Post by Storyteller on Jan 15, 2016 5:48:25 GMT
The Long Night is coming to an end the year is 1198.
Didaskalos the Ard Ri of the Haemus Peninsula a Lasombra said to have been a warrior in Alexander the Greats army maybe even a high ranking officer. He wrestled control of the area piece by piece creating one of the first true Cainite Imperial Court also known as the Court of the Teacher. Operating at a distance his methods and goals have been blurry at best but it is obvious to even the outsider he has a firm grasp over his domain. With the failure of his chosen Prince Nicomedes Petras his decision to divest his power to at least three dukes has risen a few eyebrows in his court.
November of 1197 seen a great scandal ripple through the court of Didaskalos as one of his chosen Prince’s Nicomedes Petras of clan Brujah began a four day assault on the Free City of Trieste. With this action Nicomedes clearly broke his sworn blood oath to Didaskalos as the Free City fell under his protection, he sealed his fate when he exercised the Amaranth on the Doge Zoltan Kirnon of Nosferatu. During the fourth night of the assault a dark fleet of ten ships emerge in the harbour port as a ground force arrived from the north. Overpowered Nicomedes then through himself at the feet of his Lord and was staked for his failures.
The Omen War between clan Tremere and clan Tzimisce is still fresh in the minds of most Cainites of the area. Didaskalos has raised even more suspicion and threats from the Tzimisce Voivodate for his allowance on behalf of the Tremere Meerlinda's efforts to build a Chantry within the Free City of Trieste. The Free City of Trieste has become a little more dangerous if not even more political.
The ancient city of Constantinople is controlled by the Toreador Michael the Patriarch, Father of Constantinople. Over the ages his grasp on the city and reality has began to slip as he continues to focus on “The Dream”. There are whispers that he no longer wishes just to be regarded as an angel but he is actually starting to believe that he is one. Constantinople boarders to the East of Diaskalos’ Domain
The merchant city of Venice is the home to a large Lasombra presence under the leadership of Narses a near 700 year old Roman Commander. Rumours and secrets tell of an tale of Heresy about the truth of Caine and what the mortals of the Catholic Church are hiding. A powerful city-state that controls the southern boundary of Didaskalos’ domain.
Great strife and turmoil is racking the land the old ways have fallen to the wayside as the nailed God has risen in prominence gathering not only wealth but armies to his banner. Pope Innocent III has recently taken the position but is set to be one of the most powerful and influential popes. He exerts a wide influence over the Christian regimes of Europe, claiming supremacy over all of Europe's kings. Pope Innocent III is notable for using interdict and other censures to compel Kings to obey his decisions.
With the fighting to reclaim the Holy Land has come the birth of the Holy Military Orders. Knights and nobles hoping to achieve atonement for there mortal sins here on Earth through service to God on the battlefield and protecting pilgrims on their way to the Holy Land. The Order of Saint Lazarus, The Knights Templar, Knights Hospitaller and the Order of the Holy Sepulchre are the largest and most famous of the orders all with Cainites among their numbers maybe even leading their cause. Some smaller orders do exist and cater to the more exotic beliefs in Christendom some of the more notable include the Teutonic Knights, Order of Saint Michael of the Wing and the Order of Mountjoy.
The Pillars of Eternity guide the fortunes of every Cainite even if they do not acknowledge them. The First Pillar is the Pillar of Knowledge not just of the world around them but the knowledge the burns deep inside there being. The Second Pillar is the Pillar of Faith as Christianity rises and snuffs out the the old ways each Cainite must look deep within to understand what drives there faith. The Third Pillar is the Pillar of Evil that they cast out each time they drink the life out of a mortal but of the consequences that they must live with forever in Eternity.
Didaskalos the Ard Ri of the Haemus Peninsula a Lasombra said to have been a warrior in Alexander the Greats army maybe even a high ranking officer. He wrestled control of the area piece by piece creating one of the first true Cainite Imperial Court also known as the Court of the Teacher. Operating at a distance his methods and goals have been blurry at best but it is obvious to even the outsider he has a firm grasp over his domain. With the failure of his chosen Prince Nicomedes Petras his decision to divest his power to at least three dukes has risen a few eyebrows in his court.
November of 1197 seen a great scandal ripple through the court of Didaskalos as one of his chosen Prince’s Nicomedes Petras of clan Brujah began a four day assault on the Free City of Trieste. With this action Nicomedes clearly broke his sworn blood oath to Didaskalos as the Free City fell under his protection, he sealed his fate when he exercised the Amaranth on the Doge Zoltan Kirnon of Nosferatu. During the fourth night of the assault a dark fleet of ten ships emerge in the harbour port as a ground force arrived from the north. Overpowered Nicomedes then through himself at the feet of his Lord and was staked for his failures.
The Omen War between clan Tremere and clan Tzimisce is still fresh in the minds of most Cainites of the area. Didaskalos has raised even more suspicion and threats from the Tzimisce Voivodate for his allowance on behalf of the Tremere Meerlinda's efforts to build a Chantry within the Free City of Trieste. The Free City of Trieste has become a little more dangerous if not even more political.
The ancient city of Constantinople is controlled by the Toreador Michael the Patriarch, Father of Constantinople. Over the ages his grasp on the city and reality has began to slip as he continues to focus on “The Dream”. There are whispers that he no longer wishes just to be regarded as an angel but he is actually starting to believe that he is one. Constantinople boarders to the East of Diaskalos’ Domain
The merchant city of Venice is the home to a large Lasombra presence under the leadership of Narses a near 700 year old Roman Commander. Rumours and secrets tell of an tale of Heresy about the truth of Caine and what the mortals of the Catholic Church are hiding. A powerful city-state that controls the southern boundary of Didaskalos’ domain.
Great strife and turmoil is racking the land the old ways have fallen to the wayside as the nailed God has risen in prominence gathering not only wealth but armies to his banner. Pope Innocent III has recently taken the position but is set to be one of the most powerful and influential popes. He exerts a wide influence over the Christian regimes of Europe, claiming supremacy over all of Europe's kings. Pope Innocent III is notable for using interdict and other censures to compel Kings to obey his decisions.
With the fighting to reclaim the Holy Land has come the birth of the Holy Military Orders. Knights and nobles hoping to achieve atonement for there mortal sins here on Earth through service to God on the battlefield and protecting pilgrims on their way to the Holy Land. The Order of Saint Lazarus, The Knights Templar, Knights Hospitaller and the Order of the Holy Sepulchre are the largest and most famous of the orders all with Cainites among their numbers maybe even leading their cause. Some smaller orders do exist and cater to the more exotic beliefs in Christendom some of the more notable include the Teutonic Knights, Order of Saint Michael of the Wing and the Order of Mountjoy.
The Pillars of Eternity guide the fortunes of every Cainite even if they do not acknowledge them. The First Pillar is the Pillar of Knowledge not just of the world around them but the knowledge the burns deep inside there being. The Second Pillar is the Pillar of Faith as Christianity rises and snuffs out the the old ways each Cainite must look deep within to understand what drives there faith. The Third Pillar is the Pillar of Evil that they cast out each time they drink the life out of a mortal but of the consequences that they must live with forever in Eternity.