Situated on the shores of Lake Michigan, Romero City is the newest main setting of Crimson Gambit. Once a modest industrial hub, Romero was long considered unremarkable from a powered perspective. For years, Crimson Town in Michigan drew the spotlight, a hotspot of powered incidents and DCU oppression. But in the last couple of months, Romero has changed. A string of violent powered attacks, escalating street incidents, and rising underground activity has made it impossible for the city to stay quiet. What was once just another Midwest port has become a cesspool of violence and fear. The APP has since shifted much of its attention from Crimson to Romero, relocating operations and increasing surveillance. To them, the city represents both danger and opportunity a chance to control a crisis before it spirals into another California-level disaster. #### **Character of the City:** Romero is defined by it's contrasts, stitched together by necessity rather than design. Old neighbourhoods brush against modern fashion districts, crumbling alleys run beneath fresh corporate towers and cathedrals across from neon clubs all show how the city was built piece by piece, based on necessity. For decades Romero was unremarkable from a superpowered perspective, overshadowed by Crimson Town’s chaos. But recent attacks and incidents have drawn the world’s eyes here. With the APP shifting operations into Romero, the city now feels like it is holding its breath, caught between its quiet past and an uncertain dangerous future. Its people live in that tension ordinary on the surface, but beneath, they trade in whispered stories of strange lights, figures in alleys, and powered battles glimpsed from rooftops. #### **Notable Districts & Landmarks:** - **City Center Plaza:** Romero’s bustling heart, framed by towers, malls, and the corporate face of the city. - **Nightlife District:** The city’s pulse after dark, the streets are lined with bars and clubs that draw all kinds, from students to killers. - **Industrial District & Harbor:** Warehouses, docks, and shipping lanes power Romero’s economy while feeding its black markets. - **URC Campus & Romero High:** Education hubs where the emergence of powered students is stirring up all sorts of gossip. - **A.P.P Tower:** Recently established, this is the new headquarters of the Agency’s operations in the Midwest. - **Cultural Spots:** Cafés, malls, gyms, arcades, and food trucks form the everyday life of the city and set the stage for chance encounters. - **Historic & Spiritual Sites:** Spots like the Catholic Church and Romero Cemetery ground the city in tradition, while also serving as gathering points for strange rumours. - **Natural Edges:** Romero’s suburbs bleed into **forests, woods, beaches,** and **Lake Michigan,** offering escape from the bustling city life.