Location from Worm by Wildbow
A quarantined town in upstate New York overrun by Nilbog's biological creations. Walled off by the military. A no-go zone where an entire community was consumed by one parahuman's madness.
Ellisburg is the worst-case scenario for parahuman threat response, and the PRT knows it. Nilbog — a Master/Striker who creates living creatures from biological material — took over the town and killed or transformed its entire population. The military response failed catastrophically; Director Piggot was one of the few survivors and carries the trauma as the foundation of her distrust of parahumans. The government's solution was containment — wall it off, post guards, and pretend the problem is solved. Inside, Nilbog has built his own grotesque kingdom, ruling over hundreds of biological creations that worship him as their god and creator. The standing order is that if Nilbog ever breaches containment, the area is to be carpet-bombed. Nobody talks about the people who were living there when it happened.
From the outside, a high concrete wall topped with razor wire surrounds what was once a small town. Guard towers dot the perimeter. Inside — visible only from aerial surveillance — the town has been transformed into a nightmarish ecosystem. Buildings are covered in organic growth. Nilbog's creatures roam streets that no longer resemble anything human-built. Bioluminescent growths cast eerie light at night.
Also known as: Nilbog's kingdom, the Ellisburg quarantine zone