I have started my Chicago by Night chronicle. The story starts in 1989 with the Coterie's preludes. I am adapting the published adventures for Chicago, as well as mixing in some of my own ideas. The goal is to eventually make it to modern nights and the new v5 products. This thread with be a loosely detailed record of the events that transpire. Side note, despite being set in the 90s, I am using the v5 rules.
The Coterie
The Coterie are all citizens of Gary, at least for now. All three were Embraced in the second half of 1989 and are the 12th Generation. All will be attending Modius' NYE party as depicted in Baptism by Fire.
Session 0, Preludes
Carl, Toreador
Carl is a professional gamer and game designer. He used prize money from his professional gaming to start a small game studio. Their most recent game, Mega Shrimp, was a surprise hit and has sold over a million copies. Carl used the profits to develop an arcade named the Pixel Palace, with the game studio in the offices above it. Carl decided to share his wealth with the person that always believed in him growing up, his Grandma Schwartz. She has owned and ran her own small bookstore for over 40 years. In her late 70s, now, Carl offers to pay for her move to a nearby retirement community. She accepts his offer and decides to sell her bookstore, Between the Lines.
Carl was approached by a man named Micah who expressed interest in investing in Carl's company. Micah is actually a Toreador who is obsessed with inventions, seeing them as true and pure art. He believes video games will be a very profitable art form and is seeking to get his claws into it via Carl. Micah flattered Carl with praise of his genius and talent. Then he offered Carl a chance to take all of time to perfect his art. Carl accepted the Embrace from Micah, however, almost immediately after becoming Kindred, Micah began treating Carl more like a servant. By explaining you must drink from a vampire 3 times, having your blood drained on the final time, in order to create a new vampire, Micah has tricked Carl into Blood Binding himself to him. Micah approaches Carl in mid December of 1989 and tells him they will be attending a New Year's Eve Party at the mansion of the Prince of Gary, Modius. On Christmas Eve, Micah goes missing. Neither Carl, nor any of his other associates know where he has went or why he left.
Carl has Ghouled his business partner Roger and uses him to run the day to day operations of his business. He has also cultivated a Herd from among the more attractive 20 something females that frequent the Pixel Palace.
Siobhan (Pronounced: Shuh von), Gangrel
Siobhan is an Irish Immigrant, her parents moving to Gary when she was a child. When she turned 21 she purchased a local bar and turned it into an Irish Pub. Less than a year later, a dark haired woman named Raven approached Siobhan. She told Siobhan she had cancer, much to Siobhan's surprise, and that when she was out of other options, Raven would return. After being officially diagnosed with stage 4 cancer, Siobhan refused treatment, as doctors said it would only prolong the inevitable. Once she had given up hope of any recovery, Raven returned. Offering to save her from certain death, Siobhan accepted the Embrace from Raven.
Siobhan chose to Ghoul her bartender Ian, after finding him bleeding to death in the bar one night before open. After healing, Ian revealed he was attacked and robbed outside of the bar by some thugs. Siobhan has leaned to use her Animalism to create a familiar, and has Ghouled a crow she calls Tim and made it her pet.
Siobhan refuses to take blood by force. To this end, she has developed a Herd among the small Blood Doll scene in Gary. A local club called the Nail caters to these goth, proto emo, self cutters. Siobhan easily finds several young men more than willing to share blood with, those she is careful never to let them feed from her.
Ophelia, Gangrel
Ophelia's parents died over a year ago in a car crash. Lost and confused, she dropped out of Purdue after only 1 semester and returned home to Gary. Using the life insurance money her parents left her, she purchased a local bookstore she frequents named, Between the Lines. The owner, Mrs. Schwartz, had decided to retire after decades of running the store.
Shortly after purchasing the bookstore, Ophelia was attacked by a mugger while getting into her car. She was able to mace him and escape, but not before suffering a nasty cut to her arm. She reported the incident to the police, but was unable to get a good look at her attacker. A couple of months later, on Halloween, Ophelia and her friends went to perform a Wiccan ritual in the wooded area of a nearby park. Once Ophelia's friends had left, she was again attacked by what she believes to be the same stranger. Fleeing through the woods, she tripped and was impaled on a broken tree branch. Left for dead by her pursuer, she would have certainly bled out, had a mysterious woman not intervened. Ophelia awoke hours later, near a dead deer carcass and covered in blood. She wearily stumbled her way home. The next night, a woman calling herself Raven explained to Ophelia what had happened, and that she had made her a Vampire in order to save her from death.
Ophelia has Ghouled her best friend, Clara. Clara now lives in Ophelia's old apartment, above the book store. Ophelia meanwhile, has secured a new sun proof haven in the basement of the book store. Clara runs the store during the day, while also keeping watch over Ophelia. Ophelia has developed her Animalism enough to create a familiar. She has Ghouled an owl she named Sage as her familiar.
Ophelia prefers to feed from the terminally ill. She sees herself as an Angel of Mercy, offering some comfort to those in their final days or even hours, and if she should accidentally help one slip into the next world, then their soul is finally at peace. To help in her feeding, she has began bribing an old acquaintance named Chuck. Chuck is an orderly at the local hospital. Ophelia slips him cash once or twice a week to leave a door unlocked or wedged open. Chuck doesn't know what Ophelia does once inside, but assumes she is an addict. So far no one has noticed anything missing or unusual, so Chuck keeps his mouth shut and continues to take the bribes.
In early December, Raven brought Ophelia and Siobhan together, introducing them for the first time. She informed her two new Childer that she would be leaving the city soon, as her business was concluded. Before she left, she instructed the girls they needed to attend a New Year's Eve party held by a Modius, the Prince of Gary. She instructed them to be courteous to Modius, but that he was also sort of a joke. With that she left Gary.
