Fantasy SODOM World Building

[Sinny The Fool]

DISTRICTS OF SODOM
(City layout looks something like this..Might actually try edit the image to give visual representation of cities & locations)

"Laluz City" (City of Light), otherwise referred to locally as the "Heart" of Sodom. Located at Sodom's center, it is most notable for its shining towers of light: its light can be seen from across all of Sodom. It is where the rich, powerful, and elite gather to make important political decisions and business transactions. Poor is any fool who takes the dazzling light of Laluz to heart for behind all of its luminescence hides a deadly truth.

((City Center
City of the Rich & Powerful in Sodom
Unwelcoming to outsiders, it is typically prohibited to anyone below a specific class excepting holiday events.
Holds events throughout the year where they open the city with grand festivals which also double as super advertisement as it's all run by corporations.))

"City Zoara", where Sodom's great expansion first began and the largest of the seven cities. Unlike the other cities however, Cloud-Nine was built vertically (it's the smallest city horizontally, the largest vertically). Its highest levels going even higher than the Towers of Light, one can physically see the history of Sodom by ascending these levels. The ground level of Cloud-Nine doesn't look to far different than when the expansion first began, but one can easily see the dynamic changes as they go higher and higher into Cloud-Nine. In total, the city has nine layers from the ground up and yes they change the name with each new layer they add. For the most part Cloud-Nine is heavily industrialized and is responsible for the manufacturing & distributing a large portion of the materials needed for cybernetic parts. It is perhaps due to these convenient fact that many cyborgs & androids choose to make their homes here.

(Updates) - Cloud Nine is a walled off, practically self contained city. It has nine levels, the higher up you go the richer and more high tech things get. The bottom however is a cesspit of poverty & petty crime.

((A walled-off city, Cloud-Nine and is one of the most vertical cities of Sodom
60-70% of cybernetic parts are manufactured here

"City Aclademia", the 'city of the future'. Holographic marketing and cutting edge technology around every corner. Laluz locals live a different sort of life from the rest of Sodom, one of convenience and consumerism. This is all thanks to the 'Hearth Corporation', an illustrious company that has numerous factories and labs strewn across Sodom but of course, most of them are found here in Aclademia. It is expensive living for anyone calling this place home, but it does come with a wide range of perks. Aclademia also has a problem with 'Ego' production.

((Hearth Corp home
More futuristic, will be where we can show off all the technological bip bops of Sodom)
Ego problem...Not the personality trait, the drug))

"City Viva Babaeda", the Vegas Strip of Sodom. It's a populated ward but hardly anyone lives there, it houses the most and best casino's & nightclubs in Sodom, as well as any other form of entertainment one, might desire.

((Basically the Vegas of Sodom. Lots of nightclubs & casinos
Gambling Rings
Lots of big events as well as the biggest stage for All-Out's Wrestling))

"City Zebo", perhaps the closest thing to a normal modern city that leans more toward being something of a residential ward after the large increases in population across Sodom, and the resulting homelessness it caused. Despite this, it remains one of the poorer wards/cities, and does see some petty crime. SPD presence have managed to prevent from this turning into full-blown organized crime.

((Roughly houses 30% of Sodom's residents.
A fairly regular and more modern city, it has everything you'd expect.
2nd strongest SPD presence.))

"City Asham", changing to fit in with my plans for arcs. It's the first city of the rp and at the start of the rp, and as a result of Cold Gate breakout it becomes something of a 'second' proving ground to all the escaped criminals looking to establish themselves in Sodom. It'll basically be the one place truly ruled by crime & corruption, and showing a taste of what the future of Sodom will look like.

((Styx as a city is mostly known for its ocean harbor and having Cold Gate prison located off its coast. About 40% of all Sodom's off land exports...Hope that is the right word.

I am thinking Styx will become the first city to be officially dubbed "Hell City" as a throwback. Especially since out of the seven cities, Styx will become the first and primary 'crime-controlled' city.

Styx will become known as the birthplace of a new generation of crime/criminals after the Cold Gate breakout sending many of its inmates flooding into the city and establishing their turf.

It is considered one of the smaller and less developed cities of Sodom. Might have it turn into a sort of black market trade hub for a while, with Styx obtaining equipment from the other cities of Sodom or outside Sodom altogether.))

