Setting

The current chronicle is set in the fictitious city of San Andreas, California using the map from the Grand Theft Auto:San Andreas game.



The area is divided up into three different cities, much like the GTA game. The names and relative styles of these areas have been changed, however.

The Northern island contains Hightown. The Southern island comprises Oldtown in the East and the Industrial Town in the West.

The San Andreas Metropolitan area contains approximately a million souls. Of which 500,000 are crammed into Oldtown, 250,000 live in Hightown, and 150,000 have settled in various places within Industrial town. the remaining 100,000 are spread between the various smaller towns and other localities in the islands.

=History= History of San Andreas. All dates on the timeline should be (more) accurate and discrepancies in this article should be corrected.

=Oldtown=

The area first settled, Oldtown, is generally comprised of brick or stone buildings and rowhouses. Technically, Oldtown is San Andreas, however the name is generally used to discribe the metropolitan area and, as most people identify the metro area with Hightown, the appalation has effectively embedded itself.
 * Mayor; Gregorio Ramerez
 * Chief of Police; Daniel León
 * Other Notable individuals;

Oldtown City Hall
Once the Spanish Mission around which the city itself has grown, the building has been renovated several times in its lifetime. It remains a historical structure of significant cultural importance, but has also been modernized to accomidate the needs of a modern city.

Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza de la Medianoche
Also known as Our Lady of the Midnight Hope. Private donations enabled a cathedral to be built in San Andreas in 1847. The oldest cathedral in the city it was the benificiary of significant donations through much of the gold rush. While the structure itself is very traditional it seems very out of place in Old Town as the urban decay which has plauged so much of the area have to have not touched the church. The building itself certainly seems protected by a guardian angel, yet some of the congragation has fallen prey to the crime and violence that plagues that area of town.

It is rumored that neighbors have heard strange Masses being held late at night, though no one has been seen going in or out for such events. Current and former paritioners sometimes mention doors and hallways that seemingly lead to blind ends. The children of the congregation have been strictly forbidden to play hide and seek within the cathedral since a boy was lost in 1873 during such a game. Individuals who have been in the cathedral at night say they can occasionally hear the boy within the walls, calling for help or trying to find his way out.

Oldtown Industrial Docks
One of the major industries of oldtown, these docks have grown from a small set used to help supply the original spanish mission. They have been used to supplement the primary docks and yards at San Francisco, and have continued in such capacity World War II and the various Pacific conflicts of the 20th century.

American History Museum
Owned by Carter Weiss and location of the September 8, 2007 court.

Sanctuary Psychiatric Asylum
Set on a large patch of land just outside of Oldtown, Sanctuary is a peacefull place for the mentally disturbed and criminally insane.

Really, would San Andraes really be a significant metropolitan area in the World of Darkness without at least one asylum/sanitorium?

=Hightown=

Built during the industrial revolution, Hightown is a marvel of glass and cement. Skyscrapers dominate this area, which has become the part of the area most people identify as "San Andreas." The home of affluence and wealth, Hightown has supplanted Oldtown as the central hub for the area.
 * Mayor;
 * Chief of Police;
 * Other Notable individuals;

San Andreas Executive Airport
Built in 1975, the SAEA serves an elite clientelle who either own their own planes or charter flights. Built to support commuter fliers travelling to San Diego, Sacramento, and other nearby airports in the southwest who were tired of dealing with the pollution or masses to use the International Airport.

Michaels Stadium
Michaels Stadium has been the home of the San Andreas Sharks since it was built in 1973. The Sharks are a well respected team that has enjoyed a lively rivalry with the nearby 49ers since being established. However, if the neighborly rivalry with the 49ers gets fans going, nothing ignites passions like encounters with the New York Jets. Such games are almost guarenteed to be blowout rumbles as the teams collide like rival gangs in the West Side streets.

This well rated NFL team exists in the city, and would very much like to know something about itself.

(Everything in this section is filler. The stadium and NFL team exist, but names, dates, and other information should be corrected.)

