Through the Ages Continuity Notes
Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2013 1:04 am
The "Through the Ages" continuity is home to multiple popular Lostknights chronicles, including: Through the Ages (for which the continuity was named), Lamia Atrum Avum per Christopher, and San Francisco Nights/Kindred the Embraced.
This continuity focuses primarily on the actions of vampires, though room exists to explore the lives of other supernaturals. The continuity diverges sharply from mainstream continuity in several places, though it attempts to retain a sedate feel that showcases the staid progress of supernatural beings as they advance through the ages. Some notable divergences include:
1. Clan Tremere was greatly weakened after its coup over clan Salubri, and further weakened by the efforts of powerful Methuselahs at crucial junctures in its development. The clan, if it can still be called such, survives into the modern nights though its role within the Camarilla and its power on the world stage is vastly reduced. Most modern Kindred know of Tremere only by distant rumor and have never actually met one of the warlocks in person. Tremere himself, following the events of the Transylvania Chronicles, usurps Goratrix's identity and joins the Sabbat where he founds the new Tremere bloodline with the help of ~4 of his Council of Seven. The Camarilla Tremere are the antitribu and, following an internal revolt, they are less organized above the chantry level. Regents join a regional board-of-directors-style board, much like the regional Princes' Councils. Etrius, freed from his blood bond to Tremere, serves as a nominal leader for the much-diminished bloodline and spends much of his time trying to decide what to do with himself now that he's free from Tremere for the first time in a millennium.
2. Clan Salubri is still an acknowledge member of the vampiric community, though they are hardly more numerous than their Tremere enemies. The warrior branch of the clan far outnumbers the healers in modern nights, and hold greater political power as well; a justicar seat is held by a Salubri methuselah of the warrior caste and several high ranking positions within the Sabat are filled by Salubri warriors.
3. Clan Malkavian is recognized as a bloodline in the modern era, their founder existing only as a shared madness between them, and their lineage purged at some point during the long nights before the rise of the Industrial Age. They are seldom welcomed by princes due to their erratic behavior, and are advised to disguise themselves as other, more acceptable bloodlines when traveling.
4. Clan Cappadocian still exists and are acknowledged as a member of the Camarilla. Most Cappadocians that people meet are the faces, bureaucrats, and apparently leaders of the clan. They favor Dominate, Fortitude, and Necromancy, and retain the Cappadocian's clan flaw of corpse-like pallor. They favor the old Mortis paths in their Necromancy (Grave's Decay, Corpse in the Monster, and Bone Path) for their immediate and overtly physical effects. Another bloodline exists, the researchers, who have a more esoteric focus, favoring the original Cappadocian discipline set and the more esoteric Necromancy paths, like the Sepulchre and Ash Paths.
5. The Camarilla are (as detailed in the Convention of Thorns thread) much more inclusive. All of the 'originally' Cam clans are members, but they also include the Salubri, Cappadocians, Lasombra, and Tzimisce (mostly Old Clan) as members. They also have a small, but notable, Setite bloodline which take the name Serpents of the Light (which focus on necromancy).
6. The Sabbat includes about 2/3 of both the Lasombra and Tzimisce clans, sizable antitribu populations of most of the other clans. Around 2/3 of the Setites join the Sabbat. As mentioned above, post 1998, Tremere also starts a new Tremere bloodline within the Sabbat (he lies that Saluot killed the original Tremre antitribu bloodline). Portions of the Nagaraja bloodline join the Sabbat as well after the fall of the Tal'mahe'Ra.
Timeline of Events
circa 1625 BCE - Minoan Eruption of Thera, also called the Thera Eruption - embrace of the Methuselah characters including Iona, Glaukos, Anuit, Hedron, Rama, and the Great Bear - the eruption causes the decline of the Minoan civilization. The Methesulahs (minus the Bear) meet and are subsequently attacked by Greek forces and forced into a 50 year torpor.
circa 1575 BCE - the Methesleahs awaken to find Minoan civilization radically changed - the two natives to the region grow dissatisfied with the new state of affairs and opt to leave with the others. They travel to mainland Greece and meet the Great Bear and explain some of the nuances of the Cainite condition to him - including how the blood bond works. He, in turn, teaches them his knowledge of Protean.
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circa 1070-1130 CE - embrace of the Transylvania Chronicles coterie, including Ulfir, Suriel, Azraq al-Hazeen, Brother Ignatius, Zrinyi Miklovich, Titus Popa, and Goliath
1198 CE - Transylvania Chronicles, Book 1, Act 1 - the coterie meet and are sent to construct a fortress at the Tihuta pass - they have their first encounter with Zelios the Master Builder, Lucita and Anatole, Myca Vykos, and Octavio in the process. They repel an ambush by Arnuf the Hunter. While building their fortress they find ancient Enochian writings that speak of some sort of prophecy. Zryni Mikolovich takes Sherizhina as a ghoul.
1314 CE - Transylvania Chronicles, Book 1, Act 2 - the coterie delivers Goratrix into the hands of the Tremere, learning a rough location for the Tremere chantry of Ceoris in the process; they also complete a geomantic web designed to trap and suppress the demon Kupala, meeting Dragomir Basarab (Sherizhina's brother) in the process. He has diablarized his sire (and grandfather) and seems crazy until they complete the web, at which point he seems sane. Sherizhina is Embraced by Zryini sometime in the following year.
1413 CE - Transylvania Chronicles, Book 1, Act 3 - the party gets incredibly fed up with Nova Arpad, who is a petty tyrant, treats them and her people poorly, and is also nearly a monster (with very low humanity). After retrieving some of her jewelry, meeting some Ravnos, and protecting some gypsies from the Inquisition, they kill her and return home. Later they're met by Dragomir who poorly attempts to disguise his position as a member of the Anarchs. He seeks to recruit their aid in locating the resting place of the Tzimisce Antediluvian. They do so in exchange for a book containing the Ritual of the Biter Rose, forcing the anarachs to attack one of the largest Tremere chantries in the region to obtain it. The Anarchs do so, trade the book, and then go off to assault the sleeping ancient. The coterie joins them, but neither helps nor hinders their efforts. Dragomir is killed during the chaos of the assault. The Anarchs claim success, but a mysterious voice heard only by the coterie suggests otherwise.
1435 CE - The Methuselahs get word of the movements of one of the Tremere's Council of Seven and stage an attack against the castle where he is briefly staying. They mount a massive assault during which they slay him and stake his two childer and the local regent. The childer are given to Suriel and Brother Ignatious for diablarie in order to strengthen their dwindling bloodlines. They make a proclaimation to the rest of Cainite society and begin to call themselves the Council of Ash.
