Vampire the Masquerade V5 - Interlude Session Three - On the Brink of War

I'm currently running a Vampire the Masquerade chronicle using the 5th Edition rule-set for a small group of fellow role-players. These are the chronicles of their adventures.

Our chronicle is set in Los Angeles and features a small group of Camarilla agents sent into the 'Free States' to bring them back under Camarilla control. Over a year of plotting allowed the coterie to gain control of the three North-Eastern Baronies and a large part of a fourth. Now they are moving on to the final stage of their campaign and have their eyes on taking over the entire city, either directly or indirectly.

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The now obligatory warning bit - Unlike my other RPG write-ups this one will contain swearing, sexual references and other references that might offend. If you can't tell the difference between real             peoples opinions and grown-ups role-playing predators who crave blood then this probably won't be for you. I've also used actual photographs to represent some characters which I'll give acknowledgements to at the end if I've any idea who they are.
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The introduction to this campaign, the first story and all the other parts can be found at the following links and are in chronological order. If you'd prefer a summary of each session rather than read everything then there's a more detailed link page HERE as well as links to the first episode of each story in the blog sidebar.
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Chronicle One - 'Infiltrate L.A.' 

Welcome to L.A. - Introductory Session
Story One - 'Three Murders' - Part One, Two, Three, Four and Five
Interlude Session - One
Story Two - 'The Pasadena Problem' - Part One, Two, Three, and Four
Solo Session - 'The Neillson Library'
Story Two Continued- 'The Pasadena Problem' - Part Five, Six, Seven and Eight
Story Three - 'Becoming Baron' - Part One, Two, Three, Four and Five
Solo Session - 'The Gather'
Story Three Continued - 'Becoming Baron' - Part Six, Seven and Eight

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Chronicle Two - 'Foothold L.A.' 

Solo Session - 'Hostile Takeover'
Story Four - 'Countdown' - Part One, Two and Three
Story Five - 'The Missing Chantry' - Part One, Two, Three, Four and Five
Solo Session - 'The Anaheim Assassination'
Story Six - 'A Meeting of Barons' - Part One, Two and Three
Story Seven - 'The Carmelita Situation' - Part One, Two and Three
Story Eight - 'The Blount Sisters' - Part One and Two
Story Nine - 'Blood Money' - Part One, Two, Three, Four, Five and Six
Story Ten - 'Anathema' - Part One and Two
Story Eleven - 'Predators and Prey' aka 'The Blount Sisters' - Part Three
Story Twelve - 'Aftermath' - Part One and Two
Story Thirteen - 'The Messiah Complex' - Part One, Two, Three and Four

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Chronicle Three - 'Incursion L.A.'

Story Fourteen - 'The Rant'
Story Fifteen - 'Ties of Blood' - Part One and Two

Solo Session - 'A Gathering of Roses'

Story Sixteen - 'The Southern Solution' - Part One, Two and Three
Story Seventeen - 'The Baker Disappearance' - Part One, Two and Three

Story Eighteen - 'Inevitable Betrayals' - Part One, Two, Three, Four and Five

Story Nineteen - 'The Marius Contracts' - Part One and Two

Story Twenty - 'The MacNeil Protocols' - Part One, Two, Three, Four, Five, 

Story Twenty - 'The MacNeil Protocols' - Part Six, Seven, Eight, Nine and Ten

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Interlude Session One - After Griffith Park

Interlude Session Two - Divide and Conquer

The PC's

Michael Tomassio - Toreador, 'Baron of the North East'
Vincent 'Vin' Ghast - Brujah, 'Constable'
Dr Daniel Matthews - Banu Haqim, 'Fixer'
Hope Romero - Gangrel, 'Census Taker'
Mr Hertz - Nosferatu, 'Seneschal'

The player characters stats and backgrounds can be found HERE should any-one be interested, but be warned that the page is usually several stories ahead of the most recent write-up and may contain some spoilers. There's also some minor 'house-rules' HERE that have occurred as we went along.

