User blog:SensibleCenobite/Year of the Dragon: White Wolf Chronicle.

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WARNING: Suitable for all Acolytes and Mages. This is just fiction, duh. NOT FOR SLEEPERS. If my blog offends you at any point, you have the option to not read it. I occasionally mention where I purchase my books from for information purposes only and I do not receive a dime for my efforts. This post is to going to be updated over the next six weeks, so please bear/beer with me and feel free to comment below. PLEASE MONITOR YOUR SLEEPERS.

Credits: His Majesty Mr. Russel Hammond for protecting my freedom of speech all the way from Brazil, IanWatson for creating the wiki, StrangerThings for the Year of the Dragon Chronicle, FANDOM, and lastly my Chantry for liking the chromatic orbs.

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'''THEY’LL KNOW IF YOU PEAKED. IF YOU KNOW THE ANSWER, LET ME REMIND YOU OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SOME ONE RATS ON THE COTERIE.'''

CLAN BRUJAH SAYS:

“'''YOU’LL BE SWIMMING WITH THE FISHES SEA. YOU'VE BEEN KICKED OUT TO HAWAII. HAVE FUN!'''"

Suggested media:

White Wolf: Vampire the Masquerade 5th edition, Kindred of the East, World of Darkness: Hong Kong, 1000 Hells, World of Darkness: Demon Hunter X, Masters of Jade, Shadow War, Ananasi: Changing Breed book 7, Mage the Awakening Tarot, Big Eyes Small Mouth 3rd edition, 

Suggested viewing: The Raid 1 & 2, Enter the Dragon, Fists of Fury, Kung Fu Hustle, Fung Pow, Kung Fury, Brother [Japanese Flick], City of the Lost Children [French Flick], Big Trouble in Little China, Tai Pan, Interview With a Vampire, Mutafukaz, Super Beasto

Suggested reading: "PTSD", by Guillaume Singelin; "Redwall", by Brain Jacques

StrangerThings and SensibleCenobite present, Year of the Dragon, to be told like a Gothic Wuxia film.

Basic Premise by StrangerThings:

The year is 2012, some fifteen years since Robert Pedder was deposed as the “Prince” of Hong Kong by the vengeful Kuei-jin. The Quincunx thought the Middle Kingdom rid of the upstart Cainites, but come the Great Leap Outward and subsequent Week of Nightmares, their position was no longer as tenable as it once was. Now, a plan years in the making is revealed as Camille T’sien, Childe of Prince Pedder, claims Praxis over Hong Kong and calls all Kindred to her banner, promising vengeance for the Jade Invasion and new domains free of sectarian politics. Her supporters are surprisingly numerous, from former Anarchs fleeing the ruins of the California Free States, enterprising Ancillae of the Camarilla seeking to make a name for themselves, Independents interested in a seat at the table, and even select groups of Cathayans in the form of the Bamboo Princes, hoping to ride the oncoming wave to new heights rather than be drowned out by it.

Meanwhile, the Flame Court of Hong Kong finds itself on the back foot, cut off from the other August Courts thanks to T’sien’s machinations. Embraced natives flood the streets of Hong Kong, an entirely new generation of Kin-jin made pawns and meatshields for the Ivory Tower’s advances. However, while the Kindred of the West have won the first few battles, the war is only just beginning...

Meet the Coterie, such as it is:

Irenei Zima - A former Spetznaz commando Embraced by the Banu Haqim during the Iraq War in the 70's. Known to his clan mates 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 Diego 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.

Prelude: Camille T'sien and Clive Cooper [World of Darkness: Hong Kong]

Thankfully Camille T'sien commissioned Clive Cooper to forge the mightiest Orichalcum weapons since the age of Atlantis. Clive Cooper had to get his Potence up to the sixth dot to receive Master of the Forge before production could start in February 2008 [Wood Rat]. Clive Cooper was prepared fourteen months before this [January 2006 [Fire Dog]], but a Taoist priest consulted the bamboo sticks and told him to wait. To honor Saint Bruce, make Ren Wei use Vorporal Dragon Chucks. One is an ivory Dragon with Orichalcum accents and the other is an onyx Dragon with jade accents.

Orichalcum is a mix of gold, silver, copper, tin, and powdered Jade for THIS campaign. Without Master of the Forge, the impurities can't be beaten out and the magic incantations won't set properly on the weapon. The recipe was found by "The Atlantis" foundation which is a subsidiary of Pearl Paradigms run by Simone Carsweld how is working with Camille T'sien to clean up the Ivory Tower invasion. Orichalcum is a mix of gold, silver, copper, tin, and powdered jade for THIS campaign. Without Master of the Forge, the impurities can't be beaten out and the magic incantations won't set properly on the weapon.

However, there is no way that Camille got her hands on the Atlantis documents that described the techniques to build Second Age weapons by herself. It was a Factor in Hong Kong by the name of Charles Steve [yes she has two first names] that had the supply lines in place to get Camille the quality of raw jade she would need for the weapon project, and decided to use Pear Paradigm's Simone Carsweld as a deniable asset. Camille has her eyes on the short term prize of transforming Hong Kong, but hasn't realized The Guild will devalue whatever product it buys to get hits claws on slaves, and by that time Camille will be very dependent on The Guild who could easily cut her off.

Chronicle Start: February 14th, 2012

The Guild under Charles Steve's guidance is going to instigate a Midnight War to get the local economy primed and ready for the Sixth Age. They have irrefutable proof that many of their sources of Jade are harvested in Yomi Wan and Malfeas, which they plan to offer to the highest bidder, probably the Flame Court or Gan Shuo and Qian Shi. Once Camille is implicated as an Akuma and the battle has begun, The Guild stands to reap the profits as they sell all sides the equipment they need for just the right price. The Guild doesn't know that Mikaboshi is behind their plots, as he quietly waits in his CEO chair, cigar in his cyber hand, a smile across his face as "HIS" new age approaches.

Circles are complete; Triangles are immutable. Hallelujah, Hail Cthulhu, Praise Evolution,

TheBeardedDragon