The western part of the city is often home to the poorer residents. Here there is a grunginess that permeates the town from the graffiti on the once cleaned brick buildings to the broken and unmaintained architecture. Crime runs high within the western half of town, making it the home of supernatural gangs of illicit activities. Such activities are rarely reported, however, and most residents are distrustful of individual's of authorities, and often let the powerful supernatural beings sort things out amongst themselves. Be careful wandering the Western streets after the sun falls.
Black Market
Cull & Pistol
Noah's Ark
Syn
Just like any city - Sacrosanct is not without it's deep, dark underbelly. Hidden in the graffiti-ridden streets of the West, behind closed warehouse doors, lies the Black Market. Forever moving, it's nearly impossible to find without knowing someone who knows someone. Anything you desire can be brought for a hefty price within the Black Market - be it drugs, weapons, or lives.
Hidden within the dark alleyways of the Western Ward, Cull & Pistol is a dim, often smoky bar. With a small variety of bottled and craft beers, Cull & Pistol is a quaint little neighborhood joint. With its no-frills moto, the dingy bar offers little more than liquor, music from an old jukebox, and a few frequently occupied pool tables.
Bartender Raylin Chike
Resting upon the harbor, Noah's Ark (known simply as The Ark) is a sleek superyacht known both for its fight rings and recent...renovations, of sorts. Accessible from an entrance hidden in the shadows, The Ark is a veritable Were-playground that specializes in fighting tournaments for all creatures great and small. With both singles and doubles tournaments to compete in, the title of Ark Champion is hotly contested amongst the Were population. If anything illegal is going on in the city it's sure to be happening within the back rooms or behind the ring-side bar.
Note: This is a Were only establishment. All other species will be swiftly escorted out.
Home of: Nightshade
Owner Aiden Tetradore
Co-owner Tobias Cain
Bar Manager Mira Ramos
Bartender Henry Tudor
Waitress Carolina Bedford
Within the turbulent industrial district lies this club. The warehouse doesn't look like much on the outside but it provides a memorable experience from the state of the art lighting, offbeat Victorian-inspired artwork, comfortable black leather lounges, and the infamous 'black light' room. There is a wide variety of alcohol that lines the shelves of both of the magical and ordinary variety. It is a common stomping ground for the supernatural who want to let loose and dance the night away to the music that floods the establishment. Humans are most welcome if they dare.
Owner Risque Voth
Manager Darcy Blackjack
Cats Aiden Tetradore
Cats Harlequin Westward
aiden tetradore
Tenderly, the Were-King made some effort to reassure the aquatic animal as her head pressed sweetly against his knee. The seal's chirping was far too vocal than he anticipated for an injured animal, only confirming that which he had already become suspicious of. She fell silent, however, at his gentle shushing, only for the man to inform her of his intention to remove that spiked barb from her blubbery flesh. That small bob of understanding only cemented his certainty of just what the seal was and yet, he was hardly perturbed by that at the present moment, not when the animal needed assistance. Softly, Tetradore urged the seal to relax, as impossible as it surely seemed, all things considered. His emerald eyes observed the way her own small hazel gaze squinted shut in clear anticipation of the pain to come. It was inevitable, he supposed, for some sort of tensing. Tetradore hardly hesitated as he reached forward, his hand grasping that barb only to tug swiftly and sharply in a clear effort to remove it entirely in one swift motion. He was hardly surprised by the sound that left her lips at the spear's removal, after all, such a barb was hardly meant to be easily removed. Quite on the contrary, that spear was meant to embed itself within the flesh of its victim, just for the convenience of its user.
The metal clattered on the wooden dock beneath him as Tetradore turned his attention towards the gaping wound left in the wake of the spear's removal. The Were-King reached towards the hem of his own shirt, the cotton the only material present as he peeled it off his form only to ball the cloth and place it firmly against the laceration as she so tried to regain her breath. "Shh....everything will be okay...." He muttered softly as he allowed her those moments to cope with the pain he had surely beset upon her. That softness was altogether a rarity for the man and yet, his heart, it seemed was incapable of providing the wounded seal with that often callous exterior. Softly, Tetradore attempted to console the seal, promising her that the worst was now over and that everything that came after was surely within her capabilities to handle. Such encouragement was, perhaps, unnecessary but sometimes, when the pain overrode all logical thought, it had helped him endure. As much as he would have liked to allow her to simply rest now, it was an impossibility, given the creature's current form. Pulling her through the Ark, though possible as the panther he was, would surely not be pleasant for either of them. No - shifting was surely the only answer. His emerald eyes lingered upon the seal that stared up at him for several long moments before, suddenly, the creature began to change.
Abruptly, Tetradore pulled that bloody shirt from her figure, shifting back just enough to give her room for that very transformation. He knew well just how painful it could be, particularly when the body had already been through its fair share of trauma. He was unsurprised by the female's stillness as she tried to recuperate from that change and yet, what had caught him off guard, was the realization that he knew the woman before him. Though the Were-King was hardly a promiscuous soul in the slightest, even he was not entirely immune to the allure of a woman's form. His vibrant emerald eyes skirted over her figure but briefly before his attention was drawn upwards, watching for a moment as Arya placed her face within her hands. "Arya...?" He inquired softly, altogether astute in his observance of those wounds that still afflicted her. It took her a moment before her gaze slowly turned towards him with a clearly exhausted glance. "Are you okay?" The man continued, even though he knew well the answer. He at least wanted her to take stock of her figure, to inform him if there was more than just the results of that spear's removal. It was a question he never quite received an answer to as Arya suddenly realized her very state of undress, her gaze widening at the awareness of just all of her feminine figure that he could see.
He said little of it, however, as her skin flushed a bright pink, the man merely clearing his throat as Arya quickly attempted to cover herself with....well....herself. The quick movement prompted a yelp from her, the sound alone earned the woman the full extent of his gaze as those tears began to stream down her features. "It's okay, Arya...it's okay." He offered, his hand reaching forward to stroke her cheek in an effort to brush away those very tears. The last thing he anticipated, however, was the sudden swaying of her figure, that subtle movement altogether providing the Alpha all the warning he required as he shifted closer towards him. The soft syllable of his name on her lips was ignored as he reached out to her, pulling the girl in his arms quite in the same moment she began to collapse, leaving her falling against his bare chest. A soft sigh left his lips as he reached for that wadded shirt, only to effortlessly scoop her naked figure into his embrace. She was particularly...light within his arms though he hardly complained as he maneuvered towards the safety of the Ark. "Jackal, I need your help." He commented towards the Were, the Hispanic man altogether quick to jump to his needs. A quick rundown of the medical supplies he required was all that was necessary before the Alpha was left to make his own way upstairs with Arya's barely conscious figure within his arms.
He made his way towards the comforts of his own bedroom, the man all but gentle as he placed her against the soft embrace of his bed's plush comforter. That shirt was pressed back against her side as he waited for that supplies he had requested to come. After all, the last thing he intended was to allow the young woman to die from bleeding out upon his very doorstep. No - frankly, he was...kind of fond of Arya, even though his last evening with her had hardly ended exceptionally well. Still, he liked her well enough and, in turn, he had every intention of saving her.