San Francisco

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Quote

"San Francisco is 49 square miles surrounded by reality." -- Paul Kantner of Jefferson Starship

"May you live in interesting times." — Chinese curse

Appearance

"No city invites the heart to come to life as San Francisco does. Arrival in San Francisco is an experience in living." -- William Saroyan, Armenian-American novelist

City Device

Climate

San Francisco has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb) characteristic of California's coast, with moist mild winters and dry summers. San Francisco's weather is strongly influenced by the cool currents of the Pacific Ocean on the west side of the city, and the water of San Francisco Bay to the north and east. This moderates temperature swings and produces a remarkably mild year-round climate with little seasonal temperature variation.

Fog is a regular feature of San Francisco summers. Among major U.S. cities, San Francisco has the coolest daily mean, maximum, and minimum temperatures for June, July, and August. During the summer, rising hot air in California's interior valleys creates a low pressure area that draws winds from the North Pacific High through the Golden Gate, which creates the city's characteristic cool winds and fog. The fog is less pronounced in eastern neighborhoods and during the late summer and early fall. As a result, the year's warmest month, on average, is September, and on average, October is warmer than July, especially in daytime.

Because of its sharp topography and maritime influences, San Francisco exhibits a multitude of distinct microclimates. The high hills in the geographic center of the city are responsible for a 20% variance in annual rainfall between different parts of the city. They also protect neighborhoods directly to their east from the foggy and sometimes very cold and windy conditions experienced in the Sunset District; for those who live on the eastern side of the city, San Francisco is sunnier, with an average of 260 clear days, and only 105 cloudy days per year.

Temperatures reach or exceed 80 °F (27 °C) on an average of only 21 and 23 days a year at downtown and San Francisco International Airport (SFO), respectively.[96] The dry period of May to October is mild to warm, with the normal monthly mean temperature peaking in September at 62.7 °F (17.1 °C). The rainy period of November to April is slightly cooler, with the normal monthly mean temperature reaching its lowest in January at 51.3 °F (10.7 °C). On average, there are 73 rainy days a year, and annual precipitation averages 23.65 inches (601 mm). Variation in precipitation from year to year is high. Above average rain years are often associated with warm El Niño conditions in the Pacific while dry years often occur in cold water La Niña periods. In 2013 (a "La Niña" year), a record low 5.59 in (142 mm) of rainfall was recorded at downtown San Francisco, where records have been kept since 1849. Snowfall in the city is very rare, with only 10 measurable accumulations recorded since 1852, most recently in 1976 when up to 5 inches (130 mm) fell on Twin Peaks.

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Geography

Whoever after due and proper warning shall be heard to utter the abominable word "Frisco",
which has no linguistic or other warrant, shall be deemed guilty of High Misdemeanour, and
shall pay into the Imperial Treasury as penalty the sum of twenty-five dollars. -- Emperor Norton

San Francisco is located on the West Coast of the United States at the north end of the San Francisco Peninsula and includes significant stretches of the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay within its boundaries. Several picturesque islands—Alcatraz, Treasure Island and the adjacent Yerba Buena Island, and small portions of Alameda Island, Red Rock Island, and Angel Island—are part of the city. Also included are the uninhabited Farallon Islands, 27 miles (43 km) offshore in the Pacific Ocean. The mainland within the city limits roughly forms a "seven-by-seven-mile square", a common local colloquialism referring to the city's shape, though its total area, including water, is nearly 232 square miles (600 km2).

There are more than 50 hills within the city limits. Some neighborhoods are named after the hill on which they are situated, including Nob Hill, Potrero Hill, and Russian Hill. Near the geographic center of the city, southwest of the downtown area, are a series of less densely populated hills. Twin Peaks, a pair of hills forming one of the city's highest points, forms an overlook spot. San Francisco's tallest hill, Mount Davidson, is 928 feet (283 m) high and is capped with a 103-foot (31 m) tall cross built in 1934. Dominating this area is Sutro Tower, a large red and white radio and television transmission tower.

