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Red Moon Roleplaying did a online roleplaying game adaptation of the campaign ''[[WebVideo/ChicagoByNightTheSacrifice Chicago by Night: The Sacrifice]].''

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Red Moon Roleplaying did a online roleplaying game adaptation of the campaign ''[[WebVideo/ChicagoByNightTheSacrifice ''[[Podcast/ChicagoByNightTheSacrifice Chicago by Night: The Sacrifice]].''

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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The story of Carthage's fall is actually the story of the Fall of ''Troy'' (with a vampire twist). The fact the main players of Helene, Menele, and Prias are involved in its fall should be a person's first clue.

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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The story of Carthage's fall is actually the story of the Fall of ''Troy'' (with a vampire twist). The fact the main players of Helene, Helena, Menele, and Prias are involved in its fall should be a person's first clue.



** Lodin was generally portrayed as this for any Anarch-themed game. Subverted in that he was nothing more than Helene's most prominent pawn.
** TheManBehindTheMan: Helene is a somewhat sympathetic example of this. Much of that sympathy goes out the window when she starts actively diablerizing young Kindred.

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** Lodin was generally portrayed as this for any Anarch-themed game. Subverted in that he was nothing more than Helene's Helena's most prominent pawn.
** TheManBehindTheMan: Helene [[TheManBehindTheMan Helena]] is a somewhat sympathetic example of this. Much of that sympathy goes out the window when she starts actively diablerizing young Kindred.



** Entire swaths of human history have been determined by the feud between Menele and Helene. [[spoiler:Specifically, Carthage is settled by the Brujah Philosopher Kings who then are joined by Helene with her lover Prias. Helene betrays Carthage to Rome when she realizes their cause is lost in order to receive her own city, only for Menele to use his massively overpowered Spirit Thaumaturgy to cause the volcanic eruption of Vesuvius. Menele is then driven to the New World, only for Helene to bring European Kindred as well as Conquistadors over to destroy them.]]

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** Entire swaths of human history have been determined by the feud between Menele and Helene. Helena. [[spoiler:Specifically, Carthage is settled by the Brujah Philosopher Kings who then are joined by Helene Helena with her lover Prias. Helene Helena betrays Carthage to Rome when she realizes their cause is lost in order to receive her own city, only for Menele to use his massively overpowered Spirit Thaumaturgy to cause the volcanic eruption of Vesuvius. Menele is then driven to the New World, only for Helene Helena to bring European Kindred as well as Conquistadors over to destroy them.]]



** Prias used to have this role to Helene, being the possibly oldest ghoul in the world.

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** Prias used to have this role to Helene, Helena, being the possibly oldest ghoul in the world.



* GrayAndGrayMorality: While the stats say otherwise (Humanity 10 vs. Humanity 4), the conflict between Helene and Menele really comes off like this. Neither side is blameless for the atrocities committed by both.

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* GrayAndGrayMorality: While the stats say otherwise (Humanity 10 vs. Humanity 4), the conflict between Helene Helena and Menele really comes off like this. Neither side is blameless for the atrocities committed by both.



* PuppetKing: A DownplayedTrope example as Lodin is a major power in the city but the real movers and shakers are the Primogen. He's also nothing more than an UnwittingPawn for Helene.

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* PuppetKing: A DownplayedTrope example as Lodin is a major power in the city but the real movers and shakers are the Primogen. He's also nothing more than an UnwittingPawn for Helene.Helena.



* TheDogWasTheMastermind:
** Helena as Portia the Neonate continues to be the case, though she's been a "Neonate" for decades now.
** Noah "Flyboy" Grehal is a Duskborn (Thin Blood) pilot. He's also in control of O'Hara Airport and heavily involved with the Second Inquisition to the point of being the most dangerous Kindred in the city after Helena.

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* TheDogWasTheMastermind:
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TheDogWasTheMastermind: Helena as Portia the Neonate continues to be the case, though she's been a "Neonate" for decades now.
** Noah "Flyboy" Grehal is a Duskborn (Thin Blood) pilot. He's also in control of O'Hara Airport and heavily involved with the Second Inquisition to the point of being the most dangerous Kindred in the city after Helena.
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** The Cult of the Harvest God in ''The Dying Fields'' [[spoiler: is an evil cult. Almost certainly TheUntwist there.]]

