Sydney
Sydney, located on Australia's southeast coast on the Tasman Sea, was the site of first British settlement in 1788 and has grown into the nation’s second largest population center. The city is built on hills around one of the world’s largest harbors, Port Jackson, and is surrounded by national parks. Sydney is well known for the Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House, both of which are situated on Sydney Harbour.
A major draw to the city is its annual Gay Pride Festival, the highlights of which are numerous dance parties, art exhibitions, a fair, and a large politically motivated pride parade.
While on the surface Sydney appears to be a law-abiding city, it is haunted by its penal origins and has a dark and seedy underground. Little can hide the large red-light district, King’s Cross, or the pandemic-like drug problem prevalent in the western suburbs. To make matters worse, Sydney is plagued by a large number of crime syndicates, supervillains, and ne’er-do-wells. SHADOW has a strong influence in most of the larger cartels in the city, and a Chinese Tong secretly controlled by Dr. Sin opposes them. In addition, several heavily armed and mobile Vietnamese gangs pose a serious threat along with smaller gangs of Lebanese, Tongan, and Samoan extraction.
A city of this size would expect to be home to a large number of superheroes, but is largely protected by just one, Nighthaunt, along with his two teen sidekicks, Nightboy and Hauntgirl.
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