Crimson-Rivered Alexandria – Google Docs
Crimson-Rivered Alexandria
City: Alexandria, Louisiana
Population: 8,000/40,000
Controls: Rapides Parish and portions of central Louisiana
Government: Despotism
Problem: Fuel Shortage
Heroic Opportunity: Trade Goods
City Aspect: Tense. Louisiana Governor James Davis happened to be in Hollywood at the time of the Serpentfall, and he still operates out of California, while styling himself ‘Governor of Louisiana.’ However, former Lt Governor Earl Long has also claimed the title, and has set up a new capital in Alexandria. Earl Long has both his family name and the almost ungrudging support of the Army and Army Air Force troops at Fort Beauregard, which is why Texas takes Long’s claims more seriously. The Stevenson administration is also rumored to be taking seriously Long’s offer to join a hypothetical Texan Republic.
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I should just get off my rear and schedule me some time to go watch the Arnie Conan movies again.
Ayn Atas People’s Experimental Memorial Agricultural Research Collective – Google Docs
The Ayn Atas People’s Experimental Memorial Agricultural Research Collective
Before the Serpentfall, this facility was part of Iowa State College’s agriculture department. Students there learned to diagnose and treat common fruit tree diseases; there was also a modest breeding program for new varieties of apples. The farm was left fallow for the first year after the Serpentfall, but was then reoccupied by the Iowa Soviet, greatly expanded, and renamed. The current Research Collective is a sprawling complex of seized fields, forests, and farms just northwest of Ames. Security there is remarkably tight.
