#zd lore

sun can be very strict about what the heroes can and cant have

﹒⌗﹒ZERO_DAY LORE ;; WORLD

The simply-named City is a sprawling behemoth of metal, lights and concrete. if you zoom out, it has rings; towards the center, the city is brighter, denser. Oftentimes richer, but this is not always the case. At its core is a chapel; a white-blue polished monolith adorned with screens. It houses The Tree, a generator responsible for churning the blind devotion of its citizens into the power that fuels the City. Hooked to the tree is a god taking the form of an undying yellow sun, a cruel deity responsible for the government that now has a chokehold on the population.

Dissent is punishable by death; but when has death stopped anyone?

In the underbelly of the City is a growing web of crime identifiable by its usage of pink machinery; at its helm a mad engineer and her quickly-expanding gang. Its unclear if she aims to overthrow or take the Sun God's place, though....

She's the leader of that "largest gang" we keep mentioning, called "The Corrupted."

She wants to overthrow the Sun, and take over the chapel (and by extension the city) so she can impose her own law. (basically a bunch of stuff that's illegal under the church and laws against opposing her government)

But why would her followers agree to a new dictator? Simply put, she lied </3 She says her strict laws are temporary until the chapel is no longer a threat, and they get rid of all opposition, but there will ALWAYS be opposition to her rule, thus, Infinite Henchmen glitch.

She doesn't have an official name or design yet (I'm REALLY busy atm) but I'll get around to it! someday. eventually.

Corruption is a skin condition caused by excessive use of machinery used by "The Corrupted," hence its name. The type of fuel used to power these machines is toxic, and reacts to the skin, causing it to turn somewhere on the spectrum of light to hot pink.

Usually Corruption only affects the area machinery was applied to. However, heavy usage can cause it to spread further, one such example would be excessive use of a mask causing the whole head to turn pink.

It only causes pain in extreme cases, and usually goes away after 2-4 weeks of not using any of the machines. It can he hidden with makeup, but this can irritate the area and cause it to go away slower.

It's like getting a sunburn but it tells everyone you're part of a dangerous criminal gang.

How many are there?

Do they have different cultures or are specific shapes especially common in specific rings?

Are all rings controlled by the sun god or do they struggle with some splinter groups? (Pink shapes?)

What are the pink machines and what makes them special?

﹒⌗﹒ZERO_DAY LORE ;; THE CITY

reponder_icarus --query="city"

The city's rings can be muddy in their boundaries, as they are more social borders than political ones. But, with a rough estimate, there's around 10 of them. The city, as a whole, is about 400 miles (644 km) across and surrounded by a mixture of highly polluted marshland and cliffs that both, eventually, lead into ocean.

Rings towards the center tend to be more religious than those on the outskirts; owing to their better infrastructure and increased police presence. You're more likely to find people working dangerous and/or blue-collar jobs on the outer rings, but there's no significant variance in shape-type among the rings.

reponder_hex --query="city"

All of the rings are supposed to be controlled by the Sun. Many of the outer rings are overrun with gangs, with one really large gang in particular being the most prominent.

As for the pink machines, they're created by the leader of the large gang I just mentioned as a means of gaining and maintaining power through violence. The machines themselves are excellently designed, but hard to make, due to the lack of access to mass production.