TIMELINE
This is a very rough timeline that covers some of the major events that have
marked the history of DC's Kindred.
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1800 - City of DC grows in population to 3000, drawing the first Kindred
population.
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1803 - Arthur Carroll, of clan Brujah, declares himself the Prince of
Georgetown.
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1812 - Ventrue try to assume control of DC, which they assert is "thiers".
They send the British in to take the city but the Brujah "Americans"
hold off. The White House is burned but the British invasion fails. Prince
Carroll's hold on the DC area grows.
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1865 - The Ventrue and Toreador controlled Southern States try to take
DC under their control. Brujah from all over the area flock to Carroll's
banner. With their help, and strong Anarch support, Carroll holds the Ventrue
and Toreador off and declares himself the Prince of all DC.
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1865 - Numerous Confederate victories in the early part of the war shake
Carroll's supporters and the Anarchs and many Brujah flee the DC area, leaving
the Kindred population low again.
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1867 - Arthur Carroll is assasinated by a member of clan Assamite. The
Ventrue are suspected but nothing is ever proved. Clan Ventrue assumes that
when DC falls to the Confederates, a Ventrue Prince will take control in
the vaccum.
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1867 - Marissa Meltorme, of Clan Tremere, siezes control of the city and
declares herself Prince. The Tremere are so impressed by this "unknown"
Tremere that they instantly make her Pontifex of Eastern America.
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1870 - Post war DC now has population of 1,000,000 drawing more Kindred
to its doors.
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1870 - Male centric Clan Tremere decides to replace Marissa with Alexander
Hanson... he never arrives from Vienna.
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1875 - Prince Marissa ejects Archon Justin VanSavage, of Clan Gangrel,
from the city, declaring that no Archon is allowed in DC.
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1899 - Justicar Anneke, of Clan Toreador, and Prince Marissa clash...
but the result is that Justicar Anneke leaves Prince Marissa to rule unimpeded.
She tells her Archons to avoid DC unless on specific Camarilla business.
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1900 - Triumphant, Prince Marissa gains "unofficial" title of
"Queen of the United States".
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1901 - President McKinley is assassinated by an Anarchist bullet and many
think it was by Prince Marissa's hand to ensure her control of the US government.
He's replaced by Theodore Roosevelt who took the power from the Ventrue
controlled businesses and returned it to the Government.
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1920 - By the time of the Great Depression, Marissa has so much control
that even her own clan can't send anyone into DC without her say so.
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1921 - Giovanni shipping threatens Prince Marissa's iron grip on DC. She
blames rising crime amongst the Kine against the Giovanni and bans them
from DC. None of the other clans understand Marissa's overwhelming hatred
of Clan Giovanni.
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1954 - Marcus Vitellius (Vitel) emerges from Torpor in the middle of the
National Mall after two hundred years of sleeping in what had been an abandoned
swampland. He immediately takes control of Clan Ventrue and becomes the
new Ventrue Primogen. Names Darrien Tilton, of Clan Ventrue, as his second.
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1960 - Rumors abound that Primogen Vitel and Prince Marissa are lovers.
Marissa names Marcus Vitel her Seneschal and Darrien Tilton takes his place
as Ventrue Primogen.
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1962 - Rumors flourish around Prince Marissa, that she's directly influencing
the Presidency, and may have ghouled President Kennedy. This continues with
rumors that she "arranged" for LB Johnson to become "her"
President after Kennedy's death. The Camarilla sends a Camarilla Overseer
to assess the situation. He is never seen from again.
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1968 - On the night of Martin Luthor King Jr.'s assassination, Justicar
Anneke and all six of her Archons ambush Prince Marissa in Arlington National
Cemetary and kill her. The battle is deemed to be the worst Kindred conflict
ever seen in DC up to that time. Only one of Anekke's Archons survive the
battle... Justin VanSavage. DC's kine population breaks out into riots over
King's assassination. During that time maurading packs of Sabbat slay most
of the elders of DC. The heaviest losses are in Clan Toreador. The only
Toreador elders to survive the massacre is Kalista DuPris, the Childe of
Justicar Anneke. Justicar Anneke declares Marcus Vitel the new Prince of
DC.
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1968 - Clan Tremere is outraged by Marissa's death. The strongest Tremere
in DC, Regent Vadim Ivanov, challenges Marcus Vitel to a duel. Vitel accepts
and using Thaumaturgy, sends the Tremere screaming into Final Death. No
one else challenges his authority.
