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Year 1965.
Welcome to Waldendorf, a sprawling urban paradise where vintage antiquity meets modern technologies. With its age old buildings, cobbled streets, technology, and top-of-the-cream elite, life in this city is never dull. It is heralded as one of the most affluent cities in New America—a place that most people could only dream of living in.
Among the city's pioneering residents is a powerful family known to most as the Vampires of Waldendorf. They are nothing like the mythical creatures, but their nickname has been well-earned. Don't let appearances fool you; underneath those perfectly rehearsed smiles, the Vampires are ruthless businessmen, cold and trechearous as ice. Owning ninety percent of the enterprises within Waldendorf, they more or less own the entire city itself.
Despite their elite status, however, they seem just like any other ordinary family. After all, their record is spotless clean. They might have been into one or two scandals in the past, but they were instantly filed away and soon forgotten. As far as society is concerned, the Vampires are perfect. Powerful. Untouchable. Nothing could possibly besmirch their good reputation.
But underneath all the glitz and glamour surrounding their lives, there is one sordid truth just waiting to be unearthed.
Fifteen years ago, wanting to ascend the social ladder and triumph over competing families and firms, the Vampires formed an alliance with yet another family: the Winthrops. While not as influential nor as sophisticated as the Vampires, the Winthrops were powerful in their own unique way. They ran a secret organisation and were involved in numerous illegal activities. Like spiders, they weaved their underground social web, gathering the deepest and darkest secrets of Waldendorf's elite which they then sold for a good hefty price. The Vampires exploited the Winthrops' ability to gather information. In exchange for information on their rivals, the Vampires provided them with money and privilege. But forming an alliance with the Spiders was like striking a deal with the devil, and it turned out that the Winthrops had an ulterior motive in mind. In their heads a terrible scheme was created, for what these Spiders wanted most of all was influence—influence that no other family aside from the Vampires could ever hope to achieve.
The Winthrops strived hard to achieve their goal. They tried to earn the Vampires' trust, tried to uncover secrets, tried to stage scandals and spread lies in an effort to taint their name. But easily the Vampires caught on, and all of a sudden the tables were turned. The Vampires made it so that the Winthrops' illegal involvements were brought to justice. Those who managed to evade imprisonment only did so by the skin of their teeth, and even then they had no assets left to live a comfortable life.
The Spiders learned their lesson, but it was too late to make amends; the Winthrop name had already been smeared from high society.
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Welcome to Waldendorf, a sprawling urban paradise where vintage antiquity meets modern technologies. With its age old buildings, cobbled streets, technology, and top-of-the-cream elite, life in this city is never dull. It is heralded as one of the most affluent cities in New America—a place that most people could only dream of living in.
Among the city's pioneering residents is a powerful family known to most as the Vampires of Waldendorf. They are nothing like the mythical creatures, but their nickname has been well-earned. Don't let appearances fool you; underneath those perfectly rehearsed smiles, the Vampires are ruthless businessmen, cold and trechearous as ice. Owning ninety percent of the enterprises within Waldendorf, they more or less own the entire city itself.
Despite their elite status, however, they seem just like any other ordinary family. After all, their record is spotless clean. They might have been into one or two scandals in the past, but they were instantly filed away and soon forgotten. As far as society is concerned, the Vampires are perfect. Powerful. Untouchable. Nothing could possibly besmirch their good reputation.
But underneath all the glitz and glamour surrounding their lives, there is one sordid truth just waiting to be unearthed.
Fifteen years ago, wanting to ascend the social ladder and triumph over competing families and firms, the Vampires formed an alliance with yet another family: the Winthrops. While not as influential nor as sophisticated as the Vampires, the Winthrops were powerful in their own unique way. They ran a secret organisation and were involved in numerous illegal activities. Like spiders, they weaved their underground social web, gathering the deepest and darkest secrets of Waldendorf's elite which they then sold for a good hefty price. The Vampires exploited the Winthrops' ability to gather information. In exchange for information on their rivals, the Vampires provided them with money and privilege. But forming an alliance with the Spiders was like striking a deal with the devil, and it turned out that the Winthrops had an ulterior motive in mind. In their heads a terrible scheme was created, for what these Spiders wanted most of all was influence—influence that no other family aside from the Vampires could ever hope to achieve.
The Winthrops strived hard to achieve their goal. They tried to earn the Vampires' trust, tried to uncover secrets, tried to stage scandals and spread lies in an effort to taint their name. But easily the Vampires caught on, and all of a sudden the tables were turned. The Vampires made it so that the Winthrops' illegal involvements were brought to justice. Those who managed to evade imprisonment only did so by the skin of their teeth, and even then they had no assets left to live a comfortable life.
The Spiders learned their lesson, but it was too late to make amends; the Winthrop name had already been smeared from high society.
@Nemopedia