1444 CE - Giovanni Chronicles, Book 1 - The Council of Ash discover the Conspiracy of Isaac; they kill and replace members of it with themselves, flreshcrafted for a fool-proof disguise, and work to thwart them. When the Conspiracy is interrupted in the middle of a celebratory feast they Embrace their party "guests" the 'Children of Isaac', which include Dorstein, Renaria Matisi, Balsamo de'Este, Martin de Valance, Inigo of Genoa, and Sister Mary Florance among others. Most die in the combat, including most of the childer sired by the Methuselahs (Renaria and Martin are sired by members of the Council of Ash in disguise, Uriel and Iona, respectively), except for those above-named. They are captured by Hardestadt and the other Camarilla Founders who then torture them (particularly Renaria and Inigo) for information about the whereabouts of Claudius Giovanni. The Ravnos Durga Syn intervenes on their behalf, pointing out that they are neonates and clearly know nothing. The Children are released, dressed, fed, and given a mission with which to pay the life-debt they supposedly owe the Founders. They are to locate and ingratiate themselves to their sires and hopefully also Claudius, so that they might report back to the Founders. They convince Hardestadt to let them take copies of a few notes and maps with which to prove their escape story and then leave. Eventually (with the help of the notes) they find the Conspiracy of Isaac who are surprised that they live, but given dutiful instruction to the neonates, including some basics about their clans and early discipline-oriented instruction. They are then given a note to deliver to Japheth at a monastery and depart to do so. Along the way they are attacked by Templars whom they are forced to kill. At the monastery, Japheth reads the note and then leads them to a meeting with Cappadocious himself. Cappadocious outlines his plan for the coming days, including the meeting with the conspiracy, and offers spiritual instruction to the neonates, bidding them return to the site where they buried the Templars and forgive them. Most do so, at which point the dead bodies crawl out of their graves and march back to the monastery. Cappadocious soliloquizes about life after death and generally proves to the neonates that he is far, far beyond sanity. His plan sounds like he wants to kill God to become God and thereby offer salvation to all Kindred. The distrurbed neonates return to Claudius after first stopping by Hardestadt and let them all know that Japheth and Cappadocious have agreed to the meeting. The meeting, a few weeks later, almost immediately deteriorates into combat. During this climactic battle, the Founders jump from the bushes and attack the Conspiracy. The Children join the fray. Augustus diablarizes Cappadocius incompletely but is in turn diablarized by Iona, still in her fleshcrafted disguise as Sire Wenceslas. Claudius attempts to diablarize Japheth, but is killed in a flash by Uriel. Inigo manages to surprise and diablarize his sire Lord Leopold Valdemar, and Martin assists Hadestadt in killing Lady Jadviga Almanov (a secondary mission the Children were given). Most or all of the remaining Conspiracy members who were not disguised Methuselahs are killed during the fight. The fallout due to the survival of Japheth and his clan are detailed above in the 'notable divergences' section.
1472 CE - Transylvania Chronicles, Book 2, Act 1 - The coterie attend a salon being held by some local Camarilla sympathizers which is being held to introduce none other than Vlad Dracula (and several other mortals) to Cainite affairs. This event is interrupted by an ill-fated anarch attack. Though the anarchs are rapidly killed, Castle Hermanstadt is set ablaze. In the insuing confusion, the coterie manage to subdue or kill most of the mid-ranking attendees and secure themselves an exit via a secret passage way. The staked attendees are then distributed (after the discovery that none were powerful enough to enhance any of their own number) to favored allies for diablarie in order to strengthen their loyalty and increase their power. They escort Dracula back to Count Radu (who sent them to meet Dracula) and are informed that Dracula has been summoned to the Cathedral of Flesh by Yorak, a Tzimisce ancient - and Glaukos's sire. Glaukos is to escort Dracula and notes that his sire has invited the coterie to attend. They go and experience the horror of the Cathedral of Flesh. Yorak intends to Embrace Dracula but is interrupted by the Cathedral of Flesh, which takes the opportunity of Yorak's distraction to mount its own rebellion. It makes an attempt to diablarize Yorak, but is interrupted by Glaukos, who instead manages to claim the soul of his sire. The coterie, aided by a psychically projected Uriel, proceed to dismantle and slay the grotesque Cathedral.
1493 CE - Transylvania Chronicles, Book 2, Act 2 - The Convention of Thorns - we need a whole separate thread to explain the results of this encounter - Sabbat forms from dissatisfied fallout. Tremere Curse is not placed on the Assamites, Lasombra and Tzimisce both members of Cam (or at least parts of them).
1495 CE - Transylvania Chronicles, Book 2, Act 3 - Characters visit Dracula, some Sabbat attack his castle and are captured when the Cam archons hit them in the rear, Dracula embraces himself with the blood of Tabak, a Tzimisce. Backstabbing ensues as the characters diablarize many, including Dracula and all of the Sabbat. Tabak, a member of the fourth generation, is kept alive and offered to the Council of Ash. Uriel decides that, for the good of strengthening his slowly-recovering clan, he will diablarize the captured foe, forever forsaking his own salvation.
1666 CE - Giovanni Chronicles, Book 2 -
1680 CE - Transylvania Chronicles, Book 3, Act 1 - Auction of Maria Asunción (the last Malkavian known to reside in Europe), fight with Tremere and Baali, rituals and deceptions... expand this section later
1710 CE - Transylvania Chronicles, Book 3, Act 2 - Though Dracula (wasn't he dead?) is planning to kidnap a hundred children to sacrifice in order to enslave the demon Kupala, the coterie (with the knowledge that they'd already killed Dracula once) uncover his plot before he can fully execute it and kill him again.
1789-1794 CE - Transylvania Chronicles, Book 3, Act 3 - The coterie visit France to pay back the local Prince for imposing upon them during the Auction a hundred years previously. Mortals decide to start the French Revolution during their stay.
1848 CE - Giovanni Chronicles, Book 3, Part 1 -
1880 CE - Victorian Age Game begins
1882-1888 CE - Giovanni Chronicles, Book 3, Part 2 -
1897 CE - Transylvania Chronicles, Book 4, Act 1 - one of, if not the only, remaining copy of the Incunabulum Kupalam, a book full of encrypted metaphors, ciphers, diagrams, quatrains, and segments of Enochian prophecy is stolen from an Arcanum chapter house in London. The Transylvanian coterie travel to Vienna, where they are notified that the book will be auctioned, in order to obtain it for themselves and stop other interested parties from getting their grubby paws on it. In the process they visit the Tremere's main chantry, meet the local Prince and Primogen, and a group claiming to be Dracula's Axes (wasn't he already dead... twice?). After killing most of the Axes and cleaning up a mess left by the Sabbat, they track the book down to St. Stephen's Cathedral where they recover it from under the noses of Arcanum hunters. Educated scholars though many of them are, it will be a century or more before the book will fully yield its secrets up to them.
