disease
Green Poison
The engineered smallpox outbreak also called the Dollar Flu, whose Black Friday spread drives the collapse depicted across The Division franchise.
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Diseases
Structured, source-linked records in this category.
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Events
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event
Black Tusk Siege of Washington
The endgame invasion in which Black Tusk enters Washington, places the city under siege and reveals its campaign against SHD.
event
Division Network Crisis
The nationwide SHD Network failure and Washington distress call that draw Division Agents to the capital at the beginning of The Division 2.
event
Green Poison Outbreak
The Black Friday biological outbreak that breaks public order, overwhelms response systems and begins the central crisis of The Division universe.
event
Lower Manhattan Biological Attack
The attack that kills civilians and SHD Agents in Lower Manhattan and triggers the Warlords of New York hunt for Aaron Keener.
event
SHD Activation
The emergency activation of secretly trained Division Agents after the Green Poison outbreak overwhelms ordinary response systems.
8 records
Factions
Structured, source-linked records in this category.
faction
Black Tusk
An advanced private military faction that sabotages the Division Network, invades Washington and pursues national control through high-end weapons and robotics.
faction
Cleaners
A faction formed from sanitation workers and first responders who attempt to eradicate infection through fire.
faction
Hyenas
A hostile Washington faction recognizable by gas masks and, in later seasonal material, an expanding Spice operation tied to the Dark Zones.
faction
Last Man Battalion
A hostile Manhattan faction that cooperates with Aaron Keener and retains a command structure after the first game's events.
faction
Outcasts
A hostile Division 2 faction whose continued activity and developing alliance with the True Sons and Hyenas are confirmed in official seasonal material.
faction
Peacekeepers
A friendly Lower Manhattan survivor group formed by civilians and former Joint Task Force members.
faction
Rikers
A faction originating with escaped Rikers Island prisoners and later recruits, reorganized into splinter groups after the first game.
faction
True Sons
An organized paramilitary faction using former military and JTF expertise, heavy firepower and territorial control in Washington.
10 records
Locations
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location
Camp White Oak
A remote woodland estate used as a strategic Black Tusk position and extraction site for President Ellis.
location
Capitol Hill
The True Sons strongpoint where President Ellis and the encryption key needed to reach the broad-spectrum antiviral are held.
location
Coney Island
The New York setting of Episode 3, divided between a Black Tusk operation at the ballpark and a Cleaner presence at the amusement park.
location
Lower Manhattan
The New York setting of Warlords of New York, divided among returning factions and rogue Agents during the hunt for Aaron Keener.
location
Manhattan Dark Zone
The initial containment zone where first-wave Agents are abandoned and where supply drops create a dangerous scavenging economy.
location
Manning National Zoo
The Episode 1 location fortified by the Outcasts after Emeline Shaw retreats from Roosevelt Island.
location
Midtown Manhattan
The central operating area Division Agents are activated to secure against the Rikers, Cleaners and Last Man Battalion.
location
The Pentagon
The abandoned and storm-damaged military headquarters placed under siege by Black Tusk during Episode 2.
location
Tidal Basin
Black Tusk's principal Washington stronghold and the site where Division Agents recover the broad-spectrum antivirals.
location
Washington, D.C.
The primary setting of The Division 2, where institutional collapse, civilian reconstruction and competing factions converge around the U.S. capital.
7 records
Missions
Structured, source-linked records in this category.
mission
Camp White Oak
An Episode 1 mission in which Division Agents pursue President Ellis at a Black Tusk position outside Washington.
mission
Coney Island Amusement Park
An Episode 3 main mission centered on a Cleaner presence at Coney Island's amusement park.
mission
Coney Island Ballpark
An Episode 3 main mission to rescue virologist Vitaly Tchernenko from Black Tusk captivity at Coney Island.
mission
DARPA Research Labs
The second Episode 2 main mission, focused on stopping Black Tusk from extracting strategically valuable DARPA prototypes beneath the Pentagon.
mission
Manning National Zoo
An Episode 1 mission that sends Division Agents through Outcast defenses to confront faction leader Emeline Shaw.
mission
The Pentagon
The first Episode 2 main mission inside the besieged Pentagon, where Agents investigate Black Tusk's search for strategic resources.
mission
Tidal Basin
The operation against Black Tusk's principal Washington stronghold that ends with Division Agents recovering the stolen broad-spectrum antivirals.
2 records
Organizations
Structured, source-linked records in this category.
organization
Joint Task Force
The first-responder organization commonly called the JTF, which attempts to contain the outbreak before SHD activation and later contributes veterans to survivor groups.
organization
Strategic Homeland Division
The secret emergency organization commonly called the Division or SHD, whose trained civilian Agents are activated when national systems fail.
12 records
People
Structured, source-linked records in this category.
person
Aaron Keener
A first-wave Division Agent who went rogue and became the central target of the Warlords of New York manhunt.
person
Andrew Ellis
The former Speaker who becomes President during the crisis, is rescued from the True Sons and is later exposed as a Black Tusk collaborator.
person
Emeline Shaw
The Outcasts' leader, pursued from Roosevelt Island to a final confrontation at Manning National Zoo.
person
Faye Lau
A Division Agent whose appearance in the early Division 2 recap demonstrates the restored SHD Network reconnecting Agents across the country.
person
Gordon Amherst
The virologist identified by the Division as the creator of Green Poison.
person
James Dragov
A rogue lieutenant of Aaron Keener who leads the Rikers sub-group operating in Lower Manhattan.
person
Jessica Kandel
A doctor and surviving scientist involved in the nationwide effort to create a broad-spectrum antiviral.
person
Joe Ferro
The original leader of the Cleaners, who made fire the faction's method for eliminating Green Poison.
person
Larae Barrett
The former Rikers leader whose death leaves the faction leaderless and divided into multiple sub-groups.
person
Rick Valassi
A reporter and broadcaster who remains on the air after the events of the first game.
person
Vitaly Tchernenko
A Russian virologist pursued by multiple factions because his expertise could support mass production of a broad-spectrum antiviral.
person
Vivian Conley
The Cleaner leader in Warlords of New York and one of Aaron Keener's four lieutenants.
2 records
Real-world influences
Structured, source-linked records in this category.
government directive
Directive 51 (NSPD-51 / HSPD-20)
A real 2007 United States continuity directive that The Division uses as the fictional legal foundation for the Strategic Homeland Division.
real world event
Operation Dark Winter
A 2001 senior-level tabletop exercise built around a fictional smallpox attack, and a documented real-world influence on the premise of The Division.