As I have written out introductions and dialogue for certain NPC's and some location descriptions I'll post these more or less as I wrote them so they'll be in a 'reading to the group' style and they'll also be in blue so you can tell them apart from the more traditional write-up sections and occasionally an obscure Premonition will turn up in purple. If I think something needs a bit of out of character explanation then those will get a storytellers note that will helpfully be in red. Anything covered via player handouts will also be in blue as they're written in the same style as introductions and the like. Where particular NPC's have a mention in a faction profile you will be able to reach it by clicking on their name or faction beneath their picture.

Storytellers Note - Due to a Covid related local lockdown in the area in which I live, our group is currently unable to meet up.

I'm therefore doing some of the characters solo endeavours via messenger and the group activities I am attempting to do via messengers video 'room' app. 

As our experiment with Messenger Rooms was more or less a success apart from a brief loss of sound and someone disappearing for five minutes due to a problem their end, We'll be using that until we're allowed human contact once more. This session is, however more or less a solo endeavour for Michael.

Week 4 - On the Brink of War

Introduction

The baronies are beginning to look to their own interests once more as each attempts to be the first to become active now that the werewolf situation has become a problem for the the Garou alone, rather than one for the entire city and all it's supernatural inhabitants.

Michael Tomassio

In a last ditch attempt to turn the current chaos to the coteries advantage, Michael has arranged for meetings with several of his most influential kindred contacts. Though he has many potential sources of information at his disposal, time is at a premium so he has decided to focus his efforts on those he believes will garner him the greatest results.

Gloria Martinez - El Hermandad Baron, Allison Maller - Baron of Anaheim

He began with Victor Girard, a Toreador who was currently the power behind Baron Gloria Martinez of El Hermandad and Baron Allison Maller of Anaheim. Both were childer of noted Anarch, Salvador Garcia so had additional status within the Free States based on that fact alone.

Scene One - Victor Girard

Victor Girard - Toreador Media Magnate
Right Hand of Barons Martinez and Maller

Once Michael had Victor alone, he began an impassioned appeal that he hoped would sway Victor, if only temporarily.

"I believe Marius is quite unpredictable, to MOST people. Your work has been impressive, I am pleased that you are not over extending and intending to provoke a war. Let’s not forget there are plenty of examples of strong Kindred, Kindred who commanded cities THIS city being deposed because the wrong, or right, other Kindred disapproved of their actions, their war mongering if you will. I would not want you to be on a similar side of history Victor." 

Victor indicated that Michael should continue, he was making several good points and Victor hadn't gotten where he was without the ability to assimilate useful information he could potentially turn to his advantage. Michael also knew that his ability to second guess the notoriously unpredictable Gangrel 'Fixer' was something that other kindred were beginning to become aware of.

"It’s easy to lose our heads in the rush for and consolidation of power, of our empires. We cannot build without a firm foundation, I believe The Free States are working towards that firm foundation."

"I’ve talked to Priss, we are acquaintances – I’m sure you’re aware. She is...informing…her people to stop antagonising your borders. I assume you can return the favour for me?"

Victor thought about the request for a moment. Michael could see he was weighing the advantages of not needing to worry about Priss's aggression, against the possibility that she was likely to renege as soon as he withdrew people from the border. He appeared to come to a decision.

"You make some valid points Michael. I will agree not to threaten Priss's borders as you have requested for as long as she is willing to reciprocate. However I will give no such assurances about the Crypts Sons domain, they are still testing the border for weaknesses and I have no intention of giving Hank the benefit of the doubt as I am with Priss. Agreed?"

As it was the best Michael could have hoped for in the circumstances, he gave his agreement. He then informed Priss that the deal was done before she did anything to threaten the agreement. He had to speak to her anyway. He had, after all, made certain promises to her to secure her own initial agreement.

