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== The Kindred ==
 
== The Kindred ==
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!Player
 
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!Live/Discord
  
 
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|| [[Agatha Krizpe]] || [[:Category:Invictus CofD|Invictus]] || [[:Category:Ventrue CofD|Venture]] ||  || 2 || 2 || 1 || Jekca Totten
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|| [[Agatha Krizpe]] || [[:Category:Invictus CofD|Invictus]] || [[:Category:Ventrue CofD|Ventrue]] ||  || 2 || 2 || 1 || Keeper of Elysium || Jekca Totten
 
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|| [[Eurihilde]] || [[:Category:Ordo Dracul CofD|Ordo Dracul]] || [[:Category:Mekhet CofD|Mekhet]] ||  || 1 || 1 || 1 || Dawn Gott
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|| [[Eurihilde]] || [[:Category:Ordo Dracul CofD|Ordo Dracul]] || [[:Category:Mekhet CofD|Mekhet]] ||  || 1 || 1 || 1 || || Dawn Gott  
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===Vampire NPCs===
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!House
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||[[Dmitri Ivanov]]||[[:Category:Invictus CofD|Invictus]] || [[:Category:Ventrue CofD|Ventrue]] || || 4 || 4 || 5 || Prince
 
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|| [[Herne|Prince Herne]] || [[:Category:Circle of the Crone CofD|Circle of the Crone]] || [[:Category:Gangrel CofD|Gangrel]] || || 1 || 1 || 4 || Shawn Larson
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||[[Garpur Kaspersson]]||[[:Category:Invictus CofD|Invictus]] || [[:Category:Nosferatu CofD|Nosferatu]] || || 3 || 2 || 4 || Seneschal
 
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|| [[Lily of Marion City|Lily]] || [[:Category:Circle of the Crone CofD|Circle of the Crone]] || [[:Category:Gangrel CofD|Gangrel]] || || 1 || 1 || 2 || Deborah
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||[[Heyden Manning]]||[[:Category:Invictus CofD|Invictus]] || [[:Category:Mekhet CofD|Mekhet]] || || 3 || 3 || 4 || Sheriff
 
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|| [[Ophelia Rohrbach]] || [[:Category:Ordo Dracul CofD|Ordo Dracul]] || [[:Category:Mekhet CofD|Mekhet]] || || 1 || 2 || 2 || Jessica Orsini
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||[[Eve Ward]]||[[:Category:Invictus CofD|Invictus]] || [[:Category:Gangrel CofD|Gangrel]] || || 2 || 3 || 3 || Hound
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||[[Tinus Scholtz]]||[[:Category:Invictus CofD|Invictus]] || [[:Category:Daeva CofD|Daeva]] || || 3 || 3 || 4 || Harpy
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||[[Father Carsten]]||[[:Category:Lancea et Sanctum CofD|Lancea et Sanctum]] || [[:Category:Nosferatu CofD|Nosferatu]] || || 3 || 2 || 4 || Court Confessor
 
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== The Forsaken ==
 
== The Forsaken ==
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|| [[Agnessa Aeslinn]] || [[:Category:Iron Masters CofD|Iron Masters]] || [[:Category:Elodoth CofD|Elodoth]] || None || None || Jekca Totten
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|| [[Agnessa Aeslinn]] || [[:Category:Iron Masters CofD|Iron Masters]] || [[:Category:Elodoth CofD|Elodoth]] || None || Black Bear || Jekca Totten  
 
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|| [[Casey Saunders]] || [[:Category:Ghost Wolves CofD|Ghost Wolves]] || [[:Category:Ithaeur CofD|Ithaeur]] || None || Black Bear || Dawn Gott
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|| [[Casey Saunders]] || [[:Category:Ghost Wolves CofD|Ghost Wolves]] || [[:Category:Ithaeur CofD|Ithaeur]] || None || Black Bear || Dawn Gott
 
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|| [[Eric Frei]] || [[:Category:Bone Shadows CofD|Bone Shadows]] || [[:Category:Ithaeur CofD|Ithaeur]] || None || Black Bear || Blake Frankenbach
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|| [[Eric Frei]] || [[:Category:Bone Shadows CofD|Bone Shadows]] || [[:Category:Elodoth CofD|Elodoth]] || None || Black Bear || Blake Frankenbach  
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|| [[Melissa Sue Knapp]] || [[:Category:Blood Talons CofD|Blood Talons]] || [[:Category:Rahu CofD|Rahu]] || None || Black Bear || Jessica Orsini
 
