Giovanni Chronicles II: Blood & Fire is the second installation of the Giovanni Chronicles. Taking place in 1666 CE, it follows the Children of Isaac more than two centuries after the circumstances of their chaotic Embrace. The Children are asked by the Founders to investigate why the Giovanni seem to be stealing rare manuscripts, and what exactly they are plotting to do with them.
Summary[]
- From the White Wolf Catalog:
- Continuing the saga begun in The Last Supper, Blood and Fire embroils the characters in a deadly struggle against the nascent Giovanni clan.
- Its members, foul necromancers all, seek nothing less than apotheosis.
- Only the characters have a chance to thwart the Giovanni's schemes and prevent the clan from ascending to ruleship over all existence.
- Immerse your characters in the turbulent era of the Renaissance - and avoid the witchpyres in the process.
- Foil the schemes of the diabolical Sabbat - or assist them with the creation of their Paths of Enlightenment!
- Discover the most ancient magic of the Cappadocians - and attempt to avoid its deadly touch.
Chapters[]
Introduction[]
An introduction to the historical setting, characters, and a brief recap of what transpired in the first installment. An overview of the entire storyline.
Act One: Unholy Bandits[]
Players are summoned to Rome by the Founders and told that Cappadocius had accumulated a large library of ancient religious texts. These texts are now missing, and Ambrogino Giovanni is the likely culprit.
- Servitor Ghouls - Stats
- Sample Laborer Statistics
Act Two: The Black Monastery[]
The players trace the manuscripts to a Sabbat stronghold in the Swiss Alps, and learn who else has been tracking him.
Act Three: Flashpoint[]
The players pursue the manuscripts in London, and discover even more enemies in the process.
- Ghouls - Stats
Appendices[]
- Appendix One: The 13 Clans in the Renaissance
- Appendix Two: Blood and Fire-Running Live-Action
- Appendix Three: Necromancy and Wraiths
- Level One: Insight
- Level Two: Summon Spirit
- Level Three: Compel
- Level Four: Haunting
- Level Five: Soul Stealing
- Level Six: Zombie
- Level Seven: Torment
- Level Eight: Soul Exchange
- Level Nine: Possession
- Level Ten: Death Pact
Background Information[]
- Special Thanks are made to all the employees let go in 1996: Jen Hartshorn, Sean Bajar, George Schmauch, Trace O'Connor, Elizabeth Folkes, Lisa Charlton, Lori Sanders, Roger Smith, Bruce Butkovich, Dave Remy, Remy Blaine, Cindy Mayberry, Steve Smelker and Joshua Gabriel Timbrok.
- The ads at the back of the book include: Vampire: The Dark Ages and Wraith: The Oblivion Second Edition (August).
Memorable Quotes[]
The coachman smiled down at me when he saw I was behind him. He said "Your brother Raven lives, but I think you'll never find him. And Owl still watches all around but he listens more than speaks and he'll never understand that it isn't you he seeks."
- Steven Brust, "Raven, Owl, and I"
Characters[]
- Tobias Leveler, Caitiff
- Marianna, Cappadocian embraced by Claudius Giovanni before the diablerie of Cappadocius
- Count Jocalo, Follower of Set star Operative
- Ambrogino Giovanni, Giovanni favoured son.
- Gillespi Giovanni - Ambrogino's Childe
- Madame Cloaca, Nosferatu
- Andre Mallotte, Tremere
- Founders of the Camarilla
- David Frankel
- Giovanni Chronicles II: Blood & Fire Antagonist / NPCs
- Toby Entwhistle - Human
- Lucinda - Human
- Adonijah Ben-Reuven - Human
- Mario Giovanni
- Pietro Giovanni
- Vincenzo Giovanni
- Bernini - Ghoul
- Manfred von Schorr
- Herr Dieter Frankel - Nosferatu, owns a book shop in Basel
- Robert of Westmarch - Ventrue antitribu
- Lady Gemma Vachon - Vampire poetess
- Lady Meridie de Chancie
- Master Frazier
- Lord Mendel - Tremere
- Lady Vadislava
- Haakon Mortensen - Country Gangrel
- Julian Sanders
- Mateusz Gryzbowsky
- Lady Melisande - Toreador antitribu
- Lord Theron
- Lady Veradis - Assamite antitribu
- Lord Alexandre - Lasombra
- Lady Intisar
- Captain Burr - Ghoul, Captain of the Sailor's Moon
- Laster Vance - Tremere, childe of Mistress Fanchon, Archon
- Elijah Norge - Ghoul, Captain of the Osprey
- Mithras
- Vasantasena
- Charles Robin - Ghoul, Proprietor of The Rosewood Inn
- Joseph Gaiman - Ventrue ancilla
- Valerius
- Bindusara - Valerius' Sire
- Dr. Hopkins - Human, Witch Finder General
- Mr. Stearne - Human, Hunter
- Vicar of Ludgate - Papist, Claimed to be a witch by Dr. Hopkins, died
- Violetta
- Francois Villon - Violetta's Sire
- Durga Syn
- Geoffrey Leigh
- Raphael Giovanni - Proprietor of the Red Bear Tavern
- Snee - Gangrel, Foundling
- Catherine - Malkavian, Foundling
- Tobias Leveler
- Freia
- Frigga
- The Sculptor - Freia's and Frigga's Sire, Malkavian antitribu
- Duke of Amber
- Duchess of Amber
- Strider - Mallotte's Border Collie
- Rose Chandler - Caitiff
- Reginald - Violetta's Ghoul
Terminology[]
Amber Castle, Aphrodite, Apotheosis, Arcanos, Argos, Basel, The Black Coq (Tavern), The Black Monastery, Byway, Casa Hardestadt, Children of Isaac, Children of Lilith, Corpus, The Crimson Bacchanal, Cycle of Lilith, Dictum Mortuum, Domem, Doppelganger, Drone, The Eagle and Child Inn, Empusae, Enlil, Fetter, The First Pack (Moon-Beasts: Bone Gnawers), Founders, The Foundlings, Gabriel, Harrowing, Lamiae, Lilith Fragment, London, Lupine, Necromancy, Nihil, Oblivion, Osiris, Osprey (Ship), Path of Caine, Path of Cathari, Path of Death and the Soul, Path of Evil Revelations, Path of Harmony, Path of Honorable Accord, Path of Power and the Inner Voice, Phantasm, Poseidon, Priestess of Isis, Puppetry, Reaper, The Red Bear Tavern, Red Book of Westmarch by Robert of Westmarch (Sabbat Book), Risen, Rome, Rosewood Inn, Sailor's Moon (Ship), Sargon Fragment, Shadowlands, Skinlands, Soul, Spectre, Spirit, Stygia, Switzerland, Tempest, The Three Lions Inn, Transcendence, Tuatha de Danaan, Wraith, Zombie,
