City Park and Bayou St. John

District

Mid-City — northwest of [the French Quarter](/locations/the-french-quarter/), bordering Lake Pontchartrain

Type

Urban park, bayou waterway — Kindred/Lupine contested territory

Claimed By

[Roxy](/npcs/roxy/) (Gangrel) / disputed Lupine caern

City

New Orleans

Function in Play

The largest park in New Orleans (1,500 acres) and its primary natural-water feature in one contested zone. Roxy maintains a haven in or near the park — she was Embraced here and considers it hers. Lupines use the bayou as a corridor to their deeper bayou territory; the park itself is disputed. Any Kindred entering after dark risks both Lupine encounter and the unpredictability of the park’s own shadows.

Physical Read

Bayou St. John is a narrow, dark waterway connecting Lake Pontchartrain to the old colonial city — the original land route was a portage from the bayou to the river. Spanish moss. Live oaks older than the city. The bayou smells of still water and river bottom. City Park wraps around the upper bayou — 1,500 acres of old-growth oaks, lagoons, a golf course, the New Orleans Museum of Art. Almost no artificial lighting in the deeper sections.