The Hospital District – the one unguarded district in Centennial City. Some of the city’s surviving doctors have gathered at Lutheran Central – the hospital that was least damaged in the quake. Here they provide medical care to anyone from any faction who comes for help.

The Ultra-Mob - A gang of super-powered thugs and criminals. Before the quake, the Ultra-Mob was the dominant organized crime faction in the city with a finger is just about every illegal operation from drug trafficking to extortion and protection rackets. The Ultra-Mob’s territory is centered on the wreckage of Jame’s Mark Hotel near the airport – formerly a posh 4 star operation. The Mob has been using the hotel’s large kitchen to keep themselves supplied with food and water as other resources in the city have become depleted. They are led by a charismatic super-powered thug called the Midnight Bombardier. Although not the most powerful of supervillains, the Bombardier is smarter than most and has a skill for leadership.

The Ghost Posse –part mystical death cult - part street gang - the Posse had a firm grip on the west-side of Centennial City before the quake. They were also the primary source in the city for black market magical items. After the quake, their territory is centered around the Centennial City Arena – where they have their HQ. The leader of the Ghost Posse, Nekrotic, has the shakiest position of any faction leader. His gang’s lack of its own food supply is starting to make his followers mutinous and desperate. The Posse survives only by scavenging and raiding other factions. Nekrotic recently forged an alliance with the newly emerged vampire faction, in the hopes that this would improve his position.

The Rattail Grenadiers – A loose confederation of skinheads, street thugs and survivalists, the Grenadiers chose to establish themselves in Centennial City as the first step in the founding of a nation based on their cobbled-together philosophy of racial purity and hate. A deeply divided group, they would splinter within days if not for the iron rule of the Templar, the supervillain whose force of personality and raw power unites them. The survivalist segment of the Grenadiers had been planning for something like this for years. Hence they have large cache of freeze-dried food to share with the rest of the gang. The Grenadiers took advantage of the chaos to loot a cache of advanced weaponry from Prime Labs R+D lab and are now better armed than ever before.

The 59er Disciples – the smallest of the major factions in Centennial, the 59er Disciples were a minor gang before the quake that specialized in shakedowns and carjackings. After the quake, they have claimed the High Gate Park apartment complex as their turf – and they rule it tyrannically. Their leader is Dead Hand Jenkins, a mutant with greatly enhanced strength. Jenkins had the foresight to raid a garden supply store during the rash of looting after the quake. He forces the people staying in his turf to garden and they maintain a community storehouse of their harvest. This storehouse is a frequent target of raids by other factions. Like the Rattail Grenadiers, the 59ers looted Prime Labs after the quake and made out with a bundle of advanced military grade weapons.

The Centennial Police and National Guard Faction –(Usually just called “the police” or “the police faction”) the stalwart police of Centennial have allied with some local National Guard troops and have fortified an Acme Groceries distribution warehouse on the southwestern outskirts of town as their base of operations. (The warehouse contains enough food and water to last them for a couple years - maybe longer with rationing.) A few hundred refugees live under their protection there - as well as the surrounding blocks that the cops claim as their “turf”. Steve Ullman - Police Commissioner for Centennial City is the leader of the outpost. The police and National Guard are trying to retake the city block by block from the gangs and criminal factions.

Centennial Park - A couple thousand refugees make their home in Centennial Park - the 200-acre nature preserve in the north central part of the city. Centennial Park is now the site of the largest single refugee settlement in the city. In addition, with its large lake, it’s one of the few easily accessible sources of potable water in the city. The refugees in the park are under the protection of the Red Specter, a determined street vigilante who has claimed the park as his”turf”.

St. Augustine’s Cathedral -Father Gonzales and several other devoted clergymen have kept their church and social center open to serve the city as best they can. They have a food bank and shelter that currently houses about 20 families. They care for and defend whoever comes to their door. The clergy and refugees of St. Augustine’s are under the protection of Silver Lynx - a supervillain and infamous international criminal who has taken them on as her wards.

Vampires – the undead of Centennial have chosen to take advantage of the chaos and are operating openly in the neighborhood near St. Augustine’s Cathedral. Thomas Amber, the Elder Vampire in Centennial has been living in the shadows and sewers of the city for 250 years. In his life, he was a wealthy and cultured Englishman who had the bad fortune to get bitten by a vampire while abroad in the miserable and backwards American colonies. He’s rather tired of living in the shadows like a vagrant and thinks the current calamity gives him the perfect opportunity to operate in the open and maybe even rule this horrid little city. He’s currently trying to build his own undead army.

Prime Labs – the premier high technology research and development firm in Centennial City, Prime Labs specialized in developing advanced weaponry for the military. It was destroyed during the quake. Soon thereafter, the facility was raided and most of the on-site arsenal of prototype weapons wound up in the hands of the city’s street gangs and criminals.

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