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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Desdichado" data-source="post: 1975227" data-attributes="member: 2205">Mallus, I have the funny feeling that your setting doesn't really take itself too seriously...This is a great idea, though.  Here's a little snippet from mine.Bricktown: In the city of Razina, there's an entire ward or three, four or even five story brick buildings and tenements, and in past centuries, for reasons now forgotten, the entire ward is now roofed over.  Every alleyway, street and gap has been bricked over, so it's eternally soot-soaked night inside.  The city watch rarely has anything to do with Bricktown, except to keep an eye on all the gates and points of entrance (although, naturally, there are a few "secret" entrances that they don't know about) so Bricktown itself is pretty lawless -- it's a slum, and only the most poor and desperate live there, for the most part.  Although the absolutely poor and desperate -- the homeless and outcasts from even Bricktown itself, eke out an even more subsistence existence on the vast, mazelike rooftop of Bricktown itself, huddling next to belching smokestacks and chimneys for warmth.Eiji Kisaragi: (yes, I stole the name from King of Fighters 95.)  Eiji is a fairly typical crimelord in many ways; his main contact with the PCs is through his semi-legitimate business the Steams in Bricktown, a private bathhouse where all kinds of shady deals are made in private saunas.  What makes him stand out a bit is his interest in the Cthulhu-esque occult of the setting, which makes him potentially a patron, potentially a rival, to the PCs themselves.The Inquisition:  Well, from the name, you probably know what to expect.  This is a bit more like the Gestapo, or some other secret police service, than an actual Inquisition, although their area of influence is primarily over the occult.  They have two notable faces; the brother/sister team of Alainna and Gauvain FitzGilbert d'Aubigne, High Inquisitor of Razina and his sister, who's official capacity with that organization is unknown.  Gauvain is a friendly enough chap, for being one of the most feared men in the city, and he seems straightforward enough.  His sister is much more quiet, and has the capacity to apparently drink without end without the alcohol having any adverse effect on her.  She seems to have some interest in local politics; apparently the High Lord's wife is under suspicion, and she's trying to get the PCs involved with investigating the "Invitation Only" parties she's been throwing lately.  Some of the other contacts that PCs have had have warned them to watch out for the Inquisition, though -- they're not sure how much they can trust either Gauvain or Alainna.  But there's no denying they pay the bills with style; Gauvain has them set up in a relatively swanky safehouse, with their own personal butler, a generous working stipend of gold crowns, and a relatively hands-off approach to the investigation he's asked them to conduct in his behalf.</blockquote>

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