% ($Id) \section{Resent Pre Game history} My gametime started on the day we started playing. I note times here in `time from current' and `real time'. T is game start, in my game 16th November, 1993. Feel free to change the year, to the current one, but it should be based aroung Halloween. \begin{description} \item [T-5 months, June] {\bf Frederika}: starts to wake from torpor. Meets grown Toby for first time. \item [T-4 months, July] {\bf Ingrid, Frederika}: decide Toby needs a weaker gen `sire' to avoid attention. Camarilla is safest option. Decide to make Rene scape goat. Plans set in order to make a swag of new vampires to cover the fact (set precident). Decision: best if the others don't fit into the Camarilla to give Toby more leaway in his choice of sect. \item [T-4 months, July] {\bf Camarilla, Malkavian}: For some reason, Dr Juan embraces and blood bonds Father Haem. \item [T-3 months, Aug] {\bf Brujah, Anarch}: Simon Moore is embraced by Tour. \item [T-2 month, September] {\bf Adonis}: woken from Torpor. Comes to Melbourne, finds he has been asleep for years. \item [T-2 weeks, 31 Oct] Halloween. Toby is embraced. Night of celebration. \item [T-3 days, 13 Nov] {\bf Camarilla, Malkavian}: Dr Juan, Malkavian starts to hunt messily, attracting Archon and princes attention. \item [T-1, 15 Nov 1993] {\bf Camarilla}: Prince OKs Archons plan to use Anarchs to enforce rule, "if they screw up, we have reason to be rid of them". \item [T-2, 16th Nov] {\bf Arthur}: By accident, Arthur Windsor VI meets Tina, Princes childe. \item [T+0, 16 November 1993] {\bf Game starts} {\bf Malkavian, Camarilla, Ryders}: Malkavian, Dr Juan snaps, grabbing 3 humans to feed on. The Ryders, forced by the prince, to destroy him, embrace his prey as payback to the prince. Father Haem is free. Roger Pershing, Dr Slaughter and Estell embraced. \item [T+1, 17th] {\bf Arthur, Ingrid}: Arthur embraced in accident by Tina. Tina captured, Arthur meets Toby in his new form. Toby takes Arthur to Rene's place. Ingrid starts to blood bond him. {\bf Simon, Ingrid, Obedia}: Ingrid meets Simon, detects Obedias scanning, decides to take him hunting. He is a good candate for Sabbat or someone to work for her. \item [T+3, 19th] {\bf Camarilla, Rene}: Roger, Estell, Haem meet prince and are ordered to investigate Masquerade breach (being unknown kindred). Meet Rene, who is big noise in Brujah. Rene tell them offers them choice other than prince. They choice prince (setting Camarilla tone of game). \item [T+5, 21th] {\bf Camarilla, Brujah, Anarch, Rene, Toby}: Brujah rant to decide next Brujah leader. Rene is elected. First public chance at meeting Ryders, Toby and Ingrid. Toby's first Kindred event, Ingrid is there to protect him. \item [T+7, 23rd] {\bf Most kindred, Obedia}: Obedia starts using dream walking to track Frederika. Most kindred experiance bad dreams. {\bf Frederika, Ingrid}: lay false trail to Ingrid to mislead Obedia, by giving false information to Childer. \item [T+8, 24th] {\bf Ingrid, Simon, Obedia, Setties}: Ingrid decided on Simon. Takes on Egyptian appearance, tells him she was at Carthage. Settites detect Ingrid and see past her misinformation, she is linked with Frederika. \item [T+9, 25th] {\bf Most Kindred}: Obedia continues dream scans, scans Simon mislead for a while, dreams stop. {\bf Camarilla, Anarchs, Ryders, Remone}: Adonis, Roger, Arthur, Estell, Simon and Haem meet Ryders who tell of Anarchs vrs Prince, players decide to stick with Camarilla (confirming tone). Remone is at the bar the Anarchs hang out at. {\bf Ingrid}: They check out Graveyard Ingrid uses. {\bf Camarilla, Rene, Toby}: Camarilla meeting, 9 new kindred presented. Prince and Archon angry at Rene, attempts punishment, but plan sucessful, Rene is punished, not Toby. Sabbat presence uncovered (too early for Frederikas plans thanks to the Settites interfearance) by Bayley, who takes it to Barron. Barron, himself a Sabbat spy, attempts to stall, but is forced by other Toreadore to present the information. \item [T+10, 26th] {\bf Setites}: Settites realise Frederika is gaining control of Camarilla. The decide to break it. Corrupt and twisted (by Settite) humans start appearing. Murders rise, `Vampire' killings increase, arson and crime likewise. {\bf Estelle, Rene, Obedia}: Rene tells Estell she is Tobys mother and she (Rene) is really