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** The Cult of the Harvest God in ''The Dying Fields'' [[spoiler: [[invoked]][[spoiler: is an evil cult. Almost certainly TheUntwist there.]]

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* EldrtichArtifact: The Tongue that has taken over the sanity of Clarence Bartelby.



* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Ramrod willingly dies to save his friend Tyrus from Duncan MacTavish.]]

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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Ramrod willingly dies to save his friend Tyrus from Duncan MacTavish.[=MacTavish=].]]



* MoralityChain: {{Deconstructed}} with Prince Decker who uses Honor like this but has become an abusive psychopath who needs her under his thumb. She's also just the latest line of women who he uses as this.

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* MoralityChain: {{Deconstructed}} {{Deconstructed|Trope}} with Prince Decker who uses Honor like this but has become an abusive psychopath who needs her under his thumb. She's also just the latest line of women who he uses as this.



** Shejana may be the Last Ravnos in the world and is considered Caitiff by most Kindred.

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** Shejana may be the Last last Ravnos in the world and is considered Caitiff by most Kindred.

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* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Any Humanity 0 vampire is basically an irredeemable monster. [[AcceptableTargets Oddly, they're almost all yuppies or old money.]]

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* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Any Humanity 0 vampire is basically an irredeemable monster. [[AcceptableTargets Oddly, they're almost all yuppies or old money.]]
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* CorruptHick: Subverted with Sheriff. While he acts the part of a Southern redneck Sheriff, he's actually a Canadian nobleman.
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* AdultFear: Lawrence Ballard suffers from one of these as he's unable to protect his children from being molested the same way he was as a child by Horatio Ballard (due to Presence, Dominate, and the Blood Bond).
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* DeadlyDecadentCourt: The court of Prince Lodin, which consists of his progeny and the Primogen. The Primogen actually control Lodin and use him as a puppet but are, themselves, puppets of the two feuding Methuselahs in the city.

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* DeadlyDecadentCourt: DecadentCourt: The court of Prince Lodin, which consists of his progeny and the Primogen. The Primogen actually control Lodin and use him as a puppet but are, themselves, puppets of the two feuding Methuselahs in the city.

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* ''The Chicago Folios''

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* ''The Chicago Folios''Folio''



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* TheDragon: Eric Sharpe serves as this to (former) Prince Maxwell.