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1968 - Riots are blamed on Clan Giovanni by the new Prince. A Blood Hunt
is called on any Giovanni who dares to enter DC, and it seems to others
that Marcus Vitel shares Marissa's unnerving hatred of Clan Giovanni.
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1968 - Rumors circulate that Prince Vitel helped "set up" his lover, Marissa...turning
her over to the Justicar. Rumors also circulate that Kalista DuPris and
Marcus Vitel are lovers as well, and that's why she managed to "survive"
the Toreador slaughter.
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1970 - In response to losing the city to the Ventrue, Clan Tremere sends
Pontifex Peter Dorfman to the domain to maintain a strong Tremere presence.
Marcus Vitel keeps strong reign on city and the Camarilla is pleased to
have "control" again.
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1970 - Although allied with Justicar Anekke, Prince Vitel keeps up Prince
Marissa's policy of not allowing Camarilla Archons to reside in DC, but
he allows Archon VanSavage to have access to the city during times of need.
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1970 - Prince Vitel embraces Monica Black and names her his new Ventrue
Primogen, sending Darrien Tilton off to Europe to be his Ventrue contact
in that continent.
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1973 - Monica embraces her twin sister, Cynthia. The two are thought to
be the lovers of the Prince.
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1980 - A state of "cold war" emerges in DC between clans Ventrue and Tremere
as hostilities between Prince Vitel and Pontifex Dorfman grow bolder.
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1996 - The Anarch movement makes a bold initiative, attacking the Primogen
Council while in full session. All Primogen but Monica Black, of Clan Ventrue,
and Bjorn of clan Brujah are slain in the attack. Clan Nosferatu, under
the control of Primogen Nathan, abstain from these meetings and he is spared.
Prince Vitel was in a private meeting with Pontifex Dorfman at the time.
It is later discoverd that the Anarch attack was engineered by an Anarch
member of Clan Tremere. A blood hunt is declared on him and a Gangrel, Tabitha
Prestor, who turned out to be his lover (she was the Childe of the now dead
Gangrel Primogen). One of the only long surviving Toreador Elders in DC,
Charlotte Jane Ashbury, takes the Toreador Primogenship...she is later discovered
to be a Nosferatu named CJ.
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1996 - Justicar Anneke sends Archon Wyatt "Marshal" Earp, of
Clan Ventrue, to DC to be stationed there. Prince Vitel acquiesces and allows
Archon Earp to establish his base in Ventrue territory in DC.
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1996 - Marina Griffin of Clan Ventrue moves to DC and becomes Prince Vitel's
personal lawyer. He later names her the CFO of his personal corporation,
MVI (Marcus Vitel International). Many suspect they are lovers now that
Kallista long fell out of "favor".
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1996 - Kallista DuPris takes Charlotte's Toreador Primogenship, and the
long hidden Nosferatu Primogen, Nathan, is discovered to be a Setite and
slain, starting years of blood fueds between Clans Nosferatu and Setite
in DC.
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1997 - Laurie Craven, a rogue Archbishop on the "outs" with the Sabbat,
takes her warparty of Gangrel, Brujah, and Pander into Baltimore and takes
over the city for some time. They are finally beaten back by Brujah Justicar
Don Cruez and a young Brujah named "Lucky" Bertrand, who was made
"Warlord". They also had help from Prince Vitel and his forces.
They freed the captive Prince of Baltimore, Suede of Clan Brujah, and returned
her city to her. Thinking Craven defeated, cities in the area relax. The
attack on Richmond comes less than 24 hours after Craven's departure from
Baltimore. The Prince and all Primogen in Richmond are slaughtered and Richmond
falls to the Sabbat. Laurie Craven is declared Archbishop of Richmond, Va.
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1997 - Archon Earp names Lucien "Lucky" Bertrand, of Clan Brujah,
as his Archon-in-Training.
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1997 - Pontifex Dorfman stunns the Kindred of DC with the news that Prince
Marcus Vitel is not a Ventrue at all, but really a member of the lost clan
Cappadocian, thought extinct. Justicar Anneke takes Prince Vitel into custody
to face a hearing at the Camarilla Inner Council. She places the city under
the temporary control of Archon Wyatt Earp. It's also discovered that Prince
Marissa wasn't Tremere at all, but a Cappadocian with the same sire as Vitel.
