Overview

Before we go any further, allow me to tell you that you're getting an unprecedented opportunity here. My kind doesn't talk about itself to your kind-not now and for the most part, not ever. We have spent five centuries weaving a stage curtain that we call the Masquerade to hide the real show from you, but in the end, it comes down to simple fact: We vampires do not want you mortals knowing we're out there. It's for the same reason the wolf doesn't want the sheep knowing he's around. It makes our work easier. For example, though we do indeed possess the sharpened canines with which dime novels and cinemas have branded us, you mortals will not see them unless we choose to reveal them.

Why do you look so pale? This will not due, if we are going to be seen later- allow me to take care of looking pale for both you and I. Still, I must admit I am disappointed that you seem so disturbed by the notion of my being a true vampire and not some wanna be goth. Please take this moment and compose yourself, if you indeed can. Truth be told, I am afraid that's the least of the shocks waiting for you this night. Please do not waste time, for my time is endless a mortal's time is fast and fleeting. You will find no rational or scientific explanation, because frankly there isn't one. It is just what I am. What many of us are, some would say to many by some accounts.

So shall I continue, or have you heard enough of my tale, this does not have a happy ending, and either way from here you are dead to your old life, so I ask you, want to hear more and live as what you fear or do you need a moment to make things right with your maker...... Yes, take a second to think about it, eternal is a long time, but even longer when you are one of the damned.

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Any Kindred can stake a claim in Chicago, claim a haven and territory, and try to make the best of it. It is, after all, one of the wealthiest domains in the United States. But a few nights into that Kindred’s stay — even as they’re feeling secure with their influence — another vampire, or that vampire’s ghouls, or even their mortal subjects, will show up at the new Kindred’s door. They might make offers. They might promise deals. They probably smile as they threaten. There’s a cost to being a Kindred in Chicago and your debts will stack up, all as the hierarchy of vampires above you count the sacrifices you’ve made for an honored place under their control.