1929 CE - Giovanni Chronicles, Book 4, Act 1 -
1959 CE - Giovanni Chronicles, Book 4, Act 2 -
1972 CE - Giovanni Chronicles, Book 4, Act 3 -
1998 CE - Transylvania Chronicles, Book 4, Act 2 & 3 - Coterie travels back to Vienna and meets with Etrius who wants them to act as bodyguards for a series of meetings he has planned - he offers considerable rewards. They steal a look at Etrius's journal and discover some information about Salout and Tremere's internal battles. They travel to Atlanta, where they are attacked by a Sabbat pack (some of whom lose their arms) and meet with Sascha Vykos who arranges terms for Etrius's meeting with Goratrix. They escort him to Mexico City, where Tremere, riding around in Etrius's head, subsumes Goratrix and assumes his identity temporarily. They then assist Tremere with a ritual that results in the destruction of the entire Tremere antitribu bloodline. Some months later, Lucita contacts them about a prophecy Anatole has had. They visist the characters and deliver the prophecy. The characters then receieve a letter inviting them back to Transylvania from Celestyn (of Clan Tremere). There, they meet with a look-alike who turns out to be a Nosferatu and are ambushed by other members of that clan. They clean up and capture the imposter, freeing the real Celestyn, and meeting with Celestyn's ally Ying Lei (a Kuei-jin). They discuss the geomantic web that the characters helped to construct and why it needs to be altered. Celestyn offers them the original Tremere notes on the resting places of four Antedilivians compiled shortly after the birth of their bloodline as payment. One of those Antediluvians was Salout, and the others may have moved, but the information is invaluable nonetheless. Ying Lei is able to translate a pair of ivory tablets for them, in which they learn much of the true nature of the Antediluvian Salout. Earthquakes begin to rock Romania and the characters find that a nuclear power plant has been built at the center of the web. They travel there, meet with the lone scientist, Dr. Helena Ilianescu, attempting to shut the plant down, and help her to do so. She tells them about missile silos that were built some years ago, which they locate the control bunker for. They find that the missiles have been fired at New York and Bejing and are able to dig through filing cabnets to find abort codes to stop them. They are interrupted by Kupala who says that it is too late to abort. He offers to stop the missiles and drop them harmlessly into the water if they will cut the web with the Sword of Dracula and free him. Since the alternative is nuking two major population centers, they agree, cut the lines, the sword shatters, and they are threatened by Kupala to leave the area. They dutifully report the incident to their various sires in hopes that some of them (of whom al-Ashrad, Uriel, and Glaukos are particularly talented in dealings with spirits) might be able to do something to stop the demon. Azraq embraces Helena Ilianescu, reasoning that the clan needs people with good heads on their shoulders.
1999 CE - Giovanni Chronicles, Book 4, Act 4 -
2012 CE - Methuselahs occupy portions of the city of San Fransisco and its surrounding areas. They watch the local Kindred of the city (taken wholesale from the series Kindred: The Embraced) with some measure of amusement.
2013 CE - A small coterie fleeing an Anarch revolt somewhere in Oregon head south toward San Fransisco. They meet Victor Glaukos and are introduced into the San Fransisco Kindred community. In doing a favor for the Nosferatu Primogen Daedalus, they become involved in an assault on the house of a very rich man with extremely eccentric tastes.
2014 CE - (Spring) Big Gay Bear of clan Toreador finds himself uncomfortably involved in Methuselah politics. A Nagarajah gets himself captured and then an Awakening nascent technocrat inadvertently Embraced himself with the Nagaraja's blood and techno-diablarized him. A crazy person knows things he probably shouldn't about Kindred society - he wants to get Embraced and is instead brainwashed into thinking he has been already so he could be studied by local Tzimisce who are more interested with his uncanny insight than with adding him to the ranks of the undead. Glaukos hosts a meeting with some Cathayans at the request of Prince Julian and has a small encounter with an Akuma over the phone in the process. The encounter reveals that Akuma are attempting to claim territory in the city, and sets the stage for complicated conflicts in the nights ahead.
(Winter) Glaukos recruits some of the city's neonates to pick up a book from a private library for him. The library's resident, Titania, a Kiasyd, will not allow him onto the premises. Iona selects the individuals for the assignment, which include a Daughter of Cacophony, an amnesiac Caitiff, and a mortal in addition to Rodrigo, Dan Van Zant and the above-mentioned Nagaraja. As Glaukos knows that Titania will only allow neonates into her sanctum, he eventually decides to have the mortal Embraced (she event consents after having the situation explained to her). He constructs a ritual circle and summons forth Sherazhina to Embrace Meredith Dunkle-Schmitt into his line, reasoning that any direct childe of his would be in immense danger of diablarie given his potent blood. The neonates go to the Mechanics' Institute Library and Chess Room where they meet with Titania after some small hassle. She engages them in simultaneous chess games, hands over the book, and offers to assist a few of them in their various personal concerns in exchange for play-by-mail chess games and maybe an occasional visit (as long as it isn't too frequent). On their way back, the are ambushed by a group of corrupted Kuei-jin, who they manage to put barely put down with the help of a passing Gangrel. That Gangrel, Leona, asks them to come with her to report the incident to Cash, the Sheriff of San Fransisco, which they do. There they meet Sasha, who insists on coming back to Glaukos's place after hearing where they are going. They finally make it back to the ancient and hand over the book. This book was payment from the coterie of his childe, Zryini Miklovich, in exchange for his assistance in tracking down the individuals who seem to keep resurrecting facsimiles of Dracula, even now, centuries after his death.
2016 CE - True to their word, the Cathayans hold to an agreement to avoid overt hostilities and work to remove the akuma that have inserted themselves into the region. Covert aggression is, however, apparently not a violation in the minds of the Easterners. Neonates Dan VanZant and Gabriel Lancaster discover financial oddities and mind-controlled middle management in a local tech company that lead back to a Hong Kong holding corporation represented by a mild-mannered kue-jin. Primogen Archon and Prince Julian are of the opinion that the Easterners are funneling money from the San Francisco economy back to Asia, and in the process sabotaging local businesses. A financial taskforce is formed at the prince's command, comprised of neonates with Dan and Gabriel as founding members, with the assignment of policing local business interests for supernatural threats to the economy. Rumors of Dracula continue to circulate, slowly drawing an annoyed collection of Transylvanian kindred to San Francisco. A collection of Syndicate representatives visit San Francisco, making a difficult to refuse offer to invest heavily in local businesses.
