Lodin's Haven

Lodin's Haven
District
Loop / Michigan Avenue
Type
Prince's official seat of power
Claimed By
[Lodin](/npcs/lodin/)
City
Chicago

Physical Read

  • Executive suite decor stripped of personality. Expensive furniture chosen by someone who wanted to project power, not taste. Mahogany. Brass. Thick carpet that swallows footsteps.
  • Floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the lake. At night the glass becomes a black mirror. You see yourself and nothing else.
  • The air smells faintly of leather conditioner and nothing organic. No food, no flowers, no sweat. A room that has forgotten what living things need.

Function in Play

  • The front door of Lodin’s authority. Corporate fortress in the upper floors of the Prudential Building.
  • Where summons are received, loyalty is tested, and neonates learn what a Prince’s displeasure looks like.
  • The real haven is elsewhere. This is the mask the mask wears.

Geographic Placement

  • Address: Prudential Building, 130 East Randolph Street, 34th floor. Nine rooms in a 3x3 grid, corridor from elevator in the SE corner running north. Central room is the vault with handprint access.
  • Neighborhood: The Loop (The Hive), northeast edge. Short distance from Daley Center / City Hall to the west. Michigan Avenue frontage with lake views.
  • Proximity: Roughly one mile northeast of the Sears Tower (Lodin’s true haven). The Art Institute is a few blocks south on Michigan. The Rack and Succubus Club are north across the Chicago River.
  • Transit: CTA Red/Blue Line to Washington or Randolph. The Loop elevated tracks pass within two blocks. Lake Shore Drive accessible one block east. Metra stations at Millennium and Randolph.

Who Controls It

  • Lodin directly, through layers of corporate shells, property management firms, and a security company staffed by ghouls.
  • His retainer Julian Curry handles mortal-facing logistics. Curry is efficient, frightened, and loyal in the way a man is loyal to the thing that could destroy him.
  • During the Ashes to Ashes crisis, this haven is a decoy. Lodin is not here. He may not be anywhere.