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
== The Awakened ==
 
== The Awakened ==
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|| [[Samuel Tapper Tipton|Marcus]] || [[:Category:Mastigos CofD|Mastigos]] || [[:Category:Silver Ladder CofD|Silver Ladder]] || None || None || 1 || 0 || Rodney Gott
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|| [[Samuel Tapper Tipton|Marcus]] || [[:Category:Obrimos CofD|Obrimos]] || [[:Category:Mysterium CofD|Mysterium]] || None || None || 1 || 0 || Rodney Gott || On Book Tour
 
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|| [[Opal Blue]] || [[:Category:Acanthus CofD|Acanthus]] || [[:Category:Free Council CofD|Free Council]] || None || None || 1 || 0 || Khris Webb
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|| [[Opal Blue]] || [[:Category:Acanthus CofD|Acanthus]] || [[:Category:Free Council CofD|Free Council]] || None || None || 1 || 0 || Khris Webb || On Walkabout
 
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=== Beast NPCs ===
 
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|| [[Elle D]] || [[:Category:Ugallu CofD|Ugallu]] || [[:Category:Collectors CofD|Collectors]] || None || Khris Webb
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|| [[Elle D]] || [[:Category:Ugallu CofD|Ugallu]] || [[:Category:Collectors CofD|Collectors]]
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== The Mortal ==
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||[[Josh Devereaux]]|| Unidentified paramilitary organization with a major presence in Columbia || Lead Agent
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||[[Greta Angeline]]|| Unidentified paramilitary organization with a major presence in Columbia || Agent
 
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* '''[[Nessa's Practice|Dr. Agnessa Aeslinn's Practice]]
 
* '''[[Nessa's Practice|Dr. Agnessa Aeslinn's Practice]]
  
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== History ==
 
== History ==
  
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The city of Columbia was founded in 1821. Kindred didn’t move in to the area until the founding of the University of Missouri in 1839. The Invictus were first, followed by the other covenants. The kindred survived the chaos of the Civil War and reconstruction by a strict adherence to The Traditions, a practice that continues to this night.
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Since before the founding of the City of Columbia in 1821, the area has been a meeting place and waystation for the supernatural. Never hosting a particularly large population of any one type of being, those that have called Columbia home have learned to work with the strangest of bedfellows to ensure safety and civility among the supernatural community. Those that have held to themselves have often faced some odd hardship or another, such as the Scourge that hounded Kindred leadership for nearly twenty years: starting with the mysterious final death of a long-standing Prince in 1998, the Kindred of the city found than any claiming Praxis in the mid-Missouri area would shortly thereafter be destroyed in some oddly coincidentally manner. In 2016 the matter became even more dire for the vampires: any Kindred committing an act of violence would spontaneously combust. While the immediate source of the problem, a mortal with a severe case of fire spirit-itis, was dealt with, the pattern of the area remains.  
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Many have held the title of Prince through the years, mostly Invictus. In 1998 the sitting Prince met with final death under very mysterious circumstances. After that, a string of Kindred trying to claim Praxis also died, and by thoroughly unexpected means -- spontaneous combustion, pulled into a wheat thresher, pulverised by a falling jet engine, crushed and then electrocuted beneath a vending machine, etc. Some even tried to skirt the strange curse by claiming praxis over other cities in the region -- Jefferson City, Fulton, etc -- but all met the same mysterious end. Some have started calling this phenomenon the "Praxis Scourge" or just "The Scourge".
 
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As a result the Kindred moved to a council system led by the heads of the Covenants. Elders left the city in 2013, after the last attempt to claim praxis failed, leaving the ancillae in charge. While the views toward the Scourge varied from covenant to covenant one thing was clear, whoever solved its mystery would be Prince of the City.
 
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'''Recent History:'''
 
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In the winter of 2016, "The Scourge" took a turn for the worse.  No longer was it limited to declarations of Praxis; now any Kindred in the area who tried to commit an act of violence -- of any sort -- would burst into flame.
 
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Faced with this dire new threat, the handful of Kindred who did not flee picked up on leads left by those who had, and traced the problem to its source:  a mortal with mental talents who had been bound somehow to a spirit of fire.  Despite the risk, this band of Gangrel took on the threat... and finally, despite grave burns, brought an end to "The Scourge".
 
