St. Louis Cemetery (I, II, III)

District

Various — St. Louis I at Basin/St. Louis; II at Claiborne; III at Esplanade/Bayou St. [John](/npcs/john-wierus/)

Type

Aboveground cemetery network — primary refugee haven option

Claimed By

Refugee Kindred (temporary) / Mages (disputed)

City

New Orleans

Function in Play

The most accessible refuge for Kindred arriving in New Orleans without permanent haven arrangements. All New Orleans graves are aboveground — no water table flooding here. The old society tombs and private vaults provide viable day resting places for refugees.

Physical Read

Cities within the city. Dense ranks of whitewashed stone rectangular monuments, society tombs rising above the surrounding walls, no consistent path layout. St. Louis I is the oldest — mid-1700s tombs, shells-and-grass aisles, very little vegetation. Marie Laveau’s tomb is here, marked with X’s and littered with pennies. St. Louis II is similar, slightly newer.

St. Louis III is near Bayou St. John — most Kindred avoid it because of proximity to the bayou (Lupine territory) and the main police precinct just to its west.