The nearby San Andreas and Hayward Faults are responsible for much earthquake activity, although neither physically passes through the city itself. The San Andreas Fault caused the earthquakes in 1906 and 1989. Minor earthquakes occur on a regular basis. The threat of major earthquakes plays a large role in the city's infrastructure development. The city constructed an auxiliary water supply system and has repeatedly upgraded its building codes, requiring retrofits for older buildings and higher engineering standards for new construction. However, there are still thousands of smaller buildings that remain vulnerable to quake damage. USGS has released the California earthquake forecast which models earthquake occurrence in California.

San Francisco's shoreline has grown beyond its natural limits. Entire neighborhoods such as the Marina, Mission Bay, and Hunters Point, as well as large sections of the Embarcadero, sit on areas of landfill. Treasure Island was constructed from material dredged from the bay as well as material resulting from the excavation of the Yerba Buena Tunnel through Yerba Buena Island during the construction of the Bay Bridge. Such land tends to be unstable during earthquakes. The resulting soil liquefaction causes extensive damage to property built upon it, as was evidenced in the Marina district during the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. Most of the city's natural watercourses, such as Islais Creek and Mission Creek, have been culverted and built over, although the Public Utilities Commission is studying proposals to daylight or restore some creeks.

Population

• -- City (883,305) - 2018
• -- Metro (4,729,484) - 2018
• -- CSA (9,666,055) - 2018

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Attractions

• Fisherman's Wharf of San Francisco

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Bars and Clubs

• -- Chainges -- A gay club in the Castro
• -- Dracula's Daughter -- A Kindred club that has admitted a number of other supernaturals.
• -- Europa -- a gay club in the Castro.
• -- Gold Club -- High End Gentlemen's club
• -- Hammer's -- A Fetish club by invitation only
• -- The Way Down -- A club known for its mixed supernatural clientèle.
  • -- Laura - Waitress at the The Way down

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Cemeteries

• Star of the Sea Church
  

  • Pastor Father Andrew

    • John (Gravedigger and Handyman)

      Jacob (Gravedigger and Handyman)

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Changing Breeds

San Francisco is friendly to the Garou in almost direct proportion to its unfriendliness to the Kindred. There are more werewolves here than in just about any other major city in North America, drawn by the relaxed atmosphere and eco-friendly politics. Many live on the Peninsula, occasionally interacting with the fae of the Edge of the Labrys, but there are quite a few Glass Walkers lurking in Silicon Valley as well. The Bone Gnawer population of San Francisco is on the rise as well, as word gets around of the relatively easy pickings.

There are many bay area caerns, and as they are places of power for others as well, the Garou often share them with nunnehi. There is an unspoken mutual aid pact between the two groups, and Queen Aeron of the fae generally considers the two as a unit in reference to matters of policy. Of all the Kithain rulers, Countess Evaine sees more of the werewolves than any other. Certain sept leaders have observed her dealings with the selkies, and hold her as trustworthy. Regional Garou

• Rufus McLaren
• Wears-Many-Stories
• Andrea MacNilnoc

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Crime

In 2011, 50 murders were reported, which is 6.1 per 100,000 people. There were about 134 rapes, 3,142 robberies, and about 2,139 assaults. There were about 4,469 burglaries, 25,100 thefts, and 4,210 motor vehicle thefts. The Tenderloin area has the highest crime rate in San Francisco: 70% of the city's violent crimes, and around one-fourth of the city's murders, occur in this neighborhood. The Tenderloin also sees high rates of drug abuse, gang violence, and prostitution. Another area with high crime rates is the Bayview-Hunters Point area. In the first six months of 2015 there were 25 murders compared to 14 in the first six months of 2014. However, the murder rate is still much lower than in past decades. That rate, though, did rise again by the close of 2016. According to the San Francisco Police Department, there were 59 murders in the city in 2016, an annual total that marked a 13.5% increase in the number of homicides (52) from 2015.