Hightown Country Club


=Industrial Town=

Imaginatively named, Industrial Town was formed as a compromise to place some distance between the factories and industries of San Andreas and its residents in the Oldtown area. While the original plan called for little or no settlement or governance of the Industrial part of San Andreas, the facts of life for many of those who came to work in the area quickly necessitated both. While the Oldtown area is known for its crime rate the Industrial area is known for its poverty, settled by those who are too poor to live in even the antiquated tenemants of Oldtown, the inhabitants of this area survive in tiny appartments under the constant pollution of the industrial world run rampant. A push has recently started among the limited population that have settled in the area to give it a new name.
 * Mayor;
 * Chief of Police;
 * Other Notable individuals;

Industrial Town City Hall and Courthouse
City Hall in the Industrial area is a utilitarian and simple affair. Sometimes called the "hall of steel" for what seems to be its primary composition (it actually uses more concrete) this building lacks any sense of decoration or amenity in its frightingly stark utilitarianism.

Rivera Co-Generation Facility
One of the major industries in San Andreas, the facility provides much of the power for the San Andreas area in addition to substantial amounts of desalinated water. This government-owned operation also serves as a training point for new workers and thinkers in the fields of water and energy managment and has thus been the laboratory for new innovations in the field.

The resulting products have been a boon to the San Andreas economy, nearly as much as the available water and energy to sell in the high-demand southwestern markets.

San Andreas International Airport
Completed in 1963, the San Andreas International Airport was built replacing several industrial docks. It serves as a major gateway to the remainder of the United States and, combined with the industrial docks remaining in Oldtown, provides a competing entryway to the US for goods being imported from Asia.

=Other Areas=

The Enclave


Existing in the northwestern area, this enclave of non-kindred supernatural creatures has existed for as long as any can remember. A haven for some manner of supernatural creatures other than Kindred, entrance by a Vampire is punishable by death.

The scourge is often seen guarding the bridge. Presumably waiting to issue immediate punishment to kindred trying to break the law by crossing the bridge.

Mount Andreas
It's a mountain. Stuff happens there.

The area has a reputation for being haunted. During recorded settlement there have been a number of noctournal dissappearances recorded, including several recreational visitors during modern history. There are rumors of a huge bone-pit or pile hidden in a hollow somewhere on the mountain, containing the jumbled skeletons of both humans and animals. Whether this pit is real or a rumor is entirely unknown, though some suspect it is a reminent of sacrifices made by the native people in the area prior to recorded history. No known images of such a landmark are known to exist.

Despite, or because of, the rumored supernatural influence on the mountain it is a popular gathering place for some members of the local occult community. Some older and more experienced members of the community dismiss individuals who gather on the mountain.

The Circle hosted a gathering on the mountain August 25, 2007, during which they performed a rite celebrating the fall equinox.

Salem
Capitalizing on the occult mystique of the mountain, this suburb of San Andreas has sprung up. A combination of local mortal pagans and "occultists," the town's major industry is tourism. Primarilly, the town caters to new-age clientelle but hikers, mountain bikers, and rock climbers are all well served. The area is sometimes, derisively, referred to as "San Salem."

Shamroxxx
Mega-casino owned by Seamus O'Conell, the Daeva Priscus. It continues to exist despite lacking a known location on the map. His childe Margarite is known to own a nightclub across the street.

Seamus hosted court in some secured areas at this location on August 11, 2007. That night several poor individuals struck jackpots and a DEA bust occurred removing a large amount of cocain.

The San An Dam
The "San Andreas Water Management Structure" was built in 1938 to help provide fresh water and power to the San Andreas area, the dam creates an artificial fresh-water lake from which supplies of drinking water can be easily drawn. Several hydroelectric generators are built into the spillways, allowing the dam to assist in providing electricity to the area.

Fort Andreas
Established by the Army during WWII as a potential forward base in the event of a Japanese invasion, its primary mission has been communications and intelligence coordination for the Pacific since that time. The military staff and equippment at the fort are largely guards and analysts. The NSA has had a growing presance on the fort for the last dozen years, a likely reason that it has yet to show up on a base closing comittee list despite its minimal nature and high relative security cost.

San Andreas Correctional Complex
[[image:Andreas_Jail.JPG|thumb|right] Built in the mid eighties, the San Andreas Penitentiary houses some 15,000 local felons and around 35,000 "imported" felons from elsewhere in the state or nation. The Correctional Complex is rated to hold a population of up to 55,000 prisoners.

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