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29 Jan 2021

Ep 49 - Nora the Usurper

by Anton Rossini

Fri, 29 Jan 2021

Anton collects the Capos and Kinsley from the warehouse and they drive to the docks. There are a number of people standing around, that Anton take to be soldiers of the other Ventrue who have been summoned. He leaves the boys at the car and takes Kinsley into the building, but she is stopped at the door and Anton is let into the gathering of all the Ventrue leadership.
 
Nora begins:
"For far too long, Prince Taylor has allowed the bruja to run unchecked though the city."
"Quite frankly, the ivory tower needs to be stopped. It is not the bruja's place to rule, nor let demented seers (alludes to Malkavians) and whimpering curs (alludes to clan Gangrel) take root in the city."
"Under the Praxis of Prince Taylor, Melbourne has suffered and it is time for Clan Ventrue to rise and take control. I intend to rise up and take Praxis. As our Prince I will lift the Ventrue to it's rightful place."
"The retinue will be our vanguard and we will take Taylor's head."
 
After she finishes her spiel, she tells everyone else to meet downstairs in 15 minutes, then asks Callidora to join her and leaves the room.
 
As we walk down into the warehouse we see a shipping container being loaded onto a truck, bearing the clan mark (pair of crossed sceptres). This shipping container was one we saw on the very first night.
A large black van reverses in, and a man Anton recognises as the Seneschal of the City (John Saxon) - he checks the shipping container, which contains old world wealth of the Ventrue, starts to drive away. Saxon opens up the van to reveal a number of Samsonite briefcases and he hands out a couple to each board member, and hands Anton four (for the retinue) and another more compact version.
 
Upon returning to his own warehouse, Anton opens a (larger) case and finds a KS12 (shotgun) and 3 x boxes of Dragonfire rounds, and several stakes, knives and brass knuckles. The smaller case holds a P90 (SMG) and 50 rounds of Magnesium-tipped ammunition.
Anton instructs Carlo to ensure the weapons are stored securely and dismisses the retinue. Kinsley makes an issue of a $3000 spend at David Jones, which she attributes to "that Russian woman".
 
Anton arranges to meet with Callidora and asks her opinion. She agrees that overthrowing the Prince is a concern but acknowledges that the Ventrue must take precedence over the other clans. Anton suggests that supplanting Nora - with Callidora - would likely rally more support from the board and bring about a better outcome, but Callidora advises she has her own plans in that regard and that we are better served letting Nora take the lead and so deal with the repercussions.
Anton also suggests a more surreptitious approach may be better than an all-out clan war, and she suggests a careful approach to the Seneschal or Sherriff might elicit some ideas on that front.
Anton also notes that Nora has risked beaching the Masquerade by including kine soldiers (for example, the wooden stakes in the cases) and, given that Nora was seeking a head count, he will replace his key people with mercenaries and leave them safely out of clan business.

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