A City of Oddities(free roam city RP)

[Gisk]

The world is full of what are most politely called "oddities." Anything that falls outside of humanity's normal scope of experience is labeled as such. Until relatively recently, such people and things have been forced to live in hiding for fear of being destroyed or hunted down. But in the 1950s a man by the name of Oliver Day suddenly changed the status quo for oddities everywhere. The Day family had long been a wealthy, land owning family. When Oliver inherited the entire fortune after his father's passing, he made a bold and completely unexpected move.
He openly acknowledged the existence of oddities, and invited any and all to the safe haven that his land now represented. And so was founded the Oliver Day District in Louisiana. Since then, a veritable city has risen from where cash crops once flourished, and the city has expanded as many of those nearby sold their property out of fear of the things that lived in the city.
This is modern day O.D.D.

I'd like for other people to contribute to the world of this, with their own creatures and factions and places. You should note, though, that none of them exist in a void. If someone else creates a faction, you should be thinking about how it would interact with yours, and you could discuss possible past and future dealings.

Places

Old O.D.D.: The farmland that Oliver day originally donated, It's still farmland, but is now owned and run exclusively by Oddities, and more houses dot the area than any time in the land's history.
New O.D.D.: The urban sprawl that has slowly grown since the founding of the District. As Oddities have flocked to the city, the population has boomed and it's now an urban center on par with Chicago or New York City.
Aristocrat Towers: The tallest building in America, standing near two thousand feet and with a hundred and thirty floors. Every floor is wall to wall apartments, which are all for rent. But the price is so high, most go unoccupied, officially speaking. The building also acts as a headquarters for The Bloodline, almost all of whom live in the higher levels.
After the attack in '93, the whole building was re-tiled with intricate silver patterns.

Factions

The Bloodline: The self proclaimed voice of all vampires. The Bloodline has actually existed for millennia, for as long as vampires have existed, or so they say. Their collective net worth is greater than any other single entity in the world. A lot of New O.D.D. is owned, on paper, by one of their ranking members, and in practice by The Bloodline as a whole. It can be argued that without their involvement, O.D.D. would have fallen flat on its face in five years.
All vampires are tracked by The Bloodline, whether they consider themselves a part of the group or not. They keep a database of every known vampire, including the most recent picture possible(some vampires have been underground for so long that the most recent picture is a drawing from memory). One use of the record is to verify age. Rank in the Bloodline is determined by a combination of age and nepotism.

In 1961 the Red Cross suddenly and unexpected announced that it would be providing blood for the newly exposed vampires, so that they won't have to feed off of live humans. There was an immediate backlash, and Red Cross donations dropped nearly by half. But public acceptance of Oddities, and good PR people, have brought donations back up, keeping both hospitals and Vampires well stocked on life giving blood. In reality, The Bloodline has been running the Red Cross from the very beginning, claiming that the blood that vampires consumed was thrown away, and planned this move very carefully.

Thralls: Though the word originally meant slave, Thralls are consenting, well paid adult humans who allow vampires(and some other Oddities) to feed off of them, non-lethally. Almost all Thralls work for The Bloodline, who take a cut of the money that is paid to make use of them. Not all Thralls are equal, the more popular a Thrall is, the higher The Bloodline charges, and the more they are paid.
Though there are some exceptions, as a general rule, vampires value youth and beauty, so many Thralls are chosen specifically because they are easy on the eyes. In fact, The Bloodline actually sends out invitations through modelling and acting agencies.
In addition to their pay, all Bloodline Thralls are offered lodging at Aristocrat Towers, under the careful protection of the Silver Fangs.

Silver Fangs: In 1993, a pack of werewolves burst through the doors of Aristocrat Towers and went on a rampage before fleeing on foot. Three vampires died, along with fifteen Thralls. Twice as many survived injuries and were infected with Lyconthropy. Since that event, The Bloodline has put together a special defense force, called the Silver Fangs because of their silver dentures.
Fangs are recruited from human armed forces all over the world, specially chosen for their skill and track record, and then reconditioned by Bloodline specialists. Those that don't take to the training, or seem uncontrollable are cut loose from the program. But those who survive training, and are seen as good fits, are Sired, given the Dark Gift.

I know a lot of people will see this and think that vampire commandos seem bitchin, but let me explain why they aren't what you think. Vampires value age, and put a high cultural stress on survival. Historically, they have never fought their own battles. They get slaves or mercenaries to do it, or they avoid conflict altogether and work through subterfuge. The last fifty years have been a strange time, though, and The Bloodline has seen that they can't continue to operate this way. The Silver Fangs were their answer. They were intentionally designed, trained, and conditioned to be easily controlled, disposable soldiers. Vampires prefer to choose their sires carefully, as companions and proteges. They care about them because they "bring them up" in a way. The Silver Fangs are separate, and will never be a part of vampire society.
The real kicker? They have no idea. They think they'll serve their twenty years and then retire to eternal decadence, but The Bloodline has no intention of letting them join vampire society. As soon as they are no longer useful, they will be thrown away.

