Anhk Hearts of Stone Anhk

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Hearts of Stone is a Vampire, The Masquerade chronicle in which the Kindred involved are very new to the World of Darkness. They are all recently Embraced Kindred that have been unleashed on Colorado Springs, CO. They were originally in Denver, but the Prince managed to find reason to send them all to Colorado Springs as a group to establish a Camarilla presence in the area.

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Unfortunately for the wee Kindred, their choices were either follow her wishes or burn at the stake. Being the wise individuals that they are, they chose to vacate Denver the next night and follow the Prince's wishes and move on to Colorado Springs. They've been in Colorado Springs a short time and have all managed to establish Havens and get settled in. Their next goals are to figure out what forces control Colorado Springs and wrest the control from those groups and place it into the hands of the Camarilla.

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Due to more luck than skill, they have managed to stumble across a Werewolf sanctuary in Garden of the Gods park. They have also discovered traces of a mysterious running gun-battle in the sewers beneath Colorado Springs that resulted in a horrid mess and numerous ruptured pipes that have now been repaired. So far, only one point of contact has been made with other "Kindred" and that was so that the established undead presence could warn the group that their efforts were futile and could potentially lead to Final Death.

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In an attempt to draw some Brujah out of hiding, the unfortunate group held a rave. The rave was a success for a short period, but no apparant Kindred arrived... except for one. The individual that showed up was obviously a member of the Sabbat for he openly flaunted his powers in front of the mortals that were present. Part way through the rave, the "Kindred" contact showed up with some of her friends. She got involved with the Sabbat vampire in the midst of the rave. Apparently, the Sabbat pissed off the other "Kindred" and she lost control of her temper and started a fight. At the begining of the fight, she turned into a huge half-wolf, half-human form and began to slaughter humans in her attempt to get at the Sabbat Kindred. It turns out that the warnings that they had recieved before had been handed down by a werewolf, not a vampire! The rave, which had started out as a success, ended in disaster! During the course of the fight several mortals were slaughtered and a huge fire broke out. Most of the group managed to escape without getting in too much danger, but one barely managed to escape the ravaging flames of the fire. Even though the rave didn't go entirely as planned, valuable information was gathered about the powers that be in Colorado Springs.

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After the rave, one of the members of the group went to a known abode of the werewolf that started the fight to confront her about her actions and deceit. She was not present, but another werewolf was. The werewolf that was present, decided not to be a nice little furball and attacked! The battle was powerful and very brief. Somehow the Kindred managed to get lucky enough to come out on top. Perhaps the fact that he managed to fill up on werewolf blood during the fight helped him. By the end of the fight, the werewolf lie dead on the street and the Kindred raged through the night with the blood of the beast in his veins. Before making it to the safety of his haven, the vampire encountered a poor soul and drink their life-blood dry as well.

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Over the course of the next week the group had to contend with their nightly feedings, the ravings of a mad vampire (who just happens to be married to one of the group), a horrid attack of the conscience, domination by more powerful Kindred and research into their foes. The week was punctuated by an ambush gone awry. Their favorite hangout -- The Underground -- was abandoned one night when they arrived to gather for a meeting.

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When they arrived and began to enter, they noticed that no one was moving inside. When they looked into the windows to see what was going on, they could not see anything. Not even acute vision or gleaming, red eyes could penetrate this darkness. Knowing that something was amiss, the group wisely backed out of the area. The group member that had contact with the werewolves in the past, used his cel-phone to call them up and inform them of a possible Sabbat presence at the Underground.

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Within minutes, a pack of werewolves arrived. After attempting to burn down the bar, and filling the air within full of pellets from shotguns, the werewolves turned to tooth and claw for taking care of the vampires within. The pack dove into the gloomy interior of the bar and horrific sounds of battle came from the bar for many long minutes. Finally, the sounds of battle died down. The group waited outside for many more minutes to ensure that they don't get caught in the midst of the brawl.

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Finally, the group decended upon the shattered remnants of the Underground to discover that the fight was indeed over with. Several Kindred and Garou lay dead or dying on the floor. No sign was present of the whereabouts or condition of the leader of the Sabbat, but the leader of the werewolves seemed to be alive. With a little medical attention, she was brought around, but before that, one of the group mysteriously vanished with a still breathing, but unconscious, werewolf over his shoulder. Once the leader of the werewolves assessed the damage to her pack, she reluctantly agreed to join forces with the group to help get rid of the Sabbat presence in Colorado Springs.

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Things seem to be heating up!! What might possibly happen next to our band of undead and their furry allies? It will be most interesting to watch. Stay tuned!

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The following characters are involved with this chronicle:
Gangrel Logo Elise Campbell the protective Tremere Logo Gabriel the arcane
Ventrue LogoJoseph Hale the moody bodyguard Malkavian Logo Liam the secretive
Toreador Logo Noah Blake the musician Toreador Logo Robyn Mathews the silent pianist

Before the start of the game, we all worked out fairly detailed preludes for our characters. To assist us in doing this our Storyteller provided us with a Chinese Mirror to look into.

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