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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Walter Nash is a messy feeder and his accidental murder of a millionaire tech mogul's daughter results in the events of ''Power Prey.''
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* AbusiveParents: Quite a few of them among vampires.
** Modius kept Allicia blood bound for decades as his slave.
** Decker is a horrifying sire to his childe Honor, attempting to keep her totally dependent on him.
** Averted with Juggler who turns out to have been someone she developed a surprisingly close relationship to and UndyingLoyalty despite the fact he wasn't worth it.
* AscendedExtra: The Night's Cross organization is a throwaway group in ''The Chicago Folio'' but plays a more prominent role in ''Power Prey''
* AscendedFanboy: Arthur Caldwell is a Black Dog roleplaying game fan turned into a vampire.
* BigBad: ''Let the Streets Run Red'' has one for each Chronicle.
** Redwood in ''Power Prey'' is a [[spoiler: billionaire information gathering specialist who wants revenge against vampires.]]
** The Cult of the Harvest God in ''The Dying Fields'' [[spoiler: is an evil cult. Almost certainly TheUntwist there.]]
** Prince Decker and the Ministry serve as a BigBadDuumvirate in ''Innocence in Blood'' [[spoiler: over the fate of poor Honor the neonate.]]
** Sharpe is this in ''Rusted Jungle'' [[spoiler: but he's actually a servant of the real BigBad, Maxwell.]]
* ContinuityNod:
** Walter Nash was "Prince of Chicago" in the Jyhad card game. This turns out to have been an affection his sire (Edgar Drummond) smacked out of him.
** Al Capone, Eletria, The Wolf Pack, and Maxwell are all characters who were classic ''Chicago by Night'' ones left out of the main book. They all get full write-ups in the supplements.
** Evelyn Stephens, Modius, Allicia, Juggler, and [[spoiler: Sullivan Dane]] are characters from the original ''Forged in Steel'' Chronicle.
* CreateYourOwnVillain: William Nash murdered Redwood's daughter during a sloppy feeding.
* DemotedToExtra: Joshua Tarponski is only mentioned as the Baron of Jollet and in a small stat block.
* TheDogBitesBack: Modius was finally brought down by his own childe, Allicia.
* GoodShepherd:
** Andrea Harvey Staboli is a Malkavian social worker with a strong sense of God as well as High Humanity.
** Arden Canty is a Tremere that belonged to the Sabbat that has converted to the Church of Caine to find redemption.
* EldrtichArtifact: The Tongue that has taken over the sanity of Clarence Bartelby.
* EldritchLocation: The town of Willerton turns out to be at the center of a bunch of ley lines as well as the "Goblin Roads."
* EvilIsPetty: Walter Nash drinks at the same bars as hunters as well as feeds on young women indiscriminately despite deriving no substitute from non-Catholics.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Ramrod willingly dies to save his friend Tyrus from Duncan MacTavish.]]
* HighSchoolHustler: Devin Boyce is permanently stuck as this due to being Embraced as a teenager as well as his natural inclinations.
* KilledOffForReal:
** Ramrod died fighting Duncan Mactavish.
** Lucian met an unspecified fate in a letter from Danov.
* MoralityChain: {{Deconstructed}} with Prince Decker who uses Honor like this but has become an abusive psychopath who needs her under his thumb. She's also just the latest line of women who he uses as this.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute:
** Devin Boyce is one of these for Damien due to the latter making a FaceHeelTurn.
** Walter Nash has a lot of the awful qualities of the late Prince Lodin.
*** Ironically, so does Maxwell.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Walter Nash is on no one's radar anymore but he's still a rich, powerful, and terrifying Ventrue.
* RagtagBandOfMisfits: The Gary Anarchs are Kindred who have nowhere else to go and are a peculiar bunch to say the least.
* ReligionOfEvil:
** The Cult of the Harvest God worships a ''thing'' under the town of Willerton.
** The Church of Set is one of these, doubling as a PathOfInspiration designed to strip morality from regular Kindred as well as mortals.
** Clarence Bartelby has one of his own with the Cult of the Crawling Tongue.
* TheRemnant:
** The Seven Fires are possibly the last remaining Sabbat in the entirety of the New World. They're also every bit the assholes that the original were and doing more or less the same thing they always were, except worse.
** Shejana may be the Last Ravnos in the world and is considered Caitiff by most Kindred.
* TookALevelInBadass:
** Evelyn Stephens is now the Baron of Gary, replacing her sire, Juggler.
** Allicia managed to throw off her blood bond to Modius and become an Anarch.
* UndyingLoyalty:
** Arjun Shah to Mithras and his cult. He would rather die than betray his god.
** Arthur Caldwell for Allicia due to the fact he's love with her.
* VanHelsingHateCrimes:
** The Second Inquisition performs a lot of disgusting tests and experimentation on Kindred.
** Redwood merrily tortures and kills normal people while terrorizing his own family in order to get his revenge.
* WaifProphet: Lianna Miller serves as one of these, being both a con woman as well as legitimate seer.
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** Helena remains TheManBehindTheMan and the BiggerBad in Chicago.

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** Helena remains TheManBehindTheMan and the BiggerBad in Chicago.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Ballard is a child-molester whose childe, Lawrence, wants to kill to protect his children.

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* HeelFaceTurn: Edward Neally has escaped the Sabbat and turned over as much information as he could on their activities.

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* HeelFaceTurn: HeelFaceTurn:
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Edward Neally has escaped the Sabbat and turned over as much information as he could on their activities.



* OutOfCharacterMoment: Anita Wainwright is a high humanity vampire who absolutely loves everyone but is willing to murder the families of the Lupines who killed Theodore Dooley. Zig-zagged as she's always had a vicious vengeful streak.

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* OutOfCharacterMoment: OutOfCharacterMoment:
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Anita Wainwright is a high humanity vampire who absolutely loves everyone but is willing to murder the families of the Lupines who killed Theodore Dooley. Zig-zagged as she's always had a vicious vengeful streak.



** Joseph Peterson is now TheExile from Chicago due to being overthrown as Prince.



* SeriousBusiness: Joseph Peterson was overthrown due to the failure of Chicago to win its Olympic bid.



* UnexpectedSuccessor: Kevin Jackson as Prince of Chicago. He was always a powerful Ventrue elder but most believed Capone or Ballard would be Prince instead.