Gangs

Several street gangs operate in the city, including MS-13, the Sureños and Norteños in the Mission District,. African-American street gangs familiar in other cities, including the Crips, have struggled to establish footholds in San Francisco, while police and prosecutors have been accused of liberally labeling young African-American males as gang members. Criminal gangs with shotcallers in China, including Triad groups such as the Wo Hop To, have been reported active in San Francisco. In 1977, an ongoing rivalry between two Chinese gangs led to a shooting attack at the Golden Dragon restaurant in Chinatown, which left 5 people dead and 11 wounded. None of the victims in this attack were gang members. Five members of the Joe Boys gang were arrested and convicted of the crime. In 1990, a gang-related shooting killed one man and wounded six others outside a nightclub near Chinatown. In 1998, six teenagers were shot and wounded at the Chinese Playground; a 16-year-old boy was subsequently arrested.

Peace Officers

The San Francisco Police Department was founded in 1849.

The FBI has a San Francisco office at 450 Golden Gate

The portions of Golden Gate National Recreation Area located within the city, including the Presidio and Ocean Beach, are patrolled by the United States Park Police.

The San Francisco Fire Department provides both fire suppression and emergency medical services to the city.

The city operates 22 public "pit stop" toilets.

Serial Killers

• The Zodiac Killer

• The Golden State Killer

• The Zebra Killers

• Richard Ramirez

• David Joseph Carpenter

• The Doodler

• The Santa Rosa Hitchhiker Killer

• San Francisco Slasher

• The Copycats

• Theudemar Donne

All credit for descriptions of San Francisco's serial killers goes to: [1]

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Citizens of the City

• Ernesto Albani --
• Gaëlle Biondi -- French Girl and former roommate
• Matviy Borisov -- Ukrainian Neurological Specialist
• Rino Hathway -- Twenty Something R.A. from the University of San Francisco
• Yu Jiang -- Police Detective
• Zhen Hou -- Masters Degree Student in Chemistry
• Polly Ball -- East Coast Addict (medium)
• Matthías Tómasson -- Graduate Organic Chemistry Student
• Diana Ninfa Rivero -- Nicaraguan Botanist
• Leonarrdo Harford -- 3 Little Pigs survivor and ghoul to Isaac Thompson
• Lin Pan -- 3 Little Pigs survivor and ghoul to Isaac Thompson
• Mensur Tahirović -- Leader of the mercenaries of the Cutting Crew
• Azra Hadžić -- Female Bosnian mercenary
• Clarette Davison -- Heiress & Satanist

Ghosts

• Tina Ó Nualláin -- Irish/American English Lit major who died of an overdose in the Church
• Coby Seymour -- Dead drug addict and mental health patient

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Culture of the City

The Culture of San Francisco is major and diverse in terms of arts, music, cuisine, festivals, museums, and architecture but also is influenced heavily by Asian culture due to its large Asian population. San Francisco's diversity of cultures along with its eccentricities are so great that they have greatly influenced the country and the world at large over the years. In 2012, Bloomberg Businessweek voted San Francisco as America's Best City.

Music

Classical and Opera venues in San Francisco include the San Francisco Symphony, the San Francisco Opera and the San Francisco Ballet. They all perform at the San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center. San Francisco's Ballet and Opera are some of the oldest continuing performing arts companies in the United States. San Francisco is the birthplace and home city of the vocal ensemble Chanticleer. The city is also home to the American Conservatory Theater, also known as A.C.T., which has been routinely staging original productions since its arrival in San Francisco in 1967. Additionally, the New Conservatory Theater Center (NCTC) is known for being an intimate theater that routinely stages original productions by the local, national, and international LGBTQIA+ community. Hundreds of smaller, alternative theaters also attract a significant portion of the audience given their historical role in the San Francisco performing arts culture. The oldest of these are Intersection for the Arts, founded in 1965, and the Magic Theater, founded in 1967. A major player in the promotion of theater in the Bay Area is Theater Bay Area (or TBA). A non profit organization, Theater Bay Area has members from more than 365 Bay Area theater and dance companies, is the publisher of Callboard Magazine, and runs San Francisco's Half-Priced Ticket Booth.

The Herbst Theater stages an eclectic mix of music performances, as well as public radio's City Arts & Lectures.

