#feather and maple are like ‘wtf

[simbasomba]

BrambleShade is taking ballet classes

(Feather and tawny design by @warriorcatdumpster )

[ceasarslegion]

I got one yes so lets go

I'm ignoring all the lore about annexed Canada that would have anything to do with Toronto this is my playground

-The city's its own micronation. It's located on a pretty solid strategically advantageous battleground, and in my personal experience, there's enough angry fighty people to fend off the American invasion themselves. Basically, people's militia. After the bombs fell, this led to a lot of isolationism in people trying to defend their way of life when the world destroyed itself. Walls went up around the borders, refugees are turned away, traders can stay but you're on thin fucking ice. It grew into its own unique culture and society in the insanity of the post-war.

-The city's located on a lakefront, so there's tons of fresh water. This puts them at a fantastic bargaining position against other nations, but there's a long-winded dispute over Lake Ontario between Toronto and America. It's an uneasy stalemate, with most of the unease among Torontonians who recognize America's military strength in groups like the BoS and the Enclave.

-Caps aren't currency here. They trade in drinkable water due to the fact seen above. Lake Ontario isn't actually available to the general public. Its walled-off by another uneasy truce between Jays and Raptors who formed a sort of military themselves and don the images of vultures and bears to show their military status. They're the only ones allowed to carry guns, as a remnant of old world Canadian gun legislation being mistranslated into religious practice, in which Jays and Raptors generally abstain from using them because they believe it makes post-apocalyptic life too easy. Military members of both sects get a pass for the purposes of "protection," but it's actually to keep the walls guarded and the lake away from the public while people die of dehydration in the streets. See below for info on wtf's going on with Jays and Raptors here.

-CULTS. CULTS. CULTS. There's SO MANY cults!! Toronto's got a lot of clout in the sports world, with the Blue Jays, Raptors, and Maple Leafs all hailing from it. Add nuclear devastation, total isolationism, and a society only developing amongst itself, and the past gets quite muddled in the minds of the descendents. Religious groups form around the images of blue jays and raptors, as history gets watered down enough that they're convinced they must have been gods. Cults lead into warring factions over differing beliefs, and unofficial borders throughout different sections of the city. Jays don the image of different birds depending on their ranks in the church (im avoiding feathers to keep away from accidentally offensive imagery; imagine headwear made to look like bird skulls of different sizes/shapes in plague doctor style), and Raptors use the imagery of different local animals, like raccoons for their equivalent of clergymen and squirrels for priests. Jays often use bats to defend themselves, while Raptors like their knives because of the "killer claw" imagery.

I'll add more as i think of it but there's my shit

Who wants to hear my ideas for a Fallout: Toronto maybe