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Kevin Jackson as Prince of Chicago. He was always a powerful Ventrue elder but most believed Capone or Ballard would be Prince instead.


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** Anita Wainwright takes over for the Anarch leaders Joshua Tarponski and Juggler.

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* BigBad: Lodin was generally portrayed as this for any Anarch-themed game. Subverted in that he was nothing more than Helene's most prominent pawn.

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Lodin was generally portrayed as this for any Anarch-themed game. Subverted in that he was nothing more than Helene's most prominent pawn.



* BigGood: Maldavis had the potential to be this but failed in her Anarch Revolt, so she's suffering a protracted HeroicBSOD.

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* BigGood: BigGood:
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Maldavis had the potential to be this but failed in her Anarch Revolt, so she's suffering a protracted HeroicBSOD.



* CategoryTraitor: Sheriff is considered this due to the fact he's a lackey to Lodin and an enforcer of the Traditions despite being a Brujah.

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* CategoryTraitor: CategoryTraitor:
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Sheriff is considered this due to the fact he's a lackey to Lodin and an enforcer of the Traditions despite being a Brujah.



* CycleOfRevenge: Entire swaths of human history have been determined by the feud between Menele and Helene. [[spoiler:Specifically, Carthage is settled by the Brujah Philosopher Kings who then are joined by Helene with her lover Prias. Helene betrays Carthage to Rome when she realizes their cause is lost in order to receive her own city, only for Menele to use his massively overpowered Spirit Thaumaturgy to cause the volcanic eruption of Vesuvius. Menele is then driven to the New World, only for Helene to bring European Kindred as well as Conquistadors over to destroy them.]]

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* CycleOfRevenge: CycleOfRevenge:
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Entire swaths of human history have been determined by the feud between Menele and Helene. [[spoiler:Specifically, Carthage is settled by the Brujah Philosopher Kings who then are joined by Helene with her lover Prias. Helene betrays Carthage to Rome when she realizes their cause is lost in order to receive her own city, only for Menele to use his massively overpowered Spirit Thaumaturgy to cause the volcanic eruption of Vesuvius. Menele is then driven to the New World, only for Helene to bring European Kindred as well as Conquistadors over to destroy them.]]



* TheDragon: Thomas Ewell a.k.a Balthazar a.k.a Sheriff serves as this to Lodin.

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Thomas Ewell a.k.a Balthazar a.k.a Sheriff serves as this to Lodin.



* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Prince Modius of Gary is a repulsive Elder who lives in a decaying mansion in a city that has long since become synonmous with urban decay. He's considered a joke both in and out of universe. [[NotSoHarmlessVillain However, he is ''still'' a very powerful Elder who can rip your mind to shreds if he's so inclined. He also has a FemmeFatale who he uses to Blood Bond young Kindred to him.]]

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Prince Modius of Gary is a repulsive Elder who lives in a decaying mansion in a city that has long since become synonmous with urban decay. He's considered a joke both in and out of universe. [[NotSoHarmlessVillain However, he is ''still'' a very powerful Elder who can rip your mind to shreds if he's so inclined. He also has a FemmeFatale who he uses to Blood Bond young Kindred to him.]]



* RomanticVampireBoy: Damien is a parody of this concept, being a 14 year old ladies man who is meant to appeal to the target audience.

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Damien is a parody of this concept, being a 14 year old ladies man who is meant to appeal to the target audience.



* VampiresAreSexGods: Bret Stryker, Sophia Meyers, and Priscilla Gibbs are all examples of this.

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In 2018, a Gencon-exclusive adventure called ''Rusted Veins'' was used to introduce ''Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition''. It was set in Gary, Indiana and implied a lot of changes to the status quo in Chicago for 2018. It also involved fan favorites Modius, Juggler, and Sullivan Dane. [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/200664283/chicago-by-night-for-vampire-the-masquerade-5th-ed/description Recently, Onyx Path Publishing did a 5th Edition update to the setting.

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In 2018, a Gencon-exclusive adventure called ''Rusted Veins'' was used to introduce ''Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition''. It was set in Gary, Indiana and implied a lot of changes to the status quo in Chicago for 2018. It also involved fan favorites Modius, Juggler, and Sullivan Dane. [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/200664283/chicago-by-night-for-vampire-the-masquerade-5th-ed/description Recently, Onyx Path Publishing did a 5th Edition update to the setting.
setting. It has since gone on to have supplements of its own.