The Fillmore is a music venue located in the Western Addition. It is the second incarnation of the historic venue that gained fame in the 1960s under concert promoter Bill Graham, housing the stage where now-famous musicians such as the Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, Led Zeppelin and Jefferson Airplane first performed, fostering the San Francisco Sound. Beach Blanket Babylon is a zany musical revue and a civic institution that has performed to sold-out crowds in North Beach since 1974. Bimbo's 365 Club, in North Beach, is one of the city's oldest entertainment venues and plays host to music shows of all genres.

Additionally, San Francisco is home to the 200-member San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus, the world's first openly gay chorus, as well as the San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band, the world's first[citation needed] openly gay musical organization. Two additional gay choruses, the Lesbian/Gay Chorus of San Francisco and Golden Gate Men's Chorus, also perform throughout the year.

Theater

San Francisco has a large number of theaters and live performance venues. Local theater companies have been noted for risk taking and innovation, as documented in the film Stage Left: A Story of Theater in San Francisco. The Tony Award-winning non-profit American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) is a member of the national League of Resident Theaters, and has been in San Francisco since it moved from Pittsburgh in 1967. Other local winners of the Regional Theater Tony Award include the San Francisco Mime Troupe, and Berkeley Rep in nearby Berkeley. The Magic Theater was the home theater of the playwright Sam Shepard during his most productive period, and many of his plays were first staged there. San Francisco-based SHN hosts productions of Broadway shows in its vintage 1920s-era venues in the Theater District: the Curran, Orpheum, and Golden Gate Theaters.

San Francisco has had a thriving improv theater community, with a distinctly different style of improv than much of the rest of the country[citation needed]. Unlike Chicago where one venue will host three 30-45 minute shows in one evening, most San Francisco improv shows are 2 hours long, complete with their own intermission. And while Chicago and New York are full of improv companies who perform formats based on the Harold (with multiple storylines going on at the same time), San Francisco is full of improv shows with single-story formats. Often referred to as play-length improv shows, these improv shows are rooted in the idea that if someone can perform something scripted (like a play, movie, or musical) then it can also be improvised just as well. Some groups that define the improvisation scene in San Francisco are: BATS Improv, The Un-Scripted Theater Company, and The San Francisco Improv Alliance.

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Gum San -- The Court of the Golden Mountain

"Among the Quincunx there have only ever been five Imperial Courts. One was destroyed centuries ago throwing off the harmony and symmetry of the sacred five courts with only four remaining. That is until the establishment of Gum San - the Court of the Golden Mountain."

"Now once again there are five Imperial Courts of the Quincunx and many take this as a most promising sign. But Gum San is far removed from the Middle Kingdom and in the shadows some Kuei-jin whisper that Gum San isn't the fifth Court, but the Sixth Court for a Sixth and doomed age." -- Mandarin Na Ng -- Court Chronicler

皇帝 The Emperor

"Few Courts have an Imperial Ancester, such distinctions are reserved for those Courts whose Ancestor established the city. Many would argue that Yijun Xiao has no right to such an August title as Emperor, but this tells us more about the Emperor's future plans than it does about the sordid story of San Francisco's establishment. The Emperor seeks to make of San Francisco the crown jewel of his continent spanning empire and the establishment of an army capable of defeating the Demon-Emperor and ending the curled Sixth Age." -- Ming Tsui, Imperial Warlord

• Yijun Xiao -- The Imperial Ancestor of San Francisco

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普通話 -- The Mandarin Council

"Within Gum San the Emperor is all-powerful, but even potentates like Yijun Xiao need sage counsel in order to steer a city safely through the uncharted waters of history, that is where the Mandarin Council enters the picture."

"There are five Mandarins, one for each of the sacred directions, their respective expertise on various matters often serves to provide the Emperor with knowledge and skills that might not otherwise be accessible to such a noble Ancestor."

"In addition the Mandarins act like a Medieval privy Council who provide up-to-date intelligence in critical situations and act as agents provocateur in times of need. Their primary loyalty lies with the court Ancestor, but when a venerable elder becomes incapacitated for some reason the council of Mandarins can issue direction in the Emperor's name."

