Chapter House
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The Chapter House serves as the primary headquarters of the Occult Felony Bureau OFB (OFB). Once the meeting hall of a hermetic order dissolved in the mid-18th century, the building now stands as one of the most heavily fortified and magically warded sites in London. Its gothic-revival façade and vaulted interiors evoke ecclesiastical grandeur, though every arch and ornament hides ritual geometry woven into the stone itself.
Purpose / Function
As both a government facility and an arcane bastion, the Chapter House embodies the OFB’s dual identity: part police precinct, part sanctum. Here, officers are briefed, rituals are conducted, and verdicts of metaphysical nature are passed by the Inner Tribunal. The building is simultaneously a place of bureaucracy, exorcism, and fearsome reputation—its silhouette a constant reminder that London’s peace depends as much on ink and ward as on truncheon and law.
Architecture
Constructed in the late 1600s and expanded during the early Victorian period, the Chapter House blends medieval ecclesiastical architecture with hermetic symbolism. Flying buttresses, stained-glass suns, and narrow cloisters surround a central courtyard inscribed with protective sigils. The upper floors house administrative offices and the Praetor’s chambers, while the crypts below contain the Necromantic Forensics Department and the Unseen Archives.
Atmosphere
Even by daylight the air within the Chapter House feels hushed, heavy, and faintly electrified. Candles burn with blue-white flame; every echo seems to linger a heartbeat too long. Visitors are required to surrender all charms and talismans at the gate—failure to do so risks interference with the building’s own enchantments. Few outsiders are ever admitted beyond the atrium.
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