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1998 - Marcus Vitel, who reveals that his true name is Lucius Aelius Sejanus,
is pardoned by the Camarilla, by the Ventrue Inner Council member, Lady
Arika Buckingham. Clan Cappadocian is petitioned as a probationary Camarilla
member and Sejanus returns triumphant to DC as Prince. Names his Childe,
Monica Black, as first Cappadocian Primogen in the Camarilla. Names his
corporate CEO of MVI, Bolton Montgomery, the new Ventrue Primogen.
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1998 - Clan Cappadocian becomes a full member of the Camarilla, Prince
Sejanus leaves DC to become first Cappdocian Inner Council member to the
Camarilla. He leaves Marina behind to "watch" DC for him. It is
rumored that he used his elder powers of Mortis to concieve a Kine child
with her. Marina is later seen with a mortal baby named Griffin Julian Sejanus
Vitel.
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1998 - Jareth, of Clan Toreador, becomes Prince of DC, sent by the Camarilla
to clean the Sabbat influence out of the city. Prince Jareth is known as
a "cleaner of cities", he names Bolton Montgomery his Seneschal.
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1998 - Archon-in-Training Bertrand is assassinated by Nicholas of Clan
Assamite under the hire of Vlad Tepes, Prince of Frankfurt.
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1998, May - Queen Brandywine takes control of Philadelphia and names herself
Archbishop of Philadelphia.
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1998, May - Archbishop Brandywine kills Prince Jareth using a magical
sword.
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1998, May - Archbishop Laurie Craven takes advantage of the chaos ensuing
after Jareth's death and storms DC... with no clear leadership, DC falls
to the Sabbat as DC's Kindred flee to Baltimore and other surrounding cities.
Seneschal Montgomery organizes "retreat" of DC's Camarilla and
sees to it that all escape safely.
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1998, September - Justicar Anneke leads a bold attack to retake DC...
The battle includes a one on one fight between herself and Archbishop Laurie
Craven in the Washington Monument. Only Laure Craven emerges with fresh
diablerie lines. The initiative to retake DC fails, and Craven remains the
undisputed leader of DC.
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1998, September - Marina Griffin returns from London to Baltimore to lead
the new initiative to retake the city. Gideon Noah Romano, of Clan Brujah,
is chosen to assist her due to his military expertice. A final battle to
retake the city is planned.
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1998 - September - A desperate battle is fought against the forces of
the Sabbat in DC. When things look bad, ex-Prince Sejanus arrives with his
Archons (mostly Anekke's old Archons). Laurie Craven is wounded and retreats.
With the departure of thier leader, the Sabbat morale crumbles and DC is
retaken. Laurie Craven returnes to Richmond to lick her wounds and solidify
her powerbase. Sejanus announces that he has abdicated his position as a
member of the Camarilla Inner Council and proclaimed himself the Cappadocian
Justicar. He names Marina Griffin of clan Ventrue Prince of DC. Marina names
Gideon Romano her Seneschal.
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1998, October - Mage War starts, Giovanni offer help if they are allowed
to become part of the Camarilla. Lady Arika agrees reluctantly.
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1999, January - Prince Griffin becomes involved with Constantine Giovanni,
Primogen of Clan Giovanni in DC.
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1999, January - Gangrel Justicar Angus the Unruled is slain by Bolton
Montgomery's sire in an "accident".
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1999, March - Lady Arika Buckingham, Ventrue Inner Council member, visits
DC looking for a new Ventrue powerbase since London was in the hands of
the Mages. She is assassinated while in DC. Tiberius Caesar, the President
of the Ventrue Senate, declares himself Ventrue Inner Council member. Tiberius
names Lord Tarrence Covington, Duke of Kent, as his "second" as
Vice President of the Ventrue Senate (also known as Tarrence Kent, he is
Marina Griffin's sire).
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1999, October - Constantine leaves DC and is believed dead. Prince Griffin
leaves DC unannounced to search for him in Italy.
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2000, January - After three months of no word from Prince Griffin, Seneschal
Romano takes control of DC and declares himself Prince. Mage war ends and
Giovanni are asked to "leave" the Camarilla. The Trinitarians,
a new blood line, emerge with cybernetic powers and Thaurmaturgy, ask to
be recognized by Camarilla.
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2000, February - Marina Griffin returns to DC but the conflict is brief,
leaving Romano as Prince of DC. Romano names Silas of Kells as his Seneschal,
but gives most of the power to the Primogen Council.
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2000, February -Tiberius retains his position as Ventrue Senate President
but leaves his right hand, Lord Tarrence Kent (AKA: Tarrence Covington,
Duke of Kent) to run the Clan when he's busy. Justicar Sejanus decides to
send his top Archon, Gillian Carmell of clan Tremere, to DC to replace Archon
Earp, who goes to help him in the war to retake NYC from the Sabbat.
