Finding The Author

The below information represents news articles, gossip, IC websites, and other IC information your character could have gotten their hands on. All information is public information that your character can ICly know unless it is marked for a certain group. If it is marked for a certain group, you need to be part of that group to know it IC. For example, if you see something marked "Sabbat", then you need to be Sabbat to know it. You may notice that some plot elements might coincide or overlap with other plotlines.

The information here is gathered to help quickly on-board new players and to keep existing players similarly organized. Plot beats manifest as scheduled +events, developments in +jobs, and BBoard articles that represent news and internet activity IC. You are encouraged to participate in the plotline by sending in +requests about what your character would do knowing this information and can do so at any time!

Main Storyteller: Batty

Timeline

• April 2021 (Public): A trailer for an action-thriller film called 'The Author' went viral on VidTube. The interrogators are masked. The gore could make even the unblinking Tzimisce cringe, but what's truly chilling how they drop names far too specific to be coincidental. It's not a trailer. It's a message.
• May 3rd, 2021 (Public): Lucky Boar Studios, the production company responsible for The Author, is robbed of a small server farm on-site. 1390 Market Street (Fox Plaza). An investigation is ongoing, with much of the controversy focusing on Dominique Cantrell, a Sentry Security guard.
• May 6th, 2021 (Camarilla):At the Green Room in San Francisco, Prince Winder has Manuel Ward dragged before the Court. He is hauled off for interrogation, where it is later revealed that he is in San Francisco from Richmond for vengeance because he recognizes the voice of the Interrogator as a hunter who killed his packmates.

• June 2021 (Public): A trial date is set for Dominque Cantrell.
• October 2021 (Vampire): An encrypted message surfaced on ShreckNet and continued to be thus circulated on secured networks among the supernatural. The message confirms 'The Author' to be an item of supernatural power and posits that the Children Of Athanasius seek to use it as a weapon against the supernatural.
• November 2021 (Mage): Alex Foster intercepts the message and circulates it in San Francisco as a tentative heads-up.
• November 2021 (Public): A news article describes a hospitalized individual found with a wooden stake after a police chase and shootout.
• January 2022 (Camarilla and Anarchs): The Assamite Scholar, Ehsan Khadem, attempts to recruit the Camarilla toward studying The Author before the Hunters get it. Prince Winder wants to focus on exterminating the hunters themselves, announcing intelligence obtained by her Praxis investigating the clues left behind by the trailer and their association with Lucky Boar. The Anarchs circulate the info leak among themselves in order to plan and prioritize which places to hit and when.

News Coverage

• Data Theft At Fox Plaza, May 3, 2021
• Security Guard Pleas Innocent, May 17, 2021
• Trial Date Set For Sentry Guard, June 8, 2021
• Car Chase Shooting Court Delays, November 19, 2021

Organizations / Businesses

• Lucky Boar Studios

NPCs

• Dominique Cantrell: The security guard who faces trial for her participation in the theft of 38 server blades from 1390 Market Street.
• Hector Parker: A man who was found with a wooden stake who is now in dire condition in the hospital, delaying his criminal court case.
• Younes Madani and Isabella Jenna Lee: Two other individuals arrested in the same incident as Hector Parker.
• The Interrogator: The interrogator in the Ramos Torture Video.
• The Lead Sprinkler: A currently unknown individual in the Ramos Torture Video.
• The Flayer: A currently unknown individual in the Ramos Torture Video.
• James Ramos: A Toreador from New York City whose demise was recorded and distributed on YouTube in the Ramos Torture Video. Deceased.
• Alex Foster (Mage): A Virtual Adept interested in protecting his own.
• Ehsan Khadem (Vampire): An Assamite scholar invested in most things ancient Turkey.

Questions, Clues, Leads

Stuck? Need a hand, or some inspiration? The clues are strewn throughout the news articles, 'website', and other IC materials. That said, Here are some hints to help you get somewhere.

• Dominique Cantrell: The security guard who worked at Fox Plaza is under fire. What did she see? What does she know?
• Lucky Boar Studio: Are one, some, or all of the various employees at LBS in the know?

Get Involved

Any of the information above is fair game for your character to know unless it's marked as belonging to a certain group. If it's marked to belong to a certain group, like "Nosferatu," then you need to be a part of that group.

Send in +requests to investigate! You can assign jobs to others, so if something is being run by a PRP runner or you know the staffer you're after, simply assign it (+job/assign #=person). Ask around IC. On the Looking For RP channel (@channel/join looking), point out one of the threads you're interested in and ask if someone'd like to join.

Sometimes, +events are made to round everybody up to move a plot beat forward. Keep an eye out for +events that seem related and try to join 'em. That said, there's no need to wait on an +event to get the ball rolling: reach out to staff, to PRP runners, and fellow players on channels and through +request.