Boardwalk

<infobox> <title source="name"><default>Boardwalk</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 Boardwalk was a location in Brockton Bay, running north-to-south along the beach, east of the Docks.

Description

The Boardwalk was "where the tourists came". It was one of the nicest parts of town, and Taylor's parents always told her to "stick to the Boardwalk". There were shops that sold dresses for over a thousand dollars, cafes with ludicrously expensive coffees and stretches of wooden walkways and beaches where tourists could get a great view of the ocean. From pretty much any point on the Docks, you could see one of Brockton Bay’s landmarks, the Protectorate ENE Headquarters.

Although it was near some rough neighborhoods, it had private security that took a draconian approach to enforcement, leading to an absence of crime but making it a hostile environment for anybody who didn't look sufficiently high-class to be a legitimate visitor or shopper there.

Residents

• The Warlord Skitter

Points of Interest

• Time Bubble holding Dauntless, Alabaster, and Jotun.

History

Post-Leviathan

It was completely destroyed when Leviathan made landfall in the Docks,<ref name="8.4">I felt the bite of cold air. A chill breeze, going straight through the soaked fabric of my costume. When I looked down to where the long road sloped to the edge of the water, I saw the reason for the chill. Eidolon was flying at the coast, focusing blue rays on the water around the shattered boardwalk and debris at the water’s edge, hardening the waves into irregular sheets and glacier-like formations of ice. - Excerpt from Extermination 8.4</ref> leaving it unusable. Efforts to rebuild the Boardwalk began almost immediately, though efforts were impeded by the presence of the Merchants.<ref name="11.1">A scene up ahead caught my attention. Two pieces of machinery lay in a heap just below the lip of the boardwalk above. A bulldozer and an eighteen wheeler with a crane-mounted claw attached had both been driven or pushed over the edge of the boardwalk and onto the beach. The cab of the truck with the claw had been partially crushed by the bulldozer. Though it was barely past six in the morning, a group of laborers were already there, some on the ledge above, others down on the beach, all gathered around the trucks.

Spray paint had been used to draw the same crude symbol on both the side of the eighteen wheeler and the concrete wall separating the beach from the Boardwalk above. A capital ‘M’, with two taller lines drawn vertically through it much the same as you’d do with a dollar sign. The Merchants. - Excerpt from Infestation 11.1</ref>. Coil was involved in the reconstruction efforts as well, anticipating that the new real estate would be particularly lucrative.<ref name="11.1a">Coil owned at least one of the companies that was managing the restoration and reconstruction efforts, and over the past two and a half weeks, as his crews had started clearing and rebuilding on the Boardwalk, he’d had them set up some buildings, all squashed together. When the Boardwalk was fixed up, these same buildings would be at the westmost edge of the same block that had the stores, restaurants and coffee shops. If the Boardwalk ever got going again, they would be prime real estate. - Excerpt from Infestation 11.1</ref> The Boardwalk and its surrounding area was controlled by Skitter, and was considered by civilians to be a low-risk safe zone where one could receive free supplies.<ref name="11.4">The Boardwalk and surrounding area? Green marker, ‘Skitter: Low threat, free supplies?’ - Excerpt from Infestation 11.4</ref>

Post-Slaughterhouse Nine

Reconstruction was set back by Burnscar, who burned down the majority of Skitter's territory during her attack.<ref>Snare 13.4</ref>

Post-Echidna

Reconstruction continued with new streets, sidewalks, and buildings. Was held together by a sense of community.<ref>All around us, the Boardwalk and what had been the shadier parts of the Docks were coming together. New streets, new sidewalks, new buildings. There were more people out and about than there had been just ten or fifteen minutes ago, and everyone present was getting ready to work or even starting early. Building something as a community. - Excerpt from Chrysalis 20.1</ref>

Post-Timeskip

Taken over by Tattletale, Grue, and Parian after Skitter's Surrender.<ref>“Okay, let’s get down to business,” Tattletale said. “Forrest, Charlotte, we’re backing you up, on Taylor’s behalf. As of now, the Boardwalk doesn’t fall in just one person’s territory. Parian, Grue and I will each have a hand in protecting it. As of tonight, it should be the safest place in the city. That’s all already handled. You’ll have our numbers, in case of emergency, but you should only use it if there’s real trouble. Supervillains attacking or something like that. This all goes more smoothly if we don’t maintain any obvious connection between our groups that can be exploited.” - Excerpt from Interlude 22.x</ref> Prospered with the economic boom caused by the opening of the interdimensional gateway in the city.^{[citation needed]}

Gold Morning

Annihilated when Scion shattered Brockton Bay.<ref>Scion shattered the shelf of land that New Brockton Bay stood on, and I watched in horror as the cracks moved radiated towards the cabin. - Excerpt from Speck 30.5</ref>

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