Austin Requiem CofD

VSS: Congress of the Damned
Reference Document: VSS History and NPCs

Austin Requiem Basics

• Mood: Power is a Curse
• Themes:
  • Kindred are ruled by and through the Blood
  • Existence is Pain
  • Progress requires bold Action

Population Notes

• With a population of just under 950,000 humans, Austin its surrounding areas can only sustain so many Kindred. It is for this reason that the creation of a new Kindred must be authorized by the Prince, whether the act itself is done within or without the Domain.
• Having recently completed a census of the Domain, the Prince announced the following numbers publicly:
  • Ordo Dracul: 7*
  • Carthian Movement: 11*
  • Circle of the Crone: 10
  • Invictus: 6*
  • Lancea et Sanctum: 11?
  • Unaligned (Niklaus): 4
  • Unaligned (Santiago): 2

• Covenants with an "*" include a member who is also a member of another Covenant.

• Domain is parceled out based on the ability to maintain it and secure the Masquerade within it.

• Covenants as intended as the effective mechanism for political power, while Clans are intended as a source of camaraderie and personal ties.

The Court

Officers:

• Prince: Samuel Gray, Ordo/Invictus Mekhet
• Sheriff: Currently Vacant

The Primogen:

The current Prince rules with the advice of the local leaders of the Covenants.

• Invictus: Cybelle Gray
• Ordo Dracul: Gideon Chadwick
• Carthian Movement: Allen Smithee
• Circle of the Crone: Blair.

The Prisci:

Though not a formal council, these are the recognized local elders or leaders of each Clan.

• Ventrue: Unknown
• Daeva: Unknown
• Mekhet: Samuel Gray
• Nosferatu: Unknown
• Gangrel: Niklaus

The Covenants

The Invictus

• How the mighty have fallen. Once rulers of Austin, they rule only through the merit of Marriage to the new Prince.
• With the departure, both willing and unwilling, of several key Invictus, the Covenant appears to reached its nadir.
• The other Covenants still remember the threat of War the surrounding cities promised should a Gray not sit on the Throne of Austin.

The Ordo Dracul

• The Covenant of the Prince, though he is also of the Invictus through marriage.
• The Ordo has several Wyrm’s Nests, though perhaps not enough enough members to maintain them all.

The Carthian Movement

• The Carthians have always supported the Prince of Austin... no matter who claims the title.
• Through shrewd deals the Carthians have secured from the Praxis the autonomy of their territory. Though still beholden to the Praxis, for all intents and purposes, their territory is their own.

The Lancea et Sanctum

• Without a representative on the Primogen Council, little is known of them. Even their numbers are but a guess.

The Circle of the Crone

• Having fought to achieve parity with the other Covenants, they now hold an equal seat at the Primogen Council.
• Though 'a' leader of the Crone advises the Prince, there are rumors of challenges to the position of Heirophant.

The Populace

Character	Covenant	Clan	House	Clan Status	Covenant Status	City Status	Player
Samuel Gray	Ordo Dracul / Invictus	Mekhet	House of Gray / House of Ba	3	2 / 3	3	Matt M.
Gideon Chadwick	Ordo Dracul / Carthian Movement	Mekhet	House of Ba	2	3 / 2	2	Daniel T.
Cybelle Gray	Invictus	Ventrue	House of Gray	2	2	2	NPC
Allen Smithee	Carthian Movement	Ventrue		2	1	2	James H.
Blair	Circle of the Crone	Nosferatu		1	3	2	Jeannie S.
Santiago Muñoz	Unaligned	Daeva		1	-	1	NPC
Niklaus	Unaligned	Gangrel		3	-	2	Justin W.
Taisha Wolfe	Ordo Dracul	Mekhet	House of Ba	2	3	2	Terry B.
Sir Knight	Invictus	Ventrue		1	1	1	Kyle B.

Local Peculiarities

• Covenant relations in this VSS are a bit different than normal.
• Clan plot will be player generated at game start.
• The Circle of the Crone and- to a lesser extent- clan Gangrel and the Lancea et Sanctum are starting the game in antagonistic positions, to a varying extents.
• Dots in the Feeding Grounds merit will be capped by dots in Domain. This refers to your dots as a Vassal or the dots in Feeding Grounds that you’re given by your overlord.
• Members of the Circle exist outside of Austin’s Domain structure, which means that their dots are less contingent on having an overlord, but also that they are essentially operating in lawless territory. The Circle’s territory does still have a Domain rating, and thus a maximum rating in dots of Feeding Grounds.