Seattle Dresden

[Baron Hazard]

Supernatural: Seattle
Map: Occult Seattle

Factions in Play in the city:
-   The Winter Court (via the Fremont Troll, beneath the Aurora Bridge)
-   The White Court (2 factions currently war over uncontested control of Seattle: Raith and Skavis)
-   The White Council
-   Monoc Securities via. Viking Risk Management
-   The Church of The Blessed Sacrament

Locations of Interests:
-   The Aurora Bridge: At the Northern end of the Aurora Bridge, sculpted beneath it is a gigantic troll holding a Volkswagon Bug. The troll marks a small outpost of Trolls (1-4), the location itself opens into a very troll-oriented area of the Winter Court’s domain in the Never Never.
Aspect: “WHO’S THAT TRIPPING OVER MY BRIDGE?”
Face: GORTOGG, THE TROLL CAPTAIN

-   The Space Needle: a 605 foot tower built in 1961 by the Pentagram Corporation, the Space Needle marks the very center of the biggest Ley Line Nexus in Seattle and exactly why it was built is somewhat of a mystery. It is currently under close watch by the White Council, the Warden Regional Commander of the Seattle area is in place as the General Manager.
Aspect: ARCANE ENIGMA
Face: JEFFERY WRIGHT, WARDEN REGIONAL COMMANDER.

-   Pike Place Market: A public market where you can find just about anything for sale. Among other shops, sits Edge of the Circle an occult shop run by a clued-in mortal.
Aspect: I GOT WHAT YOU NEED!
Face: JULIANNE CANTERBURY, CLUED-IN MORTAL SHOPKEEPER.

-   Viking Risk Management: This Insurance Company is a subsidiary of Monoc Securities, it specializes in insuring magical beings, the Seatle office is run by Eric Haraldsson, also known as Eric Bloodaxe an Einherjar from the 10th century.
Aspect: FORCE MAJEURE – ACTS OF GOD – ARE COVERED UNDER OUR POLICY.
Face: ERIC HARALDSSON,EINHERJAR INSURANCE AGENT.

-   Church of the Blessed Sacrament: A church staffed by clued-in mortals and True Believers, they render aid against supernatural evil within the confines of their church and neighborhood, but mostly are there to provide backup and sanctuary to travelling Knights of the Cross.
Aspect: EVIL BEGONE, YOU ARE NOT WELCOME HERE!
Face: FATHER DANIEL SYVERSTAD, TRUE BELEIVER.

-   The Center For Sex Positive Culture: White Court, White court, White Court. This White Court run organization caters to the sex-positive subculture (Swingers, BDSM, Polyamory, etc) providing space for their activities as well as center-sponsored activities.
Aspect: INTENSITY AND PASSION DRIPS FROM THESE WALLS
Face: EDWARD RAITH, WHITE COURT VAMPIRE.

Other Information of Note:
-   The White Court War – House Raith’s Primary Operation in Seattle is the Center for Sex Positive Culture (Also known as The Wet Spot), however they do own several strip clubs and have a hand in the local pornography industry to supplement the already substantial nourishment they receive from the Center. House Raith consists of the head of this branch of the family Edward Raith and no more than 15 Raith Family Vampires. Skavis has recently set up shop in the city, a kind of dark side of the moon to the mostly civil and refined Raith M.O., the Skavis are functioning on almost a completely criminal element wallowing in drugs and prostitution. A cold war has begun between the two clans, but both want to be the only presence in Seattle – things are brewing and about to get much worse.

-   The Seattle Underground – I know I want something down here but at the moment I’m not sure what. Ghouls or Red/Black Court Vampires are the obvious choices maybe some sort of motley clan of half-demon scions, still deciding.

-   The Winter Court: Exactly what the Winter Court’s conflict is involving this city, I’m still unsure of, though perhaps they are just waiting and watching for now.

Questions: So this is the beginning of my Dresdenverse Seattle, anyone have any suggestions? Comments? Any ideas for other locations from those more familiar with Seattle?

[Esoteric]

Church of the Blessed Sacrament: A church staffed by clued-in mortals and True Believers, they render aid against supernatural evil within the confines of their church and neighborhood, but mostly are there to provide backup and sanctuary to travelling Knights of the Cross.

