The Giovanni Chronicles
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Season1:
The Last Supper
The year in 1444 in the World of Darkness. It is a time of chaos and death. The New World has yet to be discovered and the Old World is awash in blood. The Crusades have failed miserably and that humiliation causes Christendom like a trapped animal desperately gnawing on its own flesh to unleash a torrent of Inquisitors, attempting to purge itself of unwanted elements. For now, in 1444, Western Europe is a fool’s paradise and the people enjoy a false sense of security. However, in Central and Eastern Europe, tension and fear are part of daily life.This is the backdrop in which 13 people find themselves invited to a sumptuous dinner. The host is Augustus Giovanni. Giovanni is from a wealthy Italian trading family and is as feared as he is respected. The 13 span the spectrum of different social classes and some come from other countries, there seems to be no common thread between them aside from that they’ve all been summoned by Lord Giovanni. Unbeknownst to all of them, sinister forces conspire in these mountains, intent on carrying out their own version of the Binding of Isaac and these 13 might well be being summoned to their last supper…
Season 2:
Blood and Fire
The Children of Isaac find themselves reunited 200 years after their last supper. They are no longer the raw and naive Neonates they were. Each has changed in their own way and some among them have joined opposing sects. But political affiliation falls to the wayside in the face of the bond they forged during the events in the Carpathians all those years ago. Now, they have been reunited by a call from the Founders of the Camarilla and are told those events are not as over as they'd like.Someone has stolen the research Cappadocius had done for his ritual of ascension and the Founders think it was a Giovanni and want it back. Driven by their shared disdain for the Giovanni and especially Claudius, the Children reform their coterie and go in search of the missing documents.Blood and fire….two things that have distinctly different effects on Kindred. How are they linked here? For what terrible purpose do the Giovanni want this research? Will they get it? Tune in to find out.
Season 3:
The Sun Has Set
It is the 19th century, and Britannia raises her flag across the world. The murder of Cappadocius is rapidly becoming ancient history. But, in the shadows, the Giovanni still plot and scheme to achieve apotheosis. Can your characters, now mighty elders, stop the Necromancers?
Season 4:
Nuova Malattia
An unhealthy development is taking place in Boston, Massachusetts - the ascension of the Milliner family of Clan Giovanni. From their surreptitious beginnings in the shadow of the Kennedy empire to their sinister prominence at the end of the 20th century, the Milliner history is one of treachery and cunning manipulation. Can the characters carve their own place out of Boston's dwindling resources, or will they be swept along with the tide of the Giovanni's inexorable conquest?
Season 1:
The Last Supper
1: The Invitation: In 1444, the player characters have been invited to the mansion of Claudius Giovanni for a lavish dinner. What could go wrong?2: The Dinner: The last we left our mortals they were just getting ready for dinner. Let us see how well it went shall we?3: The Interrogation: Tonight our newly embraced Canites are tortured and interrogated for information on their sires.4: The Family Reunion: The Children of Issac meting back their sires and then figuring out what they should do about the entire conspiracy.5: The Lost but not Forgotten: This episode… is interesting to say the least. Instead of a full fledged episode apparently some of the Children of Issac have taken to recording their experiences for you to hear from their own personal point of views, though not all were available for comment.6: The Sermon of the Undead7: The Spirit of Inquiry8: The Verdict is Cast9: The Bell Tolls
Season 2:
Blood and Fire
1: Session 0 v2.02: The Reunion3: The Burning4: The Dark Pilgrimage5: The Roads We Walk6: The Roads We Walk pt 27: The Roads We Walk pt 38: Diverging Roads9: TBA
Season 3:
The Sun has Set
1: Session 0 v3.02: TBA3: TBA4: TBA5: TBA6: TBA7: TBA8: TBA9: TBA
Season 4:
Nuova Malattia
1: Session 0 "Look at the pretty new ghouls!"2: TBA3: TBA4: TBA5: TBA6: TBA7: TBA8: TBA9: TBA
The Cast and Crew
The Storyteller: Procyon
Editor: Usurper #1872The Children of Issac:Sascha, of Clan Tremere
Socials: Hive Social: @usurper1872 | Twitter: @ usurper1872Alonso, of Clan Lasombra
Hive Social: @haightwasrightSvava, of Clan Toreador: Puppermint PrimalLucen, of Clan Brujah: BleydNikodemus, of Clan Tzimisce: Igneium Blood Mage
The Giovanni Chronicles
Giovanni Chronicles is a series of adventure modules by White Wolf Publishing for their tabletop role-playing game Vampire: The Masquerade. The series spans four books:
°Giovanni Chronicles I: The Last Supper (1995): Written by Daniel Greenberg
°Giovanni Chronicles II: Blood & Fire (1996): Written by: Richard E. Dansky, Cynthia Summers, and Christopher Howard
°Giovanni Chronicles III: The Sun Has Set (1998): Written by Christopher Howard
°Giovanni Chronicles IV: Nuova Malattia (1999): Written by Heather Grove and Matthew McFarlandThe series was created for White Wolf's Black Dog Game Factory label. Black Dog Game Factory was a publishing label founded in 1995 by White Wolf, Inc. for the publication of a number of adult-themed books in their original World of Darkness RPG line.
The Giovanni Chronicles
The Giovanni Chronicles is a chronicle that follows the rise of Clan Giovanni. The chronicle takes place across four different stories, That will be told in four different seasons. It begins in 1444 CE and ends in 2000, spanning the gap from the tail end of the Dark Medieval to the Final Nights.
The Coterie
In life, Lucen Hayes was a knight without a lord, title, or family, having been erased from the records of mortal men as well as his own memory. In death, he retains his sense of justice and honor, walking the Path of Chivalry, trying to bring order to the chaotic worlds of humans and kindred both. He is a man of action who is quick to strike at evil and defend those under his protection. Ultimately, having experienced the corruption and excesses of his kind, he desires to reform kindred society to make it more just and honorable, from within is possible, or without if necessary.Alonso Marrone was born the third son of a Spanish Bishop. He was raised to read and write Latin and Spanish and Italian and has since learned more from Sascha, He was taken for ransom by pirates at the age of 18. His father didn't pay the ransom, but Alonso was able to talk his way out of it. He's been lying his way through life and death since. The Abyss is the end of all, Alonso wants to know all there is to know about it.
Niko, the pagan painter who formerly worked for the church out of spite, took to his kindred condition better than most. Though embraced into the Clan of Fiends, Niko extends his powers of fleshcrafting for artistic vanity and pleasure. Thanks to the tutelage of his spirit mentor Hecate, Niko has learned to be patient and observant in his unlife, always approaching offers and other kindred with an air of caution.With the other children of Isaac he will always try to extend a helping hand, no matter how infuriating some of the others maybe.