Scene Two - Priss, Baron of 'The Border'

Priss - Lasombra Border Baron
Childe of Mohammed al-Muthlim

Michael had agreed to supplement her forces current obsolete weapons provided by Hank, for more up to date hardware. Though Michael disliked the idea of using weaponry as a bargaining chip, it did have the advantage of making an incursion by Victor or Hank into her territory far less likely. The balance was still precarious, but it was better than no balance at all in his opinion.

"Priss, Your hardware requirement will be arriving imminently, I’ve talked with Vin regarding it. Apparently my choices considered style as well as substance but he thinks that your preference would be more military and utilitarian. I leave such considerations to him but I'm sure you'll be satisfied with the delivery."

This wasn't strictly true as Michael had intended to use the weapons they had salvaged from the MacNeils armoury anyway. It didn't hurt however, to periodically remind other kindred that the Brujah Vin was something that he had at his disposal. He also noted that the apartment block in which Priss based herself was undergoing some construction work. It seemed that she was reinforcing her headquarters as she had claimed she was going to.

Priss's gang had been dubbed 'The Survivors', due to them being the few who had come back from the assault upon the vampire hunters concealed within the ranks of the mortal gang known as The Blood. They were therefore quite hardened as warriors and a significant threat despite their relatively low numbers. The only weakness was a lack of equipment, something the shipment before them was about to mitigate considerably.

Michael had supplied them a dozen M4's, half a dozen MP5's, several of which had inbuilt suppressors, twenty handguns and significant quantities of ammunition.

He had kept back two of the three one hundred and fifty round double drums for Daniel and Vin but had given Priss's forces the third. The real gift however was the military grade body armour. No use to the kindred of course, but it would give her mortal forces a considerable edge over their opposition.

Michael knew that Daniel was going to sulk about the gift due to his intense dislike of Priss but sometimes a leader had to make decisions of which ones underlings disapproved.

Scene Three - Marius and Victoria

Marius Walker - Gangrel Baron of Downtown

Feeling the need to compensate for his arms dealing with an act of charity, he contacted Marius about making some kind of charitable addition to Aegis's renovation of Downtowns Skid Row. 

Michael was also aware that Marius planned to have some kindred friendly facilities installed along with the traditional building projects. As Nines also had an interest in this area, Michael could see that getting involved in the scheme early on had several advantages.

Marius wasn't available which unfortunately required Michael to speak to the Gangrel's psychotic personal assistant Victoria. She seemed to be on board with the idea and informed Michael that Marius would contact him in the later stages of the 'Skid Row' development when community centres and the like were being created. He could sponsor something that, in Victoria's words "...would appeal to Nines 'Power to the People' bollocks..."

Victoria Anne - Ancient Ghoul of Marius
Personal Assistant and Fleshcrafter

Having witnessed Victoria skinning a man alive, he was well aware what high regard the ghoul had for normal human beings. Unfortunately he had to be somewhat diplomatic with her as he needed her help in training himself in an obscure vampiric discipline with which his own Toreador bloodline had an aptitude.

The ghoul had been the servant of a particularly horrendous Tzimisce warlord from which she had learned much about the discipline known as Vicissitude, as well as the knowledge of body crafts required to utilise it to it's full potential.

As he turned to leave, Victoria bought up the subject. "I've cleared some time in my schedule so as to pass on some of my skills in flesh-crafting to you. Marius said you wished to learn to control your 'talent' so as to not utilise it accidentally to cause harm?" Those hadn't been Michaels exact words but he understood why Marius would have presumed that was his goal. He could also see that Victoria had no idea whatsoever why he would care.

Deciding that now was as good a time as any, he prepared himself for his first lesson.

Scene Four - A Lesson in Fleshcrafting

Leanna - Duskborn
'Shepherdess' of Blood Dolls

The room to which Victoria led him looked like an operating theatre, though with the addition of a number of restraints and strange equipment that Michael tried to avoid working out the purpose of. "We shouldn't need any of the equipment here unless you make a mistake..." stated Victoria conversationally. "...but it's a nice and quiet here so should help you concentrate. It's quite demanding in terms of vitae so I hope you've fed?"

