Past Stories
The Coming of Wolves
Sergi was once a proud captain in the White Army. When the Bolsheviks came to claim Mother Russia he rose to her need. He fought many battles against the Reds, spilt much blood. It was on these fields of battles he would die, and be reborn. After the Reds won, Sergi took the name Chernobog. He waited and learned about his kind. He learned the Brujah had overthrown the ruling order of his beloved Mother Land. He knew there was nothing he could do. That was until the return of Baba Yaga.
In here, Chernobog say the chance to serve his country once more. He came from the shadows to serve the Patriarch of his clan and the women he referred to as Mother Russia herself. In a single night, she slew the ruling Brujah council. Communism fell in his beloved homeland, and all was right in his heart. He gladly served as one of Baba Yaga’s lieutenants in her Army of the Night. The Army of Night gave him purpose once more. They reestablished the old ways, and ran Russia how he remembered it. He felt purpose once again. Chernobog’s efforts where not unnoticed by Babay Yaga. For his and his men’s loyalty she rewarded him by taking him on as her personal student. Teaching him the ancient heritage of the lands of Russia. For a time, Sergi believed all was as it should be, under the leadership of his Mother Russia, Baba Yaga.
Then as quickly as it came it went. Baba Yaga was slain. Sergi was crushed. Her armies fell apart without her. Segi managed to keep his men together. Trying to hold the country he loved in one piece. All the while he searched for what happened. Spending all the resources he had to learn the truth of what occurred, he finally got his answer some years later. His beloved Baba Yaga, the savior of Russia has been slain by one of the legendary Niktuku. Shocked to learn the truth his heart boiled with Revenge once more. Like before he waited, only to learn what he wanted in the most unlikely of places.
Across the National Sabbat communication, Sergi had learned that some of the Sabbat believed the Tzimisce Antideuvian was under the city. Certainly this was absurd to believe, but none the less, like all rumors and myths he searched to uncover the truth. We he learned from his brother Nosferatu was that this was no Antideluvian, but a Niktuku. One Sergi has found proof to believe is the same who slew his beloved Baba Yaga. Now having purpose again, Chernobog moves his army to New York City. His men follow his every command. Masters at guriella warfare, they will divert the Sabbat of New York City to believe the Camarilla is launching a campaign to retake the city. With the Sabbat distracted and starting a fight with those who were not opposing it, it will allow Chernobog to establish the “beach head” he needs in the City to destroy the slayer of his beloved Baba Yaga. Much to the pleasure of a smile in the shadows.
Gangs of New York
As our main plot concludes in Kings of New York many of the established packs in the city will be destroyed. The city over the years has grown bloated with many Sabbat vampires. This would cause constant battles for territory and feeding rights. With the death of so many vampires, it will cause two old members of the Sabbat to awaken, to restart their own battle and culitvate the resources of the city to wage war upon each other once more.
William Poole aka Bill the Butcher was a member of the Bowery Boys and Know Nothing Movement. While the historical Bill the Butcher was very different from the one from the one presented on film. In reality William Poole was a gang leader with some power, and there were many fights over the notorious five points. He died before the draft riots though and wasn’t AS influential as the film portrays him as. With our plot we intend to tell the story of how William Poole was embraced instead of died (along with John Morrissey some time later), continuing his climb as a gang leader in the Sabbat leading his own pack, eventually leading to the modern birth of the Butcher’s Boys sabbat pack.
In a similar vein, John Morrissey was used as the very loose basis for Amesterdamn in Gangs of New York. For the purposes of our story we intend to use the actual John Morrissey to help work on the restructure plot of KoNY. As in reality William Poole and John Morrissey were bitter gang rival it already leads into a great set up and story for how this rivalry continues once they became Sabbat vampires. It will lead to great story, conflict, and Role-Play while tying into the greater history of New York City with little to no impact or meaning to those outside of it.
Wake the White Queen
The ancient Tzimisce Koldun and childe of Velya, is drawn into both the modern world and the battle against chernabog. Having left the world behind for her own private kingdom in the shadowlands, Morana is eventually contacted by Chernabog and the PCs. Having already made a deal with Chernabog to send her armies to aid his task (See the Coming of Wolves plot), she is one of the weapons he plans on using to eliminate the thing under New York City. It is up to the PCs to convince her to join them instead, or to aid them.
