The Nashtons

Named after Blake Q. Nashton, the architect responsible for much of Van Leugen's early development, the Nashtons are the 'suburbs' of Van Leugen. Encircling Leugen's denser, more-compact city-scape in an encompassing ring of domestic tranquility, the Nashtons are a disarming (and deceitful) introduction to anyone entering the metropolis for the first time. Houses aren't too cramped and the buildings aren't too tall. Parks and quaint beach houses dot the area while mom n' pop businesses thrive in the community's various marketplaces. Police protection keeps most of the hard-hitting criminals off the streets while art guilds, craft shops and a large university keep the locality's cultural identity intact. It's a remarkable contrast from the rest of the city: a nice place to live. A peaceful place. A safe place.

As with everything in the City of Liars, not all is as it seems. On the northern end of the Nashtons lies the most secure community in all of Van Leugen: Millsburin. A heavily secured neighborhood, Millsburin is the central domestic residency for Van Leugen's most distinguished citizens. Police commissioners, mayors' families, CEOs and big-bang politicians all make their homes in the lavish, obscenely ostentatious mansions of this high-end community. It is from here that the rich and corrupt launch their nefarious schemes for power and dig their corporate hooks into Van Leugan's already failing economy. All in all, it's a viscous contrast: the safest, nicest district in the city houses its most evil, deplorable characters...