Coronado (WOD)

Coronado (Spanish for "Crowned") is a resort city located in San Diego County, California, United States of America.

Night City in The World of Future Darkness

In the Cyberpunk 2020 canon, and therefor The World of Future Darkness, Coronado became Night City in 1998.

Night City History

When Richard Night’s project began attracting corporate attention and funding, it also gained the attention of more than a few Kindred. Several of those involved felt that if this could work, they would have a city free of Anarch troubles and other similar difficulties.

The Ventrue and Giovanni were the primary movers behind several of the Megacorps, although the Tremere were not far behind. The Toreadors spotted the possibility of a new artistic community, and many of them moved in.

By 1995, Night was secured by the Giovanni Clan and quickly became one of their ghouls. The Ventrue soon discovered this and began financing attempts on his life to remove him. In 1998, an Assamite succeeded where so many others failed.

Over the next seven years, the struggles for power were chaotic as various Cainites maneuvered their pawns into position. Some only had them die, others lost them to opposing Clans. As if this were not enough, several Anarchs moved in to take advantage of the prime new feeding grounds.

At the end of this period, the Mob and their Kindred ‘leader’, the Brujah Consiglieri Guido Salvatore, effectively ruled Night City. Crime escalated. The Sabbat even made an attempt to gain control during this time and failed miserably against the organization of the Mafia.

After four years of Kindred and Mortal violence, the Ventrue and Giovanni moved in and destroyed the Mob’s power base. Make no mistake, the two Clans had no intentions to cement an alliance. They were simply responding to what they considered to be an untenable situation. Guido Salvatore was slain in his haven by a squad of highly trained ghouls sent by Carlo Giovanni. Since that time, no Cainite has moved in to take control of the Mob, although Don Caravelli is probably planning some special surprise for the near future.

At the end of the war, the Corporations cooperated in setting up a city government. The Ventrue set up a Mayor, and the Giovanni, by their own agreement, did not interfere openly. The Anarchs survived mostly unscathed, mostly due to their retreat into the Combat Zone six years earlier.

Current State of Affairs

The Ventrue and the Giovanni have maintained their open competition on the Megacorp front, although they have been fighting a secret war for several years now. This condition could easily devolve into open warfare, devastating Night City. The Anarchs maintain their control of the Combat Zone, although this is contested more by the mortal gangs than the other Clans, most of whom have no interest in such a hellhole. The mortal society iis a powder keg. The homeless and disenfranchised continually suffer abuse and neglect from the government and the Megacorps.

Kindred of Night City

“	To wish and make it so To feel the power growing stronger- blessed by the Dark. And when the candle fades, You can say it was a Joke you played. So you must let me go ... No!	”
	— Too Late, Black Sabbath

The Kindred Society consists of about 95 Vampires, nearly double what the Camarilla prefers. Most of these are Anarchs created from members of gangs like the Blood Razors or Slaughterhouse to fight as cannon fodder in the interminable wars in the Combat Zone. Less than half of the total is accounted for by the Camarilla Clans.

The Tremere have a small Chantry here. The Ventrue control several Megacorps, as do the Giovanni. A few are contested even now. The Toreador can be found in such places as the Bodukkan Center for the Performing Arts, in addition to mingling amidst the hot new Rockers pushing the newest waves in music. Few Gangrel have the city as a permanent home, generally preferring to travel even more often than the previous century. If cities were untenable then, they are sheer hell now. Brujah and Nosferatu are the primary inhabitants in the Combat Zone. Malkavians can be found nearly anywhere. In fact, the Bozos are rumored to be led by a particularly sadistic Kook.

As for the independents, the Combat Zone is home to a Ravnos Methuselah, although few in the city know this. The Setites are behind the Voodoo Boys; this worries those who know.

Locations

• Metal Church of Asmodeus, Night City: The Metal Church of Asmodeus pretty much fits the above description. The manager, Donna Curtis, is a ghoul sustained by Sixth Generation blood. She started by managing the Metal Church in Orlando in 1995, but was moved here to avoid suspicion about her unaging nature. She is very careful to avoid most of the Kindred in the city, although she knows several of them by face and a few by name.

Residents

Vampires

• Arnold (Nosferatu)
• Bradley Wilkins (Tremere)
• Carlo Giovanni (Giovanni)
• Carlos (Ravnos)
• "Chucko", Charlie Hubbin (Malkavian)
• Cynthia Razor, “Sin” (Toreador)
• David Taliaferro “Tolliver” (Toreador)
• Elena (Ravnos)
• Eryn (Caitiff)
• Helen Matthews (Ventrue)
• Jeremiah duBois, “Cobra” (Followers of Set)
• Margali the Wanderer, “Cassandra” or “Cassie” (Ravnos)
• Natasha (Ravnos)
• “Shark” (Brujah)

Other

• Barracuda

References

• WW: White Wolf Magazine 37, p. 48-59