New York

"Outside, in the distance, a wildcat did growl; two riders were approaching as the wind began to howl.""- Bob Dylan, a famous New Yorker"New York is a state in the Unit*d St*tes of America. Perhaps best known for the atypically magically inert city sharing its name, the rest of the state is a highly enigmatic area. Many believe it to be associated with "dark" thaumaturgical power, for a few reasons. One is that it is approximately one thousand miles across, despite the fact that, based on the perimeter of its borders on other states and Canada, it should only take up 302.6 mi² of space in reality. The weather patterns of New York are also infamously irregular; weather in New York can shift from storms to clarity and back in minutes. In addition, while the existence of "dark magic" is hotly contested there is some still-unidentified aspect (known as the Norway effect) of New York that pushes the natural magic within it, as well as its inhabitants (and even those who spend too long within it) towards the uncontrolled, uncontrollable, and opposed to life. New York humans are more like animals; New York animals are more like humans. Debate continues as to whether this is some aspect of the place itself (such as its location and climate,) merely a side effect of New York City's intense human development, or even coincidence.

Biddyfox is from here.