"There was no long-term, and trying to cling to one would only spoil it all."
This article contains spoilers regarding the ending of Worm and plot of the sequel.
Earth Gimel is the main setting of Ward. It is an earth that diverged from other human occupied earths roughly 5,000 years ago.[1]
Geography/Description[]
The colony on Gimel and associated territories had an estimated population of fifty million, although most of this was located in the City[2], since people were reluctant to leave relative safety and support of portals. Some considered it to extend into over 15 Earths.[3]
There were only three universities, which made it very difficult to continue an education.[4]
Refugees used at least two currencies – New Dollars and Trading Dollars. The first one was devaluing before story start,[5] and the second one was supported by outside's machinations.[6] Trading Dollars have become the common currency.[7]
Notable Residents[]
Points of Interest[]
- Gimel.US
- The City
- Nilles University[4]
- Hollow Point
- New Brockton
- New York Central
- Three Guild facilities[8]
- The City
- Europe
- Unspecified settlement
- Parahuman Asylum (Sussex)
- Japan
- Unspecified settlement
History[]
Background[]
Had a few prehistoric humans running around but they died out.
Post-Echidna[]
A portal to Gimel from Bet was opened in Brockton Bay by the combined forces of Labyrinth and Scrub.[9]
Early colonization followed on from team confirming that the world was safe. Population from Brockton Bay and other areas came to Gimel and forming New Brockton.
Bitch and her crew join the frontier population.[10]
Gold Morning[]
Became a home for refugees during the events of Gold Morning.
Post-Gold Morning[]
At some point a portal from New York Bet is created and used to evacuate population of US east coast alongside with Brockton Bay portal.
Resulting sprawl of refugee tent settlements, New Brockton and New York central form The City.
At least two other parallel earths (both with prominent world governments), provided invaluable assistance. Cheit gave out the majority of support, with around the third of resources coming from Shin, the tenth was sourced from corner worlds, and the remainder was scavenged from Gimel and Bet themselves.[11]
In 2015 The Grower's Court refuses to tithe a portion of their harvest back to the government despite taking full advantage of various forms of support the government provided.[12]
Two years past GM, Gimel.US continues to experiencing active inflow of refugees from Earth Bet.[13] It will likely have to bring in even more. Gary Nieves estimated that at least 26 million people still remained on Bet.[14] The region also still heavily relies on foreign aid, so much that it invites struggles with political independence and economical autonomy.[11]
Early-Ward[]
Sometime after Gold Morning, the City was established properly and formed into a megalopolis.
Settled into something of a routine.
Was shaken up by the aftermath of the Mathers Compound Assault.[15]
Post-Fallen fall[]
Already heavily disrupted refugee intake being targeted by unidentified paramilitary.[14]
Low intensity conflict with Earth Cheit starts.
Post-Goddess' Takeover[]
The Grower's Court faced a crackdown based on their previous behavior.[12]
Post-Attack on Teacher[]
After The Wardens captured Teacher's tech and data The City was slated to mass evacuation due to inevitable dimensional collapse of the region. This only fueled public unrest.[16]
The Ice Breaks[]
Titans-induced desolation of The City spreads across the Atlantic ocean.[17]
Ward Epilogue[]
Civilian population retreats to the corner worlds. Gimel and The City are left for parahumans and their relatives.
The ruins of the City are being reclaimed and repopulated.
References[]
- ↑ The deviation point seems to be nearly five thousand years ago. Several teams are working on analyzing the sites where humans settled, looking for the cause of extinction. - Excerpt from Imago 21.5
- ↑ Gimel has five major points of settlement, with civilization finding its foothold around these points. The City, as of yet unnamed, is the primary US point of settlement and one of the primary waypoints. The City is a megalopolis with a commonly cited population of fifty million. -Glow-worm P.6
- ↑ Point_Me_@_The_Sky: Our little parcel of humanity is sprawled haphazardly across 15+ alt earths. Has to be a place for us somewhere right? -
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Glow-worm P.6
- ↑ “Then it translates to four hundred new dollars,” Jonathan said. “It’s dying currency, be careful. The value drops every day.” - Excerpt from Interlude 5y II
- ↑ Money- they handled money and they had money. Kurt had arranged the trading dollar and he’d made it work. A city couldn’t run on barter, and a megalopolis was far more involved than a city. - Excerpt from Interlude 5x II
- ↑ “I have no idea,” Crystal said. “I don’t think many people do. There are two major groups heading the reconstruction that might have an idea but they haven’t shared. One of those groups was the one who put out the trading dollar a few months after Gold Morning, now our de-facto regular dollar. Same group that’s now looking at moving up into the greater political arena.”
“And those two groups are the ones butting heads?” I asked.
