Manton City, Delaware. A city divided into two parts by The Murderkill River. The larger southeast side is home to five major districts, including the central Downtown Manton area which touches on the River. West and slightly south of Downtown Manton is the Factory District. South of Downtown Manton, and east of the Factory District is The Glen, or Shady Glen, an old residential area that is seeing quite a bit of prosperity and good fortune lately. Most folks believe it must be the new US Military Base, Fort Baker, bringing good luck. West of Shady Glen and Southeast of downtown is Pinewall, a commercial and cultural area that us home to Manton City University, a museum, a zoo, a major mall, several parks and tourist attractions including an observatory with Delaware's most powerful telescope, and the most popular drive-in theater in town and favored teenage passion pit: Benny's. North of Pinewall and east of Downtown is The Belt, or The Vanderton Belt, named after a wealthy family who did much to establish the Northwest Side but also provided many poor, disadvantaged people and immigrants with affordable residences in the Belt. The Vanderton name is still respected. But the Belt itself is becoming a little worse for wear in the past decade. Once a flourishing. The smaller Northwest Side is it's own district, and is a residential area filled with large homes, wealthy families and mysterious secluded areas in the woods with odd structures of stone.
However beneath this normal human facade there must by vampires. And if course there are! This is Vampire: the Masquerade. Not some psych-thriller. Not a superhero or fandom rp. We've got a legacy of supernatural bad-assery to uphold!
Ahem... Excuse me. I get a bit over exuberant sometimes...
Now then, Manton City is a Camarilla domain. And what follows is the common knowledge that any good Sire would make sure to inform their Childer about:
The Prince if Manton City is the Tremere Lord Justine Hearth, who maintains a large estate in the northwest side and is know by the mortal population as a wealthy but eccentric young woman. She is said to by extremely lenient towards her own clan as well as the Ventrue and the Nosferatu, and just as harsh on the Malkavians and Brujah. With the Gangrel, Toreador, Assamites, and Ravnos being treated with neither favor nor hostility.
The Local Primogen from most to least influential:
The Tremere Primogen and Regent is David Luria, who teaches night classes on philosophy at Manton City University.
The Nosferatu Primogen, known only as Elizabeth, maintains many influential ghouls in Manton City, including the Police Chief, and the Mayor.
The Ventrue Primogen is Meredith Vanderton, a wealthy recluse who maintains close allegiances with the Manton City Tremere Chantry.
The Gangrel Primogen is Sarah Covey, a hunter who has access to the city zoo.
The Toreador Primogen Edwin Blake, Professor of Literature at Manton City University.
The Malkavian Primogen Alex Cavendish, local beatnik poet and eccentric veteran to mortals.
The Brujah Primogen is Nina Baker, who owns the Red Rider Tavern in The Belt.
Elysium is Eddie's Drive-In Diner:
A big restaurant with a big parking lot with in-car service where customers can pull into a parking space and dine in the comfort of their own cars while waited on by a carhop. The restaurant also has a walk-up window with a photo booth nearby. The dining room inside Eddie's is replete with tables and booths, a pinball machine, a jukebox, a dance floor, and even a small stage with piano for live performances. The dining room is adorned with a large "Manton City University" banner on the wall above the jukebox as well as pennants from various fraternities and study groups and a couple of nearby high schools. It's actually located in Shady Glen, but only a few blocks outside of Pinewall.
The Keeper of Elysium is a Ventrue named Edward Whitmore (though he is currently going by the Mortal alias Ed "Eddie" Brooks) who owns the Diner.
The local Harpy is a greaser mechanic, amateur boxer, and motorcycle enthusiast who goes by the name Cricket. He is the Childe of Malkavian Primogen Alex Cavendish.
The local Sheriff is a Gangrel bounty hunter with a long black ponytail and a longee blacker goatee style beard. He's known as Vance. He's never been seen in public without a hat. Usually a cowboy hat.
The local Tremere Chantry is located somewhere on or nearby the MCU Campus.
The city has long tolerated a Ravnos presence in the Vanderton Belt as long as they follow the rules of the Camarilla and pay proper respect to the Prince.
Due to the Bujah having had known connections to the Anarchs in the past, they are not very well liked or well respected in Manton City. And the Brujah Primogen has had to viciously oppose any Anarchs within the city in order to maintain her frail position. Yet despite Nina's best efforts, she and her clan are generally treated with suspicion and scorn in Manton City.
The Giovanni are conspicuously absent from the city. As are the Setites. There is at least one Assamite living somewhere in the Vanderton Belt.
The area's Anarchs are lead by an elder Caitiff known in this time and place as Leroy Jenkins. His top agents, and those who've actually be organizing and leading the younger Anarch Kindred in the recent trouble, are a Brujah biker who goes by Demon, and a Toreador thief named Marcus.
Demon and Marcus haven't been seen in Manton City since the rumble and Leroy has been detained by the Prince. Though know one knows where Leroy is being held.
And just one more thing: in case anyone is interested in a bit of musical inspiration for the period, I've put together a little youtube playlist that's guaranteed to razz your berries!
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3VSCTpChaRBH8M9sW0HqkJXZUjghm4T1