The Coterie
The Coterie are all citizens of Gary, at least for now. All three were Embraced in the second half of 1989 and are the 12th Generation. All will be attending Modius' NYE party as depicted in Baptism by Fire.
Session 0, Preludes
Carl, Toreador
Carl is a professional gamer and game designer. He used prize money from his professional gaming to start a small game studio. Their most recent game, Mega Shrimp, was a surprise hit and has sold over a million copies. Carl used the profits to develop an arcade named the Pixel Palace, with the game studio in the offices above it. Carl decided to share his wealth with the person that always believed in him growing up, his Grandma Schwartz. She has owned and ran her own small bookstore for over 40 years. In her late 70s, now, Carl offers to pay for her move to a nearby retirement community. She accepts his offer and decides to sell her bookstore, Between the Lines.
Carl was approached by a man named Micah who expressed interest in investing in Carl's company. Micah is actually a Toreador who is obsessed with inventions, seeing them as true and pure art. He believes video games will be a very profitable art form and is seeking to get his claws into it via Carl. Micah flattered Carl with praise of his genius and talent. Then he offered Carl a chance to take all of time to perfect his art. Carl accepted the Embrace from Micah, however, almost immediately after becoming Kindred, Micah began treating Carl more like a servant. By explaining you must drink from a vampire 3 times, having your blood drained on the final time, in order to create a new vampire, Micah has tricked Carl into Blood Binding himself to him. Micah approaches Carl in mid December of 1989 and tells him they will be attending a New Year's Eve Party at the mansion of the Prince of Gary, Modius. On Christmas Eve, Micah goes missing. Neither Carl, nor any of his other associates know where he has went or why he left.
Carl has Ghouled his business partner Roger and uses him to run the day to day operations of his business. He has also cultivated a Herd from among the more attractive 20 something females that frequent the Pixel Palace.
Siobhan (Pronounced: Shuh von), Gangrel
Siobhan is an Irish Immigrant, her parents moving to Gary when she was a child. When she turned 21 she purchased a local bar and turned it into an Irish Pub. Less than a year later, a dark haired woman named Raven approached Siobhan. She told Siobhan she had cancer, much to Siobhan's surprise, and that when she was out of other options, Raven would return. After being officially diagnosed with stage 4 cancer, Siobhan refused treatment, as doctors said it would only prolong the inevitable. Once she had given up hope of any recovery, Raven returned. Offering to save her from certain death, Siobhan accepted the Embrace from Raven.
Siobhan chose to Ghoul her bartender Ian, after finding him bleeding to death in the bar one night before open. After healing, Ian revealed he was attacked and robbed outside of the bar by some thugs. Siobhan has leaned to use her Animalism to create a familiar, and has Ghouled a crow she calls Tim and made it her pet.
Siobhan refuses to take blood by force. To this end, she has developed a Herd among the small Blood Doll scene in Gary. A local club called the Nail caters to these goth, proto emo, self cutters. Siobhan easily finds several young men more than willing to share blood with, those she is careful never to let them feed from her.
Ophelia, Gangrel
Ophelia's parents died over a year ago in a car crash. Lost and confused, she dropped out of Purdue after only 1 semester and returned home to Gary. Using the life insurance money her parents left her, she purchased a local bookstore she frequents named, Between the Lines. The owner, Mrs. Schwartz, had decided to retire after decades of running the store.
Shortly after purchasing the bookstore, Ophelia was attacked by a mugger while getting into her car. She was able to mace him and escape, but not before suffering a nasty cut to her arm. She reported the incident to the police, but was unable to get a good look at her attacker. A couple of months later, on Halloween, Ophelia and her friends went to perform a Wiccan ritual in the wooded area of a nearby park. Once Ophelia's friends had left, she was again attacked by what she believes to be the same stranger. Fleeing through the woods, she tripped and was impaled on a broken tree branch. Left for dead by her pursuer, she would have certainly bled out, had a mysterious woman not intervened. Ophelia awoke hours later, near a dead deer carcass and covered in blood. She wearily stumbled her way home. The next night, a woman calling herself Raven explained to Ophelia what had happened, and that she had made her a Vampire in order to save her from death.
Ophelia has Ghouled her best friend, Clara. Clara now lives in Ophelia's old apartment, above the book store. Ophelia meanwhile, has secured a new sun proof haven in the basement of the book store. Clara runs the store during the day, while also keeping watch over Ophelia. Ophelia has developed her Animalism enough to create a familiar. She has Ghouled an owl she named Sage as her familiar.
Ophelia prefers to feed from the terminally ill. She sees herself as an Angel of Mercy, offering some comfort to those in their final days or even hours, and if she should accidentally help one slip into the next world, then their soul is finally at peace. To help in her feeding, she has began bribing an old acquaintance named Chuck. Chuck is an orderly at the local hospital. Ophelia slips him cash once or twice a week to leave a door unlocked or wedged open. Chuck doesn't know what Ophelia does once inside, but assumes she is an addict. So far no one has noticed anything missing or unusual, so Chuck keeps his mouth shut and continues to take the bribes.
In early December, Raven brought Ophelia and Siobhan together, introducing them for the first time. She informed her two new Childer that she would be leaving the city soon, as her business was concluded. Before she left, she instructed the girls they needed to attend a New Year's Eve party held by a Modius, the Prince of Gary. She instructed them to be courteous to Modius, but that he was also sort of a joke. With that she left Gary.
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