It might have been your intention to create your own chruch, but Seattle does have its own cathedral (I think Seattle is an archdiocese if I recall correctly) that you might want to use as well.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._James_Cathedral_%28Seattle%29

[neko128]

Lots of possibilities with the local volcano.  Place of power or ley-line convergence related to fire?  Home of fire spirits and/or demons?  Summer Fae stronghold?  Target of a cult trying to set off an eruption, or even just an earthquake?

Come up with a tie-in to the Great Seattle Fire of 1889. 

How about the Seattle Underground?  Burying the previous street-level gives you a network of basements and tunnels and all sorts of good stuff for ghoulies and ghosties and mystic monsters to inhabit.

[Buscadera]

This mostly just the comic nerd in me speaking, but I couldn't imagine Seattle without an homage to DC's radically-liberal Emerald Archer, the Green Arrow. Tinkered with and given a supernatural theme, I could see him fitting in with the Dresdenverse.

[Esoteric]

This mostly just the comic nerd in me speaking, but I couldn't imagine Seattle without an homage to DC's radically-liberal Emerald Archer, the Green Arrow. Tinkered with and given a supernatural theme, I could see him fitting in with the Dresdenverse.

And the bonus is Seattle is nicknamed the Emerald City

[Baron Hazard]

It might have been your intention to create your own chruch, but Seattle does have its own cathedral (I think Seattle is an archdiocese if I recall correctly) that you might want to use as well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._James_Cathedral_%28Seattle%29

Thank You, Esoteric. The Church of the Blessed Sacrament is a real Seattle church (i even nicked the name of the real pastor there... >_> lol) but that cathedral is cool, its amazing that somehow my several day long foray through wiki/seatle sites didnt bring up the cathedral. May have to include it.

Lots of possibilities with the local volcano.  Place of power or ley-line convergence related to fire?  Home of fire spirits and/or demons?  Summer Fae stronghold?  Target of a cult trying to set off an eruption, or even just an earthquake?

I planned on making the Earthquakes mean... Something, so maybe I could use this. The WoW-geek in me now pictures the eventuality of a giant fire elemental ala ragnaros being summoned >_> lol. Summer fae is a great idea, as is the Ley Line Convergence of Fire or Earth...or both...

Come up with a tie-in to the Great Seattle Fire of 1889. 

Definately some good back story I may be able to draw connections to at some point.

How about the Seattle Underground?  Burying the previous street-level gives you a network of basements and tunnels and all sorts of good stuff for ghoulies and ghosties and mystic monsters to inhabit.

Indeed, I really want to do something here. I'm just not sure what i want to use, I'm thinking Red/Black Court vamps or Ghouls, perhaps a motley 'army' of half-demon scions... whatever it is maybe its flushing the more scattered homeless beasties up into the streets (as will be the situation for the PC that is playing a Were-rat chieften.)

This mostly just the comic nerd in me speaking, but I couldn't imagine Seattle without an homage to DC's radically-liberal Emerald Archer, the Green Arrow. Tinkered with and given a supernatural theme, I could see him fitting in with the Dresdenverse.

I have several things to say: One, I may consider this - maybe a clued-in cop or something just a passing reference "Detective Queen SPD!" - but moreso... Buscadera of Cortexsystemrpg? lol.

[Buscadera]

I have several things to say: One, I may consider this - maybe a clued-in cop or something just a passing reference "Detective Queen SPD!" - but moreso... Buscadera of Cortexsystemrpg? lol.

Indeed I am. You found me.

[Baron Hazard]

Had I actually looked at your post, I'd not have even had to ask, as I recognize your sig from CSRPG, i just noticed the name when i was quoting you welll nice to see ya, at least here i wont accidentally call you buscaderO.

[Esoteric]

Indeed, I really want to do something here. I'm just not sure what i want to use, I'm thinking Red/Black Court vamps or Ghouls, perhaps a motley 'army' of half-demon scions... whatever it is maybe its flushing the more scattered homeless beasties up into the streets (as will be the situation for the PC that is playing a Were-rat chieften.)

Or another cool thing is to say that there is not one, but several portals to different parts of Nevernever down in the "forgotten" parts of the underground (in real life it isn't too big, but that isn't to say that there aren't undiscovered parts in your version of Seattle), so its basically a huge melting pot of various baddies down there.

[Buscadera]

Nor will I ever be called on to translate anything to/from German or make incredibly intricate and beautifully presented game-fixes on the fly.