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Afterward, they started putting together the rudiments of a society again. Other Kindred, hearing of the end of the problem, have begun cautiously returning to the city, making their way to the longstanding Elysium of the Guitar Mansion to introduce themselves.  But with an Unaligned Prince, stability has been hard to secure.
 
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But all of this activity, all the turmoil with the final death-throes of The Scourge, alerted the hunters.  They arrived well-armed, well-trained, and with what appeared to be government backing.  The small court of Columbia was insufficient to deal with the threat.  As a last resort, the vampires reached out to other creatures of the night...
 
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...and to their surprise, they responded.  Initial discussions were tense, to say the least.  But eventually, they agreed that mutual defense was the best option.  And a protectorate was formed.
 
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==[[Mid-MO News|What's Happening in Mid-MO this Month]] ==
 
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  '''6/15/2017'''
 
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'''Sturgeon Fire Ruled Arson'''
 
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''Sturgeon Police are asking for any information'' by Ryan Mackle
 
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A house fire in the early morning June 15 on the edge of Sturgeon, Missouri has been ruled an arson. While normally the determination of criminal activity would wait until after an investigation, several empty gas cans scattered around the house made the conclusion inevitable.
 
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An unknown number of bodies were found in the house and it looks like the fire was an attempt to cover up multiple homicides. The Boone County department has also been asked to assist. Police are not commenting further at this time, but anonymous sources within the department indicate that an unnamed federal agency has taken notice as part of a larger investigation.
 
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At this time, the Sturgeon and Boone County officers are asking for any witness or anyone with any information to come forward.  Individuals with information should contact the Sturgeon Police Department or call the Boone County Tips line.
 
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'''Business Loop Sewer Problems'''
 
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''The thoroughfare will be closed until August'' by Houston J. Warner
 
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Sewer issues have plagued Business Loop West all this month, resulting in the city shutting down a block on the major road so that they can focus on repairs. The blockage from early in the month was from a pipe collapsing, affecting the former Ellis Fischel Building, Rush Rehabilitation, and several other business situated around Jewell Avenue. The construction from that repair shut down one lane on each side of the road, resulting in traffic snarls and an increase in minor accidents.
 
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The second blockage occurred last week, and appears to be vandalism. Concrete was set in a major pipe, backing sewage into homes and buildings for blocks around the affected pipe. Pepsi Beverages, Long John Silver’s, Fresh, and Big Daddy’s BBQ are closed until they can be cleared by the Health Department. Police are investing, and the city had to replace a large portion of the pipe, requiring them to shut down the Business Loop between Garth and Jefferson Street.
 
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The detour around construction goes down Garth to Forest, then back up Jefferson to the Loop. Commuters are advised to find alternate routes until the road reopens.
 
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'''Mayor Calls for Crackdown on Homeless'''
 
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''Advocate groups up in arms against “fascist, inhumane tactics”''  by Erin Reece
 
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Mayor Howard Finley is under fire for directing Columbia police to step up the discouragement and apprehension of the indigent population. “We always have an increase in the homeless in the summer,” the Mayor said in a released statement. “Every year, they cost the residents and businesses of the city untold amounts of money, time, and other resources. It’s past time for us to more stringently enforce laws we already have on the books.”
 
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Chief Edward Forester has already indicated that he’ll follow the Mayor’s directive. “The law is the law,” he stated firmly in a telephone interview. “The major and the city council have asked me to focus on this area of community outreach, and I intend to do so.”
 
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“I find it appalling,” Ted Coats said at a protest against the Mayor’s directive. “Columbia’s indigent population needs shelter, food, and help, not the strong boot of the police on their necks. We want to have a welcoming city, not a sterile facsimile of life. These fascist, inhumane tactics are better suited for North Korea, not our home.
 
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“Also,” he added with a snort, “the increase in Columbia’s overall population means that the police have better things to do than jail the downtrodden simply for being out of luck.”
 
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“We’ll be fine.” Zach prefers not to give his last name, as he is currently “between residences”. “We have a lot of friends out there looking out for us. Columbia’s homeless have angels on their side.”
 
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Only time will tell if Zach’s angels can protect others like him.
 
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  '''3/17/2017''' (OOC: these two articles were published in the Tribune in the Friday edition)
 
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'''Columbia residents missing'''
 
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''Police are following leads but have no suspects so far
 
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by Erin Reece''
 
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As many as ten people are missing under unknown circumstances, according to undisclosed sources within the Columbia Police Department. The missing range in age and circumstances, and no common ties have been found between them. At this time, there are no suspects and few leads.
 
