Category
Principium Vampyri
Overview
This is a Vampire: The Masquerade (5th Edition) chronicle based in Chicago in the United States and it is centred around a group of Vampires who are residents of the city though they did only move to the city itself some 20 years ago.
The players at the start are a coterie based in Chicago itself whose long term ambition is to become Archons but in the short term will be happy to be Hounds for the current Prince. Along their journey through Chicago they have gained a number of new companions who may or may not share their ambition.
Setting
The chronicle is set in Chicago a city which has a new Prince one Kevin Jackson who declared Praxis in 2010 from the previous Prince Joseph Peterson whose reign was cut short by the failed Olympic bid by Chicago 2016 CE. Joseph Peterson had staked a lot on the city winning the Olympic bid and when it failed his position as Prince was undermined.
The new Prince Kevin Jackson is relatively young as far as Camarilla Princes go even in the New World but he is very ambitious with the aim of making Chicago the jewel of Camarilla in the New World. It is a lofty ambition and it seams he could very capable of doing it even with his mortal background as a Black gang member of Bloods in Cabrini-Green within Chicago.
The new Prince Kevin Jackson may have the broad support of the Primogen but he still has to fight the inbuilt racism and elitism of both within the Camarilla and mortal world not helped by his mortal background in so much he was from the streets in the poor side of town. Though this has spurred him to try to become the best Camarilla Prince in the New World and beyond to prove them wrong even those within his own clan, the Ventrue, who doubt his ability.
Kevin Jackson has already started moulding the city into the jewel of the Camarilla by removing those Vampires which either posed a threat to the Masquerade or stood in the way of him consolidating his position as Prince.
Add to this mix the on going issues the Camarilla of Chicago always had with the Werewolves which surround the city and the newly reinvigorated Anarchs based in and around Gary. Now with the more active Second Inquisition hunting them from within the mortal world.
Much as always Chicago looks calm on the surface but as always under the surface are some dark under currents some of which even give the Elders of Chicago nightmares.
Why Chicago?
It has become a good place for those who want to make a name for themselves within the Camarilla who can take full advantage of Prince Kevin Jackson’s push to become the jewel of the Camarilla.
Any ambitious Camarilla Vampire could take advantage of the new Prince’s push to clean up the city and the Camarilla by making themselves indispensable to the Prince or just helping him consolidate his power within the City.
Though the flip side is that any Anarch brave enough to fight the Camarilla will find a home with those Anarchs in Gary who oppose the new Prince ambitions and still believe in the ideals of the Anarch Free State especially now with a weakened Camarilla.
Player Characters
The player characters below are playing in this Chronicle: