<div align="center">(https://txt.1001fonts.net/img/txt/dHRmLjcyLjAwMDAwMC5VbUYyWlc0Z1EybDBlUSwsLjA,/dragonforce.regular.webp)</div><br/><div class="floatright">(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d5/2f/e2/d52fe2ea2b6346dcb68ec168db86a276.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: georgia;"><strong>Government:</strong><br/><br/><strong>Mayor:</strong> Julius Scholtz<br/><br/><strong>Law Enforcement:</strong><br/><br/>• <strong>National Investigations Force (NIF)</strong> - equivalent to the FBI in the United States.<br/>• <strong>Raven City Police Department (RCPD)</strong> - equivalent to a well-funded police force.<br/>• <strong>Raven City Reserve Guard (RCRG)</strong> - the military unit assigned to the city.<br/><br/><strong>Education:</strong><br/><br/>Raven University<br/>University of Technology<br/>Hamilton Masters Community College<br/>Joyce Graham Community College<br/><br/><strong>Telephone Companies:</strong><br/><br/>Teddiz<br/>UTalk<br/>G-Region (Local and International)<br/><br/><strong>Gangs</strong><br/><br/>• <strong>Lombardi Mafia</strong> - prevalent behind the scenes gang with toxic ties in the RCPD.<br/>• <strong>The Skulls</strong> - largest gang full of gang violence and petty crime. Identified by black and white skull face paint.<br/>• <strong>Hounds of Lilith Motorcycle Group</strong> - biker group identified by a three headed hound with a naked succubus riding bareback on the back of their leather jackets.</span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: impact;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 24pt;">Raven City News Network</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: georgia;"><em>This will become populated with in-game news. In-game news will be for the writers OOC. The only way characters will know this information is if they read about it using their phones or watch it on TV. As long as writers mention IC in a post that their character has watched or read the news in the past or present, then it counts and won't be considered meta-game knowledge. Writers be careful. Your characters' actions could have them in the news, which could draw some slimy government attention.</em><br/></span><br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Appearance of Dragons!</li><li>Dragons the cause of mysterious deaths in Raven Park!</li><li>The Government is turning humans into Super Soldiers!</li><li>Are the Dragons a WMD created by an enemy nation?</li><li>Former NASA scientist suspects Dragons are from space.</li><li>Is Raven City under martial law? RCRG are now the RC<strong>A</strong>G!</li></ul><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: impact;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 24pt;">Chapters</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: georgia;"><strong>Chapter One: Dragon Pact (Complete)</strong> - Our human protagonists were going about their day-to-day lives when they suddenly encounter Dragon Slayers. How the writers plan this meeting will be up to them. The goal will be for the Handler and Dragon Slayers to meet in some manner. The chapter ends once all Dragon Slayers and Handlers are able to find each other and have a roundtable meeting to discuss their plans for slaying the dragons that made their way to Earth and return home to Avantasia.<br/><br/>Current: <strong>Chapter Two: The New Dragon Slayers</strong> Humanity became aware of the sudden, unexplained dragon crisis. Dragons fabled to have only ever been recorded in storybooks were real. The creatures devoured humans and spread destruction. The Raven City Reserve Guard became active and did its best to protect the people of Raven City, but the power of the dragons proved to be overwhelming. Strangely, the active guard didn't have to deal with an imposing threat for too long. They discovered corpses of giant dragons that once seemed unbeatable. Who had been powerful enough to do such a thing?<br/><br/>Meanwhile, a secret government organization had been experimenting with dragon DNA. They genetically engineered the most elite warriors in the military into Dragon Slayers. The warriors were part human and part dragon, but unlike the real Dragon Slayers, they had a flaw. Excessive use of their mutant abilities caused their bodies to further mutate into a dragon. All New Dragon Slayers were given a meter, which they wear about their wrist. The meter tracks a Dragon Slayers mutation percentage. Once a Dragon Slayer reaches 100%, they become a destructive dragon god unable to revert back to human.