Themes/Threats

[Josh]

Threat: Holy City Hooligans

 

In the shadows of Charleston and its sister cities, trouble has been brewing. There has always been gangs, but recently they have been expanding, leading to more and more violence between themselves. At the core of this conflict are a number of supernatural elements. The Scales Gang has been an unfortunate fixture of the docks and seedier alleyways for decades, the faefolk's changelings dabble in art theft and various inhaled and injected methods of escapism, and darker things beneath it all making deals and bargains for favors rendered. Most recently, a mishmash troupe of teens has started stalking parking lots and bars, using mortal magic to cut in on any manner of petty crime.

 

Theme: Muddy Water In My Veins

 

Dark things live in the swamp. The echoes of that truth still can be heard in the few stories still told in the modern day. Cover it in concrete if you want to, but Charleston was built on a swamp....and the swamp remembers. There are witches in the subdivisions brewing potions, wil'o'wisps that dance in the dark hours of the morning across the back roads, and dark things beneath the water of the bay. If you ask around, someone is sure to have a ghost tale or know of a haunted house. More than one local business has taken off after a visit from a mysterious stranger or two.

 

Theme: New Suit, Old Me

 

The South is known for is mannerism, and Charleston embraces a lot of that. Politeness can be wielded as a weapon and a dapper appearance can set you ahead. Even as it invites in all these big industries and new money, the city still likes to purport itself as the same genial self. Likewise, the supernatural community is seeing something of the same. Some really old powers dwell in the city and its environs. Deadly spirits take to adopting local legends as fresh guises to gain influence, old hidden gods play at blending in, and demons are always willing to play dress up.