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Morathor
Supernova
- Joined
- Feb 19, 2012
- Location
- Midwestern USA
On paper Hearthshire was a fairly ordinary town. Mid-sized population, reasonable number of schools, good public transit. A higher than usual rate of white collar jobs, with several major holding companies and data management firms located in the town, and the manufacturing district having more or less closed down decades ago (and then overrun by rich people and the businesses that catered to them).
But if you knew what to look for, there were a couple of signs that something was very wrong. Slightly above average rates of both missing persons and suicides, slight shifts in business and economics that didn't add up, one too many red flags from the police department's internal affairs. Any one of them could be written off as a fluke, or even statistical error. To an experienced hunter, these were signs of a vampire's city.
Most cities didn't have vampires, or at least, didn't have them for long. When a vampire did roll into town and start turning people, the new spawn were disorganized, scattered; they were easy to find, easy to slay, and the infestation could usually be cleared in a matter of weeks. But a town like Hearthshire would be controlled by one vampire, with maybe a handful of carefully chosen subordinates. To establish a foothold like that, they had to be very smart, very cautious, and very dangerous. Indeed, a number of reputable hunters had gone to Heartshire and never been heard from again.
But if you knew what to look for, there were a couple of signs that something was very wrong. Slightly above average rates of both missing persons and suicides, slight shifts in business and economics that didn't add up, one too many red flags from the police department's internal affairs. Any one of them could be written off as a fluke, or even statistical error. To an experienced hunter, these were signs of a vampire's city.
Most cities didn't have vampires, or at least, didn't have them for long. When a vampire did roll into town and start turning people, the new spawn were disorganized, scattered; they were easy to find, easy to slay, and the infestation could usually be cleared in a matter of weeks. But a town like Hearthshire would be controlled by one vampire, with maybe a handful of carefully chosen subordinates. To establish a foothold like that, they had to be very smart, very cautious, and very dangerous. Indeed, a number of reputable hunters had gone to Heartshire and never been heard from again.