• Bo Chong -- Mandarin of the North
• Ming Tsui -- Mandarin of the South
• Na Ng -- Mandarin of the Center
• Wei Ning -- Mandarin of the West
• Zan Lim -- Mandarin of the East

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Servants of the Mandarinate

"For the court to function properly laws and traditions must be enforced. Propriety is like a coin, it's Guardians must therefore exhibit two faces."

"One face is for public appearances and the other for private events of a more clandestine nature."

"Both faces serve to ensure the dispensation of divinely inspired justice, but some acts needed to enforce the public good cannot for various reasons be attributed to the agents of the court even if all present are aware of the unseen influence of the Emperor."

"The Custodians of Social Harmoney are the public face of law and order. Their purpose is to be heroic and inspirational while enforcing the laws and traditions of the Middle Kingdom in Gum San."

"The Nest of Sepents on the other hand serve the public good by eliminating particularly difficult malefactors and inspiring the court and its enemies with the fear of the unknown and the unknowable."

"Thus regardless upon which side the coin of justice falls the court and the citizens of the Middle Kingdom are protected from the enemies of order and tradition."

• Custodians of Social Harmoney -- Kuei-jin police

• Nest of Serpents -- Imperial Assasins

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Houses of Pedigree

Flame Court

The Flame Court is one of the original five courts of the Quincunx, based in Hong Kong.

The Family Five

• -- Zen -- Flame Court -- Song of the Shadow

• -- Zhou Ong --Mistress of the Golden Dragons

• -- Ah-Jiang -- Little River - Family Enforcer

• -- Zhou -- Negotiator for Zen

Golden Dragons

For the most part, the Golden Dragons are a Chinese Tong, but one beholden to the undead.

The Dragonhead

• -- Lo Chow Wang -- Dragonhead of the Pixiu Cartel

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Heimin

https://www.joyvspicer.com/joy-blog/2022/1/31/six-chinese-mythical-creatures

The Master

• -- Zhihao Chai -- Master of the Dark Brotherhood

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House Genji

House Genji is one of the Clans of the Sun, the major groups of Japanese kuei-jin (called Gaki in Japanese).

• -- Cho -- ' -- Dance of the Thrashing Dragon
• 150px -- Akemi -- Cho's Second
• -- Goru -- Cho's Bodyguard

Jade Vipers

The Jade Vipers are a local chapter of the Japanese Yakuza and their relationship with the Gaki of San Francisco is as complicated as it is potentially profitable or deadly.

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Green Court

The Green Tigers

The Wu of the Green Tigers have been together for about 50 years. Led by Sung-Hoon Park, they were the first Korean wu to move to America. Each member made his or her own way to San Francisco and set up his or her own haven, Scarlet Screens and contracts with both Kue-jin and Kin-jin before meeting formally for the first time in this strange land. They have established a smuggling pipeline to Korea, become the hidden patrons of several local merchant organizations and martial arts schools, and engaged in covert operations to disrupt the New Promise Mandarinate.

Their position is precarious never the less. They are trying to play the Asians against the Americans, and skilled manipulators are operating on all sides. The Green Tigers enjoyed their greatest success in preventing a wu from Beijing's Blood court-The Five Fold Devil Club from establishing a foot hold in San Francisco at the airport. This would have guaranteed the Chinese a safe means of bringing reinforcements into the country.

• [[]] -- Sung-Hoon Park
• [[]] -- Byeong-Ho Namgung
• -- Mi-Kyung Kim
• [[]] -- Sang Kang

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西務局知事 -- Bureau of Western Affairs

• Opalescent Rain -- The Supreme Court of Truth on Earth

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Kindred Reservations

• Pacific Heights -- Reservation #1
• SoMa -- Reservation #2
• The Castro & Noe Valley -- Reservation #3
• Sunset -- Reservatiin #4
• Bayview -- Reservation #5

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治安官 Magistrates of the Bureau of Western Affairs

