Waterstone

Waterstone was a superhuman settlement located on the northwest coast of the United States. It was a peaceful society, its inhabitants never using their abilities for violence.

History

In the late eighteenth century, Waterstone was settled by a group of superhuman pioneers, who, like the original American settlers had escaped religious persecution, were escaping persecution of their abilities. At the time, they were considered witchcraft and were punishable by death. For almost two hundred years, Waterstone was undisturbed, except for by the occasional passing traveler. When westward expansion started, Waterstone recieved a permit to remain undisturbed further. However, in 1962 AD, Waterstone was attacked during the Anti-super Movement. Almost the entire population was slaughtered in an event that would become known as The Battle of Waterstone, and the handful of people who escaped fled north and eventually founded the town of Belle Riviere, which would grow to a small city by the 2020s. Waterstone was destroyed and eventually built over, and has since been forgotten.

Architecture

Waterstone was founded next to a creek that flowed through a crack in a large boulder, hence the name "Waterstone." It initially consisted of about a dozen houses constructed in the early colonial style, and three or four shops. A dirt road connected the buildings, which were built in an informal meandering pattern that followed the stream. More houses were added as the population increased, and at the time of

Population

Warerstone's population was roughly 25 at the time of its founding. At the Battle of Waterstone, it had swelled to roughly 100. The first settlers had all been superhuman, but due to the fact that superhuman abilities skip generations, there were periods when the population was mostly normal humans. At the Battle of Waterstone, almost every adult was a normal human, and only the children and the very old possessed powers to fight back. This was one of the factors why the settlement lost the battle.

A notable citizen of Waterstone was Percy Cooper, Draco Taller's grandfather, who was only eight years old during the battle. His older brother Edmund, who would've been Draco's great uncle, was killed during the battle.