VtM 20th - Chicago by Night
Chicago's history is built upon blood and fire. Starting with the massacre of Fort Dearborn in 1803 growing into a city with literal blood flowing through the streets as the meat industry grew the city from an outpost to a metropolis of the 1800's. In 1871 the Chicago fire ripped through the city destroying more then 18,000 buildings in a less than two days time. The turn of the century brought prohibition and Chicago gave birth to the infamous mobster Al Capone who bathed the city in blood in his ruthless attempt to control the city's underground.
The next 100 years was relatively peaceful for the mortals but behind the scenes the undead that preyed upon the city were waging a war themselves. The Great Chicago Fire was an opportunity for the Ventrue Lodin to seize control of the city from the first Prince, Maxwell and drive him from the city. Then as Lodin consolidated control the city became the front lines in the Camarilla's ongoing battles against the Anarachs and twice the Anarchs invaded the city in force only to be driven out first by Lodin's forces and then by Archons sent to secure the city proper.
After this period of time came what is called the Cauchemar Praxis, a time of peace that has stretched nearly 50 years. The turn of the millenia happened and the whole vampire community braced itself for Gehenna but it never came. Instead time and the world continued to march on from 1999 to 2000 without much of a hiccup and so Lodin continued his obsession to control the city as tightly as possible.
Now it is 2010 and the city has grown tired of peace. On the outskirts of the city the werewolves that had been violently displaced are gathering in numbers. Within the city Anarchs are once again slipping through the borders and biding their time. The city's Primogen are growing tired of being marginalized by Lodin and his ever-growing brood. The time is ripe for change and the streets of Chicago are once again thirsting for blood...
This will be a Vampire: the Masquerade 20th edition game based out of Chicago. The timelines are going to be fudged by ~30 years and personally a lot of the Gehenna stuff will be pushed to the side to focus on a localized stories of the city on the brink of chaos.
Players will primarily play as Camarilla, either newly sired or newly immigrated to the city.
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