"City Bela", this last one is going to be something of a 'historic' ward. It is one of the oldest cities in Sodom and has birthed some of Sodom's most impactful and influential figures; such as the current King of Sodom, Baok. It doesn't have a very large population, mostly due to how old it is and the fact it's currently falling apart. Due to the fact it is still considered the home of Baok, it has been left untouched and no one dares to attempt to do anything about its state unless Baok says so.

((The most underdeveloped and poverty-stricken city of Sodom. Despite this, it has little to no criminal activity...For fear that it'll disturb the infamous King of Sodom.
It is considered the 'home' of Baok. Vein is where Baok first appeared and went on to establish himself as the new and indisputable King of Sodom.
Residents of Vein either hold great respect or even admiration for Baok. A lot of people have their own little statues carved in Baok's figure.))

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Something of side cities/wards that aren't really counted in the above, yet still exist. Only have two right now but I may have more to add.

"Omega City (Ruins), The Forgotten City"
For the most part this is just an easter egg from past versions of this roleplay. Once the heart of Sodom, it's now little more than ruins after it was struck with a catastrophic event that brought it all to rubble. Despite this, a small community still calls these ruins their home. To them, it is still the same city it once was, and they often refer to it (and themselves) as the 'Forgotten City'. As a spoilery side note it may also serve as the entrance point to the arc revolving around the next location I am listing, "The Beneath".

"The Beneath"
The Beneath is actually the largest 'city' in all Sodom...The Beneath as it will be known is the labyrinthine tunnels that run beneath all of Sodom and thus its name. A lesser-known fact, however, is the Beneath is in fact the remains of the ancient city that once stood in Sodom's place: "Ancient Sodom" you could call it. The Beneath is almost a whole world of its own and holds all kinds of ancient & dark secrets.

(Will be updating to foreshadow the following)
It will be revealed in a sort of plot twist/revelation that Sodom is in fact 'living'. The Great Expansion is a direct result of it maturing and having a growth spurt, the city ruins in the Beneath are actually the skeleton of Sodom which was once exposed as used as a place to live.
- Maybe the growth spurt was a result of Bera's death. Like maybe Sodom grows from corpses (y'know, they get buried and Sodom consumes them into its mass), and Bera was like a super meal.
- The 'sewers' of the Beneath will grow along with the rest of Sodom. There may even be a scene where the main cast will witness this for themselves.

(Just occurred to me part of this doesn't fit with the whole great expansion thing so we will need to think of a reason for why it has basically grown with the rest of Sodom. A more simple idea is that the dwellers of the Beneath are responsible or maybe Genex...But I did have another idea...Maybe, idk.

Maybe we could do a bit of a plot-twist/revolution on the whole "artificial expansion" of Sodom. Perhaps instead of my initial idea that it was done as implied like they just had the right technology, manpower & resources to pull off artificially expanding landmass OOOOR..We could make it a bit more supernatural-esque and reveal that Sodom's "landmass" is in fact a living entity of some kind. That its growth was a result of feeding it something (like people, maybe Children of Bera in specific *shrug*) and in addition that the 'sewers' and ancient kingdom ruins of the Beneath are actually part of the physiology of this entity hence why they have grown the way they have. Basically, the sewer tunnels as the insides of the creature that is Sodom - and this would make the City part of the bone structure which was maybe once an exoskeleton in ancient times but was gradually swallowed by its growth. (Maybe it first happened when the first King of Sodom died, Bera himself. The Great Expansion would also just be a natural result of this happening and needed to make a home atop of the 'flesh' of Sodom.)

SODOM LOCATIONS
This is going to be for more specific places. Like Cold Gate Prison.
(Cold Gate Prison)
(Criminal Hospital)
(The Shining Towers)
(Sanguis Estate)
(La Dine/The Diner)
(The Pitt)
(Hearth Corp)
(Styx Village, the village located in the 'Beneath')
(The Wolf Den, located near Styx Village)
(City Ruins of Gomorrah)
(Gomorrah's Castle Ruins)

MONEY IN SODOM
Exchange Equivelancy
10,000 Bites = 1 Chip
10 Chips = 1 Credit
100,000 Bites = 1 Credit​

SODOM'S CURRENT AFFAIRS (Events)
(Didn't know where else to put this)
S.A.W! Sodom's own wrestling brand. It stands for 'Sodom's Allout Wrestling' (Might alter that a bit, but I like the synonym or whatever)

(Something to do with Ego-Dealers? Maybe two primary suppliers are going at it with each other or something...)



