Manhattan, New York City

Verity Price calls Manhattan home during her journeyman year and, later, as a more permanent residence. NYC is home to one of the highest populations of intelligent cryptids in the world.

## Dave's Fish and Strips, aka The Freakshow

As Dave's Fish and Strips: "A club for discerning gentlemen." In other words, a strip club. Dave publicized his club far and wide, and his niece Kitty argues that he could have been more discerning about the clientele. Guests grab-assing the staff is a common occurrence, although depending on who they grabbed they could be asking for a world of hurt.

As The Freakshow: After Kitty took over the management, she turned it more into a burlesque club than a strip joint. She recruited Verity to teach the staff slightly more refined dancing skills, and she also brands it as the place to go to see "freaks." Cryptid staff are encouraged to keep their differences visible, as long as they can be reasonably explained away by smoke and mirrors, and the human population of Manhattan is delighted by the new direction.

### Members

* Dave Smith, manager of Dave's Fish and Strips
* Kitty Smith, manager of The Freakshow
* Verity Price, server

* Ryan Yukimura, bartender
* Istas, server
* Carol, dancer, lesser gorgon
* Marcy, eats gravel topped with whipped cream
* Daisy, bartender
* Angel, bartender
* Nye, a new hire
* Jahi, male wadjet
* Maibe, snake dancer
* Joe, Pliny's gorgon, new hire

## Meatpacking District Warehouse

Home of the Manhattan Nest of dragon princesses. Accessible through a bodega on street level, the main entry to the warehouse is inside a completely walled-in courtyard. The city seems to have forgotten about its existence, which is perfectly convenient to the dragons, who have resided there for several centuries.

A former slaughterhouse, the main floor of the building is large and open. Stairs lead to a ring of offices on the second floor, and the catwalk allows those above to look down on the floor below. There are giant chain hooks hanging from the ceiling, likely a remnant of the days they were needed to haul carcasses. The dragon princesses have made the warehouse more homey with mismatched carpets, furniture, and piles and piles of gold. The warehouse also has a full kitchen.

After William is discovered, the Nest relocates to live with him in the sewers. Candice, the new Nest mother, agrees to rent the warehouse out to Verity as a safe house while the Covenant are casing Manhattan. Verity ends up offering refuge to many of her allies for the duration of the Covenant's stay.

**Subway and sewers below Manhattan**

A snake cult discovers William the dragon sleeping beneath Manhattan. They use William's blood to create servitors to kidnap young women, which they sacrifice in the hopes of waking William up. They fail, but William wakes regardless when Candice arrives on the scene. The two bond, and Candice moves the entire Nest down to the sewers to be closer to William.

In the months since the discovery, the Nest has done what they can to make the place more homey. They add hidebehind spells to deflect any curious maintenance workers, scrub the walls, and move all their gold down to their new living quarters.

### Nest Members

* Betty Smith, Nest mother until 2012
* Candice, current Nest mother
* Priscilla
* Eva, a preteen dragon

### Temporary Warehouse Residents

* Verity Price
* Mike Gucciard
* Sarah Zellaby
* Sunil
* Rochak
* Ryan Yukimura
* Istas
* Aeslin mice

## Other Points of Interest

**Semi-Legal Sublet in Greenwich Village**

Verity's apartment during her journeyman year. Owned by a sasquatch. A tiny, one bedroom apartment, with the living room filled with Verity's dance costumes. The only place two people can reasonably fit to talk is in her bedoom.

**Davidson-Morrissey Memorial Dance Hall**

Verity and James Garcia enter a regional dance competition hosted at the hall. Dominic finds her there, incapacitates James, and attempts to dance with Verity until she calls it a wash and leaves the competition early.

**Gingerbread Pudding**

A dessert bakery and cafe owned and operated by the Madhura siblings Sunil, Rochak, and before her death, Piyusha. Their living quarters are above the shop. Verity and Dominic become regular customers over the months that they are dating and living in Manhattan.

**Plaza Athenee**

Sarah takes up residence in the penthouse suite of this hotel in 2012.

Note: There is no record of a Plaza Athenee in Manhattan, though there is one in Paris, France.

**Port Hope Hotel**

Sarah moves to the Port Hope Hotel, which is conveniently around the corner from the Manhattan Museum of Mathematics.

**St. Giles Hospital**

One of the only hospitals specifically catering to cryptids. It is hidden directly below the human hospital St. Catherine's, which allows the staff to acquire medical supplies. They have two Caladrius on staff, Dr. Morrow and his wife Lauren Morrow, and occasionally admit human patients like Verity Price.

**Battery Park / Department of Docks**

Dominic makes first contact with the Covenant agents here. From there, the Covenant rents a warehouse in an undisclosed part of town.

**Dominic's apartment**

Dominic never invites Verity to his apartment, claiming that the Covenant would be able to tell he'd had a woman present from the moment they walked in the door. Still, he isn't surprised, after he meets up with several Covenant agents, to find her casing his place.

The Covenant may have provided the place, but they did little to furnish it. Dominic sleeps on a single mattress in an empty room, and his fridge is empty but for a detritus of takeout containers.

## Related Locations

**JFK International Airport**

Alex and Antimony both fly out of JFK for their international adventures; they have allies at the airport who can help them get through security with their range of contraband and fake identities.

## Image Gallery

Overhead view of Manhattan at sunriseApartment building in Greenwich VillagePresidential suite of Plaza Athénée hotelWarehouse in the Meatpacking DistrictAerial view of Battery ParkManhattan strip clubDecrepit subway line, filled with graffiti and shadowy figures
## References

1. ↑ Discount Armageddon Ch. 3
2. ↑ Midnight Blue-Light Special Ch. 1