old. Estell and Rene rob a petrol station and feed off the attendant, blamed on Sabbat. {\bf Brujah, Anarch, Remone}: Remone, thinking the trouble is caused by Ingrid is likely to cause trouble, attempts to make peace with Simon and brood, incase of war. \item [T+11, 27th] {\bf SCA}: Brood (Heam, Simon, Roger, Estell, Arthur) first meet SCA friends of Ingrids. NEWS EVENTS ----------- * "The spate of violent crime continues with the following incidents:" * Burwood: petrol station attendant attacked (near graveyard) by two women one of who threatened him with a gun, the other had a knife and bit his sholder. Lost some blood. * Toorak: A family of three has been found dead in their house in Toorak today. Police and fire units were called to the home at 11:30 last night and were able to quickly contain a fire in the house. Police investigations found the family of three drained of blood in what looks like a ritualistic vampire killing. Initial reports suggest the house has been lived in by the killer or killers for a number of days before discovery. Police have not released the names of the dead family. * and in Hawthorne today, a man was found staked through the heart outside a church. Witnesses report the mans body was dumped by two well dressed men from the back of a white tarago van. * Police are not willing to release full details of their investigations. Captain Frank Green said today: "Look, out investigations are continuing. We have some good leads that seem to cross check and we have had psychological and occult advice on these attacks and we feel quite confident of actually catching the villains. Thats all for now. No, no no more questions." \item [T+12, 28th] {\bf Rene, Anarch, Brujah, Camarilla}: Archon calls meeting of Primogen to get punishment of Rene. Rene renounces Brujah leadership and clan membership (for good of clan) and embraces Anarchs. Primogen vote. Against: Samuel Argus, David Stanley, Paul. For: Kalmar, Louise Brush, Paul Barrons. Draw, vote therfore goes kindred present who vote for and she is released. {\bf Sabbat, Prince, Camarilla}: Two kindred (Sabbat) play cops and robbers with real guns. Sabbat make drive by flamethrower attack on Prince, Arthur saves his life. Brood fight Sabbat on door steps of Museum. Simon diablerises and likes it. Adonis is wounded and Simon takes him to help him recover over 3 nights :-). \item [T+14, 30th] Adonis recovers, blood bonded to Simon. Go to Daimaru shopping center and have some fun, Haem shouts out "Get out of my haven. Leave this temple" to cause trouble. \item [T+15, 1st December] {\bf Ingrid, Camarilla}: Ingrid, who is gettimg more violent and stressed, pushes people round who voted against Rene. {\bf Malkavian, Tremere}: Haem sets church on fire to stop above arguments, blames sabbat. Jack Rigging (Tremere) killed. \item [T+17, 3nd] {\bf Camarilla, Hunter}: Capture hunter who has Arthurs sire, Tina. Make him free her. {\bf Camarilla, Ingrid, Toby}: Ingrid meets new Camarilla brood and says the Sabbat caputured Rene and that she, once blood bonded to Rene, is now free. Brood grab Toby and make him `find' his mother, while Ingrid makes their and Toby's life hell. Car chase from Beyond the Grave(tm). {\bf Malkavian}: Megabank city office, where Roger works, goes bang, thanks to Haem. \item [T+18, 4th] {\bf Setites, Frederika}: Frederika decideds to confuse matters further, for the Settites. She appears to Roger and gets other versions of herself (thanks to Vicissitude) appear to others. Settites incredulus that she would appear directly and consider it a trap/feint. Frederika steps up activity in Sydney as well. Settite temple in Perth destroyed in accident. {\bf Brujah, Camrilla, Setites, Remone}: Brujah have new rant to elect leader. They are all angry at Prince, thanks to Settite influence to break Camarilla. Frederika acts to make Simon leader. Simon is popular because of his Punk/Anarch attitude. Remone is in leadership fight too. \item [T+19, 5th] {\bf Ingrid, Remone}: Skinhead Brujah that Remone defeated takes revenge and attacks him on the street. Brood roll up, Ingrid arrives and kills skinhead in rage. Brood shoot her and take Remone, Ingrid plays with them. \item [T+20, 6th] News reports of more voilence and police raids. {\bf Sabbat, Camarilla}: Sabbat go on late night TV as `vampire' cult. Archon sends Brood to stop