Piper's Row

Piper's Row is a secret neighborhood/town adjacent to Allison Hill in Harrisburg, PA. Small, but vibrant, it is the rare place where inhumans can freely be themselves, as it is locked to outsiders unless they receive an invitation.

Founding
Piper's Row was first envisioned by Rose, the avatar of the city of Harrisburg, in the early 1980s. Rose dreamed of a place where the inhumans of the city could exist free of the growing influence of vampire Thorn, keeping themselves anonymous and unknown. Unable to make her will real on her own, she led her denizen at the time, Skyler Montgomery, to an inhuman bar, where she had Skyler casually drop the idea in front of a small group of powerful inhumans. These five supernatural powerhouses (Zerie Ford, Phebe McIntyre, Moira Mayleaf, Marisol Osario, and Grey Dunkle) worked together to secure the land and weave spells to keep it safe.

Piper's Row was first populated in February, 1983 after a year of hard work to get it up and running. The five original citizens, calling themselves the Founders, invited trusted inhumans into the neighborhood in order to populate it, and invited them to use the magical phrase invented by Zerie and Phebe to invite their trusted friends inside. Doing that slowly but surely created a thriving population, and soon invitations were more uncommon as procreation became the general method of populating the tiny town.

Invitation
Piper's Row's security requires a distinct invitation. This invitation cannot be changed even by a word or it won't work. It is as follows:

"I cordially invite [invitee] into Piper's Row. I, [inviter], vow to act as their host/hostess, and I take my share of responsibility for their actions. May my brothers, sisters, and siblings accept them."

During the invitation invocation, the invitee's hand must be taken as the inviter leads them through the barrier into Piper's Row.

Notable Residents

 * Klio Carmichael (2004-present): Council member
 * Zerie Ford (1983-present): Founder, doctor, ex-Council member
 * Mana Ford (1990-2017)
 * Roshan Kalvos (1992-present)

Trivia

 * The town was named Piper's Row after the story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin, who stole children away from a town that refused to pay its debts. It was a thinly veiled insult towards Thorn... they stole inhumans away, never to be seen again, under the assumption of what she might do.