Speakeasy

ALCOHOL AND WHATNOT

Element: Booze
Speakeasy is essentially a mash up of New York and Chicago in the 1920's. (there's a borough that's like Boston too cuz I'm an asshole) Paved streets, fledgling skyscrapers

Speakeasy is a town on the horizon of great things: technology is growing, people are happy, and it's riding an entertainment high on a wave of illegal alcohol.

Too bad it's behind every other place on Alternia by decades.

Culture
Speakeasy often portrays itself as a shining light in troll culture- a bustling nightlife that can entrance any troll. But all of it's residents are a bit...notorious. Grown used to getting drunk, fucking prostitutes, and stealing to live, the citizens were comfortable with their illicit lifestyles. But their mayor was determined to turn Speakeasy into a tourist capital, and banned alcohol to start the city's reform. Shipments of alcohol into the city are strictly managed by both the mayor and gangsters trying to gain power.

Quickly, underground (both literal and figurative- some were in sewers) bars sprung up all around town. With them also appeared more defined gangs with powerful leaders, bootlegging and pandering beer like it was currency. These bars were nicknamed "speakeasies" to mock the city and were referred to as "the real life of Speakeasy"

Music is an integral part of Speakeasy. Jazz and blues often flow through speakeasies and down the streets. Records and gramophones are the music player of choice.

Because of the curse, ids are instituted to visitors and citizens that state their blood color, and this functions as the hemospectrum. This led to a black market of id tags.

Residents
Vlinde Bradik

Erosan Valois

Danolo Pikola

History
Well fuck ive explained most of it, damn

The mayor said don't drink beer and the citizens were like "you know what, we're going to drink beer even harder"

Curse
There's a curse that encapsulates the town. Everything inside of Speakeasy is black and white, and any technology that wouldn't have existed in the twenties doesn't work.

Magical Properties
Magic is severely weakened, though not completely nullified. It's stigmatized to use it, however, and will probably get you beaten up. Technomancers are stripped of all powers.

Active Groups
GANGS, MANY MANY GANGS. HAVE FUN MAKING THEM.

Geography
It's a city with a river running through it idfk where exactly it is though