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2000, March - Robert Lincolan, a Republican Senator and believed to be
Garou, gains popularity as he runs for President, seeming to threaten all
Kindred.
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2000, April - Dr. Harleen Quinlan, of Clan Malkavian, is abducted by a
Wraith known as the Knight Errant. It's later discovered that she was the
Prince's girlfriend.
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2000, July - Clan Tremere declares "blood war" on the Trinitarian
bloodline, and slays the Trinity Representative in DC. Prince Romano and
the Camarilla Archons turn a "blind eye" to this massacre.
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2000, September - Prince's girlfriend is "rescued" by the Garou,
Cameron on same night that Lincoln is assassinated by Kindred of DC.
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2000, October - Tiberius declares his only known surviving Childe, Drusilla,
as the new Ventrue Justicar. Justicar Drusilla's first act is to head a
Tribunal of three Justicars to assess Prince Romano's guilt over his involvement
of Lincoln's assassination. Clan Ventrue claims to have been cultivating
Lincoln, and Romano's interference a violation of Camarilla law that no
Kindred can directly interfere with the President of the United States.
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2000, December - At the last minute, Jusicar Drusilla is called to Berlin
to help cover up a terrible Masaquerade breach make by a Toreador Anarch,
Zaza Polenski. Toreador Justicar Madame Guille is sent in her place to head
the Tribunal (the other two Justicars are Sejanus of Clan Cappadocian and
Don Cruez of Clan Brujah). The trial ends with a two to one vote against
Prince Romano, and Justicar Guille sentances him to death. However, Romano
slays Guille's executioner (who was a Royal Archon), and flees... is placed
on the Red List by Justicar Guille. In DC, a number of Kindred claim to
have witnessed the fall of an Angel... most believe it is a hoax.
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2001, January - Justicar Guille proclaims her right as head of the Tribunal
to declare DC's next Prince. She names Alec deWinter, of Clan Toreador,
the new Prince of DC. Prince deWinter keeps Silas of Kells as his Seneschal,
but he elevates his personal Harpies over the Primogen Council, causing
a ripple amongst the other Camarilla cities in the area. Darrien Tilton
returns to DC after being away for over a decade, and takes Bolton's old
place as CEO of MVI. Arianarra appears at the gathering, and claims to be
a "Malevente"...or "Fallen Angel"...on a quest to redeem
herself by slaying those that slew her "charge", Robert Lincoln.
She is watched carefully by the new Prince and his council. The Gangrel
slay Brujah Primogen, Elliot Walker, for gaining knowledge of their secret
discipline, Protean. This act is neither punished by the Prince, nor avenged
by Clan Brujah.
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2001, January - Tiberius sends Tarrence Kent's oldest Childe, Lady Elizabeth
Covington, to DC to aid in the Ventrue "regrowth" in DC. Prince
deWinter eliminates Romano's "Enforcers" and names Winston Scott
of Clan Cappadocian his new "Sheriff", then names others to be
"Deputies" to enforce his laws. He claims the right of destruction
only to himself, making him the first Prince of DC to deny that right to
the visiting Camarilla Archon.
- 2001, March - At the Kindred gathering, it is apparrent that a Malkavian
Methusulah named Marius had a Tarot Card reading 2000 years ago and witnessed
a "Prophecy" that would tell who the major force of power would
be in this area of the world for some time to come...perhaps shaping the future
of the Kindred of the Eastern United States. Four other cards had appeared
at previous gatherings, but with two more appearing, the "Tarot Reading"
was becoming more clear. To this date, the cards that had appeared were: The
Devil, The Moon, The Hermit, The Emperor, The Empress, The Lovers... it all
seemed to be leading to a great Jyhad between three major forces that wanted
control of the Eastern US.... Cappadocian Justicar Sejanus who had never stopped
calling DC "his"... Brujah Justicar Don Cruez who used to control
the area and had it "stolen" from him by Sejanus... and Ventrue
Inner Council member Tiberius Caesar, who wanted that area back in Ventrue
hands. During the gathering the five million that had been raised to help
in the Camarilla/Sabbat war is found missing. Prince deWinter blames his Seneschal,
Silas, and removes him from that position in disgrace, making him the "scapegoat".
deWinter names Elizabeth Covington his new Seneschal.
