Post by The Astronomer on May 2, 2015 6:35:00 GMT
Before the White Man came, the river valley belonged to the Okwaho, a proud warrior people who defended their land fiercely. The 'wolf men' were one of the few groups to refuse European settlers the right to settle nearby, wisely fearing that as one pack grew larger, the other pack would only shrink. Eventually, in 1795, the Revolutioary War hero Ambrose Oakmont arrived at the head of a band of war veterans and militiamen, seeking new land to settle. The Okwaho, according to the most popular accounts, fought bravely and fiercely, but were soon overcome by the better trained and armed Americans. The bodies of their warriors were then collected in one of the nearby caves, where folk legend holds their spirits still roam to this day.
Oakmont christened the new settlement Ambrosia, which eventually grew into a thriving shipping and lumber capital of the northeast. Its easy access to the Wolfshead River made it a natural population center, with many immigrants settling in quickly. The Oakmonts were relatively progressive for their time, with free blacks being allowed to own land and the Okwaho survivors allowed to keep a tint portion of the River Valley to themselves, before being forced west by the Indian Removal Act.
21st century Ambrosia was a thriving metropolis akin to New York City and Baltimore before the Vriskae arrived. A small but public commercial wormhole facility marked it as a early target for Agents. It took a pair of Agents only two hours to destroy the facility, with only a single human casualty. The troops at Fort Kirby arrived too late. When the Trustwell Corporation attempted to restart the facility with the protection of National Guard troops, the Agents returned and repeated their acts of destruction. This time, 42 servicemen and women were killed in the onslaught. The Busiek Act (Named in honor of the first victim) was signed into action by Congress, declaring the Vriskae an enemy force.
In the next ten years, Ambrosia would be willingly converted into a detention center for those suspected of supporting the terrorist threat. Starcrown Heights, a failed experiment in cheaper housing, was transformed into the primary housing facility for detainees. When America finally capitulated and redirected their policies, there were reportedly 120,000 residents in Ambrosia who had been forcefully moved there during the Reign of the Supermen.
Today, Ambrosia faces a serious schism between those who are native citizens who supported the internment camps, those who were forcefully relocated, and the recent rush of immigrants interested in exploiting the chaos of reconstruction for their own purposes. Ambrosia is a city at war with itself.
Oakmont christened the new settlement Ambrosia, which eventually grew into a thriving shipping and lumber capital of the northeast. Its easy access to the Wolfshead River made it a natural population center, with many immigrants settling in quickly. The Oakmonts were relatively progressive for their time, with free blacks being allowed to own land and the Okwaho survivors allowed to keep a tint portion of the River Valley to themselves, before being forced west by the Indian Removal Act.
21st century Ambrosia was a thriving metropolis akin to New York City and Baltimore before the Vriskae arrived. A small but public commercial wormhole facility marked it as a early target for Agents. It took a pair of Agents only two hours to destroy the facility, with only a single human casualty. The troops at Fort Kirby arrived too late. When the Trustwell Corporation attempted to restart the facility with the protection of National Guard troops, the Agents returned and repeated their acts of destruction. This time, 42 servicemen and women were killed in the onslaught. The Busiek Act (Named in honor of the first victim) was signed into action by Congress, declaring the Vriskae an enemy force.
In the next ten years, Ambrosia would be willingly converted into a detention center for those suspected of supporting the terrorist threat. Starcrown Heights, a failed experiment in cheaper housing, was transformed into the primary housing facility for detainees. When America finally capitulated and redirected their policies, there were reportedly 120,000 residents in Ambrosia who had been forcefully moved there during the Reign of the Supermen.
Today, Ambrosia faces a serious schism between those who are native citizens who supported the internment camps, those who were forcefully relocated, and the recent rush of immigrants interested in exploiting the chaos of reconstruction for their own purposes. Ambrosia is a city at war with itself.