Dramatis Personæ
The Council of Ash
Anuit, childe of ?, a Setite heretic and skilled Necromancer, founder of the Serpents of the Light
Glaukos, childe of Yorak, a Tzimisce, self-styled Duke of Strawberry, a Koldun Sorcerer and dog breeder
Iona, childe of Mi-ka-el, a Toreador, an athletic messenger, masquerades as a young ancilla
Lord Rama, childe of ?, a True Brujah of the Indian subcontinent
Uriel, childe of Samiel, a Salubri Warrior, savior and patriarch of his bloodline
The (mostly former) Princes of Transylvania
Azraq al-Hazeen, childe of al-Ashrad, an Assamite Sorcerer and wonder maker
Brother Ignatius, childe of Lord Rama, a True Brujah, a Cainite Heretic
Goliath, a Gargoyle with no sire, acknowledged as First among his kind, currently residing in New York City
Suriel, childe of Uriel, a Salubri Warrior-maiden and frequent Justicar for her clan
Titus Popa, childe of Aristoleon, a Lasombra aristocrat
Ulfir, childe of the Great Bear, a Gangrel from the north
Zrinyi Miklovich, childe of Glaukos, a Moldovan noble and capitalist
The Children of Isaac
Balsamo de'Este, childe of Lady Jadviga Almanov, a Ventrue and Venetian nobleman
Dorstein, childe of Marchettus the Bold, a Brujah, son of a Trondheim farmer
Inigo of Genoa, childe of Lord Leopold Valdemar, a Lasombra, a world-wise merchant
Martin de Valance, childe of Iona, a Toreador, fourth son of a French count, believes his sire to be Wenceslas, a portly, old, and effete man
Renaria Matisi, childe of Uriel, a Salubri Warrior, an illiterate scullery maid whose father, a smith, taught her the art of the sword
Sister Mary Florance, childe of Matron Violetta, a Nosferatu, a very unfortunate nun
The Midnight Society
John Henry "Doc" Holliday, childe of ?, a Toreador, legendary Wild West gambler and gunfighter, Archon
Laura Bell, childe of ?, a Ventrue, a courtesan popularly known to have been involved with the Nepalese Prime Minister
Colonel Sir W. A. Reginald Strickland III, childe of Bernadette, a City Gangrel, a gentleman soldier and adventurer, a Founder of the Society, Archon of the Ventrue Justicar
?, childe of ?, a Toreador, Australian son of convicts shipped to Aus, a bon vivant who is attempting to reclaim his birthright, also a Founder, Archon
?, childe of ?, a Cappadocian, a noble scholar interested in mysticism, indiginous cultures, and various lore
?, childe of ?, a Lasombra, captain of a steamboat and lifelong sailor, possibly employeed by the British-India Steam navigation company
?, childe of ?, a Serpent of the Light, one of too many daughters in a lower-class family, trained as a tutor
?, childe of ?, a Ventrue, an Indian cultural sellout educated in England and returned to his homeland to teach the savages how to live in the right and British way
The Kindred of San Fransisco
Dr. Brent Razor, childe of ?, a Nagaraja bio-scientist who accidentally embraced himself and then techno-diablarized his sire as he was Awakening to Enlightened Science
Dan Van Zant, childe of ?, a Ventrue, a manager for computer programmers on the night shift, member of Financial Task Force
Meredith Dunkle-Schmitt, childe of Sherazhina, a Tzimisce neonate and cat-lady
R-24, childe of ?, a Caitiff with amnesia, presumably some sort of experiment
Duarte, childe of ?, a Brujah and Mexican Biker Gang member, has an extensive extended family
?, childe of ?, a Daughter of Cacophony, possibly a trans-woman?
Gabriel Lancaster, child of ?, raging finance Gangrel, a member of the lineage of the Great Bear, member of Financial Task Force
Prominent NPCs
Transylvania (at least originally)
Anatole, childe of Pierre l'Imbecile, a Malkavian prophet and holy man, eventually the Holy Harbinger and Prophet of Gehenna; a serial diablarist of his fellow Malkavians, a trait encouraged by the coterie in order to control the Malkavian population
Delizbieta of the Dark Eyes, childe of Izydor Torenu, a Ravnos and one-time ally of the coterie
Dragomir Basarab, childe of Vintila, a Tzimisce and former Revenant, brother to Sherazhina, suffered from insane episodes due to the influence of Kupala, conspired to kill the Tzimisce Antidiluvian, was killed by the coterie during that assault
Etrius, nominal childe of Tremere, a Tremere and member of the Council of Seven, custodian of his master's warped body for nearly a thousand years and finally free in the Final Nights
Goratrix, nominal childe of Tremere, a Tremere antitribu, founder of House Goratrix, called the Betrayer by his clan, forced into a mirror and destroyed by Tremere, who usurped his body in 1998
Lucita de Aragón, childe of Ambrosio Luis Monçada, a Lasombra and frequent acquaintance of the coterie
Mitru the Hunter, childe of Arnulf, a Gangrel, ongoing antagonist to the Transylvanian coterie; finally killed in the Victorian Age
Nova Arpad, childe of Gregor, a Ventrue, former Prince of Mediasch and general thorn in the side of the Transylvaniain coterie; deceased at their hands
Octavio, the Voice of Kupala, childe of Marcus, a Malkavian prophet also known as Havnor, a Magyar god he sometimes pretends to be; eventually offers himself to Anatole for diablarie to be free of his visions of Gehenna and communion with the demon Kupala
Count Radu, childe of Visya, a Tzimisce, former Prince of Bistria, now a high ranking member of whichever sect he belongs to (current alignment and fate undecided)
Sascha Vykos, childe of Symeon, a Tzimisce, born Myca Vykos, a man, now usually genderless, a Sabbat founder and hardliner, a Noddist scholar and Thaumaturge, was a mortal Hermetic mage once upon a time
Sherizhina Basarab, childe of Zrinyi Miklovich, a Tzimisce, and Revenant Matriarch of the Basarab family
Tiberiu, childe of ?, a Gangrel servant of Count Radu
Tremere, the self-made founder of Clan Tremere, pawn of Saluot for nearly a thousand years, now free and founding a new version of his now-abandoned clan
Vlad Țepeș, childe of Tabak, a Tzimisce, killed by the Transylvanian princes at least twice.
