Kindred and Mages for a City

In the 1990s and early 2000s I mostly GMed modern or near modern games set in the World of Darkness. For the longest campaign I ran, I pushed the setting out to the year 2013. Yes, that is last year, but at the time it was at least ten years in the future. The original notes I provided for South Bank cover the years 1992 through 2005. These pick up in 2013.

The only notes I have in a format that are easy to put online is a list of people and places of interest. Most of the latter are bars the characters visited. The people portion includes Kindred and Mages. The players were all vampire and I treated Garou as per first edition rules. Garou are the enemy and will kill Kindred on site. I only brought them in to play for the Gangrel and as combat monsters in one or two situations. Still, I struck home the lethality of a Garou by severely jacking up characters with one Garou versus a Brujah, Gangrel, and Ventrue. I do not remember how much I involved Mages. The Technocracy crossed paths with the characters. I may have planned for more, due to the Nephandi involvement or I may be misremembering something.

The game had three characters throughout the course of the three plus years I ran it. There was a fourth character for less than a year, when I had a roommate. They did not mix well with one of the regulars and it was abrasive. This was a building game and they wanted a more social game. Which, to their credit, was what they were accustomed to me running.

The game started with the turning of the characters and expanded to the characters being part of the Prince’s security teams. They would go on to fight one of my two Greatest Big Bad badass groups, one become True Brujah, one become part Immortal ala Highlander, one became an anti-tribu, and they all faced devils and angels as the world burned in an apocalypse. It was a grand game.

The tabs in the Clans section are meant to represent who sired whom. “(d)” represents deceased characters.

Thus, I present to you a listing of Kindred and Mages who populated a major city in my games set in South Bank. Some of the names are taken from White Wolf products, others are mine. It has been so long since I ran this game that I vaguely remember which are which.

Camarilla Clans

Brujah

Chris Anderson:  Primogen, 7^th Generation, biker style, owns a motor-cross park

                Razor:  Member of the Primogen’s primary security team, male, Nazi symbols on leather jacket

                                Robert Brown (d)

                                                Nigel Preseton (d)

                Laurie Parker:  owns several grunge bars/clubs

                                Buzz:  club DJ

                                                Peter:  Anarch

                                                Ed:  Anarch

                                                                Beth:  Anarch

                                                                                Carmen:  Anarch

                Curtis Smith:  Handles gang activity

                                David Chang:  Contact with the Tongs

                Randy:  Contact with non-Garou shapeshifters

(Ryan Johnson:  7^th Generation)

                Bruce Warschilkshy:  Handles the Unions

                Tony Volczek:  Trade Industry

                                Cole Swanson: Minor Trade Industry

                                Cliff Castle:  Major Trade Industry

Bridge Hellstrom (d):  Idealist, considered rogue by most of South Bank’s Camarilla Kindred

Gangrel

Karen Spieletreff:  Primogen, 7^th Generation

                Wade Sheats:  South Bank representative to other cities

                                Kathleen Moore (d)

                Jacob Sumpter:  South Bank representative to the local Garou

                                Len Higgens:  Rep from Elkhart

                Donald Durango:  Member of the primary security team for the Primogen

                                Agnes Gallows:  Member of the second security team

                                                Luis:  Anarch

                                                                Stephanie:  Luis

George Kruegar:  Handles local wildlife organizations (parks, zoos, etc.), Sabbat mole with Vicissitude abilities

                Kathryn:  Member of the third security team, has Vicissitude

                Andrea Newman:  Controls local game preserves not already under the control of the Garou

Adrian “Ivan” Petru:  Member of the third security team, drank and Immortal and gained a

Generation

Malkavian

Samuel Tippicanoe: Primogen, often found singing and playing the piano at Singalong Sam’s

                Sandy Bouchard:  Oversees County/State jails

                                Brian James:  Eccentric millionaire, plays the “Puritan”