* ''The Chicago Folios''
* ''Let the Streets Run Red''



* AmbiguousSituation: Just what the hell ''is'' Lester Knife feeding people to.
* AxCrazy: Nikolas "Sweetie Pepper" White is completely insane and an urban terrorist who wants to burn down the system any which way he can.

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* AmbiguousSituation: Just what the hell ''is'' Lester Knife feeding people to.
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Nikolas "Sweetie Pepper" White is completely insane and an urban terrorist who wants to burn down the system any which way he can.



* BigBad: Kevin Jackson is now Prince of Chicago.

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* CanonWelding: The character of Jacob/Esau is revealed to be the sire of Jeanette/Theresa Voorman from ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'' which makes her an incredibly potent 6th generation.

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The character of Jacob/Esau is revealed to be the sire of Jeanette/Theresa Voorman from ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'' which makes her an incredibly potent 6th generation.



* TheDogWasTheMastermind: Helena as Portia the Neonate continues to be the case, though she's been a "Neonate" for decades now.

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Helena as Portia the Neonate continues to be the case, though she's been a "Neonate" for decades now.



* EpicFail: The Gencon-exclusive adventure ''Rusted Veins'' is based around Modius' attempt to make money by becoming a heroin dealer. Modius has no skill at being a career criminal, however, and acquires incredibly pure heroin he lowballs. This results in a fight between gangs, the police stealing both the drugs as well as heroin, then the [=PCs=] becoming involved. Sullivan Dane, Juggler, and the Primogen Council of Chicago also become involved with Modius' Final Death implied to be the result.

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* EpicFail: EpicFail:
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The Gencon-exclusive adventure ''Rusted Veins'' is based around Modius' attempt to make money by becoming a heroin dealer. Modius has no skill at being a career criminal, however, and acquires incredibly pure heroin he lowballs. This results in a fight between gangs, the police stealing both the drugs as well as heroin, then the [=PCs=] becoming involved. Sullivan Dane, Juggler, and the Primogen Council of Chicago also become involved with Modius' Final Death implied to be the result.



* KilledOffForReal: Jacob Schumpeter crossed Noah Grehal and he called his Second Inquisition friends down on him.

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Jacob Schumpeter crossed Noah Grehal and he called his Second Inquisition friends down on him.



* PutOnABus: Menele, Khalid, Nicolai, Inyanga, and Patricia Bollingbrook have all been Beckoned. Iffy on Nicolai who just so happened to be in Vienna when it was hit by the Second Inquisition.
** Al Capone and Lorraine are both missing. So is the Primogen Eletria and Maxwell. Played with as Al Capone and Eletria's fates will be determined by Kickstarter backers.
** The Wolf Pack were almost literally put on a bus by Kevin Jackson and sent to Seattle.

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* PutOnABus: PutOnABus:
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Menele, Khalid, Nicolai, Inyanga, and Patricia Bollingbrook have all been Beckoned. Iffy on Nicolai who just so happened to be in Vienna when it was hit by the Second Inquisition.
** Al Capone and Lorraine are both missing. So is the Primogen Eletria and Maxwell. Played with as Al Capone Capone, Maxwell, and Eletria's fates will be determined by Kickstarter backers.
backers. [[spoiler: Al Capone shows up alive and well in ''The Chicago Folios.'']]
** The Wolf Pack were almost literally put on a bus by Kevin Jackson and sent to Seattle. [[spoiler: They show up again with full write-ups in ''The Chicago Folios.'']]
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Red Moon Roleplaying did a online roleplaying game adaptation of the campaign ''WebVideo/ChicagoByNightTheSacrifice.''

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Red Moon Roleplaying did a online roleplaying game adaptation of the campaign ''WebVideo/ChicagoByNightTheSacrifice.''[[WebVideo/ChicagoByNightTheSacrifice Chicago by Night: The Sacrifice]].''

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In 2018, a Gencon-exclusive adventure called ''Rusted Veins'' was used to introduce ''Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition''. It was set in Gary, Indiana and implied a lot of changes to the status quo in Chicago for 2018. It also involved fan favorites Modius, Juggler, and Sullivan Dane. [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/200664283/chicago-by-night-for-vampire-the-masquerade-5th-ed/description Recently, Onyx Path Publishing began a Kickstarter for a 5th Edition update of the setting.]]

