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\section{Settites}

\subsection{Playing Settites}

I played Settites very much along the lines of the Vampires in
\cite{js:vampires}, which I recommend to anyone. For people who can
not wait to read it or who are too foolish to listen to my advice, I
shall outline the general behaviour after I have discussed the two
groups. This book has a great discription of how horrid and corrupting
dominate can be

It also provides a good 'baddie' for a group of mortal players. They
can then discover the other two vampire sides, who will hopefully
prove not all vampires are like those they are fighting.

More good material, for actually playing Settites, can be found in
"Lair of the White Worm", which has in it a good view of Snake based
vampires. Noone in my game actually confronted a Settite, but I think
I prefer the White Worm vampire weakness of music. This would cause
Settites to stay out of nightclubs and such, which is fine by me. :)


\subsection{Settite Forces}

The Snake influence in Melbourne is increasing as Settites come to
the city to make right an old betrayal. Initial settite deployment
consists of a scouting/temple party, but soon, a powerful
hunting pack arrives to take up the fight.

Some resentment exists between the two parties as the Scouts see this
city as theirs, as the first here and did most of the ground work.
Fearing the wrath of the elders in the Temple party keeps them in line.
The scouting party feels its advances in this city are about to be
taken over by the newcomers and thrown away revenging some past
slight. The elder pack feels the young ones resentment and have a lack 
of enthusiasm for their mission.

The Settite forces think that Frederika will most likely support and
work with the Sabbat, so they are placing their influence behind the
Camarilla. They hope to smash the Sabbat hold and thus, destroy
Frederika's powerbase. The elders know that something large is being
planned by Frederika and they suspect she will not leave until it is
complete. They are also willing to pay almost any cost to find
Frederika's goals.


\subsection{Scouting Party}

The scouting party temple is in XXXX dunno.

\begin{itemize}

\item	James Anderson. We are the Followers of Set. His darkness shall
be spread, unchecked. Look at the chance we have here. A city grown
complacent, a people hungry for the tree of knowledge.

\item	Michelle Horner. Your job was to come here and turn this city.
You won control of mortals and Kindred, without their knowledge, now it
is to be given to others? Still you have done well, be proud. But why
are your gains being thrown away?

\item Roger Jones. James came here alone, he selected Michelle. She
selected you and to be her aid, her princes. She has shown you more
joy and happiness that you believed possible.

\end{itemize}

\subsection{Temple Builders}

\begin{itemize}

\item	William Royston. Prepair a place for the King. The one who
shall come here and rule. Your temple must be fit for a king, not
some hovel. Frederika betrayed you, time for revenge. Once she is
destroyed, He shall come and I will be rewarded.

365 years (1630)

Maybe a nightclub or Hotel? XXXX

\item	?. 

\end{itemize}




\subsection{Settites in some detail}

I am using some bits of Bryan Rendell's quite clever Settite rewrite.
If not in exact detail then at least some of the ideas. Aswell as
ideas from \cite{js:vampires}.

Settites exist to corrupt and twist. That is what they do, balance
the unnatural order that seems to control the world currently.
Settites take the order and the good and attempt to create evil and
chaos. You cant have Good without Evil.

Their motives vary, from deliberate counter to Good, to self
gratifying Evil, but the end is the same.

\subsubsection{The Settite Organisation}

Each settite is controlled by his or her sire or elder in the temple,
whom they must obey. This controller sends the settite on missions and
set the goals that settite is to achieve.

The settite also has two groups of human retainers, willing servents
and unwilling servents. The willing servents are those from whom the
Settite usually selects their Childer. They are expected to fight, die
and obey without question. The unwilling servents are those the
Settite keeps for their own pleasure and use. They are used for
corrupting and luring others into the Settites web. They are usually
fully aware of their actions, but unable to resist the golden eyes of
their tormenter. The numbers of each depends on the age and power of
the settite aswell as how long they have been in the city.

Lastly there are the younger Settites and captured enemy kindred who
the settite has influence over. Younger Settites from the temple are
used to aid settites plans and gain favor with their elders.

\subsubsection{Settite Embrace}

Settites, when embraced, undergo a change that affects their minds soon
after their ritualistic embraced. The Sire puts the victim through a
long tortuous series of ordeals with drugs, domination and other
diciplines, peaking in the draining of the victim and then the Sire
returns a drop of the blood to the victim, often with some added
chemicals to their already tainted blood to 'help' the process.

The shock of the embrace combinded with the twisting of the mind
before and during the process shock the victim and as their vampiric
powers grow, they become more like mindless zombies. Their are
generally fair numbers of these zombie vampires at the local temple.
Generally at least one for each Settite often more. The victim stays
in this state for an certain time, kept in this state with magical rituals
and blood feeding. Sometimes they are bonded to their future masters.

As required, they are bought out of their trancelike state to become
full Settites. Oddly enough, the longer they stay in this trance like
state, the less obvious effect the process has on them. Generally Settite
Childer are kept, trancelike, for a few week to 'get to know themselves
fully' and also to allow their full faculties to return. When they
are brought out, they are as rational as they were before, but their
view has been corrupted to the settite way.


\subsubsection{Settite Weakness}

The Settite weakness for bright light is only a story that they
themselves spread. Their real weakness is for music. Snake charming
type music causes them to dance and writhe towards the source of the
music. For more detail on this, I recomend Lair of the White Worm.

Because of this, the Settites tend to avoid nightclubs and other
places often inhabbited by other Kindred, unless they control the
place and thus have control over the music.

\subsection{Settite Plans}

\subsubsection{Influencing Ingrid}

The Elder setties have been targeting Ingrid for a number of decades,
slowly wearing away at her mental discipline, weakening her and
implanting suggestions to allow them to sway her.

\subsubsection{Draco}

Draco is about the scariest and most powerful human in \mbm. The
Settites give him his head and help him in anyway they can, tapping
him for money and power as they need it and keeping him up on what's
happening.

The Settites want to Embrace him, but he refused. When he dies, they
will save no expense to bring him over.

The Settites always have Ghouls and at least one Settite bodyguard
with him at all times. Draco also has a bracelet that lets him teleport
to the local Settite temple if he is in grave danger.