Also, Sasquatches. Harry even makes reference (possibly jokingly) to having met Bigfoot in one of the short stories, so it's safe to assume that at least one exists. I'm more likely to assume a whole tribe of them wandering the Northwest US, keeping out of humanity's way. It would also give you an opportunity to create something different than what we see in the series. For how vast the Nevernever is supposed to be, we never see much more than mortals with some sort of magic, faeries, vampires, and the occasional demon or divine being. There's got to be a ton more types of creatures out there. For example, I'm adding merfolk to an upcoming game I'll be running set in Miami.

[Baron Hazard]

Or another cool thing is to say that there is not one, but several portals to different parts of Nevernever down in the "forgotten" parts of the underground (in real life it isn't too big, but that isn't to say that there aren't undiscovered parts in your version of Seattle), so its basically a huge melting pot of various baddies down there.

This is kind of what I was thinking Pre-invasion of whatever cohesive force has moved in force into the Seattle Underground, you have the underground kind of a rogues gallery assortment of random beastie, a melting pot as you put it... and then something moves in and flushes all those out to take over. some up into Seattle proper and others back home into the never never nursing old wounds. But maybe I just want to keep it a cut throat underworld like city... you have your minor kingdoms and the only thing that means anything is force and favor... so many ideas, only one underground

BUscadera
I like the idea of the Sasquatch community, I may even involve something where the PCs have to step in to save them (a peaceful, pacifistic society) from some outside threat... maybe even something as mundane as deforestation. The mermaid idea is pretty sweet too (I may be forced to stealz it). I've been considering a tribe of were-crocodiles in the lake up there (forgetting which one... but one of them has an urban legend of crocodiles in them) or maybe even CrocWeres!

[neko128]

More thoughts and possible plot hooks...

There are/were a number of Native American tribes in the area - Seattle is, in fact, named after Chief Seattle (an Anglicanization of Si'ahl), according to Wikipedia.  There was even the Battle of Seattle in 1856, where a number of tribes attacked as part of the Puget Sound War.  Not like there weren't dozens of "wars" between the US and various native tribes in the US, but there's room here for angry spirits, warrior ghosts, and various cults, remnants or interest groups trying to "restore the old ways".

Seattle is near the border with Canada, and borders are great places from the point of view of mystical barriers or changeovers, and psychic impressions.  Maybe even a form of a threshold.

Puget Sound. 

Chester Carlson (1906-1968) of Seattle invented electrophotography.  You could go from there into an attempt by a descendant or inspiree to image the mystical and otherwise-difficult-to-photograph. 

Peter Sillence Fleming (1928-1956) was a missionary from Seattle, killed while trying to evangelize to a tribe in Ecuador.  Room here for an angry spirit based off of a true believer, trying to protect his (decades-dead) wife.  A little bit of a stretch (he died in Ecuador, after all), but I love the potential of an angry spirit protected by his life's faith from normal weaknesses in death.

Frederick Schiller Faust (1892-1944) is an American author from Seattle.  I know very little about him personally (according to Wikipedia, he wrote Westerns?) but a last name like "Faust" is just *begging* for him to be a closet wizard who faked his own death (or lived through it in a different form) who has some horrific dealings with hell.  :-P

The Birdman of Alcatraz (Robert Frankling Stroud) was first imprisoned at McNeil Island on Puget Sound before going to Leavenworth or Alcatraz.  He was an interesting (if disturbing) figure, and maybe he left behind a strong psychic impression?  Hell, prisons in general are great for this type of thing.

[Esoteric]

The Birdman of Alcatraz (Robert Frankling Stroud) was first imprisoned at McNeil Island on Puget Sound before going to Leavenworth or Alcatraz.  He was an interesting (if disturbing) figure, and maybe he left behind a strong psychic impression?  Hell, prisons in general are great for this type of thing.

This reminds me, look up the Evergreen Mental Hospital (or something along the lines of that, I forget its exact name but I'll look it up when I get the chance). It's an old mental hospital and its supposed to be a REALLY creepy place.

[Cyberchihuahua]

O'leary's books might be something to add in. If you don't already know about it, it may hard to find information on it, since it has closed. But it was up for the first half of the series, and might make a good hang out for your "alphas".

[Llayne]

I think you mean Old Western State Sanitarium. It is pretty creepy at night.

O'leary's is closed? Man, I've been gone a while.