SODOM HISTORIC EVENTS
This will be subject to change or additions. Top is most current, bottom is the oldest. Side note: In Sodom, the 'AD' stands for "After Discovery"

(Going to be removing a bunch of these and focus on essentials: Like the Kings of Sodom, Discovery of Omens & Children of Bera, Sodom's Great Expansion into the world's first "Gigalopolis" & The Dark Period which saw Sodom reach its height in criminal activity and it's conclusion saw Sodom reach it's lowest criminal activity. The Dark Period will be the most recent event, with the current year taking place a decade or two after.

• 2665AD - The year the roleplay will start off in. Likely half way into the said year.
• 2650AD - The 'Dark Period' ends, and Baok cements himself as the underground "King of Sodom"
• 2647AD - Preceding Baok's abrupt, and highly controversial ascension to becoming the "King of Sodom" sparks the flames of an all-out war which sent Sodom into a short period of criminal tyranny.
• 1800-2000AD - The discovery of Omens, which began in Sodom. I might also make this the origin of the first "King of Sodom" title as well.
• 1200-1500AD - The rise of the Seven Deadly Kings and the beginnings of Sodom's great expansion into today's world's marvel.
• 1100AD -
• 100AD - The First King of Sodom rises, and unites all of Sodom under a single banner. Under his rule, Sodom lived a thousand-year age of peace and prosperity.
• ????BD - Sodom

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THE WORLD
(Concept) Have an impulse to do a similar deal to HxH with world setup and with naming the world itself. My idea being that the 'world' is not yet fully explored - and I was thinking this could play into potentially making the 'unknown' regions of the world the different realms of all the different gods, which are all cut off from some type of barrier or something. It's also nigh-impossible to even reach the said barrier in the first place by any normal, or even abnormal means of transportation to begin with anyway, basically everyone in the known world is clueless about the outside and the unknown realms remain a great mystery. I was also thinking that perhaps the Pantheon also had some directive where they were trying to gather information about the barrier or whatever and the unknown realms or a means to access them...

(Update) Okay so I've just decided this 'barrier' is basically going to be our equivalent of 'space' in a way. Like 'space' in Sodom, when you look up at the sky and stuff, is also you looking at the barrier which separates the Known World from the 'Beyond Worlds' or Spectraverse (My name for Sodom's universe).
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"The Known World" is composed of seven distinctive oceans and seven continents that reside within them. Six of these continents being under the one government officially known as the 'Known World Government' or K.W.G for short. The K.W.G is controlled by a ruling council known as the 'Pantheon' who reside in the floating city of Olympus in the sky. The last remaining bastion of independence being Sodom itself.

(Need to include bit about space = the barrier in this context. Space is like a wall that separates the Known World from the rest of the Spectraverse.)​

Continents
Unless I get struck with some inspiration for unique continents aside from Sodom itself I am going to mostly make these counterparts of real-world places.

- The largest continent and home to the widest range of cultures & ethnicity in the Known World. It was the first continent to be governed by the floating city of Olympus and the Pantheon which reside there; it is where the K.W.G was initially founded and quickly grew into the global powerhouse it is today.

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Lunalar: Basically a 'Dark Continent', in terms of level of danger it will be equivalent to that of Hazzraila. Both in terms of it's wildlife & the weather conditions which plague both continents. The difference here, is this continent will be more lush forests and running black rivers & less the barren wasteland and tropical coasts that makeup Hazzraila. For most of the year, this continent is in a state of almost perpetual night - despite this the flora and wildlife flourish. This is due to the nature of the flora of the Dark continent, which unlike common plants metabolize darkness instead of light. Or maybe they metabolize moonlight into food, either way works....The flora is also notable for being a range of much darker colors than typical flora which is usually green or brown. The grass, plants & trees of this continent are all ranging from dark blue to obsidian black. The wildlife of the dark continent is also ferocious, however their levels of danger vary from place to place, and not everywhere in the dark continent is completely hostile (these parts being the areas where people actually live.)....The continent is likely home to a lot of mysteries, rituals & cults - basically it would be believed that it has a history longer than the rest of the continents but all of this has been lost in time. Individuals born/raised on this continent on average also tend to be monstrously strong themselves, likely as a byproduct of the environment they live in and how they as a people had to evolve to survive. An example being Baok himself, who will likely have originated from here before moving to Sodom.

