THE GANGS

The ruined towers of New York City have become micro-sized nation states. Each is inhabited by a gang with a distinctive logo, style of dress, and social structure. Gangs are brutal autocracies, ruled by an all-powerful Lord.

The towers are grouped into two Clusters: Midtown and Downtown. The Midtown Cluster is dominated by two gangs: the Black Cats and the True Bloods, while the Downtown Cluster is dominated by the Disciples and the Riffs.

Not everyone lives inside the structure of the gang hierarchies. There are "trash men" such as Zero who undertake commissions from the Tower Lords on a for-hire basis. Usually these missions consist of hunting down renegade gang members.

Although gang society is savage and essentially criminal, it also has all the richness and complexity of a medieval, feudal culture. Here's a list of some of the more powerful gangs:

Name	Building	Logo
The Hoods	New York Life Building	"Hoods" in script writing
The Disciples	North Tower, WTC	Two brutal slashes forming an "X"
The Kings	South Tower, WTC	"73", or a crowned skull
The Ghost Killers	20 Exchange Place	A ghost face with a knife through its left eye
The Cryin' Devils	American International Building	A baby with horns, a tail and a pitchfork, sitting up and crying
The True Bloods	Empire State	A flaming heart (stylized anatomical heart, not the card symbol)
New York One	1 Penn Plaza	A hand making a "number one" symbol
The All-Stars	40 Wall Street	"ALL STARS" in script text superimposed on a five-pointed star
The Rumblers	Ruins of the Triboro Bridge	"RUMBLERS" in jumpy block text
The Black Cats	Chrysler Building	A scowling black cat's face, fangs bared
The Nightstalkers	Woolworth Building	A crescent moon with a nasty smiling face
The Jokers	Pan Am Building	A joker's face
The Savage Skulls	GE Building	A skull with glowing eyes
The Kings	One Liberty Plaza	A five-pointed crown
The Rogues	Met Life Tower	A dagger piercing a stylized heart

The Jokers logo

The Black Cats logo