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The Bronx (3 sub-boards) The Bronx is the northernmost of the Five Boroughs of New York City. It is located northeast of Manhattan and south of Westchester County. The Bronx is the only borough situated primarily on the North American mainland while the other four are on islands.
Brooklyn (2 sub-boards) Brooklyn is located southwest of Queens on the western tip of Long Island. Brooklyn is New York City's most populous borough, with 2.5 million residents, and second largest in area. Though a part of New York City, Brooklyn maintains a distinct culture, independent art scene, and unique architectural heritage. Many Brooklyn neighborhoods are ethnic enclaves where particular ethnic groups and cultures predominate.
Manhattan (6 sub-boards) Manhattan is located primarily on Manhattan Island at the mouth of the Hudson River. Manhattan is a major commercial, financial, and cultural center of both the United States and the world. Most major radio, television, and telecommunications companies in the United States are based here, as well as many news, magazine, book, and other media publishers. Manhattan has many famous landmarks, tourist attractions, museums, and universities. It is also home to the headquarters of the United Nations. Manhattan has the largest central business district in the United States, is the site of both the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ, and is the home to the largest number of corporate headquarters in the nation.
Queens (1 sub-board) Queens is the largest in area, the second-largest in population, and the easternmost of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York. The borough is often considered one of the more suburban boroughs of New York City. In its northwestern section Queens is home to many urban neighborhoods and several central business districts. Long Island City, on the Queens' waterfront across from Manhattan, is the site of the Citicorp Building, the tallest skyscraper in New York City outside of Manhattan, and the tallest building on Long Island.
Staten Island Situated almost entirely on the island of the same name in the extreme southwest part of the city Staten Island is separated from New Jersey by the Arthur Kill and the Kill Van Kull, and from the rest of New York by New York Bay. With a population of 487,407, Staten Island is the least populated of the five boroughs. Staten Island is overall the most suburban of the five boroughs of New York City. The North Shore, especially the neighborhoods of St. George, Tompkinsville, Park Hill, and Stapleton, is the most urban part of the island.
The Statue of Liberty (1 sub-board) A monument that was presented by the people of France to the United States of America in 1886 to celebrate its centennial. Standing on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, it welcomes visitors, immigrants, and returning Americans traveling by ship. The statue is of a robed woman holding a torch, and is made of a sheeting of pure copper, hung on a framework of steel with the exception of the flame of the torch, which is coated in gold leaf. It stands atop a rectangular stonework pedestal with a foundation in the shape of an irregular eleven-pointed star.
The Xavier Institute for Higher Learning and The Gifted (14 sub-boards) Located at 1407 Graymalkin Lane in Salem Center, New York, the Xavier Mansion has been home to the X-Men since their inception, and has always been a school and safe haven for any mutants in need. Although the outside looks modern, the inside has retained its 1700's style decor with oak-paneled walls and wooden floors. The mansion still houses its state of the art facilities for the education, training and protection of mutants.
Stark Tower (7 sub-boards) The complex is named after its owner Tony Stark who is the alter ego of the superhero Iron Man. The structure is composed of a 93-story Main Tower flanked by a 35-story South Building and 55-story North Building. Located at the top of the Main Tower is the Watchtower of the superhero The Sentry which has remained since his death. Complex was built as a world-class financial and business facility to complement Midtown Manhattan's business district. The building was completed as a gleaming beacon of modern architecture after four years of excavation and construction. It is located in the vicinity of Manhattan's Columbus Circle.
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Oscorp Industries International Headquarters (4 sub-boards) A mega building which houses the numerous business offices of Oscorp Industries. The Company run by Norman Osborn is primarily a Chemical, Technology and Weapons manufacturer. The interior of Oscorp is a legitimate business catering to many branches of the world’s technological and chemical needs as well as the weapons trade with UN Governments. Behind closed doors there are many other things going on...
SHIELD Helicarrier The Helicarrier is a flying aircraft carrier that acts as a mobile HQ for SHIELD. It is powered by a fusion core, and partially supported by "repeller rays". This flying aircraft carrier specifically designed to be itself capable of independent powered flight in addition to the conventional functions of aircraft carriers was originally designed by a co-operative effort of Tony Stark, the mutant inventor Forge and Reed Richards.
Avengers Mansion (7 sub-boards) The mansion was originally the Stark family manor, until their only son, Tony Stark, inherited their fortune and soon took on the guise of Iron Man. He donated the mansion to the Avengers and had it financed through the charitable Maria Stark Foundation. It is primarily looked after by the Stark family butler, Edwin Jarvis, who not only takes care of the mansion but also caters to the needs of the Avengers team. It serves as a place to plan and strategize and a home for Avengers members when they need it. Since its destruction at the hands of the Scarlet Witch and after being abandoned in its derelict state, left as a memorial to the Avengers who had died and Stark, using his considerable political and social influence, having the grounds declared a landmark by the city of New York it has been It has been rebuilt to house The Avengers once more.
