Vampires in the mountains were rare indeed before the spread of the industrial revolution. The highlands of WNC remained in the hands of both the wolfs and those old gods that sleep deep under the mountains. Since the railroad and then the airplane, the urban valleys have sustained a relative few, yet hardy Kindred.
Truly the wilds, home to the Garou and the Fae, the Blue Ridge was avoided by all but the most brave Kindred. The railroads further north or south provided safer travel and protection to those who dwell in the night.
George Vanderbilt decides to begin purchasing his 12,500 acre estate, pushing Pentex and Vampiric influence seeking to gain a foothold in the Land of the Sky. The Ventrue Elder Evander uses this opportunity to settle into the region and benefit from the wealth and expansion underway.
Despite all odds, the war with the Lupines and nature spirits of this land seems to have tipped heavily in Evander's favor. The domain of Asheville is properly established with the turn of the millennium when Evander declares the domain safe and officially establishes Praxis in the Land of the Sky.
The Sword of Caine, otherwise known as the Sabbat, while looking for any stronghold in the east coast, send young dissidents en masse to settle the conflict and gain a strategic domain for cross-Appalachian travel. Young Sabbat firebrand Tallula Donegan leads the fledgling operation.
Evander's youngest childe, E.W. Grove famously betrays his sire to the Sabbat and the domain falls. Evander is destroyed, and Tallula Donegan declares Asheville won for the Sword of Cain. She receives the bloodbath and ascends to Archbishop of Southern Appalachia.
Archbishop Tallula Donegan strikes a truce with the Lupines, establishing borders. Lest any canite wishes to challenge the Archbishop to Monomancy, they are not to engage themselves in the affairs of the Biltmore Estate or the Vanderbilt family.
E.W. Grove finally disposes of his mortal identity, continuing to exert influence over the city's landscape through proxies.
Despite his recent public demise, Grove finishes his original plans for the fourteen floor skyscraper, a towering monolith that stands above even modern Asheville.
Scandal struck when the Archbishop sullied herself with a ghoul, and a group of dissidents decided to remedy this fact. After the fire that consumed Highland Hospital, the deceased Zelda Fitzgerald was embraced in front of the assembled Diocese before challenging the arsonist--a Brujah dissident--to Monomancy.
For reasons that remain mysterious, Archbishop Tallula renounces the Sabbat and becomes the domain's first Prince. Many Sabbat rise against her and are killed that October night. Outlying towns such as Black Mountain and Waynesville remain home to Sabbat packs to this day. This treaty is overseen by the domain's new Tremere liaison Elder Volshebnik, who, despite threats of diablerie, proves to be here to stay. Elysia at the Basilica of St. Lawrence is established.
Clans Brujah, Gangrel, Lasombra, Malkavian, Nosferatu, Toreador, and Ventrue are granted seats on the first council.
A first well planned out assassination attempt against Prince Tallula Donegan is made by the Black Hand. It is defeated, and the attackers summarily executed. Further attempts continued for the next seven years.
With threats of the end time nigh, Tallula takes a hard line against prevalent Gehenna cults, while stating that the Land of the Sky shall weather whatever catastrophe is to come.
Countless domains trade hands, and the fall of Atlanta to the Sabbat weighs heavily on the Land of the Sky even while it remains above most of the bloodshed that engulfs almost every major city on the East Coast.
Locally, clan Gangrel renounces its seat on the Primogen Council, regardless of Tallula's wishes to let them keep it despite not having pillar status.
The recent defection of the Schismatics from clan Banu Haqim finds a warm welcome in the Land of the Sky, and vizier newcomer Magda Doluda is named to the Primogen Council, taking the seat formerly held by clan Gangrel.
A decade after Praxis is established, the North Carolina Arboretum is established as Elysia, much to the Keeper of Elysium, E.W. Grove's, chagrin. The amphitheater is protected as a destination for ritual combat making many fear a return to Sabbat tradition. The first kindred to be disposed in the arena is the Brujah Primogen at the time, who is rendered the final death by Seneschal Big Ben.
Prince Tallula Donegan successfully adapts to the Path of Humanity after over a decade's struggle, much to the domain's relief.
Prince Tallula Donegan immediately allows the Gangrel a seat once again on her council, naming long-term Autark Johannan Wilder to the council.
| Clan | Justicar | Age |
|---|---|---|
| Banu Haquim | Tegyrius | Elder |
| Brujah | Theo Bell | Ancilla |
| Gangrel | Basillia | Elder |
| Malkavian | Juliet Parr | Ancilla |
| Nosferatu | Cock Robin | Ancilla |
| Toreador | Madame Guil | Elder |
| Tremere | Ulugh Begh | Elder |
| Ventrue | Lucinde | Elder |
After meeting, the Ominous made the following decisions:
* A list of Anarch domains in violation of the Edict of Succession is ratified.
* A Measure to return to full war with the Sabbat is shot down.
* Negotiations for the Setites to break from the IA and enter the Tower are begun.
* Bring the Gangrel back into the tower, as a pillar clan.
* Imperator Karsh vanishes.
* New Justicars are chosen. (See sidebar table).
* More relevant locally, it is decided the Land of the Sky must be inspected by an Archon to ensure it is in compliance with the Land of the Sky treaty.
THe evening began with Quaesitor Ferrum Civis, Elder of clan Tremere and Archon serving under Madame Guil, arriving the Land of the Sky domain to judge how successfully the domain has converted to the Camarilla and stood by the Treaty of the Land of the Sky. Assorted court officers have gathered to meet the Archon, while the Prince awaits with court at Elysia at the Basilica.
What lies ahead after the fateful demise of Quaesitor Ferrum Civis due to a horrible attack upon his arrival in the domain that left both himself and at least two of the Primogen Council dead, and the rest missing, with many also assuming they, along with Sheriff Oliver and Seneschal Big Ben, also met their demise?
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