it. Archon and Chandry leader observe and attempt to follow Sabbat after show, Frederika makes them loose track. \item [T+21, 7th] {\bf Toreadore, Camarilla}: Toreadore have a Party. Brood meet prince, Ingrid has made accusations about them. Brood argue with each other and Ingrid, promicing the prince firm control over them, is made their elder. Adonis kills Bruce Fletcher. Others meet kindred, but not impressed, they learn nothing. Annette Shunwa argues strongly with Henley. Someone is selling 3000+ year old artifacts. Frederika and other clones are at the party. {\bf Sabbat}: First meeting of Sabbat. Sabbat roll up too, Ingrid and Knight argue, Knight appologises and asks her to join them again, Ingrid refuses. Tell Brood they hunt a Methusela (Frederika), try to convince Brood with arguments such as how many humans Frederika has killed. Brood dont care. Offer rewards, they interested. As sign on good faith, `return' Rene. Flynn is a nasty piece of work. Also meet Death who has been sent as a messanger by Obedia to try to convince Sabbat to co-operate in hunting Frederika. {\bf Frederika}: Returning home, Obedia attacks mentally. Frederika meets and befriends Orphan mage. \item [T+22, 8th] {\bf SCA, Toby, Ingrid, Sabbat, Simon}: Ingrid pushes Toby round (they don't suspect they work together). Knight invites them to a Sabbat party, fire jumping, drinking. Some chat to the Sabbat and they arn't mindless killers. Adonis kills one of the Sabbat, trouble starts to brew. Simon, who diablerised a Sabbat, REALLY enjoys this. \item [T+23, 9th] {\bf Sabbat, Camarilla}: Meet, but Knight rolls up. Give me Methusela in one week, or I shall start a Camarilla/Sabbat war. \item [T+24, 10th] {\bf Sabbat, Camarilla, Ingrid}: Roger and Haem argue in a nightclub and a Sabbat member is shot. They take the Brood off and fill them with lead, just before dawn. Ingrid rescues some of them just before dawn. \item [T+25, 11th] {\bf Sabbat, Camarilla}: Brood try to get even with Sabbat. Simon rings Sabbat and warns them. Flynn still losses it, before Jezabell and Elizabeth can stop him. {\bf Simon, Sabbat}: Simon joins Sabbat as spy. \item [T+26, 12th] {\bf Sabbat, Camarilla, Ingrid}: Plan worked out by Simon, Ingrid and Knight, to turn Anarchs against Camarilla. Brood and Ingrid follow lead to Bayleys flat. See him swapping documents with the Sabbat. Tell prince, he orders Bayleys haven destroyed up (on domination from Knight, who Simon smuggles in to see Prince). Blow up haven, find him dead later. He was killed by Ingrid because betrayed the Sabbat to the Camarilla. Simon accuses the Prince of killing Bayley. Prince snaps (thanks to Knight) and shoots Simon, and turning the Brujah and Anarchs against Camarilla. {\bf Ingrid, Roger}: Roger and Ingrid have a chat. Meet a mortal Ingred once knew. \item [T+27, 13th] {\bf Simon, Anarch}: Simon kills and diablerises Beryl, burning body and his haven. Simon says his Haven has been set on fire, must be Sabbat. {\bf Toreadore, Sabbat}: Annette Shunwa convinced Henley to change sides and the Toreadore had a power shift. Barron, the Sabbat spy lost control, to Annette Shunwa, who has moved against Barron for some unknown reason. \item [T+28, 14th] {\bf Toby, Ingrid, Camarilla, Obedia, SCA}: Brood meet, Ingrid gets a call from Frederika telling of Obedia's attack. With lots of urgency, go to a nightclub and collect Toby. Races home, embraces some of the SCA, prepairs for an attack. {\bf Sabbat, Ingrid}: Sabbat have Remone, Ingrid takes brood to get him. Knight has a chat with Ingrid and then releases Remone. Ingrid rushes home, werewolfs, vampires and humans attack, but they are held off. {\bf Frederika}: Attacked by werewolves. {\bf Simon, Sabbat}: Simon and Sabbat capture some Anarchs and Simon `rescuses' them. \item [T+29, 15th] Attack on Ingrids house was not by Sabbat or Camarilla, but Obediahs orders. Sabbat call Roger, voice as Chandry leader and tell him that Annette is the trator. Brood attack, only to find Stankey in the wreckage, not ammused. Go and raid the Museum, talk to Death a bit, she tells of being controlled by Mage. Brood, Sabbat, Garou, Ingrid and Frederika go and kill mage. Ingrid, feeling unsure (thanks Settites), thinks someone may be betraying her. She decides to use the Garou to keep the other two sides honest. Knight and Frederika are surprised, but