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"City of Industry... City of Smoke."

History

Geography

Laud Memorial Park

Named after British Archbishop William Laud, the park was originally meant to be a well-maintained green spot in the middle of the city. That lasted for approximately twenty years, until the Industrial Revolution set in. Whilst it looks comparatively nice compared to the rest of the city, the park is still rather poorly maintained and badly looked after. It's the hangout of bad youths out to score some drugs. Normal people to also visit the park, looking for respite from the day-to-day life in city. As such, during the day one can encounter dog-walkers, joggers and such like. Crime is less prevalent during the day, and it can actually act as a nice, romantic hangout during the Summer.

The park is a centerpoint in the city, with the famed Corporation towers bordering each side of the park. Hyde Shipping to the North, Summers Industrials to the East, Brookhyder Entertainment to the South and Wilmot Banking to the West. The towers are rather awe-inspiring to look at, making the area somewhat of a tourist spot.

The Avenue of Progress

Summers Manor

Brookhyder Tower

Club Hightop

Club Hightop is Bishop City's answer to Club Caprice.

Located at the top of Hightop Tower, entrance being available only to the absolute highest of Bishop City society. It is known for its original cocktails and high quality of service, as well as its astounding views of the city due to its spherical shape. Whilst not being exclusive to superheroes, as there are very few in Bishop City, it -is- exclusive to the high society of the City - having to be a visitor or person of substance to even make it past the bouncers, much less the first floor.

Chinatown

Bishop International Airport

Funtime Pier

Funtime Pier is an abandoned amusement park, underneath the Bishop Suspension Bridge. It's the Stronghold fortress of the Sideshow Syndicate, fashioning their own caste-based society within it. Crime is rife here in it being an illegal settlement comprised entirely of the poor and destitute, as well as Psychopaths and murderers. People don't travel down there by choice, and very few will walk out again.

Hope Plaza

Hope Plaza is the result of Philanthropic efforts by John Summers to make the City a nicer place. It hasn't been corrupted yet, but then again it is fairly new. It is a modern recreation square, flashy and new; comparable to areas such as the Renaissance Centre in Millennium City or Times Square in New York. It is currently 15 years old and draws many tourists. It is located in the entertainment districts in the South of the City, a fairly upper class area of the city. The area does what its namesake suggests, gives hope to the non-criminal, downtrodden citizens in the city, as well as providing a major source of tourism income and entertainment, frequently hosting music gigs, parades and other shows for the benefit of whomever is around - all largely funded by John Summers and Brookhyder Entertainment.

Showtime Walk

Showtime Walk is located in the South of the City, stretching from Brookhyder Tower all the way to the Southern Waterfront, owned almost in its entirety by the Brookhyder Family, save for Hope Plaza.

The area encompasses several city blocks worth of hotels, cinemas, bars, strip clubs and other forms of entertainment; including the Bishop Doves Football Stadium. The area also encompasses the South Docks, filled with ferries and showboats pulling into the city filled with richer tourists to bring tourism income, leading the tourists into the flashy, tourism sector of the city.

Crime in this sector is actually fairly light, really only petty crime by desperate scum drifting in from other areas. The Brookhyders deliberately keep crime down in order to encourage repeat visits from tourists, thereby boosting their income. Discreetly, they also manage human trafficking in the same area - using it to fill out the backrooms of their strip clubs for clients willing to pay that bit extra.

Stuart Housing District

Aristo Hills

Aristo Hills. It doesn't take a genius to realise that Aristo is a contraction of "Aristocrat". It is the aristocratic area of the City, located on the Northern outskirts of the city, very few people manage to live this far outside the city due to financial issues. A signature landmark is Summers Manor, on the top of the hill, overlooking the 'glittering' city.

Crime is usually almost entirely absent from this area; no criminals are brave enough to try and raid the houses of any families that live on Aristo Hills. Besides, they're too far out of the way for it to be lucrative.

Industry Mile

Industry Mile is, as the name implies, the Industrial Centre of Bishop City. Stretching from just East of Summers Tower, all the way to the waterfront in Bishop Bay.

All manufactured goods are produced within the area by Summers Industrials, with various specialised factories dominating the landscape. It is also home to low-rent housing for the workers that live near it. The working conditions in the factories are largely sub-standard with the workers also being paid very little for their jobs. Each factory is overseen by a Summers Family Enforcer, who also manages the illegal activities that the Summers Family also indulges in.

Health facilities are sorely lacking in the area, but they are present. The subpar Bishop Bay General Hospital is located near the docklands, but it is typically visited as a move of desperation rather than a first line of intervention, as it is currently sorely underfunded.

The East Docklands of Bishop City are also located in this area, with shipping connections to other states along the Eastern Seaboard and worldwide.

Crime is rife in Industrial Mile, both organised and petty, as a result of the sheer deprivation in the area. Health problems, mostly connected to respiratory issues, are also higher in this area of the city, simply as a result of the smokestacks and lack of environmental control in the area.

Notable Heroes

Blackflight: Blackflight was Bishop City's original protector and possibly most well-known one. Regarded as an Urban Myth both in his original career and much after it, he operated predominantly in secrecy. Using an advanced arsenal of technology and highly trained Martial arts skills, Blackflight rooted out much of Bishop City's organised crime throughout the 1980s, only to disappear in the year following the Battle of Detroit. Blackflight, to the very few that met him, was cold and detached, focused only on the goal. In a fight, criminals feared him for his overt aggression and mind-games through his lack of speech and noise. Many apprehended criminals also developed symptoms of PTSD in his earlier years after encounters with him.

Recently, Blackflight his resurfaced in Bishop City again, with theories suggesting that it is due to the increased Sideshow Syndicate activity throughout the country.

What no one knows is that Blackflight is, in reality, John Summers, wealthy businessman of the Summers family and Bishop City socialite.

Notable Villains and gangs

The Founding Fathers:
The Summers:
The Brookhyders:
The Hydes:
The Wilmots:

The Ringleader:
The Sideshow Syndicate:

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