[ShuffleCat]

Faction:

Noctramancers:
A cult, as old as the vampires and just as feared. Noctramancers are a silent group of humans who practice an old, forbidden form of magic. They live in a large manor on the very border of the city. The man was there long before the district was formed and was quickly taken over by the cult; it is a large dark brick house, with huge pillars outside the front entrance. Each window is a large oval with black metal framing them. Lights are never on in the manor, noise never comes from it's walls and no one is ever seen in the building.

Vampires believe that the cult has died out; wiped out due to war. The Noctramancers and The Vampires have had been enemies for a long time, no one is really sure why anymore. Attempting to feed from a Noctramancers is harmful for Vampires, as the dark magic they practice taints their blood and turns it into a toxic black sludge. The manor is left to rot and crumble. No one wants to expose themselves to the magic that could remain inside it.

The members of this cult, were known for hiding their identities with large cloaks. Long, flowing cloaks which are embellished with embroidery. Symbols and wards sewn into the fabric using bright, rich coloured string. The cloaks show dominance and power in the cult; the more powerful you are in the magic, the more detailed your cloak is, the more colours are added. Red string is never used, as it is seen as a symbol of blood, the food of the cult's enemies.

No one is really sure what their magic does, anymore. The Bloodline made sure the cult's history was burnt and that any members who were found, were destroyed. All hey know is; 1) The magic is not to be used under penalty of death, 2) There are likely no members left anyhow and no one thinks, they assure themselves, the members wouldn't dare show themselves in an area so heavily controlled by vampires.

[Gisk]

Why would the Bloodline intentionally whipe all of their own records of an enemy?
Especially since they keep meticulous records of their members, let alone their most dangerous enemy. Not to mention vampires are immortal, there could easily be members of the Bloodline who were around for the last time they were in conflict.

Other than that, they're good, though you know you will have to expound on their magic, at least to me.

[Hideka Yurei]

Geflas:

The Geflas are an ancient race, slightly older than the Vampires, although any contact is avoided, although the Geflas have always been a peaceful faction with no desire of harm, instead taking the role of forest protectors. With a inconsistent plant based DNA, the Geflas have the ability to change size, making them even more suited for deterring humans from forest. Though their true home is deep in the untainted heart of the amazon, some of the Geflas, including their formal queen, moved to the human world, in a attempt to cleanse it and restore the Forrest, but were met with hostility all the way from Sumeria, eventually driving them into hiding, until the announcement of Oliver Day's new refuge, of which was quickly sought out. Since then, things have remained between the Geflas and the Vampires as they typically have, with little contact or interaction, with the Vampires considering the immortal Geflas as of little concern, and the Geflas considering the immortal Vampires to be to offensive too socialize with. As far as Noctramancers go, the Geflas attempted to wage a crusade against them long ago, but it ended in failure when they encountered the land the dark magic had tainted, and were forced back to their jungle sanctum, of which they cast protective magics upon to keep it safe from the spreading taint of the humans/ Noctramancers.

Attire: The Geflas are known for their green to blue skin, and often wear leaves, social order is distinguished by each Geflas's birth trees distance from the heart of the jungle, with the queen being born at the very center,.

[Gisk]

Well, I didn't mean that everyone had to be connected to everyone, just to think about how the other factions would interact with yours.

They also don't all have to be ancient immortal races.
That being said, they're good to go, though I wish we knew enough about the Noctramancers to come up with a reason they might be in conflict.

[Hideka Yurei]

Gisk said
Well, I didn't mean that everyone had to be connected to everyone, just to think about how the other factions would interact with yours. They also don't all have to be ancient immortal races. That being said, they're good to go, though I wish we knew enough about the Noctramancers to come up with a reason they might be in conflict.

I know they don't have to be immortal or ancient, but I made it like that because they're essentially Forrest spirits, so as old as the forest, and , not technically immortal, just that they luv as long as the Forrest reies, and since some areas of the amazon hale from when the world was mostly tropical, it is basic immortality. But extensive logging does pose a threat to them.

[Joegreenbeen]

I would like to join, I think I'll do something with gingers. >={D

[Hideka Yurei]

Hate how things die.

[Gisk]

It really never got enough interest. And now it's a bit too late: I leave for boot camp in twenty days.