South
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.
What You'll Find Here
Ascension Center of Equitation
Hyde Park
Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium
The Outskirts
The University of Sacrosanct
Ascension Center of Equitation
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 Park
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.
Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium
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.
The Outskirts
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
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
virtue has a veil, vice a mask
Posted on March 07, 2023 by Raven Cain
Potions - could be useful or troublesome. Say your once luscious locks of golden hair were starting to thin out so much that the skin on the top of your head is more visible each day. Drink a special tonic, and your luscious locks have returned with maybe a lot of back hair peeking from the neck collar of your shirt. Perhaps you exhausted all your money on plastic surgery, desperately attempting to remain thin, young, and beautiful. A special elixir could do the trick, as long as they drank each last disgusting drop weekly. Forget to drink the whole thing, and their true self would appear, reversing everything the potion did. Potions help solve problems quickly, though not always permanently. The troublesome part was two things: the first being to accept the big or small consequences, and the second was to make the potion itself by following the recipe correctly.
Thus, in the middle of the night, a witch and her familiar walk quietly toward the local zoo. Unfortunately, Amazon and any other legal shop did not store animal parts needed as ingredients for various potions. Plus, the black market had many shady people, and neither had the time or patience to haggle for illegitimate ingredients. Did you know animal parts listed in potions sometimes meant you need a plant? Yep! Need an eye from a newt? Then get a muster seed, as an eye of something was a seed. A toe from a frog means you get a bulbous buttercup. If the potion calls for the wool of a bat, find some moss or holly leaves. Clever, right? However, there were some cases where a potion required actual animal parts. Animal parts from were-creatures didn't make the potion work, because it came from half an animal. Which is a shame, but that would be too easy for any witch to procure.
Helping Serafina search for plants in the dark forest was fun. It was a moment for them to enjoy each other's company and catch up without anyone else or any distractions. However, when the witch admitted her stores for animal parts were waning down, far too close for comfort, both were unsure how to resolve the problem. It wasn't like many exotic animals were freely running around unless the zoo counted. As they neared the zoo's wrought iron gate, the curly-haired woman looked to her friend and stretched her arm out with a small grin on her scarred face.
Whether with a verbal or non-verbal sign of approval, Raven flicked her hand slightly and focused on lifting the witch and herself, making sure their feet gently touched the ground on the other side of the fence. Lowering her arm, she turned her head to the side, narrowing her eyes as she searched for security and assistance. Not seeing anyone around, she made a beeline for the map sign. Grabbing two pamphlets, she opened the map, exposing the artwork displaying the location and symbols of the critters within their respective habitat.
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