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Location is generally in Mesa [Alma School & Main]. How often and which Saturday is subject to change due to scheduling conflicts - typically twice a month.

It has been said that the base of all conflicts arises from the haves versus the have-nots. The Phoenix metropolis is home to over three million souls and physically the second largest metropolis in North America. Those who have, want more and those whom have-not, desire to have. Welcome to Phoenix “the Valley of the Sun” where all are involved in one way or another in the Danse Macabre.

In the Valley, districts are more fractionalized. As such, the rich share room with the poor; the safe quickly shifts to not so just by crossing the street. The police are never more then a few moments away. It is in those few moments that life is won or lost.

Phoenix and the surrounding cities offer much in the way of territory and prosperity. Year round droves of vacationers and businessmen visit Phoenix from abroad. Many of the major industries are well represented here in the Valley. The population of the Valley is diverse and complicated.

Those who look upon the Valley of the Sun see Her shine in majestic glory. Only they who truly know see that She stands tall upon the backs of the have-nots. It is here that the things that go bump in the night vie for influence and territory.

Phoenix is crowded - for reasons unknown the Werewolf population grows by leaps and bounds and all others are worried. Since the founding of Phoenix King George has ruled with an iron fist. This changed in the late 1980’s when King George became world weary and slipped into topor entrusting his three childer to maintain order in his absence.

Soon after his youngest declared that he was assuming the leadership of the Circle of Crones. The Invictus were shocked and the Ventrue scandalized. The remaining two struggled to hold the surrounding cities under sway to no avail. The cities separated and war became the standard. Violence peaked in the early 90’s (i.e. gang wars an accurate thermometer).

Then things began to change the cities established truces and treaties. May 1, 1999 all who were important or had enough influence to be considered and ally or a threat received an invitation by King George to a small gathering. All who were invited attended if for no other reason than curiosity. The party was grand, ending in King George announcing that again he would be Prince and that there would be peace in the Valley. Many were unhappy, only one spoke out, a young idealistic Carthian. King George made a graphic example of what would happen to those who opposed his rule. To this night the Carthians still feel the weight of this example.

In the fall of 2004 the Carthians and King George locked horns again, resulting in the revelation of the King’s monstrous blood harvesting methods and the death of half of the remaining Carthians. King George was forced by blood and sword to abdicate. Lady Aneaka then became “acting” Prince. Currently there is a quiet three way power struggle between Lady Aneaka and the two eldest childer of King George, for now there is peace, but for how long? Meanwhile the other inhabitants of the World of Darkness continue to make themselves known.

The story, Phoenix: The Dark Empire is a dark narrative that centers on the haves versus the have-not’s and the inherent struggles of sharing a crowded oasis.

Phoenix: The Dark Empire is a narrative that exists on many levels. One in which the waters of what is right and what is not are murky at best. It is in these waters that players swim. The deeper one dives the darker the water. In short the style of the narrative will be impacted by the actions of the players.

Dave Martin
VTC of Phoenix Camarilla Table Top
Alpha of
The Wrecking Crew

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