Prayer of the Refugee
For many years, the Sword of Caine had a small but loyal number of Tremere among their sect. In 1999 they all disappeared. Not much is known accept that the majority of the clan was summoned to Mexico City by their leader and never returned. However, not all the Tremere Antitribu attended this ritual. Indeed, both Yasim the Black and Jacob the Glitch of Montreal did not attend. And among both of them, only Jacob has been confirmed dead, with Yasmin still missing. More importantly, the Tremere Antitribu Nikolai from New York survived. Desperate and believing he was the last of his kind, Nikolai often feel into depression and despair at the thought of the lost legacy of his clan. Sometime after the disappearance of his clan, Nikolai to meet final death for his crimes against the camarilla and slaying of Justicar Petrdon. It would seem Nikolai the survivor, who spend his last nights in New York City would perish and with him the last of the Tremere Antitribu.
Jasmine Rose has been on the run since 1999, when the rest of her clan disappeared. She had heard the call from Goratrix to come to Mexico City. By sheer luck she was unable to attend, as she had been busy in Spain at the time. A neonate now, she was nothing but a mere fledgling at the time. She never truly had the chance to learn about her clan or much of their ways. All she knew was that one night in 1999, Jasmine awoke with terrible nightmares and compulsion she fought off to enter the sun. It wasn’t long there after that she had heard the tale of her clan’s disappearance. Since then, Jasmine has spent years searching for other survivors. Desperate to learn what she never had the chance, she has always been on the move. Searching to uncover the legacy of her blood. Still, the fear of being hunted and watched never leaves her. Jasmine knows something destroyed her entire clan, and fears it comes for her still. While she fears she may be running out of time, she has finally heard the rumor of one other survivor like herself, and that he is an elder of the clan, Nikolai. As she travels to New York, she searches for this Nikolai, all the while she fears that her hunter may have finally caught up with her. Perhaps, in this her last moments, she will either be saved by the Sabbat or destroyed by the old enemies of her clan.
Elder Sign
The Cathedral of Flesh/[Tzimisce] begins to sir in its slumber. The time of Gehenna is upon the world, and the elder ones are awakening. After years of being poked and prodded by many things, its slumber is at an end. Since the Week of Nightmares, It has feed on the souls of the dead. A great vortex from the empire state building echoes in the lands of the dead. Dragging any poor soul caught in its wake to feed its eternal hunger. As the Final Nights draw to a close, the beast stirs and makes its final preparations to rise once again. Doing so, will surely herald the beginning of Gehenna.
Over the years, as the beast as fed, some have taken notice of this. The Giovanni of New York are mostly aware of what is going on. They know an ancient god like creature lives beneath the streets of New York. They know it is devouring the souls of the dead to help awaken it finally. The Giovanni, in an attempt to stall its awakening have cast great nets into the lands of the dead. They capture as many souls as they can to help slow the awakening of the beast. But even now the time grows short. Too many people have meddled with the beast, and still it hungers and feeds. They fear it shall soon awaken. Now in this the most dire hour, the Giovanni seek out any who will listen and help keep the beats asleep. Hopefully for good.
The Necropolis of New York was one of the only surviving great wraith cities in the wake of the 6th great maelstrom. Though much of the city has changed in the shadowlands (see Orpheus: End Game). Now the great city is ruled over by a Malfean, Vidod. He seeks all manner of information and items to trade and barter. Hoping to outwit, outlast, and out think his enemies. He too is mighty and god like in his ways. But Vidod had always been fascinated by the Soul Vortex coming from the empire state building. He knows that whatever is causing it, its beginning to stir and change. Something he does not like for his Necropolis. Two forces with the unknown same goal seek the same thing. The Giovanni will approach the Sabbat PCs with the knowledge of that whatever lurks beneath the city is beginning to stir. They will tell them what little they know, and how they have been trying to keep it from awakening for years now. And how they fear that the time for it to awaken has begun, as such drastic measures must be taken. While the Giovanni don’t know how to stop it or exactly what is going on, they do know someone who might help. The Giovanni will send the PCs to Vidod an ancient Malfean who rules over the shadowlands of New York. For a price of course.
Once the PCs get to Vidod, they will have to negotiate and tell him what is going on. Vidod himself, while he makes deals and trades with anyone as per canon, is still and “elder god” in his own right. It is simply dealing with one ancient powerful alien thing to help deal with the other more ancient powerful elder thing. If they reveal to Vidod (who is ever curious about the soul vortex that in reality is being caused by [Tzimisce]’s hunger to eat souls and awaken) he will be happy to help them. Again, for a price of course. From there, Vidod will take the PCs to his collection of ancient tomes and relics (he’s like an elder god D&D dragon in regards to his ancient treasure hoarding), assuming they can meet his price. From there they will find a hint of a way to keep [Tzimisce] asleep once and for all.
