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Brazil (WOD)

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Brazil is a federal republic composed of a union of the Federal District, 26 states and 5,570 municipalities. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east and numerous other sovereign states to the west, Brazil is the largest country of South America.

Overview[]

Brazil stretches almost 2700 miles from the foothills of the Andes Mountains eastward to the Atlantic Ocean. In area, Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world; it borders on every country of the continent except for Chile and Ecuador. Brazil's lowlands are composed primarily of undisturbed sedimentary rocks and harsh terrain. For this reason, much of Brazil's interior is still uninhabited, despite advances in technology that would allow for easy access. As a result, despite dwelling within borders almost the size of the United States, the country's population is barely half as large.

Locations[]

Rio de Janeiro[]

Main article: Rio de Janeiro (WOD)

Described as the "baby" of the Camarilla and Sabbat, modern Rio is a free city, designed to keep itself out of the Jyhad. Led by the Union of the Prince and the Archbishop, as well as a council comprised of Lasombra and Toreador, Kindred of all clans and sects can be found in Rio, profiting from its large population and large influx of tourists to feed without fear of retribution and free to party to their hearts' content.

Vampire: The Masquerade[]

Brazil gained independence from Portugal in 1822, and during the 19th century enjoyed a political stability unusual for Latin America. As the 20th century dawned, however, the area fell into social turmoil. Brazil's vampires claim no part of the chaos; the violent overthrow of a dozen different administrations is entirely the work of the kine. Brujah, Gangrel and others were, of course, more than happy to batten on the turmoil.

Brasília, the capital city, was built in the highlands beginning in 1957 in order to encourage development of the interior, and became a inhabited by many Nosferatu who took advantage of the construction to build an impenetrable fortress against She Who Screams in the Forests, which remains active in her hunt for the region's Horrors to this night.

Brazil's kine prefer to remain concentrated along the coast or on the major rivers. The country has a strong Sabbat presence since its formation with the regional expansion and arrival of the exiled Portuguese court, with points like São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro having strong influence and presence from the Black Hand on its foundations. However, it is also possible to find strong Toreador activity on the Camarilla side. The lush panorama of untamed forest has made Brazil very popular with the Gangrel. No one is certain just how many members of clan Gangrel dwell in Brazil, but most suspect the numbers are high. Fear of the havoc the Gangrel could wreak if antagonized has prevented Brazil's other vampires from pushing harder for expansion into new areas.

Sabbat Civil War[]

Ever since the Sabbat gave up trying to play against the Ivory Tower on its own terms and took up the mantle of the Gehenna Crusade in the Middle East, the Camarilla has moved into their seemingly-vacated territories with a vengeance. However, Brazil remained of interest to the Sword of Caine due to the outsized number of elders known to go to ground in the country, and knew that all those Camarilla courts filling in the vacuum were just more tools of the Eternal Struggle. The plan was the same as was implemented in many other Sabbat strongholds: Don’t try to hold the castle — yield the castle, and then when the enemy runs up their own flag, they spring the trap.[1]

Numerous mass graves filled with thin-blooded shovelheads were left by the retreating Black Hand, dormant until they were uncovered by those that came in to claim their territory. As a result, Brazil now contains one of the highest proportions of thin-blooded vampires in the world, and there are still more graves waiting to be awoken. However, these thin-bloods, without the immediate presence of more experienced Sabbat members to indoctrinate them into the sect, have begun to form their own uncontrollable culture and ideology, derived from the teachings of the Sabbat but unbeholden to any priest or bishop. Following the inchoate Path of the Sun, they have begun putting the Bite on “Brothers and Sisters” they’re supposed to be working with to fuck over (what they call) the "Grandmarilla" and to kick the Anarchs into line.

To hear them tell it, they’re tired of being fucked over. They’re tired of being abandoned or being the canaries in the coal mine, and they know just what kind of Blood is down here for the taking and they don’t care who they take it from. They have thrown down the gauntlet with the mainline Sabbat now that they have returned in force from their Crusade, and the Camarilla (plus the handful of Anarchs scattered around) are caught in the middle. While the locals are still in the middle of putting down war veterans with death magics beyond the ken, in come about fifty ravening Sun-worshippers taking their kill from them or dumping BOPE and C Op Esp into the hunting grounds.