Zelios, childe of Hannibal, a Nosferatu, called the Master Mason, a geomancer and architect
San Fransisco
Prince Julian Luna, a Ventrue
Lillie Langtry, Toreador Primogen
Archon Raine, sire of Julian and former Prince, now Ventrue Primogen
Cash, Gangrel Primogen and Sherrif
Daedalus, Nosferatu Primogen
Eddie Fiori, former Brujah Primogen, now deceased
Sasha, a Brujah, though also Julians mortal grand-niece
Larraina, a Gangrel
Bate, a Brujah
Caitlin Byrne, a journalist in the mid 1990's, her current fate is undecided (she hasn't appeared in-game)
Frank Kohanek, a police detctive in the mid 1990's, his current fate is undecided also
Titania, a Kiasyd, Queen of the Library, an acquaintance of Sherizhina
This continuity focuses primarily on the actions of vampires, though room exists to explore the lives of other supernaturals. The continuity diverges sharply from mainstream continuity in several places, though it attempts to retain a sedate feel that showcases the staid progress of supernatural beings as they advance through the ages. Some notable divergences include:
1. Clan Tremere was greatly weakened after its coup over clan Salubri, and further weakened by the efforts of powerful Methuselahs at crucial junctures in its development. The clan, if it can still be called such, survives into the modern nights though its role within the Camarilla and its power on the world stage is vastly reduced. Most modern Kindred know of Tremere only by distant rumor and have never actually met one of the warlocks in person. Tremere himself, following the events of the Transylvania Chronicles, usurps Goratrix's identity and joins the Sabbat where he founds the new Tremere bloodline with the help of ~4 of his Council of Seven. The Camarilla Tremere are the antitribu and, following an internal revolt, they are less organized above the chantry level. Regents join a regional board-of-directors-style board, much like the regional Princes' Councils. Etrius, freed from his blood bond to Tremere, serves as a nominal leader for the much-diminished bloodline and spends much of his time trying to decide what to do with himself now that he's free from Tremere for the first time in a millennium.
2. Clan Salubri is still an acknowledge member of the vampiric community, though they are hardly more numerous than their Tremere enemies. The warrior branch of the clan far outnumbers the healers in modern nights, and hold greater political power as well; a justicar seat is held by a Salubri methuselah of the warrior caste and several high ranking positions within the Sabat are filled by Salubri warriors.
3. Clan Malkavian is recognized as a bloodline in the modern era, their founder existing only as a shared madness between them, and their lineage purged at some point during the long nights before the rise of the Industrial Age. They are seldom welcomed by princes due to their erratic behavior, and are advised to disguise themselves as other, more acceptable bloodlines when traveling.
4. Clan Cappadocian still exists and are acknowledged as a member of the Camarilla. Most Cappadocians that people meet are the faces, bureaucrats, and apparently leaders of the clan. They favor Dominate, Fortitude, and Necromancy, and retain the Cappadocian's clan flaw of corpse-like pallor. They favor the old Mortis paths in their Necromancy (Grave's Decay, Corpse in the Monster, and Bone Path) for their immediate and overtly physical effects. Another bloodline exists, the researchers, who have a more esoteric focus, favoring the original Cappadocian discipline set and the more esoteric Necromancy paths, like the Sepulchre and Ash Paths.
5. The Camarilla are (as detailed in the Convention of Thorns thread) much more inclusive. All of the 'originally' Cam clans are members, but they also include the Salubri, Cappadocians, Lasombra, and Tzimisce (mostly Old Clan) as members. They also have a small, but notable, Setite bloodline which take the name Serpents of the Light (which focus on necromancy).
6. The Sabbat includes about 2/3 of both the Lasombra and Tzimisce clans, sizable antitribu populations of most of the other clans. Around 2/3 of the Setites join the Sabbat. As mentioned above, post 1998, Tremere also starts a new Tremere bloodline within the Sabbat (he lies that Saluot killed the original Tremre antitribu bloodline). Portions of the Nagaraja bloodline join the Sabbat as well after the fall of the Tal'mahe'Ra.
Timeline of Events
circa 1625 BCE - Minoan Eruption of Thera, also called the Thera Eruption - embrace of the Methuselah characters including Iona, Glaukos, Anuit, Hedron, Rama, and the Great Bear - the eruption causes the decline of the Minoan civilization. The Methesulahs (minus the Bear) meet and are subsequently attacked by Greek forces and forced into a 50 year torpor.
circa 1575 BCE - the Methesleahs awaken to find Minoan civilization radically changed - the two natives to the region grow dissatisfied with the new state of affairs and opt to leave with the others. They travel to mainland Greece and meet the Great Bear and explain some of the nuances of the Cainite condition to him - including how the blood bond works. He, in turn, teaches them his knowledge of Protean.
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circa 1070-1130 CE - embrace of the Transylvania Chronicles coterie, including Ulfir, Suriel, Azraq al-Hazeen, Brother Ignatius, Zrinyi Miklovich, Titus Popa, and Goliath
1198 CE - Transylvania Chronicles, Book 1, Act 1 - the coterie meet and are sent to construct a fortress at the Tihuta pass - they have their first encounter with Zelios the Master Builder, Lucita and Anatole, Myca Vykos, and Octavio in the process. They repel an ambush by Arnuf the Hunter. While building their fortress they find ancient Enochian writings that speak of some sort of prophecy. Zryni Mikolovich takes Sherizhina as a ghoul.
1314 CE - Transylvania Chronicles, Book 1, Act 2 - the coterie delivers Goratrix into the hands of the Tremere, learning a rough location for the Tremere chantry of Ceoris in the process; they also complete a geomantic web designed to trap and suppress the demon Kupala, meeting Dragomir Basarab (Sherizhina's brother) in the process. He has diablarized his sire (and grandfather) and seems crazy until they complete the web, at which point he seems sane. Sherizhina is Embraced by Zryini sometime in the following year.
1413 CE - Transylvania Chronicles, Book 1, Act 3 - the party gets incredibly fed up with Nova Arpad, who is a petty tyrant, treats them and her people poorly, and is also nearly a monster (with very low humanity). After retrieving some of her jewelry, meeting some Ravnos, and protecting some gypsies from the Inquisition, they kill her and return home. Later they're met by Dragomir who poorly attempts to disguise his position as a member of the Anarchs. He seeks to recruit their aid in locating the resting place of the Tzimisce Antediluvian. They do so in exchange for a book containing the Ritual of the Biter Rose, forcing the anarachs to attack one of the largest Tremere chantries in the region to obtain it. The Anarchs do so, trade the book, and then go off to assault the sleeping ancient. The coterie joins them, but neither helps nor hinders their efforts. Dragomir is killed during the chaos of the assault. The Anarchs claim success, but a mysterious voice heard only by the coterie suggests otherwise.
1435 CE - The Methuselahs get word of the movements of one of the Tremere's Council of Seven and stage an attack against the castle where he is briefly staying. They mount a massive assault during which they slay him and stake his two childer and the local regent. The childer are given to Suriel and Brother Ignatious for diablarie in order to strengthen their dwindling bloodlines. They make a proclaimation to the rest of Cainite society and begin to call themselves the Council of Ash.
