The southern part of the city has a chic family-oriented sort of charm to it. Here, small locally owned shops run rampant, neighbors often know each other by name, and the monthly socials are an event not to be missed. In the South, children can often be seen safely playing in the park or on sidewalks and in the weekends, families often take to the beach to enjoy the warm waters surrounding the city.
Ascension Center of Equitation
Hyde Park
Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium
The Outskirts
The University of Sacrosanct
The Ascension Center of Equitation is the epicenter of the Dark Hunter Cavalry Unit. Originally a high-class facility for show-jumping, Ascension now caters entirely to the Cavalry Unit. Here the Dark Hunters learn how to ride and fight upon the backs of horses - many of which are Were's themselves.
Home of: The Cavalry
Hyde Place takes up a large part of the Southern side of the city and includes a large playground, several fountains, and a small garden. The park is open from five in the morning till midnight though many shady characters may visit this place while it's technically "closed". The park has also been a venue for several concerts and hosts many holiday-related events. Under a full moon, witches are often seen here for the sacred ground beneath the iconic Weeping Beech.
The Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium (PDZA) is an award-winning combined zoo and aquarium located within the Southern Part of Sacrosanct. Situated on 92 acres in Sacrosanct's Hyde Park, the zoo and aquarium are home to over 9,000 specimens representing 367 animal species. Point Defiance is also widely known for its conversation efforts regarding the breed and release program of Red Wolves.
Beyond the city limits and over the bridge lies the deep, dark, and almost impenetrable forest. Often seen as a way to guard this magical city against the world that surrounds it, many are entirely ignorant of the evil that may creep between those tree trunks. Many were-creatures use the forest for the transformations of their newest members and some even take to hunting here. It isn't particularly peculiar for people to go missing within this forest but once you get through, the rest of the world awaits.
The University of Sacrosanct offers some of the top programs in the nation with its outstanding campus and specialized faculty. The University places a high focus both upon educating future generations but also on research to help revolutionize the world. The University welcomes the talent of students across the world to enroll and unlock their unlimited potential. With applications from across the nation, classes fill up quickly.
PhD in Plant Biology Abigail Hughes
The quiet was comforting to her, she often enjoyed the night perhaps something to do with her change perhaps and the typical feline affinity for being active during the darkness. It had caused her to start wandering the different parts of the city at night, sometimes she took to the more inner parts of the city and watched the late workers turn to early risers. Tonight she had strayed toward the more secluded part of town, finding she wanted the solitude tonight to be alone with her thoughts. There were many to sort through, they seemed to have been collecting as of late. Her past, Sebastian, her new job at the Ark, and round and around. So many things to pull her attention yet as she sat on the sandy shore with her arms wrapped around her legs she simply tried to focus on the water and the way the sky had finally begun to change as the sun rose. It was still cool, well into spring but far enough from summer, so her baggy sweater and shorts seemed appropriate but the wind still had a bite in it.
She was so focused on not focusing on her thoughts that she missed the commotion she was suddenly a part of. That is until the sound of a dog barking instinctively caused the hairs on the back of her neck to raise in both aggression and fear. She was violently pulled into the uproar, springing to her feet she backpedaled from the approaching dog, more surprised than anything when a man suddenly appeared between them in some sort of chivalrous attempt at saving her. It was all over as soon as it had started, the man's presence seeming to deter the beast enough that it took off for which she was grateful at least. She was quite obviously not a dog person, you'd never find a cat charging you on the beach...
Her long fingers ran through her wind-tousled blonde hair, head shaking slightly as if she expected to wake up out of a dream as the man turned around. Her hazel eyes finding his in the dim early morning light, thinking he had much the same disheveled appearance facilitated by too many thoughts as she did. Perhaps pain recognized itself in another who shared it, but it didn't make her any less nervous around the man. Her recent history practically demanded it, despite the fact in some form he had saved her, despite not knowing if she would have actually needed saving in the first place. How would she have reacted if she had the time? They would never now.
Calculating she watched him approach, trying to decide if she should just leave and yet something about his actions made her decide to stay at least a few moments.