Portland in Shadow

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The city of Portland is a vast and dynamic city, a curious alchemical mixture of natural features, urban growth and cutting edge sociology and technology. Unsurprisingly, its Shadow reflects these traits in abundance.

Aside from the unique traits noted below, most of the areas in Portland adhere to the typical places that might be found in the Shadow, as noted in Shadow Landscape.

http://www.portlandbridges.com/portland-neighborhoods/

Spirit Courts & Broods

There are a few spirit courts located in the City of Roses. These are inevitably made up of the kinds of spirits possessed of urbane tendencies, whether because of their own innate nature or by ingesting the city-resonances through the Essence they consume.

Feudal Domains

  • The Court of Portlandia: Northwest Portland The Court of Portlandia is a spirit court gathered around the spirit called Portlandia (Essence 5 • Location Spirit) and her four Directors: the Director of Roads, Cobblestone; the Director of Rails, Steamwhistle; the Director of Flight, ATC; and the Director of Docks, Paddlewheel. The Directors are all Essence 4 Conceptuals who embody the modes of travel that make the commerce of Portland possible. Additionally, the Directors also have elemental associations, with Roads associated with Earth, Rails associated with Fire, Flight associated with Air and Docks associated with Water. The Court of Portlandia is easily the largest spirit court in Portland's Shadow, and hosts a variety of travel and elemental spirits in their retinues. The Court is based out of the Thirteenth Floor, a floor of the Portland Building that exists only in Shadow.
  • X: Southwest Portland X
  • X: Tualatin X

Mob Rule Domains

  • X: North Portland X
  • X: Lake Oswego X
  • X: Vancouver, WA X

Gods & Monsters Domains

  • X: Southeast Portland X

Spirit Broods

  • X: Northwest Portland X
  • X: Northeast Portland X
  • The Silicon Web: Beaverton/Hillsboro An already large and expanding spirit brood based out of the so-called Silicon Forest area of Shadow between Beaverton and Hillsboro, the Silicon Web is made up of a host of technological spirits. The exact lords of this court are unknown - it is hostile to those who enter its domain, and even those who approach it respectfully speak only to emissary spirits. Based on the name of the court, though, most assume it is an arachnoid technology spirit of some kind.
  • X: Vancouver, WA X

Downtown/Northwest

Known Loci: 6 (2, 2, 2, 4, 4, 4); Other Details: Domain (Feudal Court), Shoal, Persistent Verge, Brood, Places-That-Aren't

  • Downtown: X
  • Arlington Heights: X
  • Forest Park: X
    • X (Persistent Verge): X
    • (Locus ••••): X
  • Goose Hollow and King's Hill: X
  • Linnton: X
  • Northwest District: X
  • Northwest Heights: X
  • Northwest Industrial: X
  • Old Town Chinatown: X
    • The Chinese Arch (Locus ••••): X
  • The Pearl District: X
  • Riverplace & South Waterfront: X
  • Sylvan-Highlands: X

Northeast Portland

Known Loci: 10; Other Details: Brood, Dead Spot, Brood

North Portland

Known Loci: 4; Other Details: Dead Spot, Domain (Mob Rule)

Southeast Portland

Known Loci: 11; Other Details: Domain (Gods & Monsters), Spider Webs

Southwest Portland

Known Loci: 9; Other Details: Crows Nest, Domain (Feudal Court), Spider Webs

Suburbs/Outlying Areas

Beaverton & Hillsboro

  • Known Loci: 7 total
  • The Silicon Forest: A massive portion of the Beaverton and Hillsboro Shadow is home to what is called the Silicon Forest, an eerie area thick with technological spirits of all kind, draped in filaments of spun silicon which pulse ominously like light through optic cabling. The spirits of this area are all part of the Shadow Web court (see above), a body of technological spirits. Most of the area's loci are found within the Silicon Forest, as well.
    • The Server Citadel (Catalyst): A perpetually black-skied area whose stars blink and pulse in binary code, accessed through strictly-controlled tunnels of woven silicon filaments, the Server Farm is located over one of the largest of the Intel campuses in the area. This is the seat of the Silicon Forest, and it is thick with spidery technological spirits. This area is also a Catalyst, transforming those spirits who come here (or, far more frequently, dragged here by Silicon Web spirits) into technological servitors of the Web. The potent technological Resonance of the area is strong enough to bleed through, affecting the humans who work on this campus, investing them with a near-obsessive interest in technology (or perhaps simply driving away those without such an interest already).

Lake Oswego

Known Loci: 4; Other Details: Domain (Mob Rule) X

Tualatin Town Center

Known Loci: 3; Other Details: Domain (Feudal), Places-That-Aren't X

Vancouver, WA

Known Loci: 10; Other Details: Brood, Domain (Mob Rule), Spider Webs, Glade X

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