                Jaques St. Clair:  Oversees the South Bank Institute for the Mentally Challenged

                                Randy Bloom:  Head of South Bank’s chapters of MUFON and NICAP

                                Maye (d):  Operated from within Chinatown, actually a Nosferatu

                Morgan Tyler:  Member of security team three

Nosferatu

Simon Cielewski (d):  Primogen

                Patti Rieser (d)

                Isabella (d)

                                Ana (d)

                Timmy Smith:  Controls smaller, local colleges

                                Nicholas Voinea:  Security team two’s spymaster

(Khalid)

                Mona Swanson:  Security team one member; Arabian in origin

Toreador

Malinda Fuyakara:  Primogen, owns Club Zombie, dark appearance

                Billy Haynes:  Writer

                Kone-ko:  Runs brothels and underground casinos

                                Miles Rolstein:  Handles work for Kone-ko

Stacey Veidt:  Owner of Club Death, dark red hair, blue eyes, dresses very clean and modern

Kristina Kandler:  Owns several nightclubs, same sire as Stacey Veidt

                Evelyn Motz:  South Bank representative to Indianapolis

                                Henry Masterson:  Security team two member, involved with local kine politics

Colin Hutchinson:  Owns local theatre for the performing arts, same sire as Stacey Veidt

                Aryn Marca:  Poseur painter

                Theresa Charbonneau:  Owns a local auditorium

                                Melissa LeRousch:  pianists

Nick Meltzer:  Painter, representative from Indianapolis

Kim Drieburg:  Cellist, representative from Chicago

Robert Davis:  Jazz musician, owns three local clubs

Tremere

Louisa Markoffe:  Primogen and Chantry leader

                Jasmine Parks:  Louisa’s lover and constant companion

                Paul Roesier:  Louisa’s enforcer and when doesn’t use Aluta

                Darius Van Hoeven:  Owner of Bethlehem Theological School of South Bank

                                Nikolai Werschaft:  Owner of various occult stores

                                                Lester Summers:  Occult researcher

Wade Deka:  Spy

                Adele Panzera (d):  Acolyte

Ventrue

Ian Stewart:  Prince of South Bank (future)

                Griffith Wyman:  Handles local paper media and sports teams

                Laura Styles:  Controls police and fire departments

                Chuck MacGregor:  Oversees the gang activities not controlled by the Brujah; black hair and eyes, hangs out at

Tommy Sheehan’s Pub and Grill

Eric Morcock:  Manages security teams two and three

                Frank Drascovic (d):  Computer systems

Jordan Studebaker (d):  6^th Generation, assassinated in 2010 by an unknown Kindred (Aluta)

                Terrence Friedman:  Primogen, owns some Major Trade Industry and some local media, owns The Delta Night

and does not truly like the Prince

Tara Cho:  Representative to Chicago

Sandra Colwynne:  Representative to Indianapolis

                Igor Koziol:  Handles government offices involved with business and health

Louis Toscani:  Mafia relations

                Sabrina Giovanelli:  Drug and gun sales

                Antonio Perrelli:  Member of security team three

Byron Chapman:  Representative from Indianapolis

Paul Caldone:  Representative from Chicago

Neutral Clans

Assamite

Deborah al-Muthlim Sedonia:  Chief of all South Bank security and personal bodyguard to Prince Stewart. Prince Stewar contracted the Assamite family in 2018. The most recent time a family member visited South Bank before Deborah was in 2010 to reassure the Kindred that assassination attempts on Prince Studebaker’s life was not an Assamite contract. Deborah’s contract is for five years. She typically dresses in black, skin tight clothing with no jewelry. However, she will dress up to match her Prince for social occasssions.

Daughters of Cacophony

Caitlen Eire:  Owner of Tombo’s, lead singer for Irish Mist, given the right to sire due to her participation in the Sabbat war of 1997

                Iva Walker:  Lead guitarist for Irish Mist, short and skinny, borne in 1997

Gargoyle

Aluta:  Serves the Tremere and blood-bound to Louisa. She killed Jordan Studebaker after Louisa decided she had had enough of his actions against her clan. Aluta has heard of the gargoyle named Angel, but they have yet to meet. Aluta plans on playing with Angel as prey and then killing Angel. She feels Angels ways of pacifism are a disgrace to the Gargoyle heritage.

