North America

North America is one of the seven continents on Earth, and the one of the main settings in Blackbird. Since Blackbird Organization’s HQ is located in the United States, this continent is the main setting in the series, with Europe coming at a close second in terms of frequency. North America is made up of Canada, the United States, Mexico, and the West Indies.

General
The continent was discovered by Siberians who migrated from their homeland across the Bearing Strait roughly 30,000 years ago. After the last Ice Age ended, all the Siberian settlers populated throughout the North American continent, their descendants being the modern Indigenous Tribes. From A.D. 985 to around the 11th century, several Norse explorers and adventurers like Bjarni Herjólfsson and Leif Erikson were the first Europeans to discover and set foot in North America, but these historic events and knowledge about the New World were largely forgotten by the wider Old World. North America would be rediscovered in 1492 by Christopher Columbus, making several voyages across the Caribbean and rule the West Indies until his death in 1506, bringing the New and Old World together. Throughout most of the 16th and early 17th centuries, European powers like Spain, Portugal, the Dutch/Netherlands, France, and Britain wanted a piece of the New World and would race to claim and sometimes fight for territory in the New World, expanding their respective empires, much to the dismay of the Indigenous Peoples throughout the Americas. After several wars between Spain, France, and later Britain, the thirteen colonies became the United States of America in 1776 and won against the British in a bloody revolution. Britain and Spain would hold on to Canada and Mexico respectively for a while before losing them due to wars, economics, and cultural divergence throughout the 19th century. The Industrial Revolution would help propel North America and Britain into large spheres of influence throughout the globe, especially after the first two World Wars of the early 20th century with the rise of the Soviet Union contending for hegemonic power. North America has always, according to Lemar Wolfblood and Tiberius Birch, represented a test to see if mankind could forge its own destiny, no matter the odds against them. Hannah Sommers agrees with the demon and shares this sentiment with him as they go on adventures and wanting to protect the general public from bloodthirsty demons who would try and devour their home.

In Blackbird
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Phoenix’s Invasion
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The Battle of
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