Campaign:Equinoctial/NewAuburn

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RAWK_LAWBSTAR's fictional town in Washington County Maine for Equinoctial, Caged, and Contagion. The geography of the area depicted is highly divorced from its real counterpart, though the surrounding country side is only marginally changed.

New Auburn

Founded as a mining town a year before the outbreak of World War 2 when prospector and geologist Eugene Auburn discovered a rich ore deposit of iron, nickel, and copper beneath the local mountains; the smattering of mica only helped to sell the site. During the war years New Auburn saw rapid growth as many of the industries that were integral to America's war effort set up to exploit the area's mineral wealth and ease of shipping from Eason bay, allowing from almost everything to be set up on site.

After the war, the arms manufacturers slowly shifted toward more peacetime manufacturing, allowing the town to continue to a full fledged city that would eventually rival the Portland area in population. Incorporating the old fishing town of Pendleton in the mid 70s and Wendel Cove during its eastward expansion in the late 80's. Today New Auburn has a population of approximately 325,000 people.

Auburn Hills

• Located on the foot hills of Mount Askaskwi, Auburn Hills is the site for most of New Auburn's mining activity. Majority of the mines are underground and make use of shaft mining techniques to dig deep into the Earth leaving much of the surface of the area only marginally impacted save for the surface facilities, warehouses, train yards, and other such businesses that help support the mining operations. There are a few open pit mines and quaries and even a few adits as well as numerous closed tunnels whose numbers seem to grow ever year.

Auburn Industrial District

• The Auburn Industrial District was the original backbone of the city along with the mines, home to numerous factories and mills that helped supply Allied forces on the European front during World War II during the city's infancy and has always been known for its notoriously bad water contamination issues. Now the Industrial district is home to a mix of rampant urban decay with dots of thriving industries that managed to roll and adapt with the times such as Basilisk Armory Munitions and the Monolith Technology Corporation. Many of the old mills and foundries still operate succusfully to this day, churning out steel that provides the backbone for urban growth in the area.

Bennet's Corner

• Formerly the homes to the more wealthy and elite from the time of New Auburn's founding, Bennet's Corner has lowered from being the retreat of the high society to the homes of the common men and women as time has past, devloping into a nice primarily residential district with a ditinct feel of yesteryear. Some of the better schools have been established here and New Auburn University technically used to consider part of the neighborhood before it became large enough to warrent its own standing.

Bluefield

• Once covered with pathes of trees and blueberry farms, now home to urban middle class of New Auburn. Bluefield used to be a suburb of New Auburn but during the expansion in the 70s and 80s but was quickly sandwhiched between the growing city and Wendell, leading to it being a curious patchwork of dense urban space and tree-lined suburban neighborhoods.

Downtown

• The beating heart of modern New Auburn, holding the financial and business hubs of the city as well city hall. In an effort to display itself as a player in the modern world and up with the times, Downtown is a densely packed urban center with towering sky scrapers of glass and steel, almost the entirety of the growth is fueled by the local mining industries. Day to day the streets are bustling with people going about their lives, at least in the warmer parts of the year; come winter most take to the many skyways and tunnels to escape the cold, leaving the streets to be braved by those who don't mind the biting weather. Together, tunnels and skyways connect almost every building in the district save for the few remaining older buildings that haven't been acquired by corporate interests of the development board (leaving the number of structures under 6 stories to be counted on a single hand).

Lobster Islands

• Not exactly part of the city per se, the Lobster Islands are a collection of islands a couple miles south out in the bay and are known for the sizable of quantity of lobsters that dwell in the area. There isn't much on the islands save for a few uninhabited rickety old harbors and cabins that date from decades back when the island was used as fishing outpost. The area is the subject of a local legend amongst the area: supposedly the area is inhabited by a cryptid known as the Maine Lobsterman that attacks and drives out anyone who enters the area. The legend is taken seriously by most of New Auburn's fishermen, as those who go there usually suffer some mishap or damage to their boats which is proof enough to most people. Many of the more adventurous youth of the city often make trips to the island to test their mettle and examine the legend themselves, which further promotes the legend. The power of the legend is stretches far enough that most local restaurants near the coast don't serve lobster.

Lumina Park

• Lumina Park is the city's primary shopping and entertainment district with a healthy mix of upscale housing and business districts along with a smattering of parks. Lumina park centers around Lumina Lake where the largest concentration of theaters, restaurants, stages, bars, shopping arcades, and other such diversions resides, all neatly planned out around the Lumina Municipal Park. The business parks and centers tend to be on the west side of the neighborhood nearest Downtown while residential areas tend to be closer to Warrenton. Lumina Park also contains a number of marinas where the affluent keep their boats and is the city's connection to Pebon Island, either via ferry or the Siguan Bridge.

Old Town

• The original location of the fledling town that has now sprawled into a modern metropolis. Old Town west containing much the initial industrial development and the eastern half housing business and residential centers. Old Town was the hub of the city from the 40s all the way to the late 60s until the locus of the city began to shift southward toward the coast and causing the area to largely degrade save for a blocks that held on to their status as high brow locales of the elite. In modern times, Old Town East has undergone a large degree of gentrification bringing back up the property values thanks to an influx of people in the last 15 years that has served revitalized the district. Unfortunately Old Town West has only seen an improvement near the river, the remainder being left to industrial uses and low income neighborhoods, with the border of the Aubern Industrial District being particularly bad.