Some Sabbat even try to work with them, or at least with those who realize they’re Brothers and Sisters, too. But there seem to be a lot of them — a whole lot of them — who don’t want to do it any way other than their way, and they don’t think twice if you get in their way. You’re a price that can be paid, whoever you are, Sabbat or whatever else. Some Kindred even estimate that, in the rural areas outside the cities, they may even outnumber the kine in some places, able to turn entire towns into factory farms.

There’s no “Sabbat” in Brazil, no “Sword of Caine.” There’s the big shots on one end, who don’t want to risk their stake. On the other end are a million and one Sun Cult fire ants — they keep making more when you can’t see them. Then there’s the foot-soldiers, the glorious “True Sabbat!” The ones who are supposed to be doing all the dirty work and setting the fires and tearing down the towers, but really they’re getting pinched between the fire ants and the pulpit. And they are growing increasingly tired of getting pinched.

Changeling: The Dreaming[]

Changelings have heard of the Kingdom of Amazonia, which encompasses the vast country of Brazil. Deep in the jungles of the Amazon, atop the boughs of an ancient Gyranthera tree, the Kingdom of Amazonia holds court. Known for their dazzling parties and warm hospitality, these fae are more welcoming than their neighbors to the south. Travelers to Bellatierra often find themselves swept into the splendor of the court of Amazonia and its fair ruler, Queen Camellia. Her family has held the throne since a pod of encantado founded the kingdom nearly eight hundred years ago. The members of the court of Amazonia rarely engage in direct conflicts, preferring to keep their hands clear of blood. This is not to say all their subjects are pacifists — their ranks once boasted some of the fiercest warriors in Bellatierra — but they prefer only to fight when their homes are directly threatened.

Werewolf: The Apocalypse[]

The Amazon Basin[]

Few vampires dare to venture into the Amazon Basin. The Amazon is a battleground between the Lupines and their enemies, the creatures of the Wyrm. Powerful garou warriors like Golgol Fangs-First fight the continuous corporate destruction of the tropical rainforest. The conflict has sparked the Lupines to Rage, and vampires are wise to avoid them.

The strange and savage war for the Amazon has precipitated several unpleasant surprises. Reports of odd, nocturnal migrations away from the jungle have alarmed many of Brazil's vampires. Great winged beasts, half-human and half-bat, have reportedly been seen flapping away from the rainforest. Those few who claim to have seen the creatures aver that the bat-things drink blood. Some even whisper they prefer the flavor of vampiric blood over all others. No proof exists, but vampires seldom leave behind evidence after they've been drained of their unlife.

Stranger creatures still are supposedly moving toward the coastline, and thus the cities, but their descriptions are so fantastic that most tend to discount them as myth. Efforts to halt the destruction of the rainforests - just in case the rumors about monsters are true have had no real effect to date.

Wraith: The Oblivion[]

The Fishers and their allies battled confederations of natives for almost a century from their Citadel in the Necropolis of Salvador. They advanced across Brazil methodically until the Third Great Maelstrom swept across the continent and discorporated tribes by the hundreds. The Fifth Legion ousted the few remaining Fishers in Salvador, and most of the native population simply ceased to exist, were Reaped by the Hierarchy as they crossed the Shroud, or resided in remote areas beyond Hierarchy control.

Hunter: The Reckoning[]

First founded in the 1980s as a means to share information uncovered about vampires between the country's various military police battalions, the BOES has since risen to ascendancy as a primary member of the Coalition, and as such, one of the most powerful orgs in the world. Brazilian hunters under the BOES have begun to intervene all over South America and even Portuguese-speaking parts of Africa, such as the famous battleground of Luanda.

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References[]

  1. ↑ VTM: Sabbat: The Black Hand, p. 98-99
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