Malor City

 is an urban agglomeration and bustling metropolis on the East Coast of the United States. It is notorious for its corrupt city underground and large crime rates, which has resulted in an alltime low in the city's population, which similarly causes a rapid increase in violent crimes and homicides per year. All of these reasons are why Malor is also a magnet for vigilante activity, as many good people have grown sick of the general repulsiveness of the city and the negative stigma it gains. Notable vigilantes are the Big Cat Team, a team of skilled vigilantes working together under the leadership of The Panther, the first and most skilled member of the team.

History
Founded in 1678 as a restocking location for ships on their way to St. Mary's City, Malor City was a popular trading locale, many people stopping there on their way north simply to trade goods and other merchandise with the many merchants located there. During the Revolutionary War, Malor City was repurposed as a storage city for army rations and supplies, and trade slowed to a crawl in the late 1700s. The town evolved into a municipitality in the early to mid 1800s, and the town became popular again. However, the town fell on hard times upon the discovery of gold deposits across the river and the inception of Golden City in 1873. Much of the state's money went to the gold mines in Golden City, crippling Malor's economy and forcing the city to work with scraps.

For many years forward Malor was years behind Golden City in economic and cultural progress, leading city leaders to strike a deal with many mob bosses and hand most of the city over for the mob to play with, in exchange for an agreed percentage of all mob profits and acquired goods. This deal proved to be a mostly good idea, as Malor rose into a metropolis while Golden City entered a slump following a depletion of gold deposits. Unfortunately, due to the mafia's ability to essentially do whatever they wanted in the city, crime ran rampant, and by the time the city broke off the deal the mob had already owned a majority of city officials, further insuring their artificial amnesty.

In the 60s the mob families consolidated into two competing families who persist today: the Moretti Crime Family, which controls most public petty crimes and major crime operations in the city, and the Russo Crime Family, which controls the criminal underground, the MCPD, and the city's government.