Croxteth+hall

//This is part of the Hangover city, Liverpool, uk setting//

=The exiled Wolf-kin at Croxteth Hall=

The lycanthropes live in what used to be the Dower house of Croxteth Hall. The main hall is owned by the local council and open to the public but the Dower house is still in the ‘private’ hands of the Molyneux Charitable Trust (One of Emma Clayton's projects and funded by Graham Rathbone) The building is surrounded by 35 hectares thick woodland and a high stone wall with a very solid metal gate. Local people believe the community living there are adults with dangerous personality disorders, which helps visitors to a minimum.

In fact there are 15 Lycanthropes, 11 of these originally from the wirral and exiled here by the wolves when it became clear they could not control their anger and ‘make the change’. The other 4 are children born in the community since it was founded and who have grown up at the hall. In addition there are 3 Loup Garou who act as ‘carers’ to the lycanthropes for most of the time, and are locked in wards during the full moon. Despite the violent reputations of the creatures the community has the air of a hippy commune about it. They have their own farm which makes them mostly self sufficient in meat and veg, though they still have to buy in staples like rice and flour.

In the last few years their has even been attempts the make the community ‘pay its way’ by running anger management and relaxation courses, but so far this has not met with much success. The advice of “Oh just go with the flow and rip his throat out” was greeted by stunned silence by the last set of attendees. The concept probably needs more thought.