Michael's first thought was how exactly Victoria fuelled her abilities as she was still a human, albeit an ancient one.

A moment later two women entered the room, escorted by Leanna, who gave Michael a brief nod of greeting. "These young ladies are Lauryn and Lillia of Marius's herd. They've volunteered to assist you this evening..."

From the glazed look in their eyes and their languid movements, Michael was dubious about Leanna's definition of a volunteer. Despite being far more pleasant company than Victoria, Michael had his suspicions that in her own way, the duskborn was equally morally bankrupt.

Michael watched as Victoria used her own hands to alter several basic bodily parameters of the first girl. Height, build, facial features, skin tone, and hair colour amongst other things. The changes were cosmetic and minor in scope but the Toreador could see the potential of the ability for more drastic changes. 

"This Won't Hurt a Bit..."

He carefully copied Victoria's actions as she went through each step, reticent at first, but soon gaining more confidence. 

"You're a natural..." said Victoria cheerfully, and seemed to mean it. "...lets see how you are with flesh and bone..."

Michael was less than happy with the results as they didn't quite match his vision, like a painting that didn't quite capture the magic of the scene it was a copy of. Victoria fine tuned Lillia's final look, more finely sculpting cheekbones, evening out skin colour and a myriad of other trivial details that Michael had missed. The ease with which Marius's ghoul achieved the results she desired made his own successes feel amateurish in comparison. He decided that he would perfect this skill like he did his artistic endeavours. It would just take practice, a lot of practice.

While Michael restored himself with a bottle of preserved blood provided once more by Leanna, Victoria effortlessly restored the appearance of their two models. Well, almost. Michael noticed some subtle differences in figure, cheekbones and in one case eye-colour, the changes apparently intentional.

"I think Lauryn looks so much better with green eyes, don't you?" Michael wasn't sure he agreed, but nodded anyway. He saw little point in antagonizing his teacher over such a trivial point.

With dawn rapidly approaching, Michael thanked his host and then returned to one of his own havens.

Scene Five - Isaac, Baron of Hollywood

Isaac Abrams - Toreador
Baron of Hollywood, Patron of the Arts

The next evening, Michael retrieved the bottle of wine he'd acquired as a gift and went to speak with his mentor and neighbour, Baron Isaac Abrams.

Isaac had agreed to meet in one of the rooms he kept at the The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, an area considered to be neutral ground as well as a sort of Elysium for the Toreador of the city. Normally such a concept would be too close to the practices of the Camarilla to be tolerated in the Free States, but no-one in the city was willing to challenge Isaac over so minor a point of order. Especially of late as he had become far more quick to anger, and far slower to forgive and forget.

Isaac was grateful for the gift of wine, recognising a splendid example of the Blood Sommeliers craft. The Baron of Hollywood was a fan of Leanna's blood wine creations and so was pleased to receive one as a gift.

Michael knew that Isaac was one of the Barons that he would need to convince of the rightness of his long-term plan for the city. Others he could undermine or if necessary remove from the playing field. Isaac however, was one of the ones that he lacked the power to truly oppose. Turning him into a willing ally was therefore his only real option.

Once he was sure he had Isaac's attention, he began.

Nines Rodriguez - Brujah
Potential Successor to Jeremy MacNeil

"Perhaps the best suited administrator to guide us forward, the next evolution of the Anarch ideal, is not a warrior philosopher like Nines, though there is a certain appeal to the idealism of the Brujah."

Michael knew that Isaac believed that Nines had the potential to be a great leader, potential he had explicitly told Michael wasn't being utilised. He had no wish to slander Nines, with whom he'd recently re-established a relationship, though at the same time he needed his failings to stay foremost in Isaac's mind. As Michael's plan went forward he needed his own, not Nines, qualities to be the ones that Abrams associated with a leadership role amongst the Anarchs. Michael continued.