Angel:  Lives in the basement of a local university, does not serve the Tremere, and is not aware of another Gargoyle being in town

Giovanni

Leo:  South Bank media liason specialist on the occult, owns a very pricey, used bookstore that is only open by appointment. Leo is also involved with the city’s cemeteries, several funeral homes, and controls the city morgue. To this extent, he has made himself invaluable to Prince Stewart.

Orazio Lamberti:  Not Kindred, but rather Leo’s ghoul manservant. He is hunchbacked and uses a cane.

Ravnos

Jan Yuri:  7^th Generation, controls various breaking and entering rackets, casinos, movie theaters, pawn shops, extortionist rings, and Zekes

Sandy Yuri:  Niece-Daughter of Jan, can be found at Zeke’s, a rough and tumble biker bar

Samedi

Roger

Steven Cartwright:  Servant of the Giovanni Death Club

Bushi

Suguru Fukuda

Cruaigh

Liam O’Connell:  He once lived in this area, but has since moved away. He is rumoured to live somewhere in Michigan, but with an eye on the local activities. He still owns an old boathouse in Lincoln. The property is five acres of forest on a lake surrounded by an electrified fence.

Alasdair Ferguson

Caitiff

Markus Kuchenmeister (d):  Brujah

Christos (d):  Gangrel

Katja (d):  Brujah

Polly (d):  Toreador

Setsu-Otsuki (d):  Nosferatu

Barry Hooper:  Runs the docks, takes payments from various gun dealers and allows them to work out of his place

Mark Roseta:  Leader of security team two, an outsider even to his security team

Sabbat Clans

Kiasyd

Mary Tarbert:  Member of the Giovanni Death Club

Pander

Hawk:  Owner of Nighthawk’s Flight Service. He will take jobs from either Camarilla or Sabbat Kindred. He is a member of the True Black Hand and knows the location of the Blood Brothers who are in torpor. He is unaware of the Nagarajas’ presence in South Bank.

Nagaraja

Angelo Schatten:  Member of the Giovanni Death Club and True Black Hand, is considered rogue.

Thomas Smythe

Lasombra

Marcel Lisboa

Tzimisce

None

Antitribu Clans

Brujah

Gangrel

Henrik Hovgaard

Nosferatu

Jean Dermond O’Callahan: Killed Victor Fleming in Kokomo Station, goes by “JD”

Toreador

Malcom Morgan

Audry Graham

Ventrue

Meral Halid:  Works in the Archbishop’s office

Other Sabbat

Paul Dalsgaard:  Friend of Forcas, owns Dr. Damdhi’s Waxworks where he has Robert Brown and Kathleen Moore on exhibit as “Tragic Neo-Gothic Vampyre Lovers.” The Waxworks has been closed since 2003. There is a secret, underground hallway from the basement of the waxworks to an exit under the South Bank Mariner’s (baseball) pitcher’s mound.

Jeret Brandt:  Internet alias of “Crater-Man,” wants Pirrelli to be his mole within the Camarilla

Tradition Mages

Akashik Brotherhood

Miss Wu:  Elder, friends with Su (kitsune). Ms Wu owns several dojos in the area, most specialize in exercise and self-defense. She is a women’s rights proponent.

Brian Chang:  Contemplative Warrior

David Li:  Yogi, herbalist, runs an Oriental market

Celestial Chorus

Sister Isabella:  Elder, resides at the Catholic university

Brother David:  Elder, theological professor at the Catholic university

Sister Jasmine:  Social worker based out of a junior college associated with the Catholic university

Sister Diane:  Runs the local homeless shelter, often seen working in the soup kitchen

