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10. Shepherd's Hill: When Citadel Creek was a booming town contested by both shepherds and cattle ranchers, Shepherd's Hill, as its name might suggest, was the headquarters of the former. This conflict proved an eerie premonition of what was to come more than a hundred years later, when what had become the peaceful residential district that was home to those who wanted to stay away from the new factories but close to the landmarks they knew was invaded by a strange enemy. The Rimefrost Coven, seeking to expand their trade in magical items, became discontent with waiting for people to come to them; they instead became aggressive door to door salesmen and women, doing their utmost to convince the local citizens to buy their goods and threatening them with a long and painful death if the police ever heard about the visit. People believed them, and rightfully so, but because of this it took a long time for anyone to realize that Shepherd's Hill had become a Yellow district overnight. Heroes and villains wanting to take on the Coven usually get their start here, outside of the place of true power inhabited by their foes.

The other reason the Coven targeted Shepherd's Hill is Clyde's, a famed auction house that sells artifacts from private collections when their owners die, need money, or tire of them. Many of the items they sell are tied to legends of immortality, if only by the scene a Greek vase depicts, and the Cabal is eternally interested in such legends. Clyde's also sells minor magic items from time to time; villains seeking money or power might be interested in a little smash and grab burglary, while heroes might work to protect such auctions from both the Coven and any other groups that try to seize them.