1444 CE - Giovanni Chronicles, Book 1 - The Council of Ash discover the Conspiracy of Isaac; they kill and replace members of it with themselves, flreshcrafted for a fool-proof disguise, and work to thwart them. When the Conspiracy is interrupted in the middle of a celebratory feast they Embrace their party "guests" the 'Children of Isaac', which include Dorstein, Renaria Matisi, Balsamo de'Este, Martin de Valance, Inigo of Genoa, and Sister Mary Florance among others. Most die in the combat, including most of the childer sired by the Methuselahs (Renaria and Martin are sired by members of the Council of Ash in disguise, Uriel and Iona, respectively), except for those above-named. They are captured by Hardestadt and the other Camarilla Founders who then torture them (particularly Renaria and Inigo) for information about the whereabouts of Claudius Giovanni. The Ravnos Durga Syn intervenes on their behalf, pointing out that they are neonates and clearly know nothing. The Children are released, dressed, fed, and given a mission with which to pay the life-debt they supposedly owe the Founders. They are to locate and ingratiate themselves to their sires and hopefully also Claudius, so that they might report back to the Founders. They convince Hardestadt to let them take copies of a few notes and maps with which to prove their escape story and then leave. Eventually (with the help of the notes) they find the Conspiracy of Isaac who are surprised that they live, but given dutiful instruction to the neonates, including some basics about their clans and early discipline-oriented instruction. They are then given a note to deliver to Japheth at a monastery and depart to do so. Along the way they are attacked by Templars whom they are forced to kill. At the monastery, Japheth reads the note and then leads them to a meeting with Cappadocious himself. Cappadocious outlines his plan for the coming days, including the meeting with the conspiracy, and offers spiritual instruction to the neonates, bidding them return to the site where they buried the Templars and forgive them. Most do so, at which point the dead bodies crawl out of their graves and march back to the monastery. Cappadocious soliloquizes about life after death and generally proves to the neonates that he is far, far beyond sanity. His plan sounds like he wants to kill God to become God and thereby offer salvation to all Kindred. The distrurbed neonates return to Claudius after first stopping by Hardestadt and let them all know that Japheth and Cappadocious have agreed to the meeting. The meeting, a few weeks later, almost immediately deteriorates into combat. During this climactic battle, the Founders jump from the bushes and attack the Conspiracy. The Children join the fray. Augustus diablarizes Cappadocius incompletely but is in turn diablarized by Iona, still in her fleshcrafted disguise as Sire Wenceslas. Claudius attempts to diablarize Japheth, but is killed in a flash by Uriel. Inigo manages to surprise and diablarize his sire Lord Leopold Valdemar, and Martin assists Hadestadt in killing Lady Jadviga Almanov (a secondary mission the Children were given). Most or all of the remaining Conspiracy members who were not disguised Methuselahs are killed during the fight. The fallout due to the survival of Japheth and his clan are detailed above in the 'notable divergences' section.
1472 CE - Transylvania Chronicles, Book 2, Act 1 - The coterie attend a salon being held by some local Camarilla sympathizers which is being held to introduce none other than Vlad Dracula (and several other mortals) to Cainite affairs. This event is interrupted by an ill-fated anarch attack. Though the anarchs are rapidly killed, Castle Hermanstadt is set ablaze. In the insuing confusion, the coterie manage to subdue or kill most of the mid-ranking attendees and secure themselves an exit via a secret passage way. The staked attendees are then distributed (after the discovery that none were powerful enough to enhance any of their own number) to favored allies for diablarie in order to strengthen their loyalty and increase their power. They escort Dracula back to Count Radu (who sent them to meet Dracula) and are informed that Dracula has been summoned to the Cathedral of Flesh by Yorak, a Tzimisce ancient - and Glaukos's sire. Glaukos is to escort Dracula and notes that his sire has invited the coterie to attend. They go and experience the horror of the Cathedral of Flesh. Yorak intends to Embrace Dracula but is interrupted by the Cathedral of Flesh, which takes the opportunity of Yorak's distraction to mount its own rebellion. It makes an attempt to diablarize Yorak, but is interrupted by Glaukos, who instead manages to claim the soul of his sire. The coterie, aided by a psychically projected Uriel, proceed to dismantle and slay the grotesque Cathedral.
1493 CE - Transylvania Chronicles, Book 2, Act 2 - The Convention of Thorns - we need a whole separate thread to explain the results of this encounter - Sabbat forms from dissatisfied fallout. Tremere Curse is not placed on the Assamites, Lasombra and Tzimisce both members of Cam (or at least parts of them).
1495 CE - Transylvania Chronicles, Book 2, Act 3 - Characters visit Dracula, some Sabbat attack his castle and are captured when the Cam archons hit them in the rear, Dracula embraces himself with the blood of Tabak, a Tzimisce. Backstabbing ensues as the characters diablarize many, including Dracula and all of the Sabbat. Tabak, a member of the fourth generation, is kept alive and offered to the Council of Ash. Uriel decides that, for the good of strengthening his slowly-recovering clan, he will diablarize the captured foe, forever forsaking his own salvation.
1666 CE - Giovanni Chronicles, Book 2 -
1680 CE - Transylvania Chronicles, Book 3, Act 1 - Auction of Maria Asunción (the last Malkavian known to reside in Europe), fight with Tremere and Baali, rituals and deceptions... expand this section later
1710 CE - Transylvania Chronicles, Book 3, Act 2 - Though Dracula (wasn't he dead?) is planning to kidnap a hundred children to sacrifice in order to enslave the demon Kupala, the coterie (with the knowledge that they'd already killed Dracula once) uncover his plot before he can fully execute it and kill him again.
1789-1794 CE - Transylvania Chronicles, Book 3, Act 3 - The coterie visit France to pay back the local Prince for imposing upon them during the Auction a hundred years previously. Mortals decide to start the French Revolution during their stay.
1848 CE - Giovanni Chronicles, Book 3, Part 1 -
1880 CE - Victorian Age Game begins
1882-1888 CE - Giovanni Chronicles, Book 3, Part 2 -
1897 CE - Transylvania Chronicles, Book 4, Act 1 - one of, if not the only, remaining copy of the Incunabulum Kupalam, a book full of encrypted metaphors, ciphers, diagrams, quatrains, and segments of Enochian prophecy is stolen from an Arcanum chapter house in London. The Transylvanian coterie travel to Vienna, where they are notified that the book will be auctioned, in order to obtain it for themselves and stop other interested parties from getting their grubby paws on it. In the process they visit the Tremere's main chantry, meet the local Prince and Primogen, and a group claiming to be Dracula's Axes (wasn't he already dead... twice?). After killing most of the Axes and cleaning up a mess left by the Sabbat, they track the book down to St. Stephen's Cathedral where they recover it from under the noses of Arcanum hunters. Educated scholars though many of them are, it will be a century or more before the book will fully yield its secrets up to them.
