The year is 1935, travelling Carnivales are all the rage with the locals of rural villages and large cities alike. The end of the war has left refugees from all around the world without a safe home to go back to, so many have traveled to take up residence in America, where opportunities await. These opportunities are few and far between, it seems, but many discover this far too late. Carnivales have become a refuge for those outcasts with nowhere else to go. Shows turn freaks into wonders, and witchcraft into mystical magic tricks. Most of these Carnivales and Circuses and made up of regular humans, making their way in the world by plying their trade with card tricks, contortionism, high-flying acrobatics, and zaney costumes. However, while not all that glitters is gold, there is the sparkle amongst some troupes of a few diamonds in the rough...

Some Carnivales are more than a safe space for the refugees of war-torn Europe, and have become a haven for those forgotten creatures of myth and legend. Fairies, mermaids, shape-changers, seers, and even creatures with a touch of the divine, have begun troupes of travelling tricksters, earning their keep while hiding in plain sight. Cirque D'étoiles is one such family of misfits, cobbled together with the remnants of children's stories and the creatures that lurk in the dark. It's ringleader, Lucien, started his family after travelling to the US with a new-found friend, with the hopes that his Circus could become a safe place for others like them.

These are their stories...[bum bum]

(You may refer to the OOC thread for scenes of the past before the Circus was founded)