“No, the two construction groups are banding together, kind of. The workers who have been doing the actual construction work seem to think they were promised a significant discount and first opportunity to buy the houses they’ve been building. They’ve been living in a tent village, working long weeks, miserable conditions.”
“And if they think they have dibs on the houses, the work must have been a labor of love. They’ll have a strong community too. If they didn’t kill each other working that hard in conditions that bad, they must be close.” - Excerpt from Flare 2.3 - ↑ The Guild is presently established in three facilities outside of the city in Gimel.US - Glow-worm P.6
- ↑ Scourge 19.7
- ↑ (She said to write what she said. All of it.)
(She hasn’t said anything for a long while. She growled at me when I started to walk away tho. Oh here.)
I did what you said. Is quiet. Have tents and dogs and am hunting with dogs. Hunting fucked up bull things.
(Bison)
Very quiet with no people. Learning to cut them up. (The bison not people).
People are cutting down trees to clear space around portal, but easy to stay away from them. Simple way to live. Nice but miss toilets.
(We all miss toilets)
Tattletale visits, brings dog food and tools, tents.
Is what I wanted for long time. Except others, my people, but they are okay and I can take a break and ride for while if they get on my case.
Being around you wasn’t simple or quiet but things made more sense. Your minion with dark hair said we need to be around people but I’m around people and still feel somethings missing.
Fucked up. Makes me angry. Tattletale tried explaining but whatever.
Going to take puppies to your place again soon. Show the kids to them. Might help.
You have plan, okay. But if your plan means you’re thinking about fighting us you should know I am getting very good at hunting and skinning things.
Sucks somehow but can’t really understand why. Maybe see you at next Endbringer fight. We both stay alive. Try hard.
That’s all.
(Signing off – Rachel and Rachel’s excellent minion/henchperson/letter writer) - Excerpt from Drone 23.3 - ↑ 11.0 11.1 “Materials from Shin have been about thirty percent of what Gimel received to date. Cheit’s fifty, if I remember right. Ten percent from Nun and other associated corner worlds. Something like six percent from Gimel itself, three percent from Bet, reclaim and scavenging. You guys wanted to put as much as you could into rebuilding. Shelters and businesses first, Gimel having its own supply and manufacturing chains came second. The numbers for supplied food versus what Gimel produces on its own are different, but I think last winter they were sort of close to what I just said.” - Excerpt from Breaking 14.9
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 “Another win,” Tristan’s voice pulled me away from my musings.
“Parahuman or civilian?” I asked, walking back to the pair.
“Non-powered. The Grower’s Court?” Tristan asked.
“Sounds vaguely familiar.”
“Farming collective kind of like what the Fallen had,” Rain said. “They decided they wanted to keep everything they grew, they didn’t want to pay taxes or give a share to the city, didn’t want anything from the city-”
“-Ignoring that the city gave them the seeds, machinery, and tools, built the roads, and provided material for the homes.” Tristan said.
“Sure,” Rain said. “Yeah, I guess so, didn’t hear that end of it, but it’d have to be the case, right?”
“It was,” Tristan said.
“Them deciding to hoard was a thing last spring, after the long winter. They holed up, everyone with a rifle, and city eventually said it wasn’t worth it. Then this summer, in the middle of a lot of the craziness, they blocked off a section of road, raided a truck, and took the stuff back to the Grower’s Court.”
“And?” I asked.
“And a month and a half later, the Shepherds got enough people behind them to deal with it,” Rain said.
“They’re civilians, but that’s a win that might go in the papers,” Tristan said. = Excerpt from Polarize 10.4 - ↑ Flare 2.1
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Interlude 7.y II
- ↑ Torch 7.1
- ↑ From Within 16.1
- ↑ The European settlement had seen the first cracks cross their territory, extending across the ocean to where they were. - Excerpt from Last 20.a
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| Earths | Earth Bet • Earth Cheit • Earth Gimel • Earth Nun • Earth Shin |
|---|---|
| Continents | Africa • Antarctica • Asia • Europe • North America • Oceania • South America • Gimel.US |
| Countries | Australia • Canada • Chinese Union-Imperial • India • Indonesia • Ireland • Japan • Russia • Switzerland • United Kingdom • United States of America |
| Cities | Anchorage • Atlanta • Austin • Baltimore • Boston • Brockton Bay • Cedar Point • Chicago • The City • Detroit • Ellisburg • Flint • Houston • Las Vegas • Los Angeles • Madison • Minneapolis • New York • Philadelphia • Phoenix • Raleigh • San Diego • San Francisco • San Jose • Seattle • Vancouver • Washington |
| Schools | Arcadia High • Clarendon High • Immaculata High • Winslow High |
| Other | Ruby Dreams • The Firmament • Quarantine Sites • The Well |