Post by ST Alex on Mar 21, 2012 10:25:22 GMT -8
Three Venetian Couriers were
Found dead on St. Mark’s square,
In a most unusual manner.
The Doge had a messenger who
Informed him of the fate of the
Forum, beaten rather badly for it.
A great many of the fowl being sold
On San Polo market square, have
Perfect arrow holes in them.
The Blackbloods of Venice are
Planning a direct move against the
False Prince.
All manner of rain began in Venice
Towards the end of February, and
Shows no signs of stopping.
The thick fog enveloping the city
Of Venice has begun to turn strange
Colors other than grey.
With the advent of Prince Grim II,
Vampires of Venice from Grim I’s
Time have been diving into bolt-holes.
Kaneka and Amalfi Contarini were
Seen fistfighting on St. Mark’s Square.
The Tremere creature Speck was
Nearly killed by a barrage of arrows
From a Cannaregio rooftop.
A Dalriata Herald favor was found at
The bottom of a destroyed gondola.
House Giovanni had a pre-existing
Deal for backing Grim II for Prince.
Ancient, vengeful Wraiths are escaping
Their prisons on San Michelle.
The Doge of Venice has been informed
Of the vampire ruling regime change.
Fellow Masters are urging Head of
The Medical Scholae Nico Valerian
To retire and name a successor, due to
Still-failing health.
Senator Vassini used Forum funds to
Bribe the Pazzi and the Giovanni
Houses into backing Grim II for Prince.
The Hospitallers, denied guardship of
The Doge’s Progressus, lined the main
Canal in full battle gear instead.
Fog and shadows have made it
Impossible to see through the windows
Of Maverick’s.
The missing Alexandra Giovanni was
Seen on the island of San Michelle,
Arguing with the Caretakers Lamia
Lillian.
The Medici and the Borgia met to
Discuss the vampire ruling regime
Change in Venice.
A Byzantine stall selling exotic
Perfumes was attacked and accused
Of unleashing the Death of Roses on
Venice.
Those who frequent the Fondaco dei
Turchi are beginning to be subject
To searches by Venetian guards.
Shadows whisper of the rage of the
Rat King over the kidnapping of his
Second, Galen.
Several of the bodies from the slaughter
On La Certosa, never made it to the
Island of San Michelle.
A ship from Constantinople who
Refused to pay extra tithe, was
Refused entrance to Venice docks.
Zufa, Lieutenant to Yorek and his
Lightbringers, personally conducted
The kidnapping of Galen.
The Oracle, fearful of a 2nd reign of
The Mad Prince, has taken sanctuary
In the womb of Reitia with the Rat King.
The Necropolis is hatching a daring plan
To increase the size of the island of
San Michelle.
An entire shipment of green colored
Glass created by the Murano family
Disappeared off Venice docks.
Tiberio, the former Prefect Argentum,
Disappeared with all of the Forum’s
Funds.
The Council of 200 put forth a
Motion in Court, to force the Doge’s
Mistress to wear a Courtesan’s veil.
All the locks to all the chests of an
Apothecary in Cannaregio, disappeared.
The former Sow’s Ear is being completely
Torn down and refurbished, by wealthy
And anonymous funds.
Stonemasons of Constantinople were
Convicted of being the guilty party,
Concerning the burning of the tower
Of St. Mark’s Basilica.
Houses Pazzi and Giovanni are being
Slandered for betrayal in the wall
Graffiti in Venice.
Faruk Benji calls in Saint Walsingham
To Venice, to deal with the question
Of vampire ruling government.
The Teutonic Knights barracks on
Castello is almost completely empty.
Many Lasombra messengers reporting
To and from Maverick’s are sporting
Medici House favors.
Prince Grim II offered the Giovanni
The entire island of San Michelle, as
Payment for backing.
Edo Vassini is being corrupted by
The Devils Eye, given to him by
Faruk Benji.
A ghoul of Prince Grim II suffered
Supernatural burns when he moved
The staked body of Ahzreal.
Several members of the prominent
Pidari family of glassblowers have
Disappeared.
The entire shop of an ironsmith on
San Polo was forcibly moved to
The Isola San Pietro.
Senator Mohiam, and the Fat Friar’s
Bodies, have changed Enemy hands.
With the spring thaw, the Caliphate
Consortium of Iberia sends a
Representative to check on their
Investments in Venice.
A pile of ash bearing a Dalriata
Herald favor was floated empty
Of passengers or driver in a gondola,
Down the Grand Canal.
The word on every tongue in the
Underworld is that House Contarini
Has declared war on Constantinople.
With the collapse of the Custom House
Of the Forum, the tithe from the Court
Of Verona never arrived.
The Grim Prince’s ghoul Ricardo bears
Another title in private – Keeper of
Memories.
Prince Grim II plans a Fete and a Game
For Easter Carnivale.
The night the GodTwins of Ekaterina
Were born, the Oracle was said to have
Suffered a night-long fit of prophecy.
A guard gave the Grim Prince a swatch
Soaked in blood from the birthing room
Of Ekaterina.
Buildings in the more populated Sestieris
Are beginning to trend two black stripes
On their walls.
Prince Grim caused the early labor of
Gianna’s ghoul Ekaterina.
Amadeo Contarini sent a request to his
Contacts in the Courts of Love.
The Strategos claims House Contarini is
Behind the archers killing messenger
Pigeons.
Hermione of House Jacquel communicated
With the Megaron the vampire regime
Change of Venice.
Despite the season change, thick color-changing
Fog still rolls through Venice.
Contarini passed a measure in the Palazzo
De Justica, allowing full force against
Byzantines who err in Venice.