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In 2018, a Gencon-exclusive adventure called ''Rusted Veins'' was used to introduce ''Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition''. It was set in Gary, Indiana and implied a lot of changes to the status quo in Chicago for 2018. It also involved fan favorites Modius, Juggler, and Sullivan Dane. [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/200664283/chicago-by-night-for-vampire-the-masquerade-5th-ed/description Recently, Onyx Path Publishing began a Kickstarter for did a 5th Edition update to the setting.

Red Moon Roleplaying did a online roleplaying game adaptation
of the setting.]]
campaign ''WebVideo/ChicagoByNightTheSacrifice.''
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The story of Carthage's fall is actually the story of the Fall of ''Troy'' (with a vampire twist). The fact the main players of Helene, Menele, and Priam (Paris) are involved in its fall should be a person's first clue.

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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The story of Carthage's fall is actually the story of the Fall of ''Troy'' (with a vampire twist). The fact the main players of Helene, Menele, and Priam (Paris) Prias are involved in its fall should be a person's first clue.



* CycleOfRevenge: Entire swaths of human history have been determined by the feud between Menele and Helene. [[spoiler:Specifically, Carthage is settled by the Brujah Philosopher Kings who then are joined by Helene with her lover Priam. Helene betrays Carthage to Rome when she realizes their cause is lost in order to receive her own city, only for Menele to use his massively overpowered Spirit Thaumaturgy to cause the volcanic eruption of Vesuvius. Menele is then driven to the New World, only for Helene to bring European Kindred as well as Conquistadors over to destroy them.]]

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* CycleOfRevenge: Entire swaths of human history have been determined by the feud between Menele and Helene. [[spoiler:Specifically, Carthage is settled by the Brujah Philosopher Kings who then are joined by Helene with her lover Priam.Prias. Helene betrays Carthage to Rome when she realizes their cause is lost in order to receive her own city, only for Menele to use his massively overpowered Spirit Thaumaturgy to cause the volcanic eruption of Vesuvius. Menele is then driven to the New World, only for Helene to bring European Kindred as well as Conquistadors over to destroy them.]]



** Priam used to have this role to Helene, being the possibly oldest ghoul in the world.

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** Priam Prias used to have this role to Helene, being the possibly oldest ghoul in the world.



** Maldavis, Erichtho, Anita Wainwright, and Annabelle have been all used as romantic interests for straight male gamers (and many bi or lesbian female). Priam appears to have been created with this in mind as well for straight female gamers.

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** Maldavis, Erichtho, Anita Wainwright, and Annabelle have been all used as romantic interests for straight male gamers (and many bi or lesbian female). Priam Prias appears to have been created with this in mind as well for straight female gamers.

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** Perhaps the biggest in the book is the defection of a good half of the Lasombra Clan to the Camarilla, which the PCs can aid or derail.

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** Perhaps the biggest in the book is the defection of a good half of the Lasombra Clan to the Camarilla, which the PCs [=PCs=] can aid or derail.



* UnexpectedCharacter: Talley the Hound has decided to make Chicago his home.
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* BackFromTheDead:
** [[spoiler: Lodin is revealed to have survived ''Under a Blood Red Moon'' and become king of the homeless.]]
** Marc Levensque a.k.a Frenchie was actually just in torpor for a decade.
** Nero the violinist (no, not that one) was also in torpor and has recently awoken.


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* CharacterDevelopment: Anita Wainwright and Gengis have both gone from being mid-tier Anarchs to powerful leaders in the Movement.


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* EvilIsPetty: Damien's price for becoming Sheriff and betraying the Anarchs? The Prince's help in getting his band back together.
* FaceHeelTurn: Damien has defected from the Anarchs to join the Camarilla as the Sheriff. Many of his former friends have become his victims.


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** Averted with Balthazar, who has joined the Anarchs but is every bit the scumbag he was before.
** Perhaps the biggest in the book is the defection of a good half of the Lasombra Clan to the Camarilla, which the PCs can aid or derail.


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** Maldavis plans to use Anita Wainwright as a tool to draw hunters.


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** The Wolf Pack were almost literally put on a bus by Kevin Jackson and sent to Seattle.
* RaceLift: Kathy Tyers is revealed to be Indian American after being presented as Caucasian for much of her career.


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* UnexpectedCharacter: Talley the Hound has decided to make Chicago his home.

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