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Winnipeg the ruin, Winnipeg of the haunted past,
Winnipeg of murder and flames.
Winnipeg of cold and death,
Winnipeg of the hopeless,
Winnipeg the doomed.
–Jonathan Ball, Preface to The Shadow Over Portage and Main
Once upon a time, it was marked ‘Chicago of the North’ and it was supposed to be the first city in North America to hit a population of a million, but it was eaten out by corruption, and then crippled by the following strikes. It’s a patchwork city, cobbled together from the corpses of several others, and assembled around the beating heart of three mighty rivers. It’s the Heart of the Continent, born in bloody revolution, and steeped in fire and blood ever since.
It is a city of extremes.
Extremes in temperature, extremes in relationships, extremes in arts.
It has been called the most generous city in Canada, and also its most racist.
It is home to fatalistic visionary artists who never get their careers off the prairie ground.
Locals can’t wait to get out of here, and visitors don’t want to leave.
You can make one thing into another in Winnipeg, and that’s true alchemy.
Current Player Characters
1. @Caladiru : Earth Crisis/Earth-Dies-Screaming/Earth, Recovering Centimanus
2. @Wormwood : Mark 5, Hero with an ‘F’ in good
Created Winnipeg
The ‘Peg is, in many ways, a typical prairie city, a place of flat land and several rivers, the Red, the Seine, and the Assiniboine. Unfortunately, given the occasionally violent atmosphere of the city, more than one body has ended up in the muddy waters that the city is named after. For those who care to look, you can find gorgeous Chicago style and neoclassical architecture; however some spectacular postmodern buildings make occasional appearances in the cityscape.
Everyone knows everyone in Winnipeg, fitting the Canadian stereotype of small, tight-knit population centers. If you say that you know someone in Winnipeg, a local speaking to you stands a good chance of knowing them. In an average city of this size, there’s six degrees of separation. In Winnipeg there are only three. This means that word travels fast, and that any secrets that stay that way are because of a fierce sense of commitment and loyalty… or by the truly bizarre atmosphere in the city.
Winnipeg is almost oppressive in its gothic supernatural airs and elemental, Lovecraftian, meteorological harshness. But more than that, a feeling of the uncanny, of the inhuman, lies over the city, stretching back as long as anyone can tell. In the first few decades of the 20th Century, it was the home of many prominent spiritualists, so much so that Arthur Conan Doyle came to visit them, and Henry Houdini came to discredit them. It’s rather telling that neither individual spoke much about what they experienced. To this day, the city is a haven for mediums and psychics of all stripes.
Everyone has a ghost story of some kind or another, and most major landmarks in Downtown Winnipeg are mentioned as being at least casually haunted. The Spirit Woods in the South End of the city are full of carvings that may or may not provide homes to beings of the Hisil, and one massive statue made from a dead tree named Mhitik appears to be both powerful and inhabited.
Over the past several years, more and more Prometheans have decided to make Winnipeg a stop on their Pilgrimage. The mosaic of cultures, the presence of vibrant arts and culture instillations, and the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, has made it a veritable lab for learning about as many possible facets of humanity as you can.
Points of Interest
The Manitoba Legislative Building is a masterwork of neoclassical architecture that was built using extremely precise occult geometry from several traditions, and is adorned with symbols from several different cultures- Greco-Roman, First Nations, Egyptian, and Roman Catholic -every single fixture and quirk in the building was chosen with symbolic intent, and to those in the know it positively glows with power. There are Athanors scorched into those stones. Decoding the building could unlock alchemical secrets untold.
The Exchange District is a hub for artists, gourmands, and coffee connoisseurs. Once, it was the economic heart of the city, and now it is the cutting edge for arts and culture. Old vaulted passages of horse and carriage hide extensive Pilgrim marks, and the local graffiti artists have taken to using alchemical symbolism in their tags.
The Fort Gary Hotel was built on the old grounds of Upper Fort Gary and is considered the most haunted building in the city.
Elysium Social Club is the premier vehicle for Goth and EMB entertainment in Winnipeg. They regularly sponsor and host performances at different venues throughout the city, and those who know even the littlest bit about the supernatural get a kind of adrenaline rush from attending. Never know when one of the Kindred will come wafting out of the crowd.
Elements Curiosity Shop is an occult bookstore mere steps away from the University of Winnipeg campus. Its owner is known for being able to pull strings and introduce customers to people a little more… involved than your run-of-the-mill psychic.
