Promised Land Lakes, is set in the Poconos region of Pennsylvania and it is a wooded rural area with numerous lakes and mountains. The town itself sits between two lakes that provides the town with fresh water and fish. It still is close enough to some, other towns, larger towns, some small cities, and the larger cities of New York City and Philadelphia.

The climate in the region is temperate. The summers can be hot and humid, with exceptionally cold winters with large amounts of snowfall.

The University: It is a small university, and it has been opened to allow for refugees of the rift, and for those looking for a place to live. It provides not only a place for people to live, and to help with the daily lives of the people in small town surrounding it, but a chance to provide for the future of the children or those seeking to learn a new trade.

The people in it have taken it as part of their calling to preserve the treasures of humanity from those who would seek to profit from them. The preservation of books, music, paintings, history, and the sciences are preserved for future generations for centuries to come.

The Town Hall and Police Station: This is home to the militia, it consists of the mayor's office and local police station. This is where the protection and provision of supplies the civilians of the town. It is ran by one Captain Jack Harkness, to ensure the civilians are not treated poorly, and that the town is kept safe.

The Militia helps provide not only muscle, but they provide medical and technical staff for the clinic and university. They also help with the rest of the functions of the town besides just defending it. They're citizens first and a militia later, so jobs do overlap with one another. This is also said for the rest of the civilian population.

The Church and Orphanage: It is said that children are the future of the human race, and in this case it can't be any more true. The large church was once part of the university, but the convent and rectory have been put to better use. The church still holds a purpose to help people find their faith in these dark hours.

The Clinic: The small country clinic is now functioning without the glory and technology that it once did. The medical supplies are always at a risk of running out, and the staff does its best to keep the threat of disease from breaking out and treating injuries.

There are also two large farms that help provide fresh food when the seasons allow it for the people of the town, other homes, and a trailer park, for when the town can properly provide for them, an abandoned pub, movie theater, and a general store that will allow for people to barter for goods.

Other places exist outside of the town ranging from hotels, box-stores, factories, hospitals, warehouses, asylums, military bases, abandoned malls, and all sorts of wonderful places your imagination can come up with.

The Outside World: The world has been left with only thirty-five percent of the population in tact, and people are scattered all over the place. The cities, the ports operating only to allow people on the coasts to fish the seas to provide food and to move from place to place. Sorry, but bananas have gone extinct in Pennsylvania.

The invasion itself has also crippled the infrastructure, the power plants, water treatment facilities, gas refineries, the banks are non-existent, and of course there's no internet, mobile, radio, or phone service. The only means of electricity comes from gas ran generators, or any place with a back-up generator. This doesn't mean somethings won't work, the battery has become the greatest invention known to man.

Transportation is best kept to foot, horse, motorbikes, older boats, and older model cars that lack the complex electronic systems that today's cars have. The simpler it is, the better off you are. We won't rule out small older prop aircraft if someone can be fortunate enough to find one in good shape.

There are some members of the game that do have functioning TARDIS, so travel outside of the state and the United States along with to other places in the known universe is possible. There will be plots that will take us above and beyond, to help with the revitalization of Earth.

Food and Resources: Food will run out, so finding more by raiding other towns, scrounging for it, making trips to the cities to find what was left behind will be key. This does not limit people to just canned food if you can hunt or grow it. There might even be some domestic animals that got loose, such as cows, goats, sheep, and even pigs. It might not be wise to consider keeping one of these animals as a pet, without knowing they are going to be feeding hungry mouths.

Life can be made better, people can work to get running water restored to the town, dealing with sanitation, and eventually with some know how -- to get the power back, and the radios back up. As time does move on in the game, by NPC or even PC movement things will get better. This will be a slow process, and of course there's the chance of more invaders or people being people.


Downtime: There's downtime and room for fluff, it just won't be hanging out at cafes or plopping down to watch the latest episode of American Idol. A chance to watch a movie might be more of a luxury if there's spare gas for the generators, or batteries to operate a portable DVD player. Life has just gotten a lot more simpler, so take a chance to let your characters enjoy life without being constantly plugged in.

Things that go Bump: Earth has been visitor to both alien life and the supernatural before, and just with this major set back doesn't mean it won't happen again. There's also threats from humanity itself, with outlaws, other towns, and people trying to get the upper hand of a bad situation to gain full power for themselves. The Rift is also responsible for some events that happen, from animating the dead, to providing a gateway for creatures from other worlds to get here.

The Rift: The Rift is how your character likely got here, it is for the most part a one-way ticket. Characters can sometimes return to their home universe, or to visit other realities; most people tend find themselves stuck here.

Return to Normal: If we return to a normal world, it might be more advanced than the one that was left behind. It all depends on where people go with the environment they have to play in. The key to the setting is to allow characters to have a chance to effect the outcome of the game.

TORCHWOOD

Captain Jack Harkness's Torchwood has risen from the ashes, after the original British institution was buried. No longer does Torchwood rely on the government to provide a service for Earth. Torchwood has once again become a global organization that helps Earth combat both extra-terrestrial and terrestrial threats. Torchwood's goals are to see Earth and the human race make it to see the future, and to prevent it from going terminal before its time. They also see to helping out those who have fallen through the Rift, by either offering a position to those suited to the Torchwood life style or simply providing support. For those who are not meant for Torchwood, there are smaller fronts that people are able to operate from the coffee shops, clinics, and other small businesses located near the main HUBs.

Torchwood is built up of numerous fronts all across the globe, that help provide humanity with technological advances to something simple like a coffee shop franchise. The Torchwood HUBs are global with many mini-Torchwoods scattered across each of the seven continents and in numerous countries. Their main headquarters is now located in Los Angeles, the other main HUBs located in New York City, London, Cardiff, and Glasgow. The HUBs are connected together by teleport that allows people to travel between the various HUBs.

