Crater Lake

<infobox> <title source="name"><default>Crater Lake</default></title>

<image source="image"><default>File:Placeholder location.png</default></image> <header>Basic Information</header> <image source="map"></image> <label>Type</label> <label>Location</label> <label>Teams</label> <label>Inhabitants</label> <header>First Appearance</header> <label>Worm Debut</label> <label>Ward Debut</label> </infobox>The Crater Lake, known simply as the Crater or the Lake, is a gigantic, flooded crater created by Leviathan in the middle of Brockton Bay during the Battle against Leviathan.

Geography/Description

The lake is located in the northwest corner of Downtown.<ref>There were already things going on around the portal, but it wasn't a city with a lot going for it, and it hadn't been even before the intense series of events had laid waste to the shoreline, set a water-filled crater in the northwest corner of the downtown area and left an entire swathe of the city so fucked up with random, horrifically dangerous effects that it had to be walled off. - Scarab 25.2</ref> Coil's underground base is located near one edge,<ref name=":0">Coil's underground base had fallen just beyond the scope of the massive lake in the middle of downtown.  Had the crater extended another forty or fifty feet, it might have done more than crack the interior walls, cost Coil months of time rather than days, hundreds of thousands rather than thousands. - Interlude 8.z</ref> while Ballistic's territory and Dolltown are located at the northern border.<ref>Downtown we've got Ballistic attacking my people in the upper downtown neighborhoods, north of this lake here. - Plague 12.2</ref><ref>When we'd reached the lake Leviathan had created downtown, we began to walk around to the north end to Dolltown. - Colony 15.5</ref> Grue's territory borders it to the west.<ref>Grue – Western end of the city, from the docks to the lake downtown. - Excerpt from Interlude 19.y</ref>

The lake is roughly circular. The center contains the hulks of fallen buildings, sticking out of the water. The lake is surrounded by flooded streets, making the edges of the lake difficult to distinguish if not for the barrier surrounding it. The barriers are striped orange with flashing lights, and are accompanied by portable chain link fences all chained together.<ref name=":1">It didn't take long to find the ‘lake' Leviathan had made in the downtown area.  Given that the streets were flooded with water anyways, the crater itself was distinguishable only by the barrier around it, and a dark shadow beneath the water where there was nothing beneath to reflect light.  Hulks of fallen buildings sat in the center of the water.  The orange light of a fire on the top floor of one of the buildings suggested that someone had swum to one of the buildings and was staying there.  Maybe one of the safer places to be.

The crater was surrounded by orange striped barriers with flashing lights and portable chain link fences that were chained together.   The fencing formed a solid barrier around the hole.  She walked with the fence to her left, which roughly halved the area she had to keep an eye on, in case of approaching trouble.  Her right index finger was just below the trigger of her arbalest, and her left hand clutched a handful of darts.

The massive sinkhole Leviathan had made was roughly circular, but it was large enough that she couldn't say for sure when she had turned and started moving more west than north. - Sentinel 9.2</ref>

Points of Interest

There were buildings in the center of the lake that emerged just over the surface of the water.<ref name=":1" /> The roof of one of these buildings was used for the Meeting at Crater Lake.<ref name=":2">Plague 12.2</ref>

History

Battle against Leviathan

After being shot through the head by Flechette, Leviathan fell over, using his right claw to hit the ground. The impact began a catastrophic cascade, crumbling the ground around Leviathan and creating a massive sinkhole into which water began to flow. The creation of the lake caught many capes within its confines, allowing Leviathan to execute them freely.<ref>Extermination 8.5</ref> Its formation also damaged an Endbringer shelter and cracked the interior walls of Coil's base.<ref name=":0" />

Post-Leviathan

Following the battle against Leviathan, the lake was cordoned off with barriers and chain link fences. There were some who took shelter within the half-submerged buildings throughout the lake.<ref name=":1" />

The Meeting at Crater Lake was held there.<ref name=":2" />

Timeskip

A more permanent border was constructed around the edges of the lake and work was done underground to prevent the water from further damaging the city's infrastructure.<ref>It wasn't visible, but I knew I could make my way to the crater and see how they'd drawn up a border around it, done construction work underground to contain the contents and keep the water from eating away at the city infrastructure. - Scarab 25.6</ref>

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