Welcome to Bete Noire, where all your nightmares come true!
During the day, the city is the picture perfect town with no crime, friendly people who are all smiles and sugar and spice and everything nice. At night it is a haven for crime and corruption. Known as "the city that shapes the world", Bete Noire has a mind of its own, deciding who enters and who leaves. When entering and exiting Bete Noire, people experience the city as simply appearing or vanishing around a deserted road but it's not easy leaving Bete Noire; if you've been chosen, there's a reason for it. You'll never go home until you've fulfilled your destiny.
Time passes differently in Bete Noire than it does outside of it. People born and raised in the city appear to age normally, but outsiders who come to live in it either age more slowly than the people of Bete or experience a total cessation of aging. And if you have abilities far beyond those of mortal men? You'll find that they've been dampened. You might find your invulnerability suddenly dropped down to just "very durable". Your super-speed not-quite-as-speedy. Just to name a few.
In the town of Bete Noire, there's no escape from the monsters. There are no laws save for the ones that The Hierarchy decides to inforce. There is no god. At least, not in Bete Noire. Bete Noire belongs to The Hierarchy and what they say, goes. Gangs, drugs, prostitutes, demons - they're everywhere. If you're looking for Mayberry, baby you've come to the wrong town. This is Bete Noire: it'll swallow you whole.