Should they make it this far, the PCs will then discover an ancient ritual (again think more H.P. Lovecraft, less MAGIC!) that can be used to keep the beast beneath new york asleep. This tome is known as “Sealing the Gate”. Its entire purpose is to keep ancient creatures in their slumber. While eventually all shall awaken, this ritual if done correctly prevents that for a time (the foreseeable future). Vidod and the tome “Sealing the Gate” will lead the PCs to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. There the PCs will have to search and uncover the relics, writings, and items needed to perform the Sealing of the Gate ritual. As they search the museum for these things, [Tzimisce] will try to interfere as best he can to stop them. He will send minions to the museum (including Violet Tremain) to try to stop the PCs. He will even offer the PCs great power and insight, tempting them.
The Church That Caine Built
The nomadic pack, the Apostles of Enoch, have arrived in New York City from South America. With their arrivals comes a religious revival. Lead by Ductus Solomon Bishop (childe of the Cardinal of Uruguay), The Apostles of Enoch preach the religion of the Divinists (Cainite Heresy). They seek support and converts to their ways, adding to those of their brotherhood across the globe who are making the same moves. For more reference and association please read the One World by Night passed plot “The Rise of Heresy”.
Dirty Secrets of the Black Hand
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Capulet's and Montagues
The Van Cortland family of lasombra have been the “nobility” and aristocracy of the Sabbat since the earliest founding of New Amsterdam. Though the family of lasombra are renowned among the clan and many of the sabbat of the city, their family has been at war for centuries. The Merovingian family of Lasombra Antitribu made the choice centuries ago to uphold the clan’s traditions and culture over that of the traitor Gratiano. The two families of Lasombra had been bitter rivals and enemies for centuries before the death of [Lasombra]. With the Merovingian family choosing to become Antitribu, the war between the two families has only escalated.
While the war between the two families rages, the machinations of the ethereal priscus De Marquis gets caught up in their wake. The renowned Abyss Mystic has been studying the unknowable for centuries. With the return of Alejandra Devareaux from Death and the Abyss, it only peaked the Priscus’ interest. Seeking out answers long since lost and the trial of the forgotten history of the clan, De Marquis will send the Lasombra of New York right into the middle of the war between the families.
Fall From Grace
Manhattan falls to the camarilla. As the Cainite Hersey (more accurately Arcady) drove a wedge into the Sabbat of New York City, causing a localized civil war (or perhaps more), remnants of the fallen Camarilla Empire of Manhattan make their move to reclaim what was once theirs. Damein Vanderbelt, childe of Prince Michaela has been bidding his time in the shadows; waiting to make his move to gain revenge for his fallen sire. Regardless of how the Cainite Hersey plot plays out, Vanderbelt and those who support him will make their move to reclaim Manhattan from the Sabbat. Their success depends on how the Cainite Hersey plot/civil war plays out and what the PCs have done about it. It should also be noted that Damien and his supporters are all the non canon Camarilla of NYC that remain. The Canon Camarilla NPCs think Damien is retarded and will get crushed by the Sabbat one way or another. As such, The Canon NPC Camarilla will be going deeper underground to avoid the backlash of all this. It allows us to run this plot without worrying about the canon Camarilla NPCs we have. Additionally, the Canon Camarilla NPCs could be useful allies for the Sabbat PCs. They want to be left alone, and could be convinced to give intel on Damien and his crew.
Once the Cainite Heresy war of New York reaches an end, Damien and his supporters will use camarilla tactics to push the remaining sabbat out of manhattan, so it can be reclaimed for the camarilla. Massive influence will be spent to hit havens (see New York by Night for ideas but on a smaller scale) and the sabbat as a whole. Once Damien has a foothold in Manhattan he will claim the title of prince and establish his court. Polonia will place the city on lock down. No one gets in or out without him knowing or saying so. This allows us to deny Camarilla OWbN PCs from being involved in this plot, as it’s a plot for our game and our sabbat PCs. Once established the true battle begins as the Sabbat of New York work to retake Manhattan and put down Damein and his supporters. How this plot plays out and ends is up to the PCs. In addition, if war with the cianite heresy is simply war against arcady, they camarilla will be in a far worse position to take the city, giving the sabbat advantage and rewarding them for their efforts in the previous plot. In truth, Polonia is letting manhattan to fall to the camarilla, so that he flush all them out and exterminate them once and for all; so as to make sure his city is forever safe from the threat of the Camarilla.