• [[]] -- Magistrate of Pacific Heights
• [[]] -- Magistrate of SoMa
• [[]] -- Magistrate of The Castro & Noe Valley
• [[]] -- Magistrate of Sunset
• [[]] -- Magistrate of Bayview

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Kindred Overseers of the Bureau of Western Affairs

• [[]] -- Overseer of Pacific Heights
• [[]] -- Overseer of SoMa
• [[]] -- Overseer of The Castro & Noe Valley
• [[]] -- Overseer of Sunset
• [[]] -- Overseer of Bayview

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Guardian Wu -- Protectors of Reservations

• Five Odd Honours -- Guardians of Pacific Heights

• The Small Dragons -- Guardians of SoMa

• Three Joyous Relations -- Guardians of The Castro & Noe Valley

• Plucking the Moon -- Guardians of Sunset

• Heaven's Grace -- Guardians of Bayview

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Honored Guests

• [[]] -- Palmiro della Passaglia -- Guest of House Genji {Formerly of Tokyo}

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Adversaries & Enemies

Camarilla

[[]] -- Leanna Burgess -- Prince of East Bay

[[]] -- Saturnino Rocco -- Toreador Sheriff

East Bay Posse

[[]] -- Reeces Jones -- Deputy of East Bay

[[]] -- Yavin McGraw -- Scourge

[[]] -- Bulldog McGraw -- Scourge

Dark Green 1965 Lincoln Continental

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Outcasts & Outlaws

Barbarians

The Kuei-jin of Gum San know about the barbarian Gangrel that defy their reservations and laws, but for the moment they remain ignorant of just how significant barbarian activity is to their occupation of San Francisco.

-- Esko -- Gangrel Elder
-- Logan Wakefield -- Gangrel wanderer (Former PC) <<Now in Torpor>>

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Leper Colony

"The flight of the Dowager and the Praetorian from the mortal Inquisition at the end of the seventeenth century is the stuff of Kindred lore and among Sewer-Rats, a story of high adventure and romance. The tales of their origins and how they came to sojourn together across the Atlantic to the New World and ultimately San Francisco is the very history of the Dowager line of Nosferatu. And depending upon whom you ask it is a fiction of the purplest's of prose." -- Don Benedict del Torres

[[]] -- The Dowager -- Matron of the Colony / Former Primogen of Sewer-rats

[[]] -- Praetorian -- Nickname

[[]] -- Digs-After-Dark -- Original 49er

[[]] -- Fever-Blister -- Nickname

[[]] -- Fishy Graywater -- Nosferatu Loner

[[]] -- Midnight-Cheese -- Nickname

[[]] -- Moist-Dark -- Nickname

[[]] -- Prison-Hooch -- Nickname

[[]] -- Puss-n-Shadows -- Nickname

[[]] -- [[]] -- Nickname

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The Black Market

-- Waraj Sind -- Ravnos Fixer
[[]] -- Wen Doc -- Nosferatu Hacker
-- Isaac Thompson -- Mob Doctor
[[]] -- Diego -- Drug-dealer of Death

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The Two Dog Resistance

-- Tristram -- Ventrue Heir Apparent & Resistance Leader

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The Mansion of Peace -- A Sanctuary of Safety in Interesting Times

-- Khaemwaset -- Setite Warrior

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Sabbat of San Francisco

Sanguine Reaper Posse
Warlords Hunters

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Deceased or Missing

• -- Vannevar Thomas -- Original Ventrue Prince of San Francisco (deceased 1999)
• -- Sara Anne Winder -- Ventrue Duke of San Francisco. {missing}
• -- Bashe -- Destroyed by mortal hunters

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Holy Ground

Old St. Mary's Cathedral

Mission San Francisco de Asís

Cults

Church of Satan

https://thesatanictemple.com/pages/church-of-satan-vs-satanic-temple

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Hospitals

• Saint Francis Memorial Hospital
  • Cynthia Spicer - High Security Terrorist attack survivor

• St. Mary's Medical Center (San Francisco) -- SMMC is the oldest continuously operating hospital in San Francisco.

