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La Manchaland (Hangul: 라만차랜드, La Manchalaendeu) is an amusement park known to manifest in the Backstreets of District 16, and is the main setting of Canto VII: The Dream Ending.[]
Overview[]
La Manchaland is an amusement park built and staffed entirely by Bloodfiends, specifically the Manchegan Bloodfiends, the Family of the First Kindred Don Quixote. Although it advertises itself to be "a place of freedom to dream side-by-side with Bloodfiends", at this point in time its staff are hostile to entering humans, attacking them and turning them into Bloodbags. Notably, all architecture in La Manchaland is composed of solidified human blood.
The amusement park was theorized by the P Corp. Archival Department to have been constructed over 200 years in the past, but have only been starting to manifest in October 984. As of the events of Canto VII: The Dream Ending, it is an Urban Nightmare-class phenomenon.
La Manchaland manifests once every day at around 1600 hours, during which time merry carnival music can be heard emanating from it. Music announcing closure will start playing 6 hours later, at 2200 hours, and the park disappears after a further 30 minutes. Individuals trapped within La Manchaland during closure will not be able to exit until its remanifestation the next day.
La Manchaland is divided into four areas: Pretty and Wonderful (Area 1), For Your Mental Health (Area 2), Eternal Carnival (Area 3), and an unlabelled Area 4 in the center of the amusement park.
Area 4, the Wheel of La Manchaland, is closed by a mechanism; a device is located in each of the other three areas, and must be activated to open the way to Area 4. Device activation progress resets after the park's disappearance, so all three devices have to be activated during one opening for Area 4 to be accessed. A Map of La Manchaland.
Area Details[]
Pretty and Wonderful (Area 1) has a red color scheme, and consists of various carnival attractions, including various dressing-up attractions. The main attraction of the area is "Fantasy Blood-shooting", which consists of a narrated fighting game in which guests would "fight" staffing Bloodfiends dressing up as "evil Bloodfiends" with wooden or foam props. The game is framed in a skit narrating a modified version of the history of La Manchaland.
This area is overseen by The Barber. Bloodfiends staffing this area wield giant scissors, one of which blades are made of hardblood and can be enhanced. They wear red outfits and beaked masks.
For Your Mental Health (Area 2) has a blue-grey color scheme. Its main attraction is The Haunted: Bloody Mary, a haunted house attraction with mystery solution elements, described by the Barber as a highlight of La Manchaland. The infirmary of the amusement park is also located here, along with a confessional for the management of the mental health of La Manchaland staff and any visiting guests, run by the Priest.
This area is overseen by The Priest. Bloodfiends staffing this area wield canes, and wear black suits and masks shaped like goat skulls. Notably, Bloodfiends in this area appear much less hostile than those in other areas in relevant Story Episodes.
Eternal Carnival (Area 3) has a purple color scheme. On the map, it features a roller coaster ride. Bloodfiends and Bloodbags inhabiting this area partake in an everlasting parade, with fireworks, singing, and decorative poles topped with human corpses. This area is the source of the music heard emanating from La Manchaland. Before the events of Canto VII: The Dream Ending, its device had never been activated.
This area is overseen by Dulcinea, who also plays the Lady of the Parade. Bloodfiends in this area carry parasols as their weapon, and wear gaudy purple clothing and masks shaped roughly like butterflies. Cassetti played Prince of the Parade in this area alongside Dulcinea (then Princess of the Parade) before his escape.
Area 4 (unlabelled on the map; dubbed The Wheel of La Manchaland or La Mancha Eye) lies at the center of La Manchaland. It is a Ferris wheel resembling a tattered windmill, depicted on the map as a black silhouette framed in yellow. In this area is kept the First Kindred and Founder, Don Quixote of La Manchaland, having been staked to the Wheel during the rebellion of his Kindred.