Editing New York By Night:Prince of New York
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In 2004 Prince Isaac Saur entered Torpor, placing Seegar on the throne. So far the young Prince has managed to maintain control of New York, but in Elysium and other, darker places kindred conspire. And Prince Seegar does not inspire the fear his sire once did. | In 2004 Prince Isaac Saur entered Torpor, placing Seegar on the throne. So far the young Prince has managed to maintain control of New York, but in Elysium and other, darker places kindred conspire. And Prince Seegar does not inspire the fear his sire once did. | ||
β | '''Storytelling Hints''': Roland has been Prince for less then a decade, sitting on a Throne | + | '''Storytelling Hints''': Roland has been Prince for less then a decade, sitting on a Throne giving to his sire by one of his Regents, Tabitha. Fear of the monstrous girl, one known to feed off the blood of her fellows kept his sire safe from any of the other Regents. But Roland know's the girl does not see him the way she saw his sire. He has spent the better part of a century running the city, even if his sire ran it in name. His connections are vast, and his power base hard for most to fathom. Still older and and more experienced monsters eye his Throne. Some may well imagine themselves more fit to sit it. |
And then there are the Carthians. Fifty years ago Roland thought them a passing fade, yet the young Covenant now out numbers the Invictus and Lance combined in New York. They call for votes, for Carthian members of the Primogen. The First Estate is well entrenched but Roland and the inner circle know they can not hope to match the soldiers the Carthians could muster should it turn to that. Still, giving them any sort of power or voice erodes his alliances and bargains with the other Invictus, allies he can not afford to loose. | And then there are the Carthians. Fifty years ago Roland thought them a passing fade, yet the young Covenant now out numbers the Invictus and Lance combined in New York. They call for votes, for Carthian members of the Primogen. The First Estate is well entrenched but Roland and the inner circle know they can not hope to match the soldiers the Carthians could muster should it turn to that. Still, giving them any sort of power or voice erodes his alliances and bargains with the other Invictus, allies he can not afford to loose. | ||
And so the man that appears as strong as a stone wall and unworried as a champion poker player walks on egg shells. Everything he does, every move he makes or decree made public is carefully weighted. For the wolves are at the gate, waiting to rush in. | And so the man that appears as strong as a stone wall and unworried as a champion poker player walks on egg shells. Everything he does, every move he makes or decree made public is carefully weighted. For the wolves are at the gate, waiting to rush in. |