The Rise and Fall of Typhon Set
The ancient Follower of Set “Nikhaure” brings his considerable following to New York City. Initially, Nikhaure spends his time consolidating the Followers of Set in New York under his rule and avoids direct engagement with the Sabbat. Outside of a handful of Sabbat led skirmishes, the Setites seem to prefer to quietly build up their presence. Ultimately, they simultaneously unleash hell on New York’s remaining Giovanni and send ambassadors to the Sabbat, offering them a poisonous truce.
Nikhaure however is caught off guard by the long growing Camarilla offensive, and the unthinkable fall of New York to a childe of Michaela. His own plans shift and weave into the now utterly chaotic New York Landscape as Sabbat, Camarilla, Setites, and Giovanni fight to defend their claims, regain lost ground, or simply survive. As they always do the Setites will offer deals on all sides, keep to the letter of their bargains insofar as it suits them, and choose the right time to let their enemies suffer their own folly. Ultimately, Nikhaure desires nothing less than total control of the city and a true resurrection of Set. He’ll settle for a long running hot-and-cold war with one of the greatest field generals walking the earth, Francisco Domingo de Polonia.
The Kings of New York
In the wake of a the Sabbat’s Victory against the Camarilla rebels in Manhattan, pieces of New York’s past awaken to begin their blood feuds anew, and pick up right where they left off. Former Prince Michaela’s childe Damien Vanderbilt knew the chances for him succeeding in holding Manhattan from the Sabbat was slim. In truth his goal was revenge for the death of his sire by the hands of Cardinal Polonia. While holding Manhattan was an annoyance to the Cardinal truly lasting message of revenge would need to come from even his own death. With this in mind it was Damien who set plans into motion to continue to strike at the Sabbat of New York even in death.
Learning New York’s long history of rivalries and infighting, Damien watched as the old gangs of New York constantly fought and maneuvered around each other. Causing unrest. The awakening of William Poole and John Morrissey was the first test in his far grander plan. Seeing the results he desired, Damien executed the next stage of his plan. While Bill the Butcher and Morrissey have a famous feud and ability to create unrest in the sabbat, there was one other far greater than either. One who would seek power at all costs and stop at nothing until he achieved his goal. And so Damien Vanderbilt sent out his allies and uncovered the resting place of Salvatore Maranzano, the first and only ever Boss of Bosses. The modern Julius ceaser.
Even after Damien’s death, his plan was already enacted. The great Salvatore Maranzano was awoken and already consolidating power. Moving swiftly Salvatore consolidated power and support among the remaining Sabbat Packs of New York. Among his own clan, the Lasombra, he quickly assumed leadership position in New York. With such support, Salvatore Maranzano, calls upon his old favors and influence to have Archbishop Ecaterina step down as the leader of New York so that Salvatore could assume power. With Ecaterina out of the way, and such support, Cardinal Polonia had little choice to appoint Salvatore as the new Archbishop of New York. A brutal man tied to ancient rites and traditions, Salvatore now rules over New York seeking to crush any who might attempt to oppose him. The Boss of Bosses has returned once more.
Damien’s plan was going according to plan. Salvatore Maranzano is a ruthless vampire, full of ambition and strength. The Sabbat however is a creature of rebellion and factions that rarely agree. Even with Manhattan reclaimed it would only be a matter of time before the infighting would begin again. What Damien hadn’t planned on was with Salvatore Maranzano’s awakening, so too did another group of Cainites awaken. The Commission has also returned seeking their own power and to finish the job they started, to permanently put Salvatore Maranzano into the ground. Lead by Charles Luciano, the Commission now works to undermine Salvatore’s power so that it is Luciano and his Commission that regain their long last power over new York. Far less obvious then the Bowery Boys and the Dead Rabbits, the Commission and Cosa Nostra play the Jyhad maneuvering around one another. Gaining allies and support. In this a powerful ally has yet to pick a side in the shadow war for new York. Hiding under the guise of a mortal descendant, Ian Rothstein the ductus of Sky Night Blue is in fact the infamous Arnold Rothstein. A true genius, Arnold came just before either Salvatore and Luciano in their rise to powers. In one case, even was the mentor to one of them. Whomever can win the support of Arnold gain a powerful piece of the chess board that is New York.