1929 CE - Giovanni Chronicles, Book 4, Act 1 -
1959 CE - Giovanni Chronicles, Book 4, Act 2 -
1972 CE - Giovanni Chronicles, Book 4, Act 3 -
1998 CE - Transylvania Chronicles, Book 4, Act 2 & 3 - Coterie travels back to Vienna and meets with Etrius who wants them to act as bodyguards for a series of meetings he has planned - he offers considerable rewards. They steal a look at Etrius's journal and discover some information about Salout and Tremere's internal battles. They travel to Atlanta, where they are attacked by a Sabbat pack (some of whom lose their arms) and meet with Sascha Vykos who arranges terms for Etrius's meeting with Goratrix. They escort him to Mexico City, where Tremere, riding around in Etrius's head, subsumes Goratrix and assumes his identity temporarily. They then assist Tremere with a ritual that results in the destruction of the entire Tremere antitribu bloodline. Some months later, Lucita contacts them about a prophecy Anatole has had. They visist the characters and deliver the prophecy. The characters then receieve a letter inviting them back to Transylvania from Celestyn (of Clan Tremere). There, they meet with a look-alike who turns out to be a Nosferatu and are ambushed by other members of that clan. They clean up and capture the imposter, freeing the real Celestyn, and meeting with Celestyn's ally Ying Lei (a Kuei-jin). They discuss the geomantic web that the characters helped to construct and why it needs to be altered. Celestyn offers them the original Tremere notes on the resting places of four Antedilivians compiled shortly after the birth of their bloodline as payment. One of those Antediluvians was Salout, and the others may have moved, but the information is invaluable nonetheless. Ying Lei is able to translate a pair of ivory tablets for them, in which they learn much of the true nature of the Antediluvian Salout. Earthquakes begin to rock Romania and the characters find that a nuclear power plant has been built at the center of the web. They travel there, meet with the lone scientist, Dr. Helena Ilianescu, attempting to shut the plant down, and help her to do so. She tells them about missile silos that were built some years ago, which they locate the control bunker for. They find that the missiles have been fired at New York and Bejing and are able to dig through filing cabnets to find abort codes to stop them. They are interrupted by Kupala who says that it is too late to abort. He offers to stop the missiles and drop them harmlessly into the water if they will cut the web with the Sword of Dracula and free him. Since the alternative is nuking two major population centers, they agree, cut the lines, the sword shatters, and they are threatened by Kupala to leave the area. They dutifully report the incident to their various sires in hopes that some of them (of whom al-Ashrad, Uriel, and Glaukos are particularly talented in dealings with spirits) might be able to do something to stop the demon. Azraq embraces Helena Ilianescu, reasoning that the clan needs people with good heads on their shoulders.
1999 CE - Giovanni Chronicles, Book 4, Act 4 -
2012 CE - Methuselahs occupy portions of the city of San Fransisco and its surrounding areas. They watch the local Kindred of the city (taken wholesale from the series Kindred: The Embraced) with some measure of amusement.
2013 CE - A small coterie fleeing an Anarch revolt somewhere in Oregon head south toward San Fransisco. They meet Victor Glaukos and are introduced into the San Fransisco Kindred community. In doing a favor for the Nosferatu Primogen Daedalus, they become involved in an assault on the house of a very rich man with extremely eccentric tastes.
2014 CE - (Spring) Big Gay Bear of clan Toreador finds himself uncomfortably involved in Methuselah politics. A Nagarajah gets himself captured and then an Awakening nascent technocrat inadvertently Embraced himself with the Nagaraja's blood and techno-diablarized him. A crazy person knows things he probably shouldn't about Kindred society - he wants to get Embraced and is instead brainwashed into thinking he has been already so he could be studied by local Tzimisce who are more interested with his uncanny insight than with adding him to the ranks of the undead. Glaukos hosts a meeting with some Cathayans at the request of Prince Julian and has a small encounter with an Akuma over the phone in the process. The encounter reveals that Akuma are attempting to claim territory in the city, and sets the stage for complicated conflicts in the nights ahead.
(Winter) Glaukos recruits some of the city's neonates to pick up a book from a private library for him. The library's resident, Titania, a Kiasyd, will not allow him onto the premises. Iona selects the individuals for the assignment, which include a Daughter of Cacophony, an amnesiac Caitiff, and a mortal in addition to Rodrigo, Dan Van Zant and the above-mentioned Nagaraja. As Glaukos knows that Titania will only allow neonates into her sanctum, he eventually decides to have the mortal Embraced (she event consents after having the situation explained to her). He constructs a ritual circle and summons forth Sherazhina to Embrace Meredith Dunkle-Schmitt into his line, reasoning that any direct childe of his would be in immense danger of diablarie given his potent blood. The neonates go to the Mechanics' Institute Library and Chess Room where they meet with Titania after some small hassle. She engages them in simultaneous chess games, hands over the book, and offers to assist a few of them in their various personal concerns in exchange for play-by-mail chess games and maybe an occasional visit (as long as it isn't too frequent). On their way back, the are ambushed by a group of corrupted Kuei-jin, who they manage to put barely put down with the help of a passing Gangrel. That Gangrel, Leona, asks them to come with her to report the incident to Cash, the Sheriff of San Fransisco, which they do. There they meet Sasha, who insists on coming back to Glaukos's place after hearing where they are going. They finally make it back to the ancient and hand over the book. This book was payment from the coterie of his childe, Zryini Miklovich, in exchange for his assistance in tracking down the individuals who seem to keep resurrecting facsimiles of Dracula, even now, centuries after his death.
2016 CE - True to their word, the Cathayans hold to an agreement to avoid overt hostilities and work to remove the akuma that have inserted themselves into the region. Covert aggression is, however, apparently not a violation in the minds of the Easterners. Neonates Dan VanZant and Gabriel Lancaster discover financial oddities and mind-controlled middle management in a local tech company that lead back to a Hong Kong holding corporation represented by a mild-mannered kue-jin. Primogen Archon and Prince Julian are of the opinion that the Easterners are funneling money from the San Francisco economy back to Asia, and in the process sabotaging local businesses. A financial taskforce is formed at the prince's command, comprised of neonates with Dan and Gabriel as founding members, with the assignment of policing local business interests for supernatural threats to the economy. Rumors of Dracula continue to circulate, slowly drawing an annoyed collection of Transylvanian kindred to San Francisco. A collection of Syndicate representatives visit San Francisco, making a difficult to refuse offer to invest heavily in local businesses.
