Fanon:Aridia

Aridia is a desert neighbourhood where the De Crypt family lives. It started out small, but grew over time to the size of a small town. Aridia is a very diverse and accepting little town and rivals Strangetown for its paranormal population. Aridia has a Downtown district and is within a days travel of La Fiesta Tech, a desert university.

Today the nighbourhood has four cournerstone families - the Aridia's, the Tricou's, The De Crypt's and the Morrisons.

The Aridia family built the neighbourhood, and still own most of the businesses. Their family is starting to experience a decline, but still have a lot of money and are well respected. They later married into the Tricou family. One member of the family was abducted by aliens, and had a child who later became a werewolf as well as an alien but decided not to inherit the fortune.

The Tricou family rose above the common population only to vanish again in a series of tragic accidents. No one bought the House of Fallen Trees, and one day a woman woke up in the House of Fallen Trees, devoid of memory or name, but everyone recognised her. The Grey Lady, a local saint, is believed to watch over toddlers and babies, to protect them from fire. She was also a distant ancestor of the Tricou family, and in time she resurrected them all, restoring her fallen family tree. The Tricou family has a strong vampire bloodline and is heavily involved with the De Crypt family. The latest generation is marrying a living statue.

The founding memebers of the De Crypt family, Vince and Angua, moved to Aridia to escape prejudice in other areas of Simnation. Vince was a vampire, Angua a werewolf, and some centuries ago Simnation was a less accepting place. At that time, Aridia and Strangetown were the two most accepting towns, but Aridia was slightly more diverse. Gradually the family became richer and more prominent in the local vampire coven. The De Crypt family is related to the Terrano family and has alien bloodlines.

The Morrison family are a recent addition to the neighbourhood. They were rich when they moved to the neighbourhood and have stayed that way. One branch of the family has married into the Terrano family, the other has married into a werewolf bloodline.

Other, less well off families in the neighbourhood, are: