New York City was one of the hardest hit cities, plagued with monsters that annihilated the population there. But as the gifted population in the city increased, they ran out most of the more dangerous realm creatures. 

Now the city, although ravaged by the effects of the green realm collapsing around it, has become a community of those left after the events caused by Bolas. Humans, the gifted, and creatures alike inhabit the city, but so do new stresses. Bolas' henchmen patrol the streets and attempt to run the city, trying to stop the growing rebel forces which have made their base in the city while Bolas watches on from his base on the Italian island of Lipari.