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Landmarks

Alcatraz Island -- is home to the abandoned prison, the site of the oldest operating lighthouse on the West Coast of the United States, early military fortifications, and natural features such as rock pools and a seabird colony (mostly western gulls, cormorants, and egrets).

Three Brother's Storage -- Owns several storage units inside office buildings in financial district

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Mages

One thing a few Kithain dislike about living in San Francisco is all the damned mages. Fortunately, Frisco is primarily a Tradition city, being especially friendly to Virtual Adepts and Sons of Ether. There's a strong neo-pagan community in San Francisco, providing friendly base for Verbena and Dreamspeakers as well. While the Technocracy does have a strong presence on the West Coast, it is concentrated further up the coast, at major research and software concerns up in Washington State. Hollow Ones by the score wander the streets, and one cannot help but wonder if the existence of so many Orphans is part of someone's plan. It hardly seems likely that so many could arise otherwise. (The Waydown Chantry is located here.)

• -- Penny Dreadful -- Born as Penelope Anne Drizkowski, is a mage and signature character of the Hollow Ones.
• -- Timer

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Missives

• Letter from Everett Young to Lorraine

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Museums

The Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) contains 20th Century and contemporary pieces. It moved to its building in South of Market in 1995 and attracts 600,000 visitors annually.[2] The California Palace of the Legion of Honor contains primarily European works. The De Young Museum and the Asian Art Museum have significant anthropological and non-European holdings.

The Palace of Fine Arts, a remnant of the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition, used to house the Exploratorium, a popular science museum dedicated to teaching through hands-on interaction, which moved to a new location on the Embarcadero in 2013. The California Academy of Sciences is a natural history museum and hosts the Morrison Planetarium and Steinhart Aquarium. The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco has one of the most comprehensive collections of Asian art in the world. From 1958 until 2003 the collection was housed in a wing of at the original de Young in Golden Gate Park. When the de Young closed while constructing a new building, the Asian Art Museum moved to the former San Francisco City Library building, which was renovated for the purpose under the direction of Italian architect Gae Aulenti who had previously overseen the conversion of the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.

The San Francisco Zoo cares for a total of about 250 animal species, 39 of which have been deemed endangered or threatened.

Other museums include the Museum of the African Diaspora, the Contemporary Jewish Museum, the Museum of Craft & Folk Art, the Cartoon Art Museum, and the Mexican Museum. Some "offbeat" museums and galleries dealing in unconventional topics include the Antique Vibrator Museum, the Musée Mécanique (dedicated to penny arcade machines), the Museum of Ophthalmology, Ripley's Believe it or Not Museum, the Stamp Francisco/Stamp Art Gallery (rubber stamps not postal stamps), the Tattoo Art Museum (old tattoo machines and instruments), the UFO, Bigfoot and Loch Ness Monster Museum, and the Wax Museum at Fisherman's Wharf.

The Haas-Lilienthal House (2007 Franklin Street) is the only intact private Victorian-era home in San Francisco that is open to the public year-round and available for private functions.

• Asian Art Museum of San Francisco

• California Academy of Sciences

• California Palace of the Legion of Honor

• Palace of Fine Arts

• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

• San Francisco Zoo

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Newspapers

• -- San Francisco Chronicle -- It is the only major daily paper covering the city and county of San Francisco. {Est. 1865}

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Parks

• Golden Gate Park

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Prophesies

9 Willing sacrifices to the gods of jade

8 Nightwatchmen who search for their master

7 Giants from east in search of the Sunset

6 Barbarbarians to hold back the shadows

5 Betrayers who seek thrones of gold

4 Subterrainan Talismans to open the way

3 Fools to save kingdom

2 Mortal lovers Yin and Yang to find the truth

1 Herald to to open the gates of hell

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Schools

• San Francisco State University -- San Francisco State University (commonly referred to as San Francisco State, SF State and SFSU) is a public university in San Francisco. As part of the 23-campus California State University system, the university offers 118 different bachelor's degrees, 94 master's degrees, and 5 doctoral degrees along with 26 teaching credentials among six academic colleges.
• University of California, San Francisco

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Shopping

• -- Doc's Comics & Collectables -- Owned by Dr. Diego "Doc" Soto, a PhD in both Criminal Justice and Civil War History, author of books on Alcatraz, comic book store owner, writer, and artist.