Joining Torchwood

Fractured Rifts does not have an activity checks, but we would like for those who join with Torchwood to be reasonably active. Members need to be at least eighteen, and have skills (medics, engineers, special abilities, leadership skills.. etc.) that would make them suitable for the organization. Remember, not everyone in Fractured needs to be a member to be involved with plots. Torchwood also will accept help freelance workers from individuals that do not fit in a team like setting.

There's no application to join, if your muse fits please post below, and remember sometimes Torchwood comes looking for you.

HUB Leaders:

The HUB leaders not only have an IC function, but they also function as a mini-moderator. While anyone can run a plot in fractured, they are those that have the ability to drive a plot, help both IC/OOC with players inside of the comm if they're Torchwood or not, and help make decisions for the direction the game is going to take.

They can also remove/add people to their HUB. And, with full backing from each HUB leader removal from Torchwood (or the verse/comm) itself.

Torchwood: Los Angeles (Main)

The Los Angeles HUB is located in the Malibu Hills section of the city. It sits on 125,000 acres of land that leads out to a private beach. The homes of many of the staff are in this area, from those that work in the other branches, to even a few notable locals.

The HUB itself is a large mansion home that functions as the main work area, a medical suite in the guest house that's fit with the latest in medical equipment (some of it is beyond modern), and various labs that aren't connected to the main house.

Leader: Captain Jack Harkness: cjharknesstw

Field Agents

Ianto Jones ithinkitscatchy : Chief Field Agent
Gwen Cooper redtrainers : Field Agent
Gwen Cooper pcgcooper : Field Agent
Rose Tyler earth_defender : Field Agent
Jack Harkness notfactual : Field Agent

Administrative and Support

Virginia Potts suitedpepper : Administrative Chief
Liz Harper open_flame : Administrative
Ianto Jones mrcoffeejones : Administrative
Ianto Jones eye_candy_ianto : Administrative
Gray Harkness notsobrokenyet : Support Staff


Medical and Technical Staff:

Owen Harper wanker4life : Medical Chief
Alisa Rodriguez enigmassweet : Medical Staff
Patrick Logan terrorxtrahot : Technical Chief
Andrew & Maret bluesuit_handy : Technical Staff


Torchwood: New York (Stark Towers)

The new New York HUB is currently located in Stark Towers that sits in downtown Manhattan. Besides the work area, there are high rise penthouse apartments for the staff that works there. This is not limited to the large fish tank that provides
Abe a home, and Red's own private living space complete with a cat sanctuary.


Leader: Captain Jack Harkness: captainspain


Field Agents:

Steve Rogers feels_taller : Field Agent
Hellboy righthanddoom : Field Agent
Rose Tyler doctors_plus_1 : Field Agent

Administrative and Support:

Amy Pond pantlesspond : Administrative Staff

Medical and Technical Staff

Jennifer Keller suffers_vertigo : Medical Staff
Tony Stark heavyironmetal : Technical Staff
Bruce Banner biggreengenius : Technical Staff


Torchwood: London (Torchwood Towers)

Like the phoenix the Torchwood Towers of Canary Wharf have been reactivated. This goes for the rest of the majority of Torchwood's former holdings in the United Kingdom, from storage facilities, research facilities, and other locations that help the ravaged that have been taken by the Rift only to be returned. The London branch is considered to be the headquarters of the Torchwood facilities in the United Kingdom.

Leader: The Doctor thelostdoctor

Field Agents:

Jacklyn Harkness shessayinghello : Field Agent
The Captain captain_flyboy: Field Agent
Jack Harkness theflyboy: Field Agent

Administrative and Support Staff

Iorwen Jones 1000yearstime : Administrative Staff
Hermione Granger books_clevernes : Administrative Staff


Medical and Technical Staff

Rory Williams rory_the_roman : Medical Staff
Mere Harkness mere_harkness : Medical Staff
Tony Stark notonmyspace : Technical Staff
Toshiko Sato geektosh : Technical Staff

Torchwood: Cardiff (TW3 HUB)

Recently rebuilt after it was buried during the events of the 456 (resembles the S2 HUB). The old Cardiff HUB sits under The Roald Dalh Plass and Millenium Center. Its got a relatively small staff for how large the Archive space is. Its unknown how big it exactly is, even Captain Jack Harkness doesn't know for sure. There maybe many mysteries that have been locked away from the previous owners for over a century.

Torchwood Cardiff is also responsible for tending to the Cardiff Rift, that has since reopened. The staff there takes care of the population of Weevils that lives under the sewers, debris from other universes, and anything else that has been washed up by the Rift.


Leader: River Song riversings

Field Agents

Gwen Cooper so_welsh : Field Agent
Rex Matheson paidforabridge : Field Agent
Lyssa James-Harper nothing_of_note : Field Agent

Administrative and Support

Esther Drummund its_allmyfault : Administrative Staff

Medical and Technical Staff

Owen Harper genius_mind : Medical Staff
James Smith teninajar : Technical Staff
Toni Stark iron_bab_toni : Technical Staff

Torchwood: Glasgow (TW2 HUB)

The New Glasgow HUB sits in one of the original Torchwood holdings inside of Cawdor Castle. This HUB is unique in that it relies on magic instead of science based technology. It also houses many staff members who are gifted in the dark arts.


Leader: Harry Dresden zaa_lord


John Marcone gentlemanjohnny
Alex Drake bollydrake
Molly one_woman_rave
Thor Odinson fellforthat
Sigrun valkyriesigrun

After Jack's Doctor told Theta, he couldn't kill anymore Jack Harkness, he was shot and fed into a woodchipper. Eventually Jack did come back only to kill Theta with a pipe to get his clothes back.