Setting: Europe

Europe is a much more settled place than the the New World. The Camarilla has had largely unquestioned dominance over Europe since the Middle Ages, and even those few Sabbat or Independent cities that exist tend to be long-established places, where the power structure has long since stabilised.

This is not intended to be a detailed guide to the world, or to limit player backgrounds, this is just to provide a very brief gazetteer to allow you to decide where your character has been in the past. Players should feel free to invent any detail they need in their backgrounds, provided it doesn’t contradict what’s written here. That doesn’t mean that every detail will always get approved, but this gives us all a common base to work from.

The British Isles

Edinburgh - A Camarilla City, held by the Nosferatu Prince James Craig since the 1770s. Unsurprisingly, James is known for his keen interest in the arts, and while some Toreador from other courts might sneer at him, they would be foolish indeed to assume he doesn’t know that, and more foolish still to do it to his face. In Edinburgh, however, the sizeable Toreador and Ventrue populations have nothing but praise for him.

Glasgow - Currently ruled by Archbishop Morag McDonald of the Tzimcie, this city is a comparatively recent Sabbat stronghold, taken from the Camarilla Prince Black in the 1960s. While it went through a length period of conflict in the 60s and 70s, by the late eighties, the Camarilla were forced to concede defeat.

Newcastle - Ruled by Prince Christopher Blake of the Ventrue. The City has been Camarilla for a long time, but Prince Blake only came to power in the late nineties, after the Gangrel left the Camarilla, and the previous Prince Carmichael of that Clan was forced to step down. The new regime is still considered young and potentially unstable by many.

Manchester - Ruled by Prince Chetham of Clan Toreador since 1730. Has has its ups and downs over the 20th Century, and he’s had to see off a couple of challengers over the centuries - most recently a Ventrue, but it’s still considered on the great cities of the UK.

Liverpool - Ruled by Michael Dunsirn of the Giovanni since 1912, when the Giovanni took it from the Sabbat after a surprisingly short and bloodless conflict. It wasn’t quite a direct handover, but as far as anyone can tell, the Sabbat put up a token resistance, and then withdrew with no casualties.

Cardiff - Ruled by Price Ingrid Gryffyth of the Ventrue, and has been since the fourteenth Century. Cardiff is generally considered a model of Camarilla stability, but this is perhaps because not terrible many people want to go there. Those that make it their home seem happy enough.

Birmingham - Held by Archbishop Miles Kirk of the Lasombra since the 1860s, this in an old Sabbat stronghold, and one that has always had curiously cordial relations with most of the other cities of the UK, regardless of who holds them - the city has always been open to trade with members of any Sect, even if their personal presence might not be tolerated within the city limits.

Belfast - Is a Brujah city, held by Prince Andrew Turnbull. The Troubles were a result of his falling into torpor in the early seventies, after which time his childer fought amongst themselves for control of the province, but he came out of Torpor in the mid-nineties, and took some fairly direct action to sort things out, and things now seem to be improving.

Dublin - Held by Eamon O’Connell of the Ventrue who took charge when the previous Gangrel Prince Caradoc, who had ruled the area since the 8th century went into torpor in the 1930s. While O’Connell’s rules was initially seen as boon for the area, and particularly so over the last two decade, there are unsubstantiated rumours in some quarters that Caradoc has recently come out of his torpor, and wants his throne back.

The Rest Of The World

Paris - Has been held by Camarilla since the late 18th Century when the silightly unusual ruling duo of Ventrue and Toreador, Henri and Gabrielle de la Tour drove out the previous Sabbat regieme. The de la Tours were brother and sister in life and are rumoured to be even closer in undeath.

Berlin - Prince Ekkehardt of the Toreador has succesfully held this city since 1918, but for the last 18 months, the city has been under siege by the Sabbat. The two sides seem more or less evenly matched for now, but there are those on both sides who whisper that this has gone on for rather too long.

Geneva - Prince Adrienne Tschudi of the Ventrue has held Geneva since 1493, and this is where any grand Conclaves of the Camarilla are held. While Sect business often takes them elsewhere for years at a time, two Justicars are known to have permanent residences in the city - Justicar Tyler of the Ventrue, and Justicar von Brucke of the Malkavians.

Madrid - One of the great Sabbat strongholds, this city has been held by Cardinal Moncada of the Lasombra since very shortly after the birth of the Sect. Moncada is, unsurprisingly, a dominant figure in Sabbat strategy across Europe. He’s not known for issuing direct commands, but it’s a foolish Archbishop who does not give at least strong consideration to his advice.

Sofia - Bulgaria’s capital was Clan Assamite’s great stronghold in Europe until the Second World War, when they were driven out a lose coalition of Anarchs under the leadership of Alexander Dratchev of Clan Brujah.  While the regime started out with claims of grand plans to change the nature of Kindred society, the city has more or less become just minor Camarilla princedom, something the younger elements in the city resent very strongly.

Moscow - Ruled by the Malkavian Prince Galina Petrova since the 15th century, Moscow has seen more than it’s share of ups and downs, and while it now seems relatively stable, Petrova has been seen less and less at court recently, and her commands are increasingly being issued through her child (and seneschal) Petr Galinov.

New York - After heavy fighting, the Camarilla have recently retaken the city from the Sabbat. The current Prince, Mercedes of Clan Ventrue, is known to be a harsh disciplinarian with very little tolerance for any attempt to bend or break his rules - unsurpising, given the recent history of the city, and the fact that there are still small pockets of Sabbat resistance in and near the domain.