<br/><br/>The Dragon Slayers thought they had only just escaped dragons to deal with. Now they have wonky, government wannabes making their lives harder. There are currently 5 New Dragon Slayers that survived experimentation and who have no intention of sharing the streets with some aliens from another dimension.<br/><br/></span><div class="floatright">(https://cdnb.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/029/779/711/large/tiki-bg-park-ext-srgb.jpg?1598615785)</div><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: impact;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 24pt;">Notable Locations</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: georgia;">• <strong>Oriental District</strong> – everything Asian is in this district. Its flashy lights, food, video games and unique, electronic culture draw many teenagers. Most of the music concerts are held in this district.<br/>• <strong>Government District</strong> – The headquarters of the NIF, RCPD, RCRG, and all government entities operate in this district. This district only attracts tourism for there is very little entertainment in this district. It is a hot spot for government officials so the riff-raff tends to steer clear of this district. Only college students and many middle-class residents in Raven City live in this area (if they can afford it).<br/>• <strong>The Walls</strong> – Only the rich live in this walled and high security community. If you're wealthy, buying a house in this neighborhood is difficult. Nobody wants to live among the plebs and criminals. Celebrities and important government officials live here.<br/>• <strong>The Slums</strong> – The darkest place in the city. It is one big shadow at night for no energy is wasted in this district. This is where the middle and upper-class dump their trash. There is a landfill and dump in this location. The poor have built their homes out of the garbage. Drug trafficking is prevalent in this location to the point the RCPD doesn't even bother with it. As long as it stays there and doesn't go anywhere else.<br/>• <strong>Raven Park</strong> - The park is extremely safe during the day, but dangerous at night. Skulls tend to frequent the area looking for any foolish tourists or locals to rob. Raven Park tends to have festivals, and it has an amusement park with a Ferris wheel.<br/>• <strong>Raven City Downtown</strong> - The busiest section of the city, and the most dangerous part at night. It would have been second to The Slums if majority of the criminals actually went to there.</span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: impact;">Player Created Locations</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: georgia;"><strong>Reese's Loft</strong> - located in the warehouse district of Raven City. It is nearby Raven Park. - <em>Created by Wired Rabbit</em> [1] (https://i.pinimg.com/236x/35/84/0f/35840f15e638716fddb2bfb0164d2951.jpg) [2] (https://i.pinimg.com/236x/8d/2a/d0/8d2ad0a6c09ab38034de17cf1a9a2284.jpg)<br/><strong>Rust and Ruckus</strong> - Reese's work place. A local, small steampunk garage in the Warehouse District. - <em>Created by Wired Rabbit</em> [1] (https://i.pinimg.com/564x/36/98/1a/36981adae77e8200c49126861310671d.jpg) [2] (https://i.pinimg.com/564x/92/ca/f6/92caf6cc90fab35a52409eb1d60f19a8.jpg)<br/><strong>Glitter</strong> - Glitter presents itself as a Pawn Shop, located in the Slums of Raven City. It's owner is the charming, colorfully edgy Lou (NPC).<br/>*ahem* Glitter may or may not be a front.  ;)  It's painted up real nice, but it's hours are strange. Lou texts Reese when they have a "good deal". - <em>Created by Wired Rabbit</em> [1] (https://i.pinimg.com/564x/8c/7d/ec/8c7deccaa244fdc2c4a29a3756c41f66.jpg) [2] (https://i.pinimg.com/564x/d2/b4/61/d2b4619be75dd0ef3a06fcead15db75a.jpg)<br/><strong>Dapper's Speakeasy</strong> - a retro bar with a 1930s vibe. It is very popular with the college kids and tourists. Brett works as a bartender here. - <em>Created by TheBlackThrone</em> [1] (https://i.pinimg.com/564x/28/ac/fe/28acfe75521008a86f7f1f52303036b3.jpg)<br/><strong>Catty-Wampus Bar &amp; Grill</strong> - one of the most famous and delectable tourist attractions in Raven City. They have an incredibly wide variety of traditional, foreign, and experimental dishes, drinks, and spirits on tap. One of their biggest draws at the restaurant proper are the "Grill Stations", which are roughly identical to what they do in Teppanyaki Grill restaurants. The cook prepares the food on a grill surrounded by diners and serves them their food right in front of them. They are so popular they also have a food truck that drives around the city from opening until about 7pm when it starts to get dark(and dangerous). This will be Pharon's place of employment where he switches back and forth between the restaurant and the truck depending on the day. - <em>Created by Juggtacular</em> [1] (http://cdn2.atlantamagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/07/foodtrucks01_v1_courtesy.jpg) [2] (http://www.metrocafediner.