• Graven Goods -- A shop that sells only items belonging to dead people.

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Strange Objects

• Apple Macintosh Portable M5120 Vintage Mac Laptop 1990 -- Laptop of Ghostly Communications
• Candlestick of Carmelo Constantine --
• Longcase Clock of Lionel Elsdon --
• Mirror de Sol --
• Skeleton Key of Envious Yale --

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Transportation

Cable Cars

The passenger cable car was invented by Scotsman Andrew Hallidie of San Francisco. The first operating line was on Clay Street and began service in 1873. Based on similar systems used in mines, Hallidie hoped to improve on the horse-drawn omnibuses then laboring up and down the city's steep hills.

Cable cars are powered by a moving cable that passes under the streets. The car is equipped with a "grip" which, reaching down through a slot in the street, clamps to the moving cable, drawing the car along. Cable cars cruise at a speed of ten miles per hour... no more, no less.

Hallidie's design was quickly copied and soon cable car systems were found all over the world, from Providence, Rhode Island, to Melbourne, Australia. Within a few years, however, the electric-powered trolley was invented. Requiring less maintenance, and generally safer, they quickly replaced cable car systems in most cities, save those with the steepest hills. San Francisco's various cable car systems once stretched over most of the city, but by the 1950s, the last two remaining lines were scheduled for removal. Only a last-minute citizen's movement saved the cable cars and they are now designated a National Historic Monument (just a mobile one). Expensive and far less safe than most forms of public transportation, they are a symbol of the city. Other Mass Transit

At the hub of the bay area, downtown San Francisco is well-served. Electric and diesel buses run regular routes to all parts of the cit. Electric trolleys, usually referred to as the Muni, travel underground along Market Street, emerging a few miles away to disperse along different routes. The Muni lines share the underground with the BART system, which runs one level deeper. From central San Francisco one can catch frequent BART trains south to Daly City, or travel under the bay all the way to Richmond, Concord, or Fremont.

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Airports

• -- San Francisco International Airport
• -- San Jose International Airport

Walkers of the Hedge

• Edge of the Labrys
• Society of Telemachus

Warehouses

• Warehouse of the Garden Gnomes --

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Stories of San Francisco

• The Case of the Strange Cats: 11/22/2019 - 10/03/2020

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• Session Recap: 2022-05-28
• Session Recap: 2022-07-16

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Websites

• https://mynoise.net/noiseMachines.php
  • https://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/customRainInTheCity.php
  • https://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/cafeRestaurantNoiseGenerator.php

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https://www.audioblocks.com/royalty-free-audio/music/night+club+background+music?bpm_max=250&duration_max=10000&page=1&sort=most_relevant&vbonly=false

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https://environment.ambient-mixer.com/

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https://tabletopaudio.com/

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https://washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/julyaugust-2012/the-power-broker/ {How politics really work in San Francisco}

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcatraz_(TV_series)

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https://www-sfgate-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.sfgate.com/bayarea/amp/Slow-Streets-San-Francisco-closed-map-SFMTA-15286136.php?amp_js_v=a3&amp_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQFKAGwASA%3D#referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfgate.com%2Fbayarea%2Farticle%2FSlow-Streets-San-Francisco-closed-map-SFMTA-15286136.php

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http://www.foundsf.org/

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https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/northern-california/san-francisco/abandoned-san-francisco/ {Abandoned San Francisco}

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https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/author/sgarr/ {Visitor's guide to San Francisco}

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https://www.travelchannel.com/shows/metropolis/photos/metropolis-san-francisco-then-and-now

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_San_Francisco

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https://www.killerurbex.com/abandoned-places-in-san-francisco/#2

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Errata

• Vampire Character Sheet - Modern
• Vampire Character Sheet - Ancilla
• Mortal Character Sheet - Modern
• Kuei-jin Character Sheet - Modern
• Wraith Character Sheet - Modern

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