Dramatis Personæ
The Council of Ash
Anuit, childe of ?, a Setite heretic and skilled Necromancer, founder of the Serpents of the Light
Glaukos, childe of Yorak, a Tzimisce, self-styled Duke of Strawberry, a Koldun Sorcerer and dog breeder
Iona, childe of Mi-ka-el, a Toreador, an athletic messenger, masquerades as a young ancilla
Lord Rama, childe of ?, a True Brujah of the Indian subcontinent
Uriel, childe of Samiel, a Salubri Warrior, savior and patriarch of his bloodline
The (mostly former) Princes of Transylvania
Azraq al-Hazeen, childe of al-Ashrad, an Assamite Sorcerer and wonder maker
Brother Ignatius, childe of Lord Rama, a True Brujah, a Cainite Heretic
Goliath, a Gargoyle with no sire, acknowledged as First among his kind, currently residing in New York City
Suriel, childe of Uriel, a Salubri Warrior-maiden and frequent Justicar for her clan
Titus Popa, childe of Aristoleon, a Lasombra aristocrat
Ulfir, childe of the Great Bear, a Gangrel from the north
Zrinyi Miklovich, childe of Glaukos, a Moldovan noble and capitalist
The Children of Isaac
Balsamo de'Este, childe of Lady Jadviga Almanov, a Ventrue and Venetian nobleman
Dorstein, childe of Marchettus the Bold, a Brujah, son of a Trondheim farmer
Inigo of Genoa, childe of Lord Leopold Valdemar, a Lasombra, a world-wise merchant
Martin de Valance, childe of Iona, a Toreador, fourth son of a French count, believes his sire to be Wenceslas, a portly, old, and effete man
Renaria Matisi, childe of Uriel, a Salubri Warrior, an illiterate scullery maid whose father, a smith, taught her the art of the sword
Sister Mary Florance, childe of Matron Violetta, a Nosferatu, a very unfortunate nun
The Midnight Society
John Henry "Doc" Holliday, childe of ?, a Toreador, legendary Wild West gambler and gunfighter, Archon
Laura Bell, childe of ?, a Ventrue, a courtesan popularly known to have been involved with the Nepalese Prime Minister
Colonel Sir W. A. Reginald Strickland III, childe of Bernadette, a City Gangrel, a gentleman soldier and adventurer, a Founder of the Society, Archon of the Ventrue Justicar
?, childe of ?, a Toreador, Australian son of convicts shipped to Aus, a bon vivant who is attempting to reclaim his birthright, also a Founder, Archon
?, childe of ?, a Cappadocian, a noble scholar interested in mysticism, indiginous cultures, and various lore
?, childe of ?, a Lasombra, captain of a steamboat and lifelong sailor, possibly employeed by the British-India Steam navigation company
?, childe of ?, a Serpent of the Light, one of too many daughters in a lower-class family, trained as a tutor
?, childe of ?, a Ventrue, an Indian cultural sellout educated in England and returned to his homeland to teach the savages how to live in the right and British way
The Kindred of San Fransisco
Dr. Brent Razor, childe of ?, a Nagaraja bio-scientist who accidentally embraced himself and then techno-diablarized his sire as he was Awakening to Enlightened Science
Dan Van Zant, childe of ?, a Ventrue, a manager for computer programmers on the night shift, member of Financial Task Force
Meredith Dunkle-Schmitt, childe of Sherazhina, a Tzimisce neonate and cat-lady
R-24, childe of ?, a Caitiff with amnesia, presumably some sort of experiment
Duarte, childe of ?, a Brujah and Mexican Biker Gang member, has an extensive extended family
?, childe of ?, a Daughter of Cacophony, possibly a trans-woman?
Gabriel Lancaster, child of ?, raging finance Gangrel, a member of the lineage of the Great Bear, member of Financial Task Force
Prominent NPCs
Transylvania (at least originally)
Anatole, childe of Pierre l'Imbecile, a Malkavian prophet and holy man, eventually the Holy Harbinger and Prophet of Gehenna; a serial diablarist of his fellow Malkavians, a trait encouraged by the coterie in order to control the Malkavian population
Delizbieta of the Dark Eyes, childe of Izydor Torenu, a Ravnos and one-time ally of the coterie
Dragomir Basarab, childe of Vintila, a Tzimisce and former Revenant, brother to Sherazhina, suffered from insane episodes due to the influence of Kupala, conspired to kill the Tzimisce Antidiluvian, was killed by the coterie during that assault
Etrius, nominal childe of Tremere, a Tremere and member of the Council of Seven, custodian of his master's warped body for nearly a thousand years and finally free in the Final Nights
Goratrix, nominal childe of Tremere, a Tremere antitribu, founder of House Goratrix, called the Betrayer by his clan, forced into a mirror and destroyed by Tremere, who usurped his body in 1998
Lucita de Aragón, childe of Ambrosio Luis Monçada, a Lasombra and frequent acquaintance of the coterie
Mitru the Hunter, childe of Arnulf, a Gangrel, ongoing antagonist to the Transylvanian coterie; finally killed in the Victorian Age
Nova Arpad, childe of Gregor, a Ventrue, former Prince of Mediasch and general thorn in the side of the Transylvaniain coterie; deceased at their hands
Octavio, the Voice of Kupala, childe of Marcus, a Malkavian prophet also known as Havnor, a Magyar god he sometimes pretends to be; eventually offers himself to Anatole for diablarie to be free of his visions of Gehenna and communion with the demon Kupala
Count Radu, childe of Visya, a Tzimisce, former Prince of Bistria, now a high ranking member of whichever sect he belongs to (current alignment and fate undecided)
Sascha Vykos, childe of Symeon, a Tzimisce, born Myca Vykos, a man, now usually genderless, a Sabbat founder and hardliner, a Noddist scholar and Thaumaturge, was a mortal Hermetic mage once upon a time
Sherizhina Basarab, childe of Zrinyi Miklovich, a Tzimisce, and Revenant Matriarch of the Basarab family
Tiberiu, childe of ?, a Gangrel servant of Count Radu
Tremere, the self-made founder of Clan Tremere, pawn of Saluot for nearly a thousand years, now free and founding a new version of his now-abandoned clan
Vlad Țepeș, childe of Tabak, a Tzimisce, killed by the Transylvanian princes at least twice.
Zelios, childe of Hannibal, a Nosferatu, called the Master Mason, a geomancer and architect
San Fransisco
Prince Julian Luna, a Ventrue
Lillie Langtry, Toreador Primogen
Archon Raine, sire of Julian and former Prince, now Ventrue Primogen
Cash, Gangrel Primogen and Sherrif
Daedalus, Nosferatu Primogen
Eddie Fiori, former Brujah Primogen, now deceased
Sasha, a Brujah, though also Julians mortal grand-niece
Larraina, a Gangrel
Bate, a Brujah
Caitlin Byrne, a journalist in the mid 1990's, her current fate is undecided (she hasn't appeared in-game)
Frank Kohanek, a police detctive in the mid 1990's, his current fate is undecided also
Titania, a Kiasyd, Queen of the Library, an acquaintance of Sherizhina