dont trust each other sufficently to react against this move as one. They stick to their agreements and back off. Ingrid sets up Tina as new Prince, who is easy for her to control. Frederika immediately becomes close friends to Tina. Frederika also starts to realise the Phrophasy about Ingrid and backs away from a confrentation to study it. She visits Knight and they discuss a closer working arrangement. \item [T+30, 16th] Ingrid and child, Burke, meet Brood and they meet some Brujah from Sydney who have come to help their brothers and sisters. Gangrel from Tasmania have come to appoint a new Archon. Haem and Simon kill Flynn, meet a demon and make a deal. First meet Elkington, Ingrid's plaything. \item [T+31, 17th] Old princes wife is discovered nailed to the wall of the princes business address. Meet SalRa, some different type of Vampire, who drinks Willpower. Elders warn she is a soul sucking, evil, Salubri. Arthur goes to the Coluseum night club. Upstairs, anything can be bought. Its corruption, perfected. No settite presents, it all human. Young Sabbat feel that older ones may be betraying them, but they are vinculumed to the elders. Younger one's dont like Flynn either. \item [T+32, 18th] Ingrid seems a bit better, go to the Swagman, chat and play with to Sabbat. Ingrid talks to Death, something she says makes Ingrid angry, she goes crazy, kills some humans, leaves for overseas. Settites implant dreams that Ingrid is betraying the brood into their dreams. Simon and Haem kill a bust load of people to take the Ryders lower generations. 15 people killed. \item [T+33, 19th] News Events: * Millionair Mr Joel Frazer was found shot in the family bed by his distraught wife last night. Mr Frazer has been shot 4 times in the head by somone who broke in through the window and executed him while he slept. * Swagman burnt. Still looking for bodies. At least 4 dead. * Nebours discovered a house in Essondon with all the occupants killed. Police report 2 adults and 2 children were found inside, stabbed and drained of blood. * Camberwell shopping mall smashed and 5 shops destroyed by 2 4wd vehicles. Police are looking into the situation. 4 death toll. * Bus of people killed, casualties at least 15. Police are releasing no details at the current. * Daughter of Barry Tulling, wealthy magnate has been kiddnapped. Mr Tulling refused to comment. (cut to picture of distraught woman.. "so, mrs Tulling, are you upset with your daughter kiddnapped?") = Death toll for lastnight: 30! Follow a lead on killer of old princes wife. Find an Anarch, he says it was his friend Russel Port, later dies of some chemical thing in his blood. Settites control Anarch to blame Russel Port (Halo) who is a Salubri, in attempts to get Camarilla to destory him. Annette annoyed at being accused of being a Sabbat spy, she blames the Brood. \item [T+34, 20th] News: * Police investigating 12 dead bodies in an abandon factory in Oakley. The rampage of the 'Vampire killer' or 'killers' continues. * Parliment passes a special law, allowing police the aid of military units. Military police have been granted juristiction in civil matters and will be used to 'pad out' police numbers. A represantative of the federal government had the following to say: "We are horrorfied by the crimes in Victoria and are more than happy to put aside political differences in this state of Emergency. No, No, the Army units will only be called out with the OK of their coordinating taskforce. Yes, MP's will be armed. No, No, I have placed no limitations on their use, though naturally we will be kept informed of any actions." Already the Army has been called in to reenforce police after shoot out with gunman in Western suburbs. Tune in for the full 30min report on out special at 7:30. Included in out special report are previous murders that fit this pattern. We also talk to some of the members of the special police unit set up to examine these crimes. "Well we have units from all of the braches involved in this investigation. Also we are recieving a lot of help from the public in this matter. We have had offers of aid from various groups in the public, but at this stage we dont require any direct aid. Information and facilities is all that are required at this time. Anyone with any information to report on this case can call Operation Bloodhunt on 008-111-111. Their