Paris, which lies along the river Seine, is the capital and most populous city in France.[1] One of Europe’s major centers of commerce and culture, Paris makes up around 18% of France’s population[1] and houses such cultural keystones as the Arc de Triomphe, the Louvre, and the Eiffel Tower.[1] It is divided into twenty administrative districts, known as arrondissements municipaux, each of which has its own mayor.[2]
First Edition[]
Chronicles of Darkness[]
One of the primary leaders of L'Enfants Diabolique, a group of three blind men called the Chaldeans, lives in Paris.[3]
Changeling: The Lost[]
During the reign of Louis XIV, the changeling population of Paris is as diverse as the mortal population, with individuals even from the far-flung Ming dynasty.[4]
Changelings, being a skilled sort at hiding and sympathizing with the oppressed, are willing to aid any mortals fleeing from persecution.[5]
During this same time period, the seasonal courts are growing in power, due to the machinations of Madame Estelle and her Court of the North Star.[6] These courts have begun determining their period of rule in terms of the equinoxes and solstices, rather than climatic patterns.[7] This trend, shortly thereafter, extends from Paris out to nearby freeholds who have signed onto the Accord of the Spheres.[7]
Geist: The Sin-Eaters[]
Sin-Eaters in the 17th century generally keep to their own, forming small communities as bulwarks against supernatural threats.[8] Often naming themselves after nearby churches, various krewes keep vigil over these structures, which, for whatever reason, often lie above powerful cenotes.[8]
Hunter: The Vigil[]
It is during Louis XIV’s rule that survivors of the Thirty Years’ War form the Inexorables, a compact seeking to teach the next generation the martial skills needed to protect humanity from supernatural threats.[8]
At the same time, the Malleus Maleficarum, still young, hide their activities behind the Sun King’s persecution of Protestants.[8]
Mage: The Awakening[]
During the 1600s, the Seers of the Throne are particularly powerful in Paris. Mages of the Pentacle are hard-pressed at this time to discover which courtiers are loyal to the Exarchs; as such, this period of time is rather heavy in intrigue.[8]
Mummy: The Curse[]
Through the reign of the Sun King, Paris is home to a modest number of Arisen, who seek out trophies stolen by nobles during the Crusades.[8]
Vampire: The Requiem[]
During the rule of Louis XIV, in the mid-seventeenth to early eighteenth centuries, many Kindred take up places in his court. The Invictus and Lancea et Sanctum are particularly powerful during this period.[8]
In the late 1860s, Amaury Jenilik, progenitor of the Barjot bloodline, was exiled from Paris by the local Prince for his unlawful Embrace of his two childer.[9]
Due to the ready use of modern communications technology by less age-entrenched vampires, the Carthian Movement spreads rapidly throughout a variety of cities, Paris among them, during the first ten years of the twentieth century.[10] In particular, the city's movement was taken up in 1905 by Socialist vampires on the fringes of Kindred society[10], among them Francisca de Graaf, one of the so-called Kerzian Council who founded the Carthian Movement.[11] The Montparnasse district in particular was so overrun with Carthians that by 1931, it was declared tenurial domain.[12]
Werewolf: The Forsaken[]
During the 17th century, many Uratha are leaving Paris, seeking out a place in the New World, chasing the rumors of that land — that it is free of the Pure, or that it is full of them.[8]
Second Edition[]
Demon: The Descent[]
During the Reign of Terror, Paris is noted to have far fewer Saboteurs than might be expected, as mortals do the majority of work for the Unchained, mobilizing mobs to tear down Infrastructure and the like.[13]
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