Pebon Park

• The island New Auburn's primier park, with the vast majority of the island unmolested by human development save for the Pebon Park Bridge and small amount of development on the northern tip, mostly entertainment and eateries. The top third of the island contain more traditional park spaces such as sporting areas, playgrounds, amenities, and gardens while the remainder of the park is generally untouched save for hiking and bicycle trails and the sporadic cabins, campgrounds, and the like. The shore of the island is dotted with docks. moslty just simple wooden ones to allow for boat access at various points, however there is the Siguan Marina located near the Siguan bridge that connects it to the mainland where a majority of recreational vessals are kept.

Uplands

• The foothills of Mount Niben where the stupidly rich of New Auburn live. Between the patches of scenic woodlands and the few small lakes and ponds, the neighborhood is dotted with upscale suburban housing with many being gated and/or private communities. Further toward the mountains the size of estates grow into sprawling mansions. Country clubs, golf courses, and along with somewhat fancier business fill out the neighborhood.

Wendel Cove

• Prior to New Auburn, Wendel Cove was a sleepy fishing town nestled in the picturesque. After the war when New Auburns growth took off, the town became a destination for the well off of New Auburn to retreat to and relax and remained the quiet getaway up until it was annexed by the city in the 80s. Wendel Cove still maintains much of its old picturesque atmosphere along with more modern additions and amenities. The area is home to several well to do middle class neighborhoods, tourist hot spots, coastal attractions, and several bustling marinas.

Wharton Industrial District

• Unlike the Auburn Industrial District, the Wharton Industrial District is mainly comprised of light industry, though there still are some heavy industries that have facilities in the area that take full advantage of the closer access to the proximity of the shipping facilities in the harbor. There are also a smattering of office parks looking to take advantage of the lower property values. While a step above the Auburn Industrial District in terms of quality, it still leaves much to be desired when compared to the eastern parts of the city. The district also contains the majority of public housing in the city, built in the undeveloped pockets during the 70s to provide affordable housing for the city's poor.

Important People

General

Brendan Sturges

• A peculiar and eccentric man in his early thirties that is the proprietor of "Brendan Sturges's Voodoo Emporium", a shop located on an out of the way street known locally as Arcane Alley for its high concentration of psychics, occultists, and all sorts of paranormal related business along it. Brendan takes the occult very seriously, though he does so in a way that most other practitioners would scoff at as he freely blends all manners of occult traditions into each other into a undiscernable mess.

Gilbert Reed

• An engineer for Basilisk Armory Munitions. He occasionaly shows up in the news every couple of months for one of his inventions resulting in the BAM testing range blowing up, or catching fire, or inadvertant property damage. He is pretty much the picture of a mad scientist that is a hermit in his lab, complete with the unkempt frazzled graying hair and lab coat. Outside of his obsession with building questionable weapons not much is known about him due to his reclusive nature.

Changeling

A Boa A Qu

• Midnight Psychonaut, Wizened Oracle
• Freehold: A pudgy figure a little short of 5'3" with a Santa Claus beard, A Boa A Qu is perhaps the most eccentric member of the Midnight Court. He often dresses in garishly colored corduroy clothes and almost always is wearing some manner of hat, typically a bowler hat but stranger things have been seen perched atop his balding scalp and gray hair. While generally unintimidating physically, A Boa A Qu is rumored to be able to overpower the monarchs within dreams, and with his prowess at all things dream related that secures him the position as being the foremost oneiromancer of the freehold. Of course many lost don't make use of his services unless they've had no progress with the other oneiromancers as A Boa A Qu can be summed up as a crazy in a bow with a side of fries.
• Public: Known as "Richard Richards Richardson", he offers a bizarre array of services from dream interpretation to dream yoga to hypnosis either from his office tucked in a corner of Arcane Alley or home visitation.

Anthony Murphy

King of Winter.

Denton Ohm

Equinox second-in-command.

Dowin Kelso

Autumn chancellor.

Elazul Dark

King of Equinox.

Elson Orson

• King of Midnight, Wizened Lawyer
• Freehold: Elson Orson takes the stereotype of the devilish lawyer and runs with it; his mien of devil horns, red skin, scent of brimstone, and the forked tail only adds to it, especially with his tall stature and expensive taste in suits. While generally laid back, if a bit sarcastic, he takes his job of serving as the legal strong arm of the freehold with the utmost seriousness. When a changeling finds himself in court, Elson Orson is almost always the one to take the case, pro bono of course as its in the freehold's interests to keep mortal eyes away. Elson isn't above using his mastery of doubt and misdirection to achieve a flawless record when coming the aid of the lost in such affairs, but it is by no means a 'get out of jail free' card as lost who are truly guilty then have to answer to the freehold's own legal system, which Elson is an integral part of as well. Elson provides a vast majority of funding for the Midnight Court as well as good deal for the freehold in general.
• Public: Known as "Russell Davis", he works at the top rate law firm Russell & Russell partnered with Russell Davidson, who looks deceptively like him. He's known for being a power house in court. While he has his philanthropic moments, given is reputation and record he's able to command top dollar and he isn't afraid to milk it a bit.

Enki

Equinox courtier.

Flynn

Midnight courtier. There may or may not be more than one of him.

Inanna

Equinox courtier.

Lapton

Hell of a chef, ABAQ's roommate.

Lazlo Slawski

King of Spring.

Lily

Spring courtier.

Helena Vaan

Queen of Summer.

Melissa Eibon

Queen of Autumn. Bitch.

Metal'ead Nathan

ABAQ's other roommate.

Morgana Page

Queen of Midday..

Nolan Curtis

King of Dusk.

Nous

Equinox courtier.

Pearl Elpis

Queen of Dawn.

Rusty Earl

Former Autumn king, hermit.

Samuel Phinx

Autumn courtier, assistant to Eibon

Scooter

You know who this is.