"Perhaps a single leader is impractical, though you’d still need a focal point. But their ultimate power should be derived from the power of those that are held in their counsel. They are held to account by the great powers in the Free States, they have to care about the Kindred under their 'control' or they lose the thing that keeps them in their position. Mortals in the United States and the United Kingdom elect their representatives. With some tweaks that could work in L.A. A system of checks and balances that both nurtures our downtrodden and regulates the excesses of those in power so that we do not suffer the same…issues…as the Camarilla."

Michael also realised that he was walking a fine line here. He needed Isaac to believe he held the Anarch ideals foremost while at the same time putting forward what was in many ways a radically different future for the Anarch Free States. Deciding not to push the idea too far, this early on, he changed the subject to a more immediate problem.

"Victor’s media empire is currently proving problematic, information filters into him and rumour, gossip and scandal filter out like carrion birds picking at the scraps. It is difficult for me to compete with him in this space. I am looking into if things can be done to…test…my erstwhile neighbour, after all if he succeeds then he is clearly doing very well. I’m sure there are numerous articles I could write that would point an uncomfortable spotlight in his direction, but alas I am not much of a blogger…I believe it is called these days."

Isaac took the bait and let Michael know that he would consider allowing him an artistic outlet through his own media empire should an appropriate opportunity become available. 

Ralph Harwood - Ventrue
Gang Leader

He also agreed that Victor might benefit from having his plans subtly opposed as currently he was doing as he pleased. It was obvious that Isaac had no desire to see Victor become the power within the city. Having more or less received Isaacs approval to disrupt Victor, Michael shifted the conversation to the problems being created by Ralph Harwood.

 

"Perhaps I may be able to help with Harwood, I need to look into the comings and goings in San Fernando, ensure that my promise to the idealists are being kept by my side. Of course if I happen to get a better understanding of what Hardwood is up to, I'd share them with you before taking any personal action."

Michael was fully aware that Harwood was to a certain extent a problem that he had created. It was Michael who had negotiated the agreement which divided up the Barony of the Angels. He had also stipulated that no factions that found themselves under a new Baron should be forced to swear their allegiance to a Baron not of their choosing. The other Barons had of course immediately ignored that part of the agreement. Louis Fortier, Baron of West L.A. was, however, a man of his word so despite Harwoods disrupting activities would not have him destroyed. Isaac in turn would not destroy him without Fortiers go ahead out of his respect for his fellow Baron and ally. That Harwood needed to be removed was not in doubt, doing so without political fallout was unfortunately the big problem. 

Deciding this matter needed more thought, Michael lightened the tone with a more social request.

Jeanette Voerman - Malkavian, The Hollywood Asylum

"I believe that I should likely meet Ms Jeanette Voerman, us both soon to be club owners in your domain. I was wondering if you might want to make the introduction, perhaps attend a soiree with the both of us. It is your domain, and you'd be an honoured guest. I understand that Jeanette can be somewhat forward, and perhaps it may be more the merrier as a form of insurance." 

Isaac seemed to be amused at the thought of Michael meeting Jeanette and agreed that a social engagement might be a good idea. He promised to "...see what he could arrange."

Scene Six - Mariel St. John

Mariel St. John - Ventrue
Adopted Childe of Louis Fortier

With Isaac being little immediate help with the Harwood situation, Michael paid a visit to Baron Fortiers mistress and adopted childe, Mariel St. John.

Michael's ally within the Camarilla had suggested that Louis could be goaded into action using the Ventrue principle known as 'dignitas'. It was this approach that he intended to suggest to Mariel.

Aside from breaches of the Traditions, the Ventrue clan knew of few crimes greater than impugning another member's dignitas groundlessly as Ventrue, even Anarch ones, take assaults on their stature very seriously.

