Post by Robin Silverbird on Jan 30, 2016 8:19:22 GMT
You may treat the following post as common knowledge IC!
Independence, Texas was once a ghost town, abandoned after the Gold Rush. Like many other towns before, it dried up after a train track failed to be placed through it as it was placed in Dallas instead, taking with it chances for trade and transportation.
For over 100 years the town was left as a reminder of the era, untouched and uninhabited. In 2013 a wealthy entrepreneur decided to buy the land in order to put in a large shopping center. However, those living around the town protested, saying it had historic value. They made their case, the courts ruled that the city could not be demolished...so another plan was made. The investor, named Grace Thompson, decided to work with the people.
She would fix the town up, making it a tourist attraction as well as build new housing around it. The center remaining a frozen scene of the Old West while around it affordable new homes and plentiful new jobs are created. But in return, she asked for their votes...making her the mayor of the town.
What people didn't know, is this lovely mayor is a pawn... Grace Thompson is a ghoul.
So where do you come in and why should you care?
The city is a small dot on the map where the Camarilla sends those it wishes to see gone, neonates that displease their sires or those caught up in the elaborate games the Ivory Tower so loves playing. Texas is Sabbat controlled, and the chance of death is high even for vampires far older than you. You gather from the weakened state of the city, and the now much smaller court, that this has been going on for a very long time...
A weary prince, distressed primogen council, and a war coterie holding the lines...
What the Hell have you walked into?
Independence, Texas was once a ghost town, abandoned after the Gold Rush. Like many other towns before, it dried up after a train track failed to be placed through it as it was placed in Dallas instead, taking with it chances for trade and transportation.
For over 100 years the town was left as a reminder of the era, untouched and uninhabited. In 2013 a wealthy entrepreneur decided to buy the land in order to put in a large shopping center. However, those living around the town protested, saying it had historic value. They made their case, the courts ruled that the city could not be demolished...so another plan was made. The investor, named Grace Thompson, decided to work with the people.
She would fix the town up, making it a tourist attraction as well as build new housing around it. The center remaining a frozen scene of the Old West while around it affordable new homes and plentiful new jobs are created. But in return, she asked for their votes...making her the mayor of the town.
What people didn't know, is this lovely mayor is a pawn... Grace Thompson is a ghoul.
So where do you come in and why should you care?
The city is a small dot on the map where the Camarilla sends those it wishes to see gone, neonates that displease their sires or those caught up in the elaborate games the Ivory Tower so loves playing. Texas is Sabbat controlled, and the chance of death is high even for vampires far older than you. You gather from the weakened state of the city, and the now much smaller court, that this has been going on for a very long time...
A weary prince, distressed primogen council, and a war coterie holding the lines...
What the Hell have you walked into?