South

The southern part of the city has a chic family-oriented sort of charm to it. Here, small locally owned shops run rampant, neighbors often know each other by name, and the monthly socials are an event not to be missed. In the South, children can often be seen safely playing in the park or on sidewalks and in the weekends, families often take to the beach to enjoy the warm waters surrounding the city.

What You'll Find Here

Ascension Center of Equitation
Hyde Park
Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium
The Outskirts
The University of Sacrosanct

Ascension Center of Equitation

The Ascension Center of Equitation is the epicenter of the Dark Hunter Cavalry Unit. Originally a high-class facility for show-jumping, Ascension now caters entirely to the Cavalry Unit. Here the Dark Hunters learn how to ride and fight upon the backs of horses - many of which are Were's themselves.
Home of: The Cavalry

Hyde Park

Hyde Place takes up a large part of the Southern side of the city and includes a large playground, several fountains, and a small garden. The park is open from five in the morning till midnight though many shady characters may visit this place while it's technically "closed". The park has also been a venue for several concerts and hosts many holiday-related events. Under a full moon, witches are often seen here for the sacred ground beneath the iconic Weeping Beech.

Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium

The Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium (PDZA) is an award-winning combined zoo and aquarium located within the Southern Part of Sacrosanct. Situated on 92 acres in Sacrosanct's Hyde Park, the zoo and aquarium are home to over 9,000 specimens representing 367 animal species. Point Defiance is also widely known for its conversation efforts regarding the breed and release program of Red Wolves.

The Outskirts

Beyond the city limits and over the bridge lies the deep, dark, and almost impenetrable forest. Often seen as a way to guard this magical city against the world that surrounds it, many are entirely ignorant of the evil that may creep between those tree trunks. Many were-creatures use the forest for the transformations of their newest members and some even take to hunting here. It isn't particularly peculiar for people to go missing within this forest but once you get through, the rest of the world awaits.

The University of Sacrosanct

The University of Sacrosanct offers some of the top programs in the nation with its outstanding campus and specialized faculty. The University places a high focus both upon educating future generations but also on research to help revolutionize the world. The University welcomes the talent of students across the world to enroll and unlock their unlimited potential. With applications from across the nation, classes fill up quickly.

PhD in Plant Biology Abigail Hughes

.:. wild is all i've ever known .:.


Posted on September 21, 2015 by Malia Tate
South


The nightmares have been plaguing me again. There was a time when I was afraid to close my eyes because I would see silhouettes in my dreams, human figures who had voices and said kind words. There was a car ride and two people who loved me, who talked to me in soothing tones and then....something happened. Screaming, chaos, so much blood. That's where the dream always cuts off and I wake up whimpering and shivering. Caesar tried in vain to comfort me a few times but when I almost bit his head off more than a few times, he finally learned it was better to give me my space in these times. I've been more distracted since I came to this town and I don't like it. Ever since meeting the black panther and the wolf, I've had stranger thoughts. Who are they and why can they speak in my head? I've come across other creatures in the wilderness since and even tried to reach out to them, just to see if I could. Of course those attempts amounted to nothing and I eventually grew frustrated and gave it up.

I haven't seen the panther since the night he took me from the boat and I ran into the woods. He didn't chase me and for that, I was thankful. I would have just had to attack again and I'd already seen that he's faster than I gave him credit for. I won't make that mistake again so I'd decided to keep my distance from the boat and the people within, to avoid him altogether if possible. The nightmares stopped a long time ago and yet I still remember them like yesterday. I've never been able to understand them and why I always see the same scene over and over again. The same people talking to me, the same feeling of joy, love, of feeling safe...and then it's all taken from me in the blink of an eye. Why is it people I remember and not coyotes? Why am I different? I stopped asking these questions years ago because they got me nowhere and of course no one could answer them. The other coyotes would just grunt and growl in irritation that I would even try, walking away in their annoyance until I learned to keep these thoughts to myself and just act like everyone else.

Of course, I know I've never been like everyone else but what does that have to do with the wolf and the panther? I still play the wolf's words in my head. She asked why I would stay with coyotes like it was something unheard of. Why shouldn't I be with my own kind? Would she rather I be alone? It doesn't make sense. The way she handled Caesar...pressing her paw on his head as if to teach him a lesson rather than to warn or kill, it's the same kind of logic I've been the only one to possess until now. How does a wolf think like that? All the wolves I've met before are savage beasts, working as a pack to kill their prey. I've watched them hunt coyotes for fun, dragging their mutilated corpses away when they're done, their tails wagging in pure joy of what they'd done. So why didn't she kill Caesar? Why didn't she kill me?

Today I needed a quick breather so I've come out into the woods to clear my head and get some peace. The rest of the pack is probably out scavenging in garbage cans again. I shake my head in disgust. This is not what I signed up for, what I wanted for them. I taught them to hunt to survive, not to get fat and happy and think like wild dogs. I head to the stream to get a drink and relax, the sound of water oddly relaxing. But it seems that's not in the cards today. Right as I'm looking up from getting my fill, still licking my lips leisurely, I hear the audible grunt and rumble of something way too big and way too close. I swallow as my gaze falls on the brown bear, its lips crinkling as it lifts itself to its back legs and twists its head up, still sniffing the air before it lets out a blood curdling roar. I back up a step, my eyes already darting for escape but I can smell the anger rolling off the bear. It must be hungry and I just ruined its hunting ground by disturbing the water. No fish will come back until the water quiets back down and she's royally pissed. What luck.

She bounds into the water between us, throwing up her head to roar again and I react on instinct, widening my stance and lowering, hackles raised as I growl and snarl back in response. My tail lashes across my spine. I know I may not have much of a chance without the pack at my back but I can at least do some damage, maybe just enough to get away. I'm not one to run away from a good fight. The bear doesn't take the bluff and I watch in slow motion as she rolls her strong shoulders and bounds toward me, only two strides before she'll be on top of me.

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