Boston Mage
Contents
Boston Mage Setting
A Mage the Awakening 2nd Edition Setting
Who's Who in Boston
The Wise
Place in Boston
The Neighborhoods
- Allston/Brighton
- Brookline
- Fenway
- The Fens
- Mattapan
- Dorchester
- Roxbury
- Back Bay
- South End
- Beacon Hill
- North End
- Downtown
- Chinatown
- South Boston
- Jamaica Plain
- Roslindale
Further Afield
Boston does not exist in a vacuum. On the contrary, the city is at the heart of a sprawling megalopolis that extends north almost to New Hampshire and south most of the way to Providence, Rhode Island. Focusing on Boston proper would ignore many of the aspects that make Boston the haven it is for the Awakened. Beyond Boston’s greater metropolitan area are regions and towns that play an important role in the stories that unfold in Boston proper. Below are some of the suburbs and nearby communities that play prominent roles in the daily lives of Boston’s mages.
Western Mass
To the west of Boston, Massachusetts opens up into a dense mass of wilderness and rural areas dotted with small towns. Many Bostonians go west only to attend concerts or cultural events at the outdoor concert venue called Tanglewood, but western Massachusetts has its share of mages, some leading a solitary life amid the trees, others creating Awakened communities in the larger cities.
Mages are clear on one thing: western Massachusetts is dangerous. Those staying on the major roads are likely safe, but the less-traveled paths are surprisingly dangerous. Indian curses on Europeans, ruins of old Hallows, violently haunted sites and, most dangerous of all, werewolf-claimed territory (and the like) are relatively common in the dense wilderness of western Massachusetts. Any mage looking for trouble will likely find it.
East Mass
Boston sits on the ocean, but parts of Massachusetts extend farther into the Atlantic. All of Cape Cod and the two wealthy resort islands, Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard, lie east of Boston.
The waters off Boston have a longer history of shipping than most of the rest of the country. There are a number of old wrecks off the Massachusetts coast and no shortage of rumors of ghost ships — some quite notorious.
