Post by Jyhad on Apr 23, 2012 19:02:41 GMT -6
The Emerald City is host to a number of supernatural machinations, with all the Clans having a clawed finger in the pie. As the current Cainite politics stand, the Camarilla has been in power since the 2000's. After an immensely successful coup by Joshua Beukes, the Tzimisce and Sabbat left on an unusually peaceful note as they were impressed with the savvy and talent of the young Ventrue. Signing a strange and arcane armistice, the Sabbat allowed Prince Joshua to rule Seattle unmolested for a decade. As the ten years of the ceasefire come to an end, Prince Joshua has become increasingly more paranoid and hostile to outsiders. His inner circle, an insular Coterie founded in the bloody jungles of southern Africa, make preparations for the inevitable incursion of the Black Hand.
Other threats also loom over the relatively peaceful city. The Kuei-jin have ignored all entreaties, warnings, and ultimatums by the Camarilla and continued to incur further and further inland. So far any violence has been kept to back alley brawls and covert wars, so mostly the Nosferatu and Tremere have butted heads with the Asian vampires. The Ventrue have turned their attention toward the eastern threat as the Kuei-jin have made forays into investments and holdings across the city.
The threat of the Independents is a subtle yet invasive one. The Giovanni have firmly embedded themselves in the coffee market of Seattle while the Ravnos have all but taken over SoDo. They play nice and peaceful for now, but things are surely to change with the looming threat of the Tzimisce just around the bend. Thankfully the Assassins owe a great debt to the Prince, so the dark kin of Haqim work fervently in the best interest of the Ventrue leader.
As for non-Kindred threats, the inscrutable Mages and Changeling provide a constant presence of consternation and bemusement for vampires. Their weirdling powers make them dangerous opponents but they often do not meddle in the affairs of the Cainites. The Lupines live in the outskirts, save the strange ones with the affinity for technology. Still, they are all too happy to raid the city if a Kindred makes a big mess of things sacred to the savages.
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