Category:Locations

Crescent Cove, as we know it today, was originally founded as a small hamlet in 1693. The Founding Families, as they came to be known, had fled north from Salem, Massachusetts following the witch trials, and over subsequent years, the village began to grow into a town. To this day, their descendents live in the city, although they don’t occupy the same level of mayoral and political authority that the original generations once did.

The town’s position on the coast made it a favored haven of blockade runners and smugglers during the 18th and 19th centuries, and the Union government made use of it as a maritime base during the Civil War. It expanded in size, slowly, to the point where it could be considered a small city by the outbreak of the Second World War.

Crescent Cove remains a contradiction, however. While it has most modern amenities, and major corporations tend to have a presence there, the city itself has an insular nature to it. Most chalk this up to its isolated geography, being surrounded on three sides by the county’s great forests, and the sea on the other. However, statistics regarding the city’s population are hard to come by, and when they are unearthed or analyzed, it shows a remarkably steady recorded population. People don’t seem to come to Crescent Cove as much as they do other cities in Maine or surrounding east coast cities, and those who grow up in the town tend to stay. Its size supports the population comfortably in terms of employment, yet transport links remain limited and difficult, partly due to the regional terrain.

The darker side of Crescent Cove, however, is likely more to blame for its isolation than anything else. A supernatural nexus, the real story of the city is that it was founded by witches, and the continued influence of magic has permeated the very stone of the area, attracting those who are generally drawn to such things. All major cities have some degree of supernatural population, of course, such as the dominant vampire clans of New York, and the werewolf packs of Boston, but Crescent Cove is peculiar in its intensity. Witches provide, by far, the most powerful faction in the city, but they are by no means alone, even if that isn’t readily apparent. Over recent years, an increase in the numbers of werewolves, vampires, hunters and even whispers of demons have led some to believe that events of significance are gathering force. When they will be unleashed, though, and in what form, nobody knows.