Winnipeg the ruin, Winnipeg of the haunted past,
Winnipeg of murder and flames.
Winnipeg of cold and death,
Winnipeg of the hopeless,
Winnipeg the doomed.
–Jonathan Ball, Preface to The Shadow Over Portage and Main
Once upon a time, it was marked ‘Chicago of the North’ and it was supposed to be the first city in North America to hit a population of a million, but it was eaten out by corruption, and then crippled by the following strikes. It’s a patchwork city, cobbled together from the corpses of several others, and assembled around the beating heart of three mighty rivers. It’s the Heart of the Continent, born in bloody revolution, and steeped in fire and blood ever since.
It is a city of extremes.
Extremes in temperature, extremes in relationships, extremes in arts.
It has been called the most generous city in Canada, and also its most racist.
It is home to fatalistic visionary artists who never get their careers off the prairie ground.
Locals can’t wait to get out of here, and visitors don’t want to leave.
You can make one thing into another in Winnipeg, and that’s true alchemy.
Current Player Characters
1. @Caladiru : Earth Crisis/Earth-Dies-Screaming/Earth, Recovering Centimanus
2. @Wormwood : Mark 5, Hero with an ‘F’ in good
Created Winnipeg
The ‘Peg is, in many ways, a typical prairie city, a place of flat land and several rivers, the Red, the Seine, and the Assiniboine. Unfortunately, given the occasionally violent atmosphere of the city, more than one body has ended up in the muddy waters that the city is named after. For those who care to look, you can find gorgeous Chicago style and neoclassical architecture; however some spectacular postmodern buildings make occasional appearances in the cityscape.
Everyone knows everyone in Winnipeg, fitting the Canadian stereotype of small, tight-knit population centers. If you say that you know someone in Winnipeg, a local speaking to you stands a good chance of knowing them. In an average city of this size, there’s six degrees of separation. In Winnipeg there are only three. This means that word travels fast, and that any secrets that stay that way are because of a fierce sense of commitment and loyalty… or by the truly bizarre atmosphere in the city.
Winnipeg is almost oppressive in its gothic supernatural airs and elemental, Lovecraftian, meteorological harshness. But more than that, a feeling of the uncanny, of the inhuman, lies over the city, stretching back as long as anyone can tell. In the first few decades of the 20th Century, it was the home of many prominent spiritualists, so much so that Arthur Conan Doyle came to visit them, and Henry Houdini came to discredit them. It’s rather telling that neither individual spoke much about what they experienced. To this day, the city is a haven for mediums and psychics of all stripes.
Everyone has a ghost story of some kind or another, and most major landmarks in Downtown Winnipeg are mentioned as being at least casually haunted. The Spirit Woods in the South End of the city are full of carvings that may or may not provide homes to beings of the Hisil, and one massive statue made from a dead tree named Mhitik appears to be both powerful and inhabited.
Over the past several years, more and more Prometheans have decided to make Winnipeg a stop on their Pilgrimage. The mosaic of cultures, the presence of vibrant arts and culture instillations, and the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, has made it a veritable lab for learning about as many possible facets of humanity as you can.
Points of Interest
The Manitoba Legislative Building is a masterwork of neoclassical architecture that was built using extremely precise occult geometry from several traditions, and is adorned with symbols from several different cultures- Greco-Roman, First Nations, Egyptian, and Roman Catholic -every single fixture and quirk in the building was chosen with symbolic intent, and to those in the know it positively glows with power. There are Athanors scorched into those stones. Decoding the building could unlock alchemical secrets untold.
The Exchange District is a hub for artists, gourmands, and coffee connoisseurs. Once, it was the economic heart of the city, and now it is the cutting edge for arts and culture. Old vaulted passages of horse and carriage hide extensive Pilgrim marks, and the local graffiti artists have taken to using alchemical symbolism in their tags.
The Fort Gary Hotel was built on the old grounds of Upper Fort Gary and is considered the most haunted building in the city.
Elysium Social Club is the premier vehicle for Goth and EMB entertainment in Winnipeg. They regularly sponsor and host performances at different venues throughout the city, and those who know even the littlest bit about the supernatural get a kind of adrenaline rush from attending. Never know when one of the Kindred will come wafting out of the crowd.
Elements Curiosity Shop is an occult bookstore mere steps away from the University of Winnipeg campus. Its owner is known for being able to pull strings and introduce customers to people a little more… involved than your run-of-the-mill psychic.
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