Detective Vasily Drăculești
The Vampire | Lead Investigator
A world-weary Old-World vampire haunted by his past. A professional with a poet's soul, but he cannot cross a threshold uninvited—a major problem for a homicide detective.
Shadows Over Boston
A Monster Noir Adventure
It’s 1947. The war is over, but in Boston, the shadows have their own stories. The gas lamps of Beacon Hill hiss in the harbor fog, the elevated train rattles a rhythm of iron and sparks over downtown, and things with old-world bones and ancient hungers walk the streets alongside everyone else.
Twenty-four years ago, the Monster Integration Act gave citizenship to the city’s “non-standard humanoids.” Vampires from the old country settled in the North End, changelings found a home among the Irish of Southie, and trolls fought on the undercard at the Boston Garden. It’s a fragile peace, a hard-won truce between the mundane and the magical. You keep that peace.
You are the Constables of Saint Cyprian, the Paranormal Division of the Boston Police Department. And you just caught a case that could unravel it all.
The Case: The Tenant Who Wasn't There
Three days ago, Margaret Holloway, the beloved landlady of a Beacon Hill brownstone, vanished. She left her coat on the hook and a pot of tea on the stove. Her disappearance has pulled a thread in the city’s supernatural fabric, and things are coming undone. The ghost in apartment 3B is fading. The gargoyle on the roof is turning to stone. And a ticking clock has begun on a secret that, if revealed, could ignite a war between monsters and mortals.
The Investigators
Sgt. Luna Nightwhisper
The Werewolf | Tracker
Her bloodline is tied to the land Boston sits on. Her senses are a razor—she can track a scent through the city's chaos. Silver is poison to her touch.
Inspector Thursday Goldleaf
The Changeling | Puzzle-Solver
A creature of the Fae Courts raised by humans. She cannot speak a direct lie, forcing a mastery of creative truth-telling. Iron burns her skin, making the city an obstacle course.
Constable Ezra Stone
The Gargoyle | Guardian
A piece of the city given life. Immensely strong and immune to mortal weapons. He is bound to Boston's architecture and turns to stone in direct sunlight, forcing him to live in the shadows.