Spreading rumours, taking credit for another's work, and insulting a Ventrue without just cause, publicly or privately, are just a few of the ways that Carmelita had informed him could be seen as an assault on another Ventrue's dignitas. Doing so was a sure way to make an enemy for all of unlife, and it could indeed be cause for severe punishment or discipline. 

Without the checks and balances that existed within the Camarilla, a Ventrue Anarch would easily see the destruction of the upstart as entirely reasonable, regardless of other promises. It was this that Michael wished to manufacture as it would free Louis from his earlier agreement and allow him to remove Harwood without any conflicts with his own code of honour.

Louis Fortier - Ventrue
Baron of West L.A.

Mariel saw any weakening of Baron Fortier as also weakening her own position. Her power being in direct proportion to his.

Michael asked Mariel how viable it was to use someone loyal to them or her that could goad Harwood into insulting Louis. Or alternatively provide Ralph Harwood with something, then force him to have to admit that he was given it or coerce him into taking credit for it. Mariel liked this plan as it kept both their hands clean.

Michael could already see Mariel's mind ticking over as she calculated ways to use the rumourmongering kindred of the city to spread any number of lies about Ralph throughout the city.

Mariel stated that she'd probably use the Gangrel oratory network either via West L.A.'s own Gangrel sweeper or by owing Marius a favour. Michael noted with satisfaction that regardless of which method she chose, the rumours wouldn't have either him, his barony or any of his coterie as a source.

Michael's three nights of meetings had, in his opinion, been a moderate success. He had reduced the likelihood of trouble between Priss and Victor considerably, put his idea for a better kindred L.A. in the mind of his new mentor Isaac Abrams, began the task of undermining Ralph Harwood and had made some headway in gaining control over the unusual discipline he had inherited as part of his heritage as a Toreador of the Volgirre bloodline.

Scene Seven - Vacancies

Damsel - Brujah
'Den Mother' of Nines Crew

Now he had another situation to deal with. Apparently word of his offer to Nines to allow kindred who had no desire to join a gang to reside in his domain, had spread. Nines had been reticent to cooperate as what he truly desired was an area free of any Baron in which such kindred could reside. Like the now defunct Barony of the Angels had been. 

Michael's minimal requirements for residence were that the kindred kept to an allocated feeding ground and fed without killing. Nines however still saw this as forcing kindred to exist under a Barons whims. Michael had contained his frustration with Nines and instead took the offer to Damsel. She had been more open to the possibilities and had made the offer known despite her mentor Nines objections. Three kindred had come to him via Damsel and one surprisingly via Marius. A fifth had arrived independently. Each had petitioned for a feeding ground within the North eastern baronies of Michael Tomassio, now he had to make a decision on each. He decided to deal with the three Brujah recommended by Damsel first.

Alex Ivanov - Brujah
Independent Anarch - San Fernando

Alex Ivanov was a stocky Brujah embraced in the Soviet Union. He had become disillusioned with the Brujah there as in his opinion they were "As bad as the people they were trying to beat..." but wouldn't elaborate. It didn't take much research on the now destroyed Brujah Council within the Soviet Union to realise that both its brutal authoritarianism and its quiet bigotry against non-Brujah were certainly inconsistent with the mainstream Anarch movement's ideals. Alex wished to base himself in the Russian community in the San Fernando valley within the most recent expansion of the North East baronies borders. Michael could see no problems with either him or his choice of location. He also sent a message to the Brujah idealists letting them know that a potentially interesting guest debater would be moving in nearby.

Haydon Monroe was a tall and well built Brujah from San Francisco who had moved to the Free States as his clans withdrawal from the Camarilla has resulted in his feeding ground being stolen. In his words the Prince was doing "Fuck all about it...". He hated Prince Vannevar of San Francisco specifically and the Camarilla in general. Michael decided that an enemy of Vannevar might be useful to keep about. Michael granted him a feeding ground on the border of Pasadena and Glendale. This was close enough so that the coterie could pay attention to his activities, but far enough away that he didn't feel ruled. Keeping him close enough to observe was a result of Daniel's input. The Banu Haqim was suspicious about the timing of an 'enemy of Vannevar' arriving at the barony so soon after he had eliminated a team of scouts from that very domain.