In the end though, chaos is sure to happen as Damien’s plan comes to fruition. The packs of New York go to war in a manner they are not used to. Not an obvious one in a glorious battle, but one of intrigue hidden among the shadows. Will the Sabbat of New York support Salvatore Maranzano’s rule as Archbishop over New York or will they support Charles Luciano in his bid for power. Only time well tell. But in the end there can only be one King of New York.
Rebel Yell
The Civil War may be over but the Revolution has just begun. Now a new movement rises from the ashes of the Civil Wars. The Sabbat returned to the Status Quo and nothing truly changed. A group of disgruntled young cainites refuse to accept the Status Quo. Lead by a the Charismatic Levi Astor, childe of Archbishop Marazano, this group of young and hungry Sabbat take the name of a faction of old. The Furores have returned, the original anarchs.
The Sabbat claims to have its leaders chosen by merit but not age, but in truth like the Camarilla the Sabbat is also ruled by its elders. By letting a some of the sect rise in power due to their action, the young will truly never rise to lead the Sabbat. Knowing the elders of the Sabbat wield tremendous power, Levi seeks to steal that power for himself and the young members of the Sabbat.
Having studied under the Occult Underground and stealing the secrets of the Ecclesticals; Levi believes he has the answer. Levi believes that Caine was given his power from the vampire god Ialdaboth and he plans to summon and take that power for himself and those who follow him. Gifting them the strength to defeat the elders and take leadership of the sword of caine and the race of caine itself into the Final Nights.
In truth Levi has a mixture of Occult Knowledge, Lore and Legend he has learned over his young life and drawn some conclusions based on his own path of enlightenment. He knows he will have to gather various important ritual components and import an ancient temple piece by piece to New York he found in the middle east. A temple he believes dedicated to Ialdaboth. He believes by Sacrificing a Dhampir and the Blood of Antideluvian he can summon Ialdaboth himself and his servants the Deava. Luckily in Levi’s mind, he is luck as New York is home to the Tzimisce Antideluvian. Gathering the ancients blood should not that hard, in his mind.
While Levi and his followers gather the necessary components and prepare the ritual to summon the blood god; they also work actively to gather followers and undermine the elders of New York that might stand in his way. Throwing bloody raves and generally promoting vampire indulgence and supremacy; Levi appeals to the young masses of the Sabbat in his call for Revolution.
What little Levi knows is that his ritual to summon Ialdaboth is in actuality a means to release the Deava back into the world. The Deava are ancient creatures unlike anything the word has scene. Existing in clouds of blood and smoke, the Deava were ancient creatures tied to the race of Caine in the nights of Enoch. The Ventrue clan defeated the Daeva and sealed them away long ago. Forgotten, these creatures are innately ties to Vampires, and may infact be the very thing that gives them their beast. Once released the Deava spread like a plague possessing any cainite they can. Levi will gain the power he seeks if his efforts succeed, but in the manner he suspects as he unleashes this ancient evil one again upon the world.
The Manchurian Candidate
New York City is arguably the capital of the modern world. It is new Babylon, the home to over 12 million people. In the world of darkness many different supernatural elements battle nightly for its control. It is no different for the Sabbat and the greatest threat the world has faced, the Daeva.
The first stage of the Daeva assault worked perfectly on the Sabbat of New York. They suspected obvious frontal assaults. All the while the real plan has been put into place. Slowly the Daeva have possessing members of the Sabbat in New York to bring down the sect from within. Having heard of the Loyalists plan to make New Jersey and forge it into a Loyalist domain, the Daeva seized upon the opportunity. The Daeva sent their agents among the Enlightened Society of the Weeping Moon to start laying the ground work in New Jersey for a war with New York. One that will ties the Sabbat up in a costly blood conflict. Then when they least suspect it, the Daeva will activate their sleeper agents and attack the Sabbat from within their own ranks, claiming both New York and New Jersey in one fell swoop.
Meanwhile within New York itself the Bronch family become the victims of a vicious experiment by the pack Thule’s Hammer. Using their Dark Arcane rites, Thule’s Hammer seek to steal the power of the Daeva for themselves and use it as a weapon against this new threat. In their experiments the Thule’s Hammer has summoned something from the great beyond. A great Prince of the Void who once ruled over earth and fought against the Daeva. One consumed by the darkness of the Daeva for himself and becoming something else. The first test of this was done upon the Bronch family of Tzimisce who suspected Thule’s Hammer was up to something nefarious. As a result, the Bronchs have become ultra-violent and aggressive. With it though comes the power to recover from almost any wound and shrug off death itself. However not all of those who fall victim to this Virus of the Void survive it to become empowered. However in these dark secrets may in fact lie to true key to winning the battle for new York. All the while the Prince of the Void wanders free into the world for the first time causing death and entropy.
