Southside Slums

Description

Tall, old apartment buildings close in on all sides in this claustrophobic neighborhood. Even the narrow streets feel like alleys. Networks of fire escapes obscure the night sky, and there is a persistent smell of waste and old trash coming from between and behind the buildings, and from the backed-up sewer system. People tend to hustle past, keeping their eyes averted from strangers, and no one’s voice climbs above a whisper in the streets.

Rumors

Illegal dogfights in the basements of some of the tenement buildings are a popular form of entertainment for several of the local Anarchs and Camarilla, and the events are considered a sort of time of truce, during which the two normally opposed factions might conduct diplomacy.

Traits

Physical: Access –2, Safety –3. It’s hard to navigate the slums, which are perilous for even the most stalwart.
Mental: Information –1, Awareness –3. The populace here is kept ignorant and unaware through fear of violence.
Social: Prestige –3, Stability –3. People here are assumed to be either the perennially downtrodden or else deplorable sorts of criminals, and that assessment is largely a reasonable one.

Haven Qualities

Location 5, Security 1, Size 3. It’s easy enough to take over an abandoned tenement here and to feed freely on the locals, but there’s little in the way of security to be had.

Type

Neighbourhood