Thread for Setting & Freeholds Index | New Thread | Reply | Close | Stick | Delete  Setting & Freeholds Storyteller 5:40am, March 22, 2011 [Edit] [Delete] Once Georgia's most important city due to its prestige as a port city, Savannah now basks in the faded glories of history, yet begins to look toward its future as a center for both a newly revived shipping trade and a rising center of manufacturing. And, of course, there are the tourists who flock to one of the few major Georgia cities that Sherman did not burn. Savannah's Historic Center draws Kithain to its romantic view of the past, while the River Street Train Museum serves as the site for the Annual Nockers Rail Fest. The city's sluagh population frequents the Colonial Park Cemetery, the site of many colonial graves. The bustling Port of Savannah functions as the largest port between New Orleans and Baltimore; its revitalized wharf area provides shopping and dining for tourists, and is the de facto center for Kithain activity in the city. Since the 1994 publication of John Berendt's nonfiction novel, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, residents of Savannah have wholeheartedly embraced the seamy, steamy underside depicted in this socio-cultural true-crime story. Many of the sites mentioned int he book, such as the Mercer House, the Chatham County Courthouse and the Bonaventure Cemetery, have become major tourist attractions, as well as unofficial gathering places for the city's Shadow Court. Freeholds Comprising the area around Savannah, this county serves as the center for Georgia's Seelie aristocracy and for many changelings who epitomize the best values of Kithain traditions. The Dreaming within the county has a tranquil, leisurely feel to it, and little of the tainted decadence found nearer to Meilge's stronghold [in Atlanta]. Recently, within Savannah itself, small pockets of disturbing Glamour have begun to surface near places associated with Berendt's book. Dubbed the Midnight Dreaming, many of Savannah's Unseelie changelings frequent these sites, and at least one wilder of House Ailil has attempted to open a freehold on the grounds of the Mercer House. Wisteria Hall Holder: Count Morrig ap Gwydion Caretaker: Open Centered on the gazebo in the enclosed garden on his family's estate, Count Morrig's freehold, Wisteria Hall, appears in the Dreaming as an elegantly simple mansion. Reflecting the understated good taste of its Seelie overlord, the freehold holds many beautiful treasures and antiques carefully collected over the years. Its spacious grounds contain several lily ponds which serve as homes for various species of tropical fish and numerous private walks and nature paths. [The freehold centers around] an elaborate enclosed garden [with] a jewel-like folly. The small gazebo had broad, shallow marble steps leading up to a domed structure covered with ivy and wisteria. Inside the garden was also a small lily pond. Florist Primaeval Holder: Lady Una Morrowind ap Liam Caretaker: Douglas Biggs A small freehold held in fealty to Count Morrig by Lady Una Morrowind, this faerie glen serves as a testimonial to a tragic love affair between a sidhe noble and a mortal. Surrounded on all sides by thick and well-maintained hedges (which conceal a sturdy chainlink fence), very little of the glen is visible from the street. Only the tops of large oaks, draped with wisteria and Spanish moss, hint at what might lie within. The street entrance is a gate of wrought iron, with the name, Florist Primaeval, etched into the scrollwork. If one peers through the gates, as scarce a casual passerby is wont to do, no structures are immediately visible. Rather, one is struck by the seemingly patternless abundance of flora. The drive curves to the right,a s if to avoid the flowering weeping willow. A particularly astute observer might notice, barely visible between the branches of the willow, as mall building, almost a cottage, deep within. (More available upon request) Wild Sea Holder: Duchess Elena ap Eiluned Caretaker: Open Located off of the Tybee Pier and Pavillion on Tybee Island, this virtually inaccessible freehold stands as the retreat of Duchess Elena ap Eiluned as she remains in hiding from a Shadow Court assassination plot. 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