Can the Sabbat of New York avoid a war? Who among its leaders are truly possessed and working from within to destroy them? Can the Sabbat come to terms to use dark arts to save their city?
Graves of the Ancients
There is a legend long since lost among those who once followed the Road of the Beast. It is said that a group of feral once guarded an important relic known as the bone in the Valley of Nod. It is said the bone can slay anything it touches or grant redemption to any vampire. For the past 500 years the bone has remained lost, until now. In many ways New York City is the new Babylon, center of the world. Many people and things come through it on a nightly basis. Home to no few ancients and other odd things it comes at no Surprise that the Bone finds its way into the city that never sleeps. The bone itself ends up in the inventory of one Lasombra by the name of Ashcroft. A renowned collector of oddities and owner of a famous auction among the Sabbat; even Ashcroft is unsure of how the Bone arrived in his possession. The item itself one night simple arrived in a shipment of oddities her collects from the Middle East. This of course is likely not by accident. Perhaps it just another step in the Jyhad by the Ancients who seek to win their game or perhaps something far worse may never be known. What is known is the Bone is New York now, and with it comes the possibility of turning the entire city upside down. If the rumors of what the bone can do are true, the one who owns the Bone could change the entire face of the Kindred world forever.
As rumors of the Bone’s existence in New York start to spill forward the race begins to find and claim the Bone. Much like the legendary spear of Density, the Bone is viewed in similar reverence. Any vampire with it would be undefeatable. Elders start sending their pawns and manipulating the young to collect the Bone for themselves. An all-out shadow war begins and the race is on. Several Kindred come out of the shadows to make their bid for the bone, all the while Ashcroft finds himself on the run hiding trying to study the Bone on his own.
The first of these groups to step forward to seek the Bone is the childe of the legendary Patricia of Bollingbroke. Seemingly returned to claim her place as leader of the Sabbat. Leading an army of young brutes at her side; she will stop at nothing to use the Bone as validation for her claim to the throne of the Sabbat.
Having heard the rumors of the Bone being in New York, the vampire Aristotle sends his agents in the Mnemosyne to acquire the bone for him. They seek to study the bone and use in their own bloody practices. Not to be outdone, his friend and rival Beckett travels to New York City. A seeker of noddist lore, Beckett intends to acquire the bone to study it for himself to see if there is any validity to the claim.
Not to be outdone Cardinal Polonia sends his own Agents and diocese to find Ashcroft and this Bone for use by the Sabbat. If such a thing is true, then he cannot let it slip into enemy hands. Since New York is HIS city the prize of the bone is his by right. If the legends are true, with the Bone he could complete his Crusade of the East Coast and crush the Camarilla once and for all.
Lurking in the shadows are the Secret Masters. Having long since infiltrated the Sabbat of New York and taken over the Sabbat of New Jersey, the Daeva were poised to finish off the Sabbat of New York and claim another city. When rumors of the Bone start to reach their ears all plans come to a halt. For whatever reason the Daeva greatly fear the Bone and will stop at nothing to remove it from the game. Perhaps the Bone is the key to locking away the Deava forever, or perhaps it allows them to die permanently. The most powerful of the Daeva, the Prince of Smoke and Ash sends his forces and the cult of the Society of the Weeping Moon to acquire the Bone at any and all costs.
Not be forgotten, the few remaining Ferals of the Road of the Beast have been hunting for the bone for 500 years since it went missing. They have guarded it for millennia and have not taken to its loss well. Leading the charge is an ancient Gangrel named Ulrich who will reclaim the Bone and return it to the Valley of Nod. He will kill any who stand in his way.
A storm brews over the city of New York. The ancient item known as the Bone sets off a whirlwind of chaos in the Big Apple. Many and all forces make their claim for the item for their many plays in the Jyhad. Who will end up with the Bone and in what state will the Sabbat Capital be in when the dust settles? The only thing known for sure is that in the end, the city will never be the same.
