Good evening, fellow Kindred,

Tonight we unveil three new factions that further complicate the power struggles in Las Vegas. These groups each weave their own dark tapestry across the city, and within their ranks, smaller sub-factions contribute to a landscape as intricate as it is dangerous.

The Bahari remain devoted followers of Lilith, the Dark Mother, weaving ancient agricultural rites and blood magic into the very fabric of Las Vegas. They balance civilization and the wild through secretive rituals that defy modern society’s norms. The local Bahari are known as Red Midwives revering birth and life with a storied history as healers since the Nuwuvi tribes of the Mojave owned the land, but are recently being led towards masochism by their Malkavian leader Fiona Motheater.  The Blood Disco led by Las Vegas showgirl Midori Shi represents a more recent, flamboyant splinter immersed in queer ballroom culture that channels nocturnal excess into a bold challenge against tradition. Rumors about The Cultivars hiding in the midst of the desert making chants to Lilith around an arcane tree are unsubstantiated but reported. Few Kindred wander into the desert for fear of what's out there.

The Setites have emerged as a potent force channeling the ancient energies of Egypt into Las Vegas’ decadent underworld, advocating liberation through temptation and the rejection of mortal constraints; at their core, the Temple of Set drives ritualistic devotion and charismatic leadership. They came to Las Vegas on a hunt for the Typhonian Beast they believe to be in the desert. They were shocked to find a splinter of their own clan, the Tlacique,  indigenous Americans to the land that revere Tezcatlipoca instead of Set invoking the mystique of ancient Aztec blood magic through esoteric practices that blur myth and reality. The Cohort serves as their militant arm that has risen in the Temple of Set wishing to purge the heretic Tlacique. However, more moderate voices within the mainline argue for reconciliation, believing that the Tlacique’s devotion to Tezcatlipoca could be redirected toward Set’s true purpose.

Pentex Group operates as a shadowy multinational corporation whose legitimate facade conceals a sinister agenda to further the corrupting influence of the Wyrm in Las Vegas by infiltrating politics, industry, and even healthcare to destabilize the city from within, turning everyday life into a playground for decay; the Board steers its dark machinations — a cabal of mortal puppeteers and vampire oligarchs who direct Pentex Group’s vast resources to accelerate urban decay and transform the city’s infrastructure into engines of ecological and spiritual collapse — while the necromantic Giovanni, a mafia family deeply entwined as Pentex Group’s largest investor, merge their dark arts with corporate machinations, leeching wealth from both the dead and the living to ensure that every deal plunges Las Vegas ever deeper into chaos.

Your choices, Kindred, will determine how these factions rise, fall, or forever shape the fate of Las Vegas. Until next time...

With blood-stained regards,
Sunset Chronicles Studios