The Pasture Family
Structure
The Pastures follow the lead of their matron, Esther Pasture. She is the third generation of her family to lead and intends to keep them relevant in this modern age.
Public Agenda
The Pastures are a philanthropic family. Many of them are doctors and ran the first rudimentary blood clinics, introducing the idea of transfusions which immediately put them into the public eye as entrepreneurs.
Assets
The Pastures are true old money, and have much of it tied up in the infrastructure of the city, a large portion of low income housing, and the first large hospital in the city.
History
The Pastures leapt into the public eye around the year 912 when Esther Pasture brought forward the revolutionary idea of blood transfusions. After several trial runs to prove that it was in fact going to work, the family began engaging with all sorts of medical and philanthropic endeavours around the city. There was some controversy in 946 when it came out that the Pastures were vampires; however in the spirit of engaging with this new world many were satisfied with the explanation that the family's days of hunting were over and they merely skimmed enough off the top of the blood clinic's supply to survive. Not everyone was happy of course, but they quickly became the minority.
In an unfortunate incident in 1002, Thibaud Pasture was discovered murdered. Though there was an initial investigation no suspects turned up and the case ultimately went cold. Within the family, certain members believed this to be a targeted attack against them, but Esther declared it a non issue; not wanting to risk driving a wedge between them and the populace. Sébastien Pasture was not satisfied with this, but when Esther wouldn't budge he renounced his family name, along with several of his siblings that sided with him, and left. There was initial worry that he and his new family would return to the old ways but when no sign of them turned up in the next year, the incident was mostly forgotten.
In an unfortunate incident in 1002, Thibaud Pasture was discovered murdered. Though there was an initial investigation no suspects turned up and the case ultimately went cold. Within the family, certain members believed this to be a targeted attack against them, but Esther declared it a non issue; not wanting to risk driving a wedge between them and the populace. Sébastien Pasture was not satisfied with this, but when Esther wouldn't budge he renounced his family name, along with several of his siblings that sided with him, and left. There was initial worry that he and his new family would return to the old ways but when no sign of them turned up in the next year, the incident was mostly forgotten.
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