Sister Michelle:  Hunts down evil, is not a member of the Society of Leopold

Cult of Ecstasy

Pat Mansfield:  Medievalist

Garland Navarro:  Deadhead

Elena Wells:  Club owner

Debbie Shelton:  Owns casinos, hotels, and brothels

Camile Duvalle:  Owner of Fantasy, Unlimited

Dreamspeakers

Jimmy “Red Bird” Smith:  Elder, very old and close to death, friend of the Garou

Alicia White:  Student of Red Bird’s, will most likely be asked to be the representative to the Garou upon his death

Jesse Coleman:  Student of Red Bird’s, works for the DNR, can sometimes be found at the local State Park

Lisa Wittman:  Ecologist

Euthanatos

Keith Jones:  Low to mid-grade power level, from Chicago

Darren McCloud:  Low to mid-grade power level, from Indianapolis

Sadik Kadish:  Member of the Giovanni Death Club, not a known Mage of South Bank

Order of Hermes

Johnathon Carmine:  Elder, alchemist, thinks he is the most powerful Mage in the city, no one has ever tried to dis/prove this; House Bonsigus

Stacey Wilson:  Alchemist; House Quesitor

Hector Ramierz:  Professor of history and linquistics at the local Catholic university and related colleges; House Jerbiton

Sonya Meyer:  Astrologist, odd tattoos on body and face; House Criamon

Richard Ferber:  Professor of philosophy at the local state college; House Ex-Miscellanea

Sons of Ether

Thomas “Zip Gun” Choppe:  Elder, head of physics department at the local Catholic University

Kent Dixon:  Visiting biochemist from a Big Ten university, teaching at the local state college

Christopher Wagner:  Gadgeteer

Verbena

Derek Stellner:  Elder

Aileen Thomas:  White witch, streak of white in her hair, former student of Stellner’s

Kathleen Greenburg:  Black witch, former student of Stellner’s

Aron Kelly:  student of Aileen’s

Virtual Adepts

Blake Wilder:  Elder, owns several computer firms, has ties to big money in the computer industry

Stephen Rurk:  Elder, owns several programming companies, known ofr his hacking abilities

Kathy Billingsly

Larry Schively:  Operations manager of local Tellus Enterprises, he does not realize what he is involved with

Hollow Ones and Orphans

Jules Fiorbjorn:  Elder

Amy Syrus

Marlene Jackson

Gabriel Ashcraft

Natasha Stark

Michael Tomlin

William Fischer

Kelly Burns:  Member of the Giovanni Death Club

Kimberly Allsop:  Member of the Giovanni Death Club

Ali-Batan

None

Technocracy

New World Order

Armin Khrolovich:  Reporter for national news agency

Iteration X

Syndicate

Has control of local news media and major religious charitable giving organization

Progenitors

James Wong:  Gene-engineer, has access to MIB and HIT Marks, teaches at both the local state college and Catholic university, he continues to work on his experiments with Garou DNA. He has been working on this project for more than twenty years and has come a long way. He has been cloned for the greater good of the Technocracy. He once knew the whereabouts of the Renegade pack. He had hoped to bring them into his scheme, but was unsuccessful.

Void Engineers

Marauders

Francisco:  Frank’s wife was a Daughter (Son) of Ether. One night, a raging Garou lost cub attacked their home. Everyone in the family, besides Frank, were killed. Frank was left barely alive. At the point where the Delirium should have kicked in, Frank’s unAwakened Avatar awoke. The experience drove him insane. He learned his Spheres quickly, yet was completely unrefined in his learning. He found one of his wife’s diaries from the first days of her tutelage and studied it. He was able to discern how to find other Awakened individuals, whatever the race. He also found a Talisman of his wife’s, a Peacemaker .45 revolver. He has since embarked on a mission to rid the world of the supernatural, especially Mages. He knows of many in the South Bank area. He blames the other Mages and Garou, in general, for his wife’s death. He considers Kindred a plague to society.

Nephandi

Set of Seven

Ramiel:  Real name is unknown, but he is widely accepted as being Derek Stellner’s first student, who was lost to the Nephandi. He is an Order of Hermes-barabbi. He never had the time to develop into a certain House. He has completely black eyes.