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In a statement released by the Columbia PD, Detective Charles May stated that “while this is unusual uptick in the number of missing, there’s nothing to indicate that we have a situation. We urge people to take sensible precautions and avoid dangerous situations.”
 
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The most prominent among those reported missing was MU Professor Arlin Scaggett, whose TA alerted authorities after Dr. Scaggett missed two days of work and remained unreachable. The elderly professor has no family in the area, according to his work associates, but many friends. Several faculty in the Anthropology Department have pooled their resources to offer a $5,000 reward for information leading to his rescue or recovery. Individuals with information should call the CPD crime tips line.
 
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'''Eclipse Labs: their long journey'''
 
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''One year after a strange tragedy, one man is restoring what was destroyed
 
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by Ryan Mackle''
 
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Last year, CSI tech James Fallon was on duty when he received a call about a break in at a nearby house. It was in a less-than reputable part of Columbia, and there was nothing unusual about being called out to houses in this area. The buildings would fall into disrepair and become homes for squatters. When spotted by a neighbor, the police would be called and clear them out.  This time, Fallon knew something was different. There was equipment scattered and broken, throughout the building.
 
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“There was all this lab equipment,” he said, “and at first, I thought we were dealing with a meth lab.” Instead, the equipment was not for drug production, but genetic research. “I couldn’t imagine what they were trying to do here. It just seemed so bizarre.”
 
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He processed the scene as normal, looking for any signs of whom had broken in and why. He took the evidence back to the lab and studied it, then wrote his report and submitted it. That should have been the end of it.
 
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Fallon couldn’t get it out of his head, though, and something drove him to persist. “Science has always been something that I’ve been interested in,” he said. He kept an eye on the case, and when it closed with no resolution, he tried to forget it too. Instead, his mind returned to the strange lab built in someone’s empty home. Then he saw that the remains of the equipment was on sale through a police auction site. He bought the lot of it, then rented office space. “It was almost a compulsion to take what had been tossed aside and make it work again.”
 
  
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He fixed the equipment himself, replacing broken parts in his free time. Thanks to an angel loan, he was able to hire staff and start taking jobs. “We did paternity tests at first,” Fallon said, recounting his long journey from the Columbia forensics lab to his own genetics lab, “but I always wanted to do more.”
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Shortly after the incident with the Kindred was resolved, a creature by the name of Elle, presenting herself as a country mother with a young daughter, made introductions among the various supernatural individuals of the city, suggesting that survival was the better part of cooperation - most especially as the spontaneously combusting Kindred has attracted mortal attention and a paramilitary organization had moved into Columbia proper to investigate the supernatural community there. Cooperation was needed in such trying times, and a true community - a protectorate of sorts - was born. At first Elle's home in Boonville became a monthly gathering place for the community to swap stories, discuss problems, and pool resources. As the group became more comfortable with one another, Elle retreated quietly and Casey, a young werewolf, provided a magically shielded coffee shop in downtown Columbia called Neutral Grounds as a more convenient option that would be accessible any day of the week, not just once a month.  
  
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This week, Fallon received a government grant to do research into a potential genetic link to autism. “This is what my lab was meant to do,” he said, folding his hands and looking very much a proud businessman. “In ten years, we’ll be on the cutting edge of genetics research. Just wait and see.”
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While individuals moved against these mortal hunters, a different threat began hunting the dreams of anyone touched by the supernatural. For months, the community was chased and stalked within their dreams, leaving them fatigued and tense. Into this atmosphere of fear and exhaustion stepped the fully formed Court of Prince Dmitri Ivanov, sent from Kansas City to claim praxis in Columbia and stem the influence along the I-70 corridor of St. Louis its "Night Congress". With help from allies from St. Louis, those of the Neutral Grounds protectorate managed to kill the abyssal spirit '''When You Die In Dreams''', freeing themselves, the hunters, and the new Kindred court from the nightmares it inflicted. The mortal world as well, for those bothering to keep track.  
  
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Now, all three groups have the time and energy to turn upon one another. Welcome to the protectorate.
  