Hazzraila: Going to be inspired off of Australia, and taken to the extreme. Hazzraila is probably one of the least developed continents within the known world as far as technology goes. My idea being a sort of monster hunter mad max type deal. Historically it will be kinda similar too I guess? But also way different...My idea being before KWG got involved Hazzraila didn't really have a singular government, and were instead divided into mad-max like clans that were nomadic due to the deadly wildlife and constantly warred against eachother for resources, survival, or simply pride and dominance. Each Clan followed their own faith system, and like in real life some of these clans heritage date back to the beginning of time, making them also one of the oldest societies of the Known World. Essentially as far as faith or belief systems go they had many, and most of it has been lost since KWG arrived and basically colonized the place. In present-times, only a handful of Clans remain with their cultures in tact and are subservient to KWG rule. Essentially, Clans and monster hunting has been regulated and streamlined by the KWG which has likely come with some pro's alongside it's many cons. Similar to actual Australia, the geography of Hazzraila will be similar, being that it is just a giant chunk o landmass that is mostly desert wasteland, with the exception of it's coasts where life flourishes much easier. The only forests in the entire continent are found along the coast is what I am saying.

Aisha: A high-tech modern society, responsible for some of the worlds greatest advancements next to Sodom; unlike the city of revolution that is constantly seeking great changes, Aisha as a collective is of an opposite mindset. Tradition and heritage is important, Aisha's hierarchical structure resembling that of ancient Chinese Dynasties with the military structure being comprised of mostly cyber-samurai. Aisha has also had a long history with organized crime in the form of Ninja Clans, who since long past have sought to topple the ruling class and push their own ideologies. But since K.W.G launched an operation to take over Aisha, they would use the Ninja Clans as pawns to weaken Dynasties and at the same time the Ninja Clans would also lose a significant amount of their numbers in the process, some Clans being entirely wiped out as by the end, the Ninja Clans would also be fighting each other as well as the Dynasties. Once the chaos reached its height, K.W.G came in for the finishing blow - they brought peace to the chaos they originally started and were able to take advantage of the Dynasties in their weakened state to submit. An agreement was signed, where the Dynasties would be forced to pass down their governmental powers to the K.W.G. Now the Dynasties all live under the thumbs of the K.W.G in return for retaining what little power & protection they still have. Aisha is also the home of all kinds of popular racing events such as 'Speed Racing', there is also an underground scene where similar races are held but there are no rules holding the racers back, and are called 'Death Races'.

Sodom: The land of cities, the city of revolution. Sodom is an artificial landmass that has formed the world's first Gigalopolis. A collection of seven supercities that have clustered together and continue to grow in their never-ending expansions. Sodom remains the last independent continent in the Known World, living under its own government - Sodom stands at the top in terms of worldwide envy & fear. For Sodom is also the only place to have consistently repelled attempts by the K.W.G to assimilate Sodom under them, whether through politics, trade or cold wars fought...K.W.G's last option being a full scaled invasion if they wish to take control of Sodom: but the question is whether it'd be worth the massive expense in both manpower and firepower.

KNOWN WORLD GOVERNMENT (K.W.G)
All continents that make up the Known World (with the exception of Sodom itself) all fall under the governing rule of the councilship known as the "Pantheon" who reside in the floating cloud city of Olympus. The Pantheon managed to spread their influence & rule, through both force and diplomacy across six continents nearing five hundred years ago. Which is basically when KWG was established. Despite this, the Pantheon has never managed to successfully assimilate Sodom into their rule. (Likely won't include this, but the most recent example of the Pantheon's attempt to bring KWG to Sodom was through Olympus' own elite task force known as 'Aegis'. A group of, again, highly elite & powerful individuals who had a mission to infiltrate Sodom and take out its ruling class to allow for KWG to come in and take over. Instead, Aegis found themselves apart of a much larger scheme that quickly turned things into a suicide mission...Aegis never succeeded in their mission, and its believed they are all dead. Since Olympus and the Pantheon had lost one of its most powerful assets they have been forced to pull back their push on Sodom entirely until the unforeseeable future.)