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Huntsborough, A Ceremonial Town in the Foothills (Final Version Out)
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Huntsborough is an old town located along the eastern coast of Ireland, “somewhere in Leinster" most people would say. The history of the town is rather strange, for it was built from the outside inward. Crumbling castles and the town’s oldest church sit on the outskirts of town while four neoclassical buildings are located in the center.
At the base of oddly-shaped hills in the Province of Leinster, “Huntsborough” was taken from the Normans under the lordship of Sir William Huntington (who was neither a lord nor a knight). Huntington’s settlement lasted for about a year before invaders set it on fire and bludgeoned Huntington’s priest, Doran Balor, to death. Immediately after Balor’s death, William Huntington wanted to rebuild what the Normans destroyed. He failed abysmally, and it was not until the 19th Century that Huntsborough was resurrected as a legitimate town (with roads, functional houses, and a mayor who was not a homicidally-insane xenophobe like Huntington). The new town was influenced by Ebenezer Howard’s “Garden City,” turning out to be a rather peaceful place to live. Yet, the utopia would eventually fall back into dark chaos, when a cult would emerge with the rebirth of Huntington’s priest. The new cult’s practices are considered atrocious by both those godly and secular.
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Dermody Manor An old mansion with French architectural influence.
Huntington Hold A rather gaudy rendition of a Norman Castle. Originally the hold of Sir William Huntington, whom Huntsborough is named after despite his treachery.
Leading Roles:
Rev. Doran Balor
Reverend Doran Balor traveled with Sir William Huntington to claim a seemingly unsettled area for England and concurrently establish a Roman Catholic Church in a prominent geographic area. Literature portrays Doran as a patient and kindly man in contrast to the pompous and violent Huntington. Unfortunately, Doran's term came to an end after his church was ransacked by a group of Norman invaders who collectively beat him to a pulp. Today the church sits on a hill, abandoned and overgrown with weeds, but there are tales of people entering the church, only to be accused of theft before being eviscerated by the ghost of Balor. The only people who may enter the church are the loyal servants of Balor who wish to sacrifice their children unto him.
Alistair Connelly
While many of Huntsborough believe in what Balor originally preached, others worship Balor himself, or what he has become. Alistair Connelly is recognized as the prophet of Balor. The Church of Balor is typically viewed by common folk as nothing more than a cult full of crackpots. Alistair himself radiates kindness; however, his religion is highly controversial. Apparently people are uncomfortable with sacrificing their first born child to the vampire lord for the greater good. Most members of this church are Alistair's deranged children and people with little recollection of their own nightlife.
Gareth McGuinness
A humble widower living with his five children, Gareth is the owner of the McGuinness Family Tavern… which has been closed for about 120 years now. With the bad luck of the McGuinness family in his veins, Gareth has been struggling to reopen the tavern. Unfortunately, he requires this thing called "money" in order to run it, which his older brother, Kenneth, has no interest in lending him.
Kenny McGee (Kenneth McGuinness)
Unlike his younger brother who is obsessed with trying to bring life back into the McGuinness family name, Kenny wanted to distance himself from his family’s failure, much to the point of shortening his own last name to "McGee." While he has seen success in journalism, Kenny is seen as nothing more than a selfish and arrogant man to almost all of his relatives. Is he really a bad person, or are his less successful family members just jealous of him?
Jakob and Elizabeth Quailhogs
Speaking of arrogance, some more members of the Quailhogs family show up in Huntsborough. Jakob IV and Elizabeth recently purchased a large estate in the hills of Huntsborough, probably their sixth house by now. While following in the footsteps of his ancestors as a ruthless businessman, Jakob has quite an inferiority complex. He tends to bully anyone who comes across the slightest bit arrogant to him. Elizabeth is usually reticent, except when her husband is acting out against the "unrefined peasants" of the foothills. (Replicated from a family that I made in The Sims 1)
Chevonne Clancy
Chevonne is the current mayor of Huntsborough. She is both lazy and unfriendly; however, Chevonne manages to put on a pleasant façade when engaging in her politics. The lovely mayor is convinced that Huntsborough is perfect just the way it is, thus she isn’t really hurting the city by investing a little sum of taxpayer money on herself.
Balor's Children: Ríona, Feldelma, Garth, Barry, Elaine, and Quinn
While sacrificing a child to Balor often means that child will never be seen by his or her parents again, it does not necessarily mean that the child will perish entirely. Instead, the child is robbed of all memories related to family and friends prior to the sacrifice. Even if Balor’s spirit does not exist to feast upon one’s offspring, it’s still a really bad idea to leave a child in an abandoned church where there could be squatters and vandals lurking around. Either way, there are a lot of unfit parents in Huntsborough.
The Gainsboro Banshee
Not much is known about her. This banshee doesn't quite scream, but she makes others scream when they see her staring back at them through the window at the dead of night. As with Balor, there is a similar rumor about the Gainsboro Banshee disemboweling people. However, her only victims are the parents who sacrifice their children to Balor. Some may call it "justice," but the banshee's actions appear to be driven by nothing other than malice towards irresponsible people.
Downtown
The Northern Hills
Huntington Manor
Port Gainsboro
The Western Hills
Greene Island
Worlds by Quailhogs:
Tribus (WIP)
Wraith
Huntsborough
Vargfjell
The Stoneshields and Fortress Rock
Grey Meadow
A Tale of Five Dystopias
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And i love the back story behind the abandoned house lol
I love your "gloomy" worlds, Quailhogs, but this is a wonderful change. I think it proves just how versatile you are
Hmmm...the censor got my bad guys association, only I used an abbreviation.
Sam_Is_Great: Unless Vargfjell did not correctly transfer to my external hard drive along with my other crap, I am certainly going to continue that world. It would be foolish for me to simply trash something that I put so much effort into already. This is the world I had in mind for the base game only. Right now, I am using my laptop, which sucks, so I cannot work on anything as heavy as Vargfjell with it.
Would you mind terribly if I borrowed that road layout for a future project? It's a science fiction-y idea so the builds would be nothing like yours - but I like the crop circle feeling you have going
God Bless,
mik
The restored counterpart to the criminal hideout. This one your sims may actually live in.
The military base is under this memorial. If you have any historical figures of little significance, I would be happy to designate this memorial to them.
This is the stadium where the Huntsborough Hornets play.
I managed to make three-story starter homes. They have a very basic design, so if you decide to stick around instead of moving into a larger home, they are easy to customize (disregarding the lack of space on the lots).
I tried to embed structures into Vargfjell's landscape, but it didn't work as well because it was too mountainous and I didn't feel like compromising. It worked a lot better with this world, so along the seemingly vacant roadways, there will be some underground houses tucked away.
I also absolutely love the circular road layout. Nice work !
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Pary: On that note, I think I may build some mausoleums into the hills (I already did that with the memorial atop of the military base). It would work for tombs also, but since this world only uses the base game, I will have to cut that out until this world is updated for expansion packs.