Haydon Monroe and Sabine Fisher - Independent Brujah Anarchs

Sabina Fisher was a Brujah who reminded Michael of Damsel in that every second sentence could be summarised as 'Anarch is the best idea ever..." Michael was empathetic enough to get the impression that her bravado was all front and that she was secretly looking for somewhere to stay where she'd not be expected to join a gang. As she had no preferences about location, Michael allocated her a small area of Glendale. Due to her independent nature Michael didn't want her to feel like she was under his thumb so gave her some room to stretch her wings. As long as she lived by his rules he was largely indifferent to her activities anyway. He did foresee that she might become useful as a recruiter for his own cause should he be able to convince her of it's obvious superiority

Cai Arias - Toreador
Independent Anarch - Pasadena

The independent kindred was named Cai Arias, A slim Toreador who was desperately trying to be edgy and failing, but seemed pleasant enough in a slightly naïve way. Michael believed that this whole 'joining the Anarchs' thing might just be a 'fuck you' to his sire and he would probably run back home as soon as he gets hungry. He was currently experimenting with both 'Smoke Art' and 'Shadow Art', neither of which Michael was particularly familiar with. It was the Barons opinion that the young Toreador had potential but didn't seem to stick at anything long enough to get good at it. Cai was obviously not particularly useful so granting him domain allowed Michael to dismiss any accusations of army building. He decided to base him in Pasadena, as he believed that he might be able to help him grow his artistic skill. After all, with a gallery to keep full it was always useful to have an artistic Toreador on side.

Max was the kindred who had been sent to him by Marius. 'Max' was a scruffy Gangrel of indeterminate gender who just wanted an area to 'farm'. They seemed to have no real interest in people, and were definitely not aggressive enough to be of use to The Wilds pack or Marius which is probably why they were pointed in Michael's direction. They were however quite happy to "Keep an eye out." for any threats to the barony if they passed through his feeding ground. They also had a female ghoul who was slightly better dressed than them but not by much. Max did seem quite attached to them though. Michael allocated them an area near the border between his domain and that of El Hermandad. Hopefully that would help keep the pressure off his actual sweepers. He didn't expect Max to intervene, but simply getting the word out would be good enough at the moment.

With his meetings complete and the business of being Baron completed, Michael hoped he could now actually get some time to do some actual painting.

 

To Be Continued in 'Veni, Vidi, Victor' (Part One)

In Conclusion

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Acknowledgements
“Portions of the materials are the copyrights and trademarks of White Wolf Entertainment AB, and are used with permission. All rights reserved.”

I've used pictures of real people to represent some of the characters and art for others so in no particular order Michael Tomassio is represented by Matt Bomer, 'Vin' is Scott Adkins, Dr Matthews is Mads Mikkelsen, Hope is Deborah Ann Woll, Mr Hertz is Charles Dance, Gloria Martinez is Ariadne Artiles, Allison Maller is Chloe Grace Moretz, Victor Girard is Bob Hoskins, 'Priss' is Sofia Boutella, Marius Walker is Tony Curran, Victoria is Lilith May, Leanna is Leeanna Vamp, Isaac Abrams is Gary Oldman, Nines Rodriguez is Luis Carazo, Ralph Harwood is D.B. Woodside, Jeanette Voerman is Natalya Shin, Mariel St. John is Kate Moss, Louis Fortier is Eduardo Verastegui, Ales Ivanov is Oleg Taktarov, Haydon Monroe is Henry Simmons,Sabine Fisher is Pink and Cai Arias is Brian Molko.

Everything else is from vampire related folders and searches and is as far as I know is all of the 'fair use' variety. If there's something that you feel should be attributed to some-one then feel free to let me know and I'll happily add an acknowledgement.