are 30 lines manned 24 hours a day." "What sort of aid have you been recieving?" "Well out forensics units required some special tests done and we are thankful to the Universities for providing that. Both Monash and Melbourne cross referenced out test results and we have been able to get faster more accurate results. We have recieved a huge responce to our call this morning for volenteers to man information caravans. We are opening these up all over the areas we feel are at risk. They will be manned full time and supply information on this so called 'vampire' killer. We are also circulating pictures we get of suspects to people such as taxi and bus drivers. They will be displayed in promenant places at stations, nightclubs, anywhere people congrigate at nights. We thank the public for the large mass meetings that have occured, but direct action is at the moment not required. If they are required for searches and the like, we shall get incontact again." Vampires in out midts? In the last few weeks a HUGE number of blood drained corpses have been found. This reporter has corinors report of 5 of the incidents, a total of 22 reports on dead individuals. Many of the individuals have been ritualistically drained of blood. Dental experts have identifed teeth or fang marks on a large number of bodies. Reports and details follow at 7:30. Be sure to tune in. When we talk to the scientific experts and the supernatural experts. Coming up, pictures of the public meetings and street protest demanding a return to capital punishment. Also we talk to the victims families. Pictures at 11. * Wave of violence continues... Couple found hanged by a street lamp on western gate bridge. Police say their are suspicious circumstances. * In lighter news today, zoo keepers are puzzeled by the disapearence from the zoo of 'Soretooth' the Tiger.... Ingrid is up Norse. Annette tells prince Tina that new laws suck. Technocracy make attempt on the life of Bruce Weller. Brood interfere and save him. Frederika takes Cindy and Bruce to her place. \item [T+35, 21st] Ingrid is back, via moon bridge. Arthur breaks into Ingrids Haven and meets Gelert, her dog. Meet a few other `friends' of Ingrids. First meet Stonebridge and Ingrids Norse friends. Tina has meeting to have all new kindred introduced or they will be Anarchs. Start having problems with Haems brood. \item [T+36, 22nd] Investigate leads on princes wife killer. Leads to someone who has Keller, the Tremere Archon captured. Arthur eats priest for dinner. Go to Uri's place to see Frederika. \item [T+37, 23rd] \item [T+38, 24rd] Attacks at Train station and carols by candle light. Meet Hela, Ingrids sister, she has come to claim her sister. Take her to Uri, who examines the prophesies closely. Close in on Keller and Princes wife killer. \item [T+39, 25th] Arthur O Shea meets Arthur and convinces him to join him in killing vampires. \item [T+40, 26th] Go chase mosters in the dark, U2 concert. Uri explains about Gehenna, Simon admits he is Sabbat, people arn't happy. Frederika feels its time for a change, she has joined the Sabbat and started to drive out the Camarilla. \item [T+41, 27th] NEWS: Vampire killer found. A cult in the outer suburbs was raided today. 3 people were killed in fighting with police. Police found guns, satanic religious items and 2 bodies drained. The leader was killed after a 4 hour hostage taking spree before police rushed him. Another cult member was killed when he tackeled a police officer the other was killed at the station breaking out of the divi van. Uri discovers the Phrophecy about Ingrid. Brood decide to move against the Sabbat. They grab a younger one, cut her open, fill her with explosives and send her to the Sabbat meeting, in an attempt to blow up Frederika and the Sabbat. It don't work. \end{description} \section{\stagea} This section details some of the background material that has occured before the players start to come on the scene. \section{Frederika} Frederika arise from torpor, views the world since her entry into topor 20 years ago. She decided that a new leadership is required and sires the `next ruler of my childred' (for the humans). \section{Ingrid and Rene} Ingrid, moves Rene into major political influence with the Brujah. She has kept the bored Kalmar in the position for a long time and he gladly gives it up for Rene.