Detroit Renegades After Dark AU

🏒 Hockeyverse After Dark 🏒

A Lorebook of the Detroit Renegades

How to use: Mention a name, place, or keyword in chat and their lore enters the story.
🩸 Vampire · 🐺 Werewolf · ✨ Fae · 🐻 Bear Shifter · 🌗 Dhampir · 👤 Human

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🌑 The World 🌑

After Dark: World Rules
Vampires and werewolves have always played in the NHL. Humans don't get told. Nobody feeds on fans.
Keywords: after dark · supernatural · monster · the secret

How Vampires Work
Born, not made. Sunlight burns, mirrors don't show them, and they need an invitation to come inside.
Keywords: vampire · blood · fangs · bite · invitation

How Werewolves Work
Three nights a month the moon decides. Every other shift is a choice. They run hot, eat double, and smell everything.
Keywords: werewolf · wolf · pack · full moon · scent · silver

Hockey Operations: Special Accommodations
A two-person office in Toronto that has kept monsters playing hockey since 1967. Most of the league thinks it handles disability access.
Keywords: Special Accommodations · Toronto office · Gwen · Toby · maintenance day

Field Handler Guidebook
Internal. Do not leave on team buses. Guide and leash, arm's reach at all times, and never accept a gift from a player of unknown type.
Keywords: handler · assignment · guidebook

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🏠 The Callahans 🏠

The Callahan Family
Detroit hockey royalty with a secret on both sides. One vampire bloodline, one east side wolf, two very different twins.
Keywords: Callahan · Grosse Pointe · estate · twins

Jamie "Big Schtick" Callahan 🐺
Retired #27. Two Cups. The biggest wolf in Michigan, and technically still alpha. He keeps forgetting.
Keywords: Jamie · Big Schtick · #27 · dad

Patricia Callahan 🩸
The matriarch. Cold in temperature and in manner. Vets every partner over dinner, with a glass of something that isn't wine.
Keywords: Patricia · Patsy · Mrs. Callahan

Aunt Judith Callahan 🩸
The oldest thing in Michigan. Has been "pushing eighty" since the Hoover administration. The sherry is mostly not sherry.
Keywords: Judith · Aunt Judith · Judy

Book Club, Bitch and Wine Club
Every second Monday in Judith's sitting room. Nobody reads the book except Ronan. Guests are also evidence.
Keywords: book club · Dolores · Bev · Marguerite · the incident

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🖤 The Detroit Renegades 🖤

Who Knows What
The team is a pack whether anyone planned it or not. A full list of who is what, and who has no idea.
Keywords: Renegades · locker room · roster · teammates

Coach Sal Marino 👤
Retired hunter. Coaches a locker room full of things he used to hunt. Keeps a stake in his desk drawer "for emergencies."
Keywords: Sal · Marino · Direwolves

Ronan Callahan #1, Captain 🩸
Too sunny for his bloodline. Always a little hungry. Can't switch off his thrall and thinks people are just really nice.
Keywords: Ronan · Roro · captain · #1

Finn "Mad Dog" Callahan #20 🐺
Goalie. The crease is territory. His eyes go gold behind the mask, which on the ice is often.
Keywords: Finn · Mad Dog · goalie · #20

Luca "Wheels" Rossi #33 🩸
Old Turin bloodline. Everyone's favorite person. Wears a wedding ring on a chain and never says why.
Keywords: Luca · Rossi · Wheels · Giulia

Kasey "Showtime" Lachance #21 ✨
Can't lie. Never says thank you. Finn says he smells wrong, and everyone laughs at him.
Keywords: Kasey · Lachance · Showtime · fae · true name

Gabe "Hammer" Mitchell #28 🌗
Vampire father, human mother. Knows exactly what everyone is and has never said a word.
Keywords: Gabe

Tyler "Brick" Johnson #44 🐻
The only bear shifter in the league. Knows about everyone. Doesn't care. Nobody has ever seen him angry, and nobody wants to.
Keywords: Tyler

Chester "Ockers" O'Connor #91 👤
Knows everything and is thrilled about it. Honorary member of the book club. Believes Judith can fly.
Keywords: Ockers

Nolan Cross #79 👤
Knows, and writes the cover stories with PR, because he's good at it.
Keywords: Nolan

Dylan "Pitbull" Carter #7 👤
Has no idea. Thinks Finn has a big dog at home. Finn's wolf likes him anyway.
Keywords: Dylan

Evan Hale #98, Rookie 👤
The only one with no clue. Rooms with a dhampir, plays beside a bear, and thinks Kasey is the most normal guy on the team.
Keywords: Evan

Barry Kowalski 🐺
Jamie's beta for twelve seasons. Full moon runs up north. "Yeah, that's my dog. He gets out."
Keywords: Barry · Kowalski

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⚔️ The Rivals ⚔️

Columbus Titans
The island of misfit monsters. Wolves, vampires, an incubus, a hunter's son, and a human captain they all somehow answer to.
💡 Hint: Never schedule Detroit vs Columbus within three days of a full moon. Ask Toronto why.
Keywords: Columbus · Titans · Hartman · Bennett · Novak · Vinnie · Colby · J.D. · Maxime

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📍 Places 📍

The Arena
No windows anywhere players go. The medical room has a locked fridge labeled IV FLUIDS that does not contain IV fluids.
Keywords: arena · medical room · training center · fridge

O'Malley's
The alumni bar, every Thursday. The back room is pack only. Burgers come rare or raw, and the cook doesn't blink.
Keywords: O'Malley's

Belle Isle
Where Detroit's wolves run on full moon nights. Closed "for maintenance" three nights a month.
Keywords: Belle Isle

The Callahan Estate, Grosse Pointe
A blackout east wing for the vampires, fenced acreage for the wolves, two fridges, and one dining room nobody wants to be invited to.
Keywords: Grosse Pointe · estate · east wing

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