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VAMPIRE THE REQUIEM: THE INQUISITION

INTRODUCTION

in the 15th century, the Kindred are not the only ones out for blood;the Vatican in Rome are fighting a febrile and deadly battle againstvampires, burning them on stakes whenever possible.Vampires, however, try to control the Vatican by infiltrating it andmanipulating it from behind the veil. They stay in the dark, posingas scholars or bureaucrats that do not need to be available atdaytime.

The Inquisition is a powerful and dreaded institution that seeks outvampires to eliminate them because they are perceived as ungodlyand linked to the Devil. In their quest to kill vampires, normalpeople sometimes get in the way; you're never safe when you facethe Inquisitors.In this World of Darkness, they are actually burning vampiresinstead of witches and the like. Unlike the real world, whereinnocent people were tortured by zealots, the Inquisition and theVatican actually have a real enemy in the Kindred.

The city states of Italy are dirty, dark and chaotic places, perfect forvampires. Death is a constant companion in the cities, eitherthrough natural causes, the plague or simple assaults. Every day,men pull out at least a couple of dead bodies from the rivers aroundthe city, and murders are rarely investigated.

Rome is the home of Catholicism, but it is also full of sin.Prostitution, drunkenness and gambling are commonplace. The

poor sleep in beds made of hay in one story homes, sometimeseven without doors. The gap between the wealthy and the poor ishuge. Sometimes, people starve.

CITY STATES

Italy is comprised of several independent city states. The mostimportant are: Venice, Milan, Florence, Genoa, Pisa, Siena, Lucca,Cremona and Rome. An average population number of each citystate is between 50,000 and 100,000. Rome is the largest city, with

at least 150,000 people.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venicehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florencehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genoahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pisahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sienahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luccahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cremonahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florencehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genoahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pisahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sienahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luccahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cremonahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venice

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pass as humans, they have good positions with power to use for the

covenants objectives, as described above. Some other covenants

has also infiltrated the religious institutions for different reasons

pertaining to the covenants objectives.

How many Kindred in the Italian city states? There is no exact

number. Rome may have up to 250 vampires of all types all in all,

but because travelling from city state to city state, it would not be

unrealistic to have 500 vampires in Rome.