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10087/2020/02/2019-8-21_Metro-Cafe-167-interior-1024x681.jpg) [3] (https://ychef.files.bbci.co.uk/976x549/p06m0sn0.jpg) [4] (http://sakuracolorado.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/SakuraMt-Fuji021sakurasushi.jpg)<br/><strong>Five Lakes Alliance</strong> - Not the standard dojo. Two warehouses at the poorer end of the "Oriental District" that were bought out and fixed up as places to learn to defend yourself. It started out with five masters trying to take care of their various communities coming together and building something a bit different. What was different is that they came from different styles. Silat, Eskrima, Muay Thai, Shotokan and Pa-kua chang. Together they had the means to buy two side by side warehouses from foreclosure. They renovated the one in best shape first and immediately attracted students. The first building is nice, well lit, professional. It houses the original five masters and divided up evenly between them. The second building has electricity, running water and ...is clean. Any master who wants to teach can take a section and make it their own. What started out as a way of teaching others to defend themselves is now growing into a way of honouring and holding onto culture. - <em>Created by Bowen</em> [1] (https://i.pinimg.com/originals/5b/3d/c7/5b3dc7dda1e129d45047724cf0dc7cd3.jpg) [2] (https://i.pinimg.com/originals/06/97/86/069786902d34217a024c62756682a704.png) [3] (https://i.pinimg.com/originals/cf/d9/0a/cfd90a11158da32b009ceaef2d2bcced.jpg) [4] (https://i.pinimg.com/videos/thumbnails/originals/50/b1/cc/50b1cc6c995197ad6ec02fd3e8572d22.0000000.jpg)</span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: impact;">Player Created NPCs</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: georgia;"><strong>Lou</strong> - owner of the Glitter Pawn Shop in the Raven City Slums. - <em>Created by Wired Rabbit.</em><br/><strong>Jake</strong> - an apprentice mechanic at Rust and Ruckus. He's 18, still in high school, and full of energy. Jake is always trying to prove himself. He no longer wants to be the green horn. - <em>Created by TheBlackThrone</em><br/><strong>Mr. Dapper</strong> - Brett's boss and owner of Dapper's Speakeasy. - <em>Created by TheBlackThrone</em>.<br/><strong>Oslow Goodborne</strong> - A cheerful and eccentric man who wanted to travel the world with his wife after early retirement. She, unfortunately, passed away from an illness before they could finish their journey, so he finished it in her memory. Once he came back to Raven City, he decided to honor his wife by combining their shared love of the world, with her love for food and cooking. So he opened a restaurant and called it Catty-Wampus because that was always her favorite thing to say whenever things didn't go quite to plan and just hearing her say it put a smile on his face. - <em>Created by Juggtacular</em><br/><strong>Jericho della Cruz</strong> - Eskrima instructor at the Five Lakes Alliance. - <em>Created by Bowen</em> [1] (https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYmRhNjk2NzMtOGUxZC00Nzg0LWJjMDAtYzI0ZThiNDBmNTdmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTU1NTE4NTI@._V1_.jpg)</span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: impact;">Tag</span></span><br/><br/><div class="codeheader">Code: <a class="codeoperation" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return smfSelectText(this);">[Select]</a></div><pre style="margin: 0; padding: 0;"><code class="bbc_code">[floatright or floatleft][img height=200]image link goes here[/img][/floatright or floatleft]<br/>[b]Name:[/b] Self-explanatory<br/>[b]Dragon Type (if applicable, if not delete):[/b] Self-explanatory<br/>[b]Wearing:[/b] Optional.<br/>[b]Date/Time:[/b] Chapter One start date, 1 April 2050 at Midnight.<br/>[b]Location:[/b] Where are they?<br/>[b]Tagging:[/b] Who are they talking to directly? Who are they talking about? (add “(M)” for mention).<br/>[b]Content:[/b] Summary of the post or whatever you want here.<br/>[hr]</code></pre><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: impact;">Links</span></span></div><br/><div align="center">OOC (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=341088.0) • Mission Board (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=341197.0) • Character Thread (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=341089.0)</div>