Samiel:  Real name is Kevin Anders. He made a Pact with the Dark Ones to fix his blindness and paraplegic body. All that he must accomplish for the Dark Ones is the destruction of the Celestial Chorus and Dreamspeaker Mages of the South Bank Area. He serves as the public front-man for the Set of Seven. He is a Celestial Chorus-barabbi. He has completely white eyes.

Sameveel:  Real name is Ian Jamison. He serves as Ramiel’s advisor. He has a secret agenda. He has plans to bring forth the King in Yellow, an avatar of Hastur. He is an Euthanatos-barabbi. He has completely navy-blue eyes.

Caim:  Her real name is Tina Olson. She is a New World Order-barabbi. She has completely orange eyes.

Tumiel:  Her real name is Sabrina Elliot. She is a Verbena-barabbi. She has completely red eyes.

Forcas:  Her real name is Renee’ Kasmeerzak. She is a Dreamspeaker-barabbi. Her eyes are completely purple.

Marax:  His real name is Nicholas Wilson. He is a Void Engineer-barabbi. He has completely green eyes.

The Set of seven were the Big Bads for this campaign. They were introduced within the first five sessions and stayed until the party was able to kill them. I first described them in ways that were otherworldly and demonic. I did this, because I was not certain what they would become. In time, the abilities I wanted them to display were very much in line with Mage. Thus, they became barabbi.

Marax was killed and his soul is nowhere to be found. Ramiel is lost in Malfeas or another Nether realm. The others’ souls were placed in a glass ball. Tumiel was removed and chained to Stellner’s Umbral Realm with Stygian Metal. The others were dropped into the Set of Seven’s well of souls, which was then Hermetically sealed against man, beast, and time by Stellner.

When I think of organizations within roleplaying games that really made a game happen, this is one of my top two. The other was the “Circle of Thorns” from my WEG Star Wars game. I tend to revisit both organizations as nemesis in my games.

Places of Interest

A Taste:  Coffee house with low lights, wide spread tables, long bar, and a small stage; owned by Colin Hutchinson

Club Death:  Industrial dance club, sight of the 1996 slaughter; owned by Stacey Veidt

Club Zombie:  Loud metal, industrial, techno mix, doorman dresses as Mr. Samdhi, coffins and skeletons are everywhere; owned by Malinda (DeWinter) Fuyukara

Crossroads:  Mage-related bar, run by Zero, a former Consor

The Delta Night:  Luxurious nightclub on the upper floor of a downtown business, black tie, and name must be listed to gain entrance; owned by Terrence Friedman

The Dock:  A quiet biker bar where many weapons deals are made

Drumhoelfers:  Cheap, 1980s styled bar with pool tables

564 Club:  Traditional jazz and blues club, very pristine condition, suite and tie dress attire; serves “house wine” to Kindred

Fantasy Unlimited:  Strip bar in an old church; owned by Camile Duvalle

The Hole:  Trashy S&M club in the arts district

Hurricane:  Top 40s dance club

The Locker Room:  Huge sports bar, the building is three stories tall with at least one bar open on each level at all times, every booth or table has TV screens with large-screen TVs on all the walls; run by the Syndicate

The Lamp Lite:  Brothel in the casino district; run by Kone-ko

Luna’s:  Garou pub

Singalong Sam’s:  Piano bar with very bad singing by Sam the Man aka Samuel Tippicanoe

The Sunset Club:  A cheap venue for rock style bands, once a county clubhouse where the clubhouse, golf course, bar, and surrounding housing subdivision went downhill. 11550 South Crawford Avenue, the sign is half0lit with neon red lettering, the parking lot is filled with litter, cracks, and weeds. The exterior of the building is drab and gloomy, done in brick and stone. It is run by the Union Council, a South Bank Camarilla watchdog group

Tombo’s:  Rock style bar that plays music from the 1960s-1980s. They feature live music most nights. This bar was known as The Prancing Unicorn in the 1990s. Owned by Caitlen Eire.

Toucan Liquor Stand:  Tropical themed bar whose owner is a very gay Satyr