- 2001, April - During the Harpy Council meeting the two warring Garou...Cameron
and Garm's Fury, burst in to hold a battle with Gangrel Primogen Kitty Rose
in the center (who was reputed to be Cameron's lover). Both Cameron and Fury
die in the battle, as well as Gangrel elder Captain Reade. Prince deWinter
throws Kitty Rose off the Primogen Council for bring the Garou war to a head.
Later this month, a battle is waged against the Garou and their Caern at the
Jefferson Memorial is bombarded with Nerve Toxin, slaying most of the Garou
and leaving the survivors (now lead by a Wendigo named Dances on Moonlight)
to flee into the black hills of Maryland. During the meeting it is also discovered
that Nosferatu Primogen, Jack Van Toren is Sabbat, as is a member of Clan
Ventrue, making all the clans start to look deeper at their members, wondering
who is Camarilla and who is Sabbat. Archon Gillian Carmel is not in DC during
much of this because she is with her Justicar, Sejanus, in what has become
a year long battle for New York City between the Camarilla and the Sabbat.
Once totally Sabbat held, the city is now in a stalemate as both sides war
to gain the upper hand. Meanwhile, finding Sabbat in DC is hard because they
seem to be fitted with a Phosphorous detonation device that removes all remains
and means to use their blood to trace to other Sabbat.... this string of events
coins the phrase "Sabbat go boom".
- 2001, June - During a celebration at the L'Enfant Plaza Hotel, celebrating
the fashion show of Hope of Clan Brujah, two more "Sabbat Explosions"
occur...both in Clan Brujah... Hope, and her Primogen, Rebecca Earp (who was
the mortal descendant of Ventrue Archon Wyatt Earp). The evening is further
disrupted by the assassination of the Prince's Sherrif, Winston Scott (who
was the Childe of ex-Seneschal Silas), and the unwarranted murder of one of
the Prince's Harpies...The Count, who was slain by her own clan. To top it
all off, in an argument between Ventrue eders Elizabeth Covington and Darrien
Tilton, Covington tells Tilton that his mentor, Justicar Sejanus, is not only
suspected of Sabbat sympathies...but of actually helping form the Sabbat along
with the infamous Lasombra known only as Obsidian (who is the current Sabbat
Cardinal of the Eastern United States). She goes on to say that both the Tremere
and Ventrue Inner Counselors believe this warrants investigation, and are
sending three Justicars to question Justicar Sejanus... Ventrue Justicar Drusilla,
Tremere Justicar Uleg, and Gangrel Justicar Faol... they are supposed to meet
with Sejanus within the next month or so. Two more cards in "Marius'
Prophecy" appear...this time it's the Hanged Man and Death... leaving
only two cards remaining. There is also a growing rumor that many of the Kindred
in DC are unsatisfied with Prince deWinter's rule and that a plot (or plots)
has been formed to bring about his final death...some suspect that Sherrif
Winston Scott was one of those conspiring to slay deWinter and that was why
he was killed. This gathering also sees the first real return of Setites to
DC in over a year.
- 2001, July - Tremere High Regent Ivan Tatanovitch moves his Chantry from
Atlantic City to DC following the "dissapearance" of DC Tremere
Regent Nightwing (who is the childe of Archon Gillian Carmel). Meanwhile,
back in Atlantic City, Justicars Drusilla and Faol await the arrival of Justicar
Uleg so that the three of them can face Justicar Sejanus together.
- 2001, September - It is revealed that Sejanus has turned to the Sabbat
and betrayed the Camarilla. He took over New York and shifted power in the
MidAtlantic to the Sabbat. Elizabeth Covington took over DC when Prince deWinter
was revealed to have breached the masquerade when Romano was accused. Justicar
Drusilla of Clan Ventrue takes over what few Camarilla strongholds are left
in the Eastern United States. Prince Covington names Tremere High Regent Ivan
Tatanovitch her Seneschal and Justicar Drusilla places a gangrel archon, Julie
Meadows, in DC to help out there.
- 2001, November - The Prince's Scourge, Hunter, was revealed to be an
Infernalist, but in this discovery the Kindred of DC finally overcame the
demon known as Batael and destroyed his mortal form, forcing him back to the
deep Umbra. Baltimore and Atlantic City fell to the Sabbat, leaving DC as
the only Camarilla city in the area.
- 2001, December - Archbishop Sejanus of New York and Archbishop Laurie
Craven of Richmond both send full scale invasion forces to DC, in a contest
to see who will take the city first. Prince Covington has no choice but to
order the evacuation of DC....
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