 
[[Category: Mid-MO]] [[Category: Requiem CofD]] [[Category: Forsaken CofD]] [[Category: Awakening CofD]] [[Category: Lost CofD]] [[Category: Descent CofD]] [[Category: Created CofD]] [[Category: Primordial CofD]]
 
[[Category: Mid-MO]] [[Category: Requiem CofD]] [[Category: Forsaken CofD]] [[Category: Awakening CofD]] [[Category: Lost CofD]] [[Category: Descent CofD]] [[Category: Created CofD]] [[Category: Primordial CofD]]

Latest revision as of 08:52, 19 November 2018

The Protectorate VSS

The Kindred

Requiem CofD skull 70x70.png

Name Covenant Clan House Clan Status Covenant Status City Status City Position Player Live/Discord
Agatha Krizpe Invictus Ventrue 2 2 1 Keeper of Elysium Jekca Totten
Eurihilde Ordo Dracul Mekhet 1 1 1 Dawn Gott

Vampire NPCs

Name Covenant Clan House Clan Status Covenant Status City Status City Position
Dmitri Ivanov Invictus Ventrue 4 4 5 Prince
Garpur Kaspersson Invictus Nosferatu 3 2 4 Seneschal
Heyden Manning Invictus Mekhet 3 3 4 Sheriff
Eve Ward Invictus Gangrel 2 3 3 Hound
Tinus Scholtz Invictus Daeva 3 3 4 Harpy
Father Carsten Lancea et Sanctum Nosferatu 3 2 4 Court Confessor

The Forsaken

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Name Tribe Auspice Lodge Pack Player Live/Discord
Agnessa Aeslinn Iron Masters Elodoth None Black Bear Jekca Totten
Casey Saunders Ghost Wolves Ithaeur None Black Bear Dawn Gott
Eric Frei Bone Shadows Elodoth None Black Bear Blake Frankenbach

The Awakened

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Name Path Order Legacy Cabal Order Status Consilium Status Player Live/Discord
Marcus Obrimos Mysterium None None 1 0 Rodney Gott On Book Tour
Opal Blue Acanthus Free Council None None 1 0 Khris Webb On Walkabout

The Primordial

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Beast NPCs

Name Family Hunger
Elle D Ugallu Collectors


The Mortal

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Mortal NPCs

Name Affiliation Important Information
Josh Devereaux Unidentified paramilitary organization with a major presence in Columbia Lead Agent
Greta Angeline Unidentified paramilitary organization with a major presence in Columbia Agent


Key Locations

Domain Map

History

Since before the founding of the City of Columbia in 1821, the area has been a meeting place and waystation for the supernatural. Never hosting a particularly large population of any one type of being, those that have called Columbia home have learned to work with the strangest of bedfellows to ensure safety and civility among the supernatural community. Those that have held to themselves have often faced some odd hardship or another, such as the Scourge that hounded Kindred leadership for nearly twenty years: starting with the mysterious final death of a long-standing Prince in 1998, the Kindred of the city found than any claiming Praxis in the mid-Missouri area would shortly thereafter be destroyed in some oddly coincidentally manner. In 2016 the matter became even more dire for the vampires: any Kindred committing an act of violence would spontaneously combust. While the immediate source of the problem, a mortal with a severe case of fire spirit-itis, was dealt with, the pattern of the area remains.

Shortly after the incident with the Kindred was resolved, a creature by the name of Elle, presenting herself as a country mother with a young daughter, made introductions among the various supernatural individuals of the city, suggesting that survival was the better part of cooperation - most especially as the spontaneously combusting Kindred has attracted mortal attention and a paramilitary organization had moved into Columbia proper to investigate the supernatural community there. Cooperation was needed in such trying times, and a true community - a protectorate of sorts - was born. At first Elle's home in Boonville became a monthly gathering place for the community to swap stories, discuss problems, and pool resources. As the group became more comfortable with one another, Elle retreated quietly and Casey, a young werewolf, provided a magically shielded coffee shop in downtown Columbia called Neutral Grounds as a more convenient option that would be accessible any day of the week, not just once a month.

While individuals moved against these mortal hunters, a different threat began hunting the dreams of anyone touched by the supernatural. For months, the community was chased and stalked within their dreams, leaving them fatigued and tense. Into this atmosphere of fear and exhaustion stepped the fully formed Court of Prince Dmitri Ivanov, sent from Kansas City to claim praxis in Columbia and stem the influence along the I-70 corridor of St. Louis its "Night Congress". With help from allies from St. Louis, those of the Neutral Grounds protectorate managed to kill the abyssal spirit When You Die In Dreams, freeing themselves, the hunters, and the new Kindred court from the nightmares it inflicted. The mortal world as well, for those bothering to keep track.

Now, all three groups have the time and energy to turn upon one another. Welcome to the protectorate.

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