Children of Caine
The Children of Caine are a Cult/Pack of Sabbat formed by the Malkavian Antitribu once known as Candlestick. Since coming into possession of the Bone, the vampire once known as Candlestick went on a personal Crusade to slay the Tzimisce Antideluvian underneath New York. However when he confronted the elder god it took the form of Caine and overwhelmed his mind. Convincing the Malkavian Antitribu he was the Dark Father himself, not Tzimisce. He charged Candlestick to be become his child and champion to gather others to himself of a like mind. To drink of his blood to be his herald onto these Final Nights. Thus were the Children of Caine born. Shedding their named of old, they instead have claimed names of the descendants of Caine himself. They are his church on earth, seeking to convert others to the one true path of caine and the side of the Dark Father during Gehenna. They are the embodiment of Murder itself and seek to glorify Caine by spreading his dark gospel. These dark Prophets spread across New York converting others from to the Path of Caine and his most unholy of Churches. To drink of his divine nectar. A simple apple from the garden below New York given to them to spread the blood of caine, to serve him eternally. Just as the elder god desires.
The Blood Rots
In the wake of the chaos caused by the bone and the cult of candlestick the city of New York breathes a sigh of relief. However, as with all things one problem tends to lead to another. The Giovanni Typhoid Mary has arisen from her torpor in Riverside Hospital. The death and blood spilt by the boon waking the vampire from their eternal slumber. Wither or not the vampire calling herself Typhoid Mary is the actual Mary Mallon or not is not known, nor relevant. She considers herself to be and is thoroughly insane. Seeking revenge on the city that made her a house hold name, Typhoid Mary awakens to unleash her plague upon the city.
Meanwhile, elsewhere in the city the Nomadic pack Los Discipulos de Xiuhcoatl has arrived in New York city to tend to their vast network of Mexican drug cartels. During their visit one of their members becomes infected by Mary’s plague and dies in the process. Seeking revenge for the death of their packmate, the pack now goes to war looking for answers. Los Discipulos de Xiuhcoatl is a veteran nomadic pack from Mexico, they aren’t young shovel heads lashing out with rage. Rather they gather information and quickly start to scratch at the surface of Mary’s plans. If the PCs are careful they can gain a useful ally or make a dire enemy of the pack.
As for Typhoid Mary herself, she has quickly set to work adding layer after layer to her plans for revenge. She has created cults dedicated to the end times, one that follows and believes in the horseman of the apocalypse pestilence. Her cults spreads far and wide into the city of mortals. Spreading her disease to quick the horseman’s arrival. Few if any know the true face or identity of the master mind behind the cult. Its members include, city workers, the social elite of new York, hospital workers and even the police. The PCs will have to pick through each layer of mystery of the cult to find the true culprit behind it. Hopefully they do so before the CDC shows up.
Our story starts with one person, found dead of a mysterious disease. It is unknown how many he himself has infected. Whats worse, the virus Mary has created effects vampires as well. And each person killed by it rises a ghost for her spectral horde. In time, as the number of dead rises, Vidod the Malfean starts to grow concerned with the rapid rise in the wraith population; worse more wraiths that will not heed his command. Concerned with the loss of stability he has worked so hard on over the years he will contact all his allies and minions in the skinlands to uncover the truth and put a stop to it.
The Covenant War
Izhim wafi Adb’Azreal ur-Baal is perhaps one of the most notorious and nefarious vampires to walk the night. He has lived the life of an Akkadian Prophet, a Sufi poet, a Coptic blood-god, a Persian demonologist and a hundred others. Since his mortal days he was promised divinity and told he would become a god. This seed planted at a young age has only grown over time. In 642 AD Izhim was captured by the Baali during the last war between themselves and the Assamites. His potent blood used to curse the warriors of the clan. He was cast into the stone reliquary of the child of the well Namtaru. Trapped by the demon for six hundred years; he was only finally rescued by his childer and lover Enkara. Driven quiet mad by the experience, Izhim sacrificed the only thing he ever loved in a pact for the divinity promised to him at birth.
Since that time, the once Seraphim of the Tal’Mahe’Ra has been playing the long game. Putting pieces in place in a grand chess game to achieve his end victory. Ascension into true godhood. Izhim plans to win the Jyhad and he has the knowledge to do it. In nights long passed the Antediluvian Cappadcious had created the rite of the anointing. His own mad plans to kill god and replace him. His ritual was passed down through the Saragon Codex was lost with his childer Lazarus. But that knowledge was retained and gained by Izhim through his pact with Namtaru.
Now finally, after all these years the pieces to his master plan are all in place and the players have taken the board. With a few more movements of his hand, Izhim Ur-Baal shall finally claim his long promised divinity for himself and crown himself as the king of the Jyhad. The City New York, one of the most important cities in the world, sets the stage for his ascension. Fate has deemed it so. Now all that stands in his way are those who would dare oppose his godhood. Can they possibly hope to stand against the will of a creature as the Thrice Damned? Or will the world of darkness be forever changed with the birth of its new god?
