New: Hell's Cauldron (free, open-ended, email, human, space, rpg, abstract)

From: donotreply@pbm.com (PBM List Autoposter)

Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:13:02 +0000

Name:		Hell's Cauldron
Costs:		Free
Frequency:		free-form
Email:		brainfishes zat hotmail.com
URL:		http://brainfishes.brinkster.net/hell/index.html
Type:		post-war, prison, open, crime, city
Last-Update:		2008Jan18
Keywords: free, open-ended, email, human, space, rpg, abstract

Description:

Hell's Cauldron is a Free-Form Play by E-Mail Roleplaying game set some
fifty years after the end of World War 3 in the Sanctuary City of Diyu.
During that war the Chinese, allied with the reformed Soviet States of
Russia, Vietnam and North Korea, defeated NATO and the Allied Powers. Most
of the world is uninhabitable and only a few 'sanctuary' cities remain.

The Sanctuaries are vast walled Cities, most of them Chinese Prison Camps.
Diyu is one of the largest, and holds people of all nationalities and
beliefs, mastered over by Chinese and Axis City Officials and Police.

The City is Devided into four areas known as Quarters, each one housing
people of different nationalities and creeds. Over the fifty years of
forced residence with no contact outside the walls of the city, the
quarters have polarised. Straying into another groups territory is more
than a little dangerous. Much like the old cities of New York or Los
Angeles, rival Gangs and Crime Cyndicates have sprung up and territory is
hotly contended. The remainders of the old world organised crime networks
have returned and lord over the city.

While Three of the Quarters are little more than slums, the First Quarter
is a fully developed town. It is filled mostly with Chinese Military
Personnel, City Officials and Citizens of the Axis Nations and is lead by
City Commandant Lieutenant General Jiang Lee. From here the Chinese hold
overall control of the city and are the only group with free access to the
outside world. Citizens of other Nations permitted in the town are second
class, and are mostly use for menial labour.

The Second Quarter is filled with Americans, Canadians, Allied European
Nations and Australians. It is controlled by the Don Bariotsi and his
Mafia Family, their power comes from a group of Irish Paramilitaries lead
by a former S.A.S commander named Ryan Killen. The Second Quarters is the
best developed and most prosperous of the prisoner quarters and has
flourished under the control of the Don. Recently, troubles between the
Irish and the Italians has been flaring up and many feel that the Don's
iron grip over the quarter is slipping.

The Third Quarter is filled with the United Middle Eastern and South/West
Asian Nations, UMESA was a late-war eastern counterpart to NATO and
included almost every Middle Eastern, South Asian and East Asian Nation.
It is not run by any particular group or family, instead several families
trying to maintain a strong bond in the face of chaos throughout the rest
of the City. Most respected amongst all families is the Aziz family, run
by Anas Aziz, a wealthy descendant of an Architect with a strong sense of
business and loyalty. They use the military strength of the former
Nepalese Ghurkas for protection.

The Fourth Quarter is filled with the Allied East Asian Nations, those
nations who chose to side with NATO or UMESA during the war. It is by far
the poorest and most delapidated area, and is lead by Boss Abarai Kaneda,
self-proclaimed descendant of a small Samurai family from Western Japan. A
strong belief in honour is often foreshadowed by an insatiable love of
violence and conflict. He favours using non-Japanese for dirty-jobs, as
the following conflict within his Quarter, let alone outside it, gives him
a deep sense of satisfaction.

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