Quiapo Church

Quiapo Church, otherwise known as the Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene, (Canonically the Saint John the Baptist Parish) is a church located in the district of Quiapo, Manila. It contains the eponymous Shrine of the Black Nazarene, a blackened ivory figure of Jesus Christ, which is the subject of the popular Feast of the Black Nazarene.

The vicinity of the church is a popular area for peddlers of local herbal remedies, as well as religious and occult trinkets and accessories. The merchandise are anonymously sold from stalls surrounding the Basilica and the Plaza Miranda fronting it.

While the outside is disappointingly sparse when it comes to magic, the inside of the church is rife with spirits in twilight, and they collect essence from parishioners. Upon further experimentation, the group soon learned that the angelic spirits in the church actually sap supernatural powers in such a way that these powers are weakened or fail. In some cases, the 'weaknesses' of a supernatural being are more pronounced within this church. For vampires, they are more likely to go into rotschrek. For mages, they suffer higher chances of paradox.