Sanctum Sanctorum Doctor Stephen Strange's mansion is located in Greenwich Village. The address is 177A Bleecker Street, New York City, NY 10012-1406. His Sanctum Sanctorum is located within the mansion. There is a large window in the pattern of the anomaly rue (a strange magic algorithm). Guests are greeted by Wong. Unwanted guests are usually stopped by protective spells. Currently, an illusion disguises it as condemned and to be replaced by a Starbucks.
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Baxter Building A 35-story building located at 42nd Street and Madison Avenue in Manhattan, just a few blocks from the United Nations building and, later, the public headquarters of SHIELD. While the popular belief is that the Baxter Building was built and entirely occupied by the Fantastic Four, in fact they were originally only tenants who rented the top five floors. Reed eventually exercised a lease option and bought the entire building outright. The top five floors belonging to the Fantastic Four the rest of the building is rented out to the team for people to use as office space or apartments.
Asgard Drawn directly from Norse mythology, Asgard is the home of a full pantheon, including its ruler Thor. A planetoid of sorts whose nature and physics are different from those of planetary bodies in the Earthly dimension. Asgard is not a sphere like the Earth or Moon, but a relatively flat landmass suspended in mid air over a piece of land west of Oklahoma City. There is no evidence of changing seasons; however portions of Asgard are in perpetual winter while others are in perpetual summer.
Latveria Latveria is located between the nations of Hungary, Serbia, and Romania. Its current reigning monarch, Victor von Doom, has kept the nation protected from international affairs and economic downturns. Doom's personal patents in the field of high technology and specially robotics are the main export of the country through his international company Doom Enterprises. The population consists of mixed European stock and gypsies, in whose welfare von Doom takes a particular interest.
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Genosha Genosha is a small island located south east of Madagascar on the eastern coast of Africa. This island nation, once ruled by humans who used mutants as slaves, was liberated by the combined efforts of Magneto and his Brotherhood along with the X-Men. Eventually the island was seceded to Magneto, who ruled it as a free nation for Mutants where they could live in peace and safety. Most recently the island was devastated by a nuclear attack by the mutant Apocalypse, killing nearly all 16 million mutant citizens.
Transia Transia is a European country located between Transylvania, Romania and Serbia. More than 90% of its people live in one large town, East Transia, and a number of smaller villages located at the base of Mount Wundagore. Transia (and/or Mt. Wundagore) is the birthplace of Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch, and of Jessica Drew. It is the base of operations for the High Evolutionary, and the source of the "radioactive clay" used by the Puppet Master.
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Wakanda Wakanda is an African nation. It is the birthplace of Black Panther (T'Challa) and other Wakandans. This small African country has the largest deposit of Wakandan Vibranium in the world. Knowing that others would attempt to manipulate and dominate Wakanda for this rare and valuable resource, the king concealed his country from the outside world. He would sell off minute amounts of the valuable vibranium while surreptitiously sending the country's best scholars to study abroad, consequently turning Wakanda into one of the world's most technologically advanced nations.
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The Savage Land The Savage Land is a tropical region surrounded by volcanoes deep in Antarctica, created over 200 million years ago by the alien Nuwali. The Nuwali stocked the Land with life of the era, most notably dinosaurs, prehistoric mammals and early hominids, or "Man-Apes." When Earth's continents shifted circa 50 million BC, the Nuwali augmented the Land's volcanoes to preserve its tropical status. Circa 18,500 BC, it was colonized by humans of Atlantis, who exported prehistoric life throughout their empire while importing unicorns and other mystic creatures. In recent times it has been a secret base of operations for such indeviduals as Magneto, Apocalypse, Brainchild and Mr. Sinister. It is the current home of the Savage Land Mutates, the wild man Ka-Zar, his consort Shanna and Zabu the saber tooth tiger, Sauron, the Man-Apes and many more. Notable locations are Eternity Mountains, Gorahn Sea, Lost Lake, Mount Flavius, Mystic Mists, Naghen Island, Stock Lands.
Extra-Terrestrial Locations (6 sub-boards) Space, Within the Milky Way Galaxy and Beyond. If you are not anywhere on earth you are here be it a ship, another planet or just drifting in the infinite void.
Extra-Dimensional Locations Worlds that are part of our Universe and yet separate as well such as The Negative Zone, Hell Dimensions, and Mojoverse etc. Self-contained separate reality's coexisting with one's own. Realms where the very laws of nature are different, where up can be down and down can be up and where walking in hell itself can be as real as walking down the street.
The Multiverse The Multiverse is the collection of alternate universes, with a similar nature and a universal hierarchy. The Marvel multiverse contains Earth-616, Age of Apocalypse, as well as the vast number of the alternate Earths seen in the Marvel Universe. Whatever could happen has happened or will happen, can be explored.