The Killjoy Chronicles: 06/20/11

Monday, June 20, 2011

A Map of Battery City and the Surrounding Zones

I got bored, so I drew y'all a map. Check it out. :-D

(Click on the picture to see it better)

Thick black line = Zone boundaries

Pink X's inside circles = Zone Outposts

Silver = Unknown area (presumed unlivable)

Green area around Battery City = City Suburbs (surrounded by a medium-height wall)

Purple Area = Battery City (dome)

Red line = Route Guano

Dark blue line = Dixie Death Highway

Teal line = American Widow Row

The Background

2012: The then-president of the former United States of America Jason Eldridge made the decision to bomb the volatile North Korea. North Korea responded, catapulting the world into nuclear war.

2019: Better Living Industries, a company based on perfecting the world, has risen from the ashes of the end of the world, creating a society contained in a literal plexiglass dome, meant to keep out the dirt and keep in the clean oxygen. The supposed utopia was christened Battery City, being protected by the secretive society of bloodthirsty masked figures, called Draculoids. Its citizens are forced to take Pills, ridding themselves of all emotions, thoughts of freedom and independence.

Six "Zones," surround Battery City, space that is livable but restricted from ordinary citizens. No one knows if life still exists outside the Zones, considering the War destroyed so much and beyond the Zones, the air is too toxic to breathe.

The only ones who dare defy the Company are the Killjoys; an organization of outlaws committed to bringing about the fall of the evil empire. Led by the four Fabulous Killjoys, or the "Big 4," as called by their followers, these people have thrown off the convention of ordinary names, donned masks and thrown out the Pills, wanting to live freely and colorfully, as was once possible. Draculoids, or "Dracs," hunt these freedom-seekers, labeling them "rebellious," "murderous," and "evil." No one sees any end in sight to the War of the Zones, but neither side will stop until they have achieved their own ends or until everyone is dead.