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Necropolis: New York Info
History:
The Necropolis' first hundred years was that of building, and of
fortifying itself. This was not an easy
task and one which claimed many wraiths to final death. Constant attacks
from spectres, and those
wraiths who had existed here before them, the Hierarchy was quickly losing
the fight.
The council of Anacerons sent for reinforcements, what they got was
a new government. This
new government included a Council and a Governor, this at the time was
unheard of. The Governor,
a Stygian hero named Jonas Smithee, took it upon himself to lead the Hierarchy
forces there.
He quickly turned a losing fight, into a glorious victory, at the battle
of Amsterdam Bay. Here
he crushed the indigenious wraiths, and made many of them thralls or soul-forged
equipment.
The next hundred years saw an era of peace and prosperity, as the
city grew, so did the Necropolis.
It's importance as a harbor grew with each year,
and the Hierarchy forces there flourished. The
Council began to gain more and more power away from the Governor. It was
their thinking that
since the crisis was over, the Governor was of little use. Governor Smithee,
unable to stave off the
loss of power, returned to Stygia in 1742.
The Revolutionary war had very much impact on the Necropolis as the
dead poured in from
upstate New York. Many of these dead were British soldiers who wished to
return home to
see their loved ones. It was then the the Council came up with the plan
to charge tarriffs, and
fees on docking ships. With this plan in place the Necropolis began making
alot of it's income,
enough to afford more legions, and more equipment.
The hundred years to follow was a time of great change, as many of
the Dark kingdoms began
to send their Ambassadors to the city. Each took a domain and began to
reshape it into their
way of death. The Coucil became fearful, believeing that the foreigners
would hurt their powerbase,
chose to elect a Governor. Michael Whadsworth, the Anaceron of the Gaunt
Legion, took this
oportunity to seize power, and made allies of the DK Ambassadors.
The Council could do nothing
but elect him.
The new Governor began immediately to change the structure of the
city. Whether the Council agreed
with his changes, or were unable to oppose him, is up for debate. Regardless,
Governor Whadsworth,
organized the Hierarchy forces into their modern day incarnation. While
there had always been
renegades, many point to Whadsworth's rule, as the first significant renegade
activity.
The New York Necropolis is one of the oldest in the New World. It's history
dates back to it's first
settlers. When it was once called New Amsterdam, the Hierarchy was taking
it's first steps into
the Necropolizing of the Shadowlands. No one could have predicted this
tiny harbor towns' importance
in later years.
During the twentieth century, Necropolis New York
has seen the most changes. From the massive
immagration of the early 1900's to the two World Wars, New York has changed
in size, contigency,
and renegade sympathy. The Hierarchy has had to adjust to these changes.
The first fifty years of the century were years of growth, and conflict.
Many immagrant wraiths
were called upon to decide whether they were citizens of the Hierarchy,
or their native land. This
lead to a few small skimishes between Hierarchy forces and the other Dark
Kingdoms over
choice recruits. Nothing came of these skirmishes, and treaties were drawn
over the problem.
World War One's impact on the Necropolis was two fold, many resident
Legions left to help fight
the war against the Code of Charon, and many renegade camps saw this as
a time to strike.
Lines were drawn, and battles in the city were fought over territory, slavery,
and forges.
Many renegade camps were successful in their conquest for domain, while
weaker camps were
stamped out. The Hierarchy, seeing a need for strong leadership, ousted
the current Governor,
and elected a new one. Governor Ian Mcdonald took the reins in 1916, and
quickly gained support
from Stygia in the form of new Legions. Those renegade camps that were
once strong, became
the number one targets. It took the Governor two years to push them back
into what was traditionaly
renegade held domain.
World War Two, and Stygia's declaration of war against the Dark Kingdom
of Jade, had the
Necropolis divided even further. There were open battles between the two
kingdoms on the
streets of New York for three years, until the Jade Kingdom surrendered.
It was during this conflict
that a young legionnaire named Deter, made his destiny.
Deter became the toast of the local Hierarchy for his daring, and
his uncanny ability to win lost
battles. He became Anaceron of the Grim Legion in 1947, and it took him
only forty more years to
gain enough support to become Governor.
The last ten years have been hard upon the Necropolis. The renegade
problem rising, Governor Deter
declared Martial Law, and has enforced it to the letter. Justice has become
harsh, and the violent
encounters between renegade and Hierarchy forces have only increased.
During the last two years, strange events hurled the Necropolis into war with the Blighted Sun.
The war proved costly and many Legionnaires, citizens, heretics and renegades lost their unlives to Oblivion. The war was finally
won due to the heroics of the entire Necropolis.