Warlord of New York
With the spread of Plague Dogs across New York for some time feeding has become more difficult than normal. Though the final plot of Typhoid Mary has been stopped, the vampires of New York still feel her impact. As a result tensions between the packs of New York is running high. It has become a veritable powder keg over issues of territory and herd as clean sources of blood. Brother is set against brother and all it would take is the spark of a match to set the whole city a flame. The Bishorpic does its best to keep the peace but it is only a matter of time before one pack starts a fight for blood and territory.
At the same time, an upstart diablerist anarch by the name of David Wright sees an opportunity to move his people from their enclosure on Cony Island. Also desperate for clean food and more room to breath; David starts to gather and form a coalition of anarch gangs from across New York and New Jersey. The once mortal man had organized many during the Occupy Wall Street event, and took those lessons with him in death. Slowly David and his Anarchs work to expand into the city and perform acts of espionage, terrorism and other forms of modern uprising warfare against the sabbat. They hope to claim a part of the city as their own.
In truth, both the anarchs and sabbat packs of New York are being played as chess pieces by a far more nefarious group. An assembled coalition of Abyssal Black Hearts from the region have come to New York. As the issues spread from the Lords of Shadow; these Black Hearts have come to the grand city of New York. Their goal, simply to cause chaos and violence among those they believe failed them and resulted in their deaths. Lead by the once Bishop of New York, Armando Mendes’ Black Heart leads this court of night in their machinations for the city. Known only to Armando and a select few others in the Court of Night; the truth to their chaos is to cause weaknesses in the Sabbat’s defenses. To allow them access to ancient secrets and relics of the Priscus De Marquis to learn a means by which to be restored to life. It is only a matter of time before the spark is lit. The Sabbat fighting among themselves and Anarchs making a power play. The Court of Night hopes it will spiral widely out of control so they may enact their true agenda.
The Omega Rises
I am the Alpha, the Beginning
In the valley of Gehenna I Rule In the valley of Gehenna I call Blood Spilled calls forth the next cycle War will come. The Two will fight against each other. That which is dead shall rise anew. Reborn in the Blood The Seven Towers shall tremble The Demons and Witches shall revel In the Valley of Gehenna, in the Land of Nod they shall come They fight for a throne, but only one can sit in it. That which should not be will be born into death Sixteen is the number of the Sign The blood that soaks the Valley of Gehenna gives way to the next end She is the Omega, the End –The Omega Prophecy
A prophecy of the Book of Nod speaks of both the Alpha and Omega. This prophecy was only recently uncovered by Sascha Vykos. Many Sabbat assume the Alpha to be Caine and the Omega to be Lilith. One would assume that “two will fight against each other” and “they fight for the throne, but only one can sit upon it” is speaking to the battle between Dark Father and Dark Mother referenced in other places of the Book of Nod. What if it wasn’t? What if, the Omega isn’t Lilith but someone else entirely? What if the battle of the two in this prophecy is for the title of Omega? This is where our story takes us. A Battle between the young and the ancient for the right to wear the crown to end the race of caine. Meanwhile in New York the packs of the city have begun to form into fiver large factions vying for control of the city. Due the recent war in New York with the anarchs and among themselves, these five powerful collations of packs have formed in the wake. Solidifying their power and right to rule New York; each seeks out allies among the other Cainities of the city in support of their power. Now the collations seek allies among the sabbat to boost their own power base within the city.
Elsewhere, most of the Sabbat of New York have heard the prophecy of Sascha Vykos from Palla Grande and have begun to wonder what it means. Rumor starts to spread among the city that the Followers of Set are shipping in a tomb from the Middles East. Something called the Tomb of Uruk. The tomb supposedly claims to hold the corpse of a Babylonian Queen. Among the vampire some believe it may hold the resting body of the vampire known as Omega within it. Omega could nearly be anyone from the Lilith, to the Crone, to the Last Daughter of Eve. Rumor abounds as to what may lay within. Even the reason why the Setites would bring such a thing to New York is unknown. What is known is the collations seek the tomb for themselves and their own power.
Finally, on the night of December 2020 the Zettler Research Facility in New York was attacked. Not from without but from within. One of the first of the 16th generation has escaped from the thin blood research facility and is on a war path. Killing and diablerizing any cainite that comes across her path. Code Named, Omega, she is finally free to gain her revenge against all vampires of New York.