Danvers

The town once known as Salem Village abuts modern Salem, and some say taints it. Danvers is best known for its lunatic asylum, which, although closed down in 1992 and partially demolished in 2006, it still remains a potent presence in the surrounding countryside. The asylum itself remains a potent Hallow and Stygian Demesne, although it has been turned into condominiums now.

Those who know Boston’s Awakened scene well know that Danvers was, and remains, Tremere territory. There was a time when the Tremere liches of Danvers posed a serious threat to the mages of Salem, but that hasn’t been the case since the mid-’90s. The closing of the asylum was a devastating blow to the death mages. Lacking an easy supply of souls, many have left, while others succumbed to death. Nowadays, the local Tremere avoid contact with the local Awakened and anyone close to them, and keep a low profile in general. Most local Tremere are solitaries who practice magic only when necessary, lest they get found out. While this is unlike the death mages, it’s the only thing that allows them to subsist unmolested by the Ebon Noose now that the Tremere are so fragmented.

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