TorontoStLawrenceMarket

St. Lawrence Market
The market was established in the early part of the city's history and was once home to Toronto's first permanent City Hall and jail house from 1845 to 1899. Currently, it is one of the major markets in Toronto’s downtown core. Over 50 vendors sell fruits, vegetables, meats and cheeses on the lower and first level. The building also has The Market Gallery, operated by City of Toronto, on the second floor and a cooking school (market kitchen) on the mezzanine floor.

Naturally, with the hustle and the bustle, such a large building crammed with people is going to attract it's fair share of supernatural folks, looking to hide in plain sight. Whether it's a clandestine meeting of minor talents to discuss the latest news of the day, a ghoul looking for it's next meal, or a member of the Fae looking to wheel and deal, They're all here. Waiting. So naturally, in order to make so many supernatural factions get along, this area was declared Neutral Ground under the Unseelie Accords, with lip service being paid to it's proximity to Lake Ontario, the running water in the pipes overhead, the high visibility and so forth. Truth is, it's just the du jure being made out of the de facto situation.
 * The Idea**

Accorded Neutral Ground
 * The Aspect**

Ukiah Thunderbird
 * The Face**

Ukiah was born and raised near Prince George, British Columbia. Sickened with the divide between rich and poor, and the violence and hate that it engendered, he slowly began moving east, building up a trade business in whole foods. When he reached Winnipeg, he had his first encounter with the weird side of things; a ghoul tried to attack him, attracted by the smell of the beef he was carrying to his pickup. In a panic, he threw the massive round primal at it, knocking it to the ground. Hopping into the truck, he sped off, but spotted in the rear-view that the creature was not chasing, but gnawing on the meat, cradling it almost lovingly. When he reached Toronto, he saw more of these creatures, their human guise beginning to slip out of hunger, following a sickly homeless woman out of the St. Lawrence Market. He stopped them, and asked them what they would do for some relatively fresh meat. Upon hearing the obvious answer, "We'd kill for it. We'd kill you for it," he replied simply, "and what if I were to simply //give// it to you?"
 * Motivation(s):**

From that moment on, Ukiah became the unofficial liaison between Toronto's ghoulish population and the humans. The deal is this: the ghouls don't kill anyone. So long as they don't kill, Ukiah will use his position among the meat-sellers in the market to make sure they get access to all the out-of-date meat that is not sold. It's not much, but it's enough to keep the relatively small ghoul population from hurting anyone, and they tend to enforce their own; anyone goes outside the rules, their ghoulish head has a tendency to turn up by the back door of the Market. The ghouls don't want to endanger their supply of easy meat, you know.

Naturally, the fact that it renders the Market "safe" to humans and ghouls alike creates a roaring trade, the bulk of the profit from which he sends home to his family; he sends his choicest cuts to Peter Silenus' pub over in the Distillery District, and usually picks out the best of the lot for Detective Peters whenever she asks. Whenever Monsignor Evans is holding a Charity Roast, Ukiah smokes up a whole pacific salmon and provides a tasty pig to roast.

Pacifist Merchant
 * High Concept:**


 * Other Aspects**
 * "There's no need to fight! I have fresh salmon!"
 * FGHI: Feeding Ghouls for Human Interest

This page is part of Michael Panter's //DFRPG: Toronto the Good?// campaign.