The Darkness

The Watches

There have always been Watches – organizations that kept the Other population in check. Night and Day, two polar opposites who have been fighting since the first Watch was founded in ancient times.

The Night Watch were the supernatural policemen; they policed themselves, kept Others from getting out of control and kept humans from knowing they existed. They were the ones who wanted to use their powers in a way that didn't negatively affect anyone else and who were willing to abide by the strict laws declared by the Watch.

The Day Watch was the opposite – they were the ones who wanted use their abilities however and whenever they wanted without anyone telling them different. If that included killing, stealing, smuggling, or other illegal activities… well, so be it. Sure, there were plenty who do indulged in those activities, but many others registered simply wanted control of their own powers.


The Present

New York City, 2021. It’s now been ten years since the Revolution in which Others took over the world. On the surface not much seems to have changed – businesses run, schools teach, people live. Beneath the surface though…. Everything has changed.

Humans are now the inferior race – second class citizens with few rights and fewer liberties. They’re little better than glorified slaves now. Indeed, a new sort of slavery has sprung up with blood whores being sold openly on the streets and in markets.

Not everyone is happy with the new world. The Night Watch still fights from the shadows, working towards a better life for humanity while trying not to be killed themselves. The human Freedom Fighters and other hate groups still exist too, working underground to overthrow their Other masters.