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Well, the Chronicle well underway now. Year of the Dragon is up and running. The Wheel turns...

I've been hesitant to post/comment mainly due to fear of my players potentially tuning in and receiving potential spoilers, not to mention life's general hectic nature (though I have been taking down quite a few of the proffered plotlines, particularly the one with the nunchucks). But, since all the pieces have been assembled, might as well introduce the pawns...

Meet the Coterie, such as it is:
 * Irenei Zima - A former Spetznaz commando Embraced by the Banu Haqim during the Iraq War in the 70s. Known to his clanmates Wahid Shahib (literally the "Pale One"), Irenei's outlier status hasn't improved even with the clan's recent integration into the Camarilla. Appointed Archon under Justicar Tegyrius, his new mission, more an "exile" really, is to take stock of the situation in Hong Kong, as Camille T'sien's meteoric rise to power has ruffled quite a few feathers back across the Pacific. Either that, or he's been sent off to die. Wouldn't be the first time.
 * Louis Zhang - Second-generation Chinese, raised and re-born in San Fransisco as a Kanbujian, much to his lasting confusion. The other Kuei-jin weren't particularly stoked either, and he quickly found himself under the thumb of the New Promise Mandarinate. Managed to escape from the West Coast to his birthplace of Hong Kong, where he fell in with the Bamboo Princes. Since then he's essentially acted as an intermediary between T'sien's Kin-jin and the Princes. It's not exactly an easy job, especially in light of his new task of introducing a newcomer, this "Archon" (whatever that means), to the local color and culture.
 * Amanda Park - Originally, Amanda was in Hong Kong studying abroad, working on her masters, taking in the sights, normal grad student things. Then the classic tale played out: there was an alleyway, a dark stranger, a sudden pain at her throat and then... blessed darkness. Then she woke up into her current nightmare: one where the existence of vampires is just the tip of the paranormal iceberg. Everyone keeps calling her "Thin-Blood". That can't be a good sign.
 * Ira Kendricks - Ira's had a checkered reputation among the Kuei-jin even in his mortal days; he was an opium smuggler way back when, and a damned clever one at that. The Ravnos recognized that, probably why gave him the Embrace in the first place, but thought he had a target on his back before... His last memory involves an entire hit squad of Cathayan's breaking into his Haven in San Deigo and beating him into torpor. Such terrible dreams he had, not to mention a rude awakening when an unsuspecting dock worker finally removed the stake from his heart and he awoke in a warehouse in Wan Chai. He still has no idea how he wound up back in Hong Kong, but waking up confused, alone, and ravenously hungry has never stopped him from having a good time before.

Mayhaps I might record the events of some of our sessions in the near future. We'll see.

Regards, StrangerThings... have indeed happened.