The Merlaut is located in the Mad Mile district of Chicago. The building features a fairly simple exterior design; being mostly linear and gray in color. The building has three floors and is intended as a short-medium stay venue. Over the course of development, it was eventually renamed the Merlaut Hotel in the final version. Dermot "Lucky" Quinn is the owner of the hotel. It is also the setting for the game's prologue and sets the entire story's events in motion.