French Quarter

The French Quarter is the oldest neighborhood in the city of New Orleans, and has existed since New Orleans was founded in 1718 by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville. The city was originally centered around the French Quarter.

Supernatural Factions

 * Werewolf Faction - previously exiled from New Orleans by the vampires, then taken control of by Francesca Guerrera. Following her death, the wolves were led by Esther and Christopher Chamberlain until they were overtaken by Charlotte, who currently lead the werewolves as and Alpha. They are the faction that is essentially in control of the French Quarter, with help from the Chamberlains and the vampires.
 * Vampire Faction - initially controlled by Tom Chamberlain and his family from the city's founding in the 18th century to 1919, when the family was forced to flee town. Afterward, the city was ruled with an iron fist by Marcel Gerard until he was unseated by Thomas again in 2011. He and Chris then ruled the supernatural community at large until the coup by the Guerreras decimated the vampire community. Upon the exile of the few surviving vampires to Algiers, the vampire community were absent from the Quarter altogether until the marriage of werewolf and hybrid Alpha Charlotte, which returned the werewolves to power and sealed a formal alliance between the vampires and the werewolves that has not existed in at least a century.


 * Witch Faction - The witches lost the little control over the Quarter that they had upon Marcel's rise to leadership of the supernatural factions in the early 20th century, but following Thomas and Christopher Chamberlain's return to power in 2011, their involvement in the peace treaty gave them back their right to publicly practice and celebrate their ancestral witch heritage. After the deaths of the Guerrera pack, the French Quarter Coven, led by Esther Chamberlain, finally gained control over the city, due in part to their alliance with the werewolves who pledged allegiance to them in exchange for moonlight rings. Once Esther was turned into a vampire, however, the witches lost their seat of power and now appear to be in a disarray, as they have lost most of their members and all of their Elders.

Trivia

 * It is also known by the French name Vieux Carré ("Old Square").