Sunset

Neighborhoods of San Francisco

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Wall Rating: 8

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The Quincunx uses the Sunset M-T as a warning, relocating Kindred who have drawn the Kuei-jin’ s ire in small ways. Punishable actions that might land someone in Sunset includes engaging in visible pro-Camarilla activism, being caught too frequently outside one’s assigned M-T Sector (Castro, SoMa and Pacific Heights), showing insufficient respect for any Kuei-jin, or even referring to the Quincunx as “invaders.”

The Sunset M-T Sector is the smallest of the five. To the north and south lie Lincoln Way and Taraval Street, respectively, while to the west and east lie 41st and 24th Streets. Unlike the higher-class Empties, this M-T does not contain any major tourist, transit, or nightclub districts, making it a more challenging area in which to feed. Just two blocks east of this sector is the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. The Kuei-jin patrol the intervening block relentlessly, looking for Kindred trying to prey on the music students. The Kindred assigned here all agree the Cathayans deliberately drew these boundaries to tantalize and tempt Kindred into trouble.

Far from everything and so patently “white-bread” that the Kuei-jin stick out, the Sunset district, more than anything else, is a place of enforced banality. The sector is not large; the middle-class residential neighborhoods do not have a thriving nightlife, forcing the local Kindred to compete for relatively scarce resources.

Reports of violence, an unexpected rise in anemia cases and increases in suspected gang activity force the police and health officials to scrutinize the district more closely. This concerns the Camarilla’s leaders, since they hope to weather the current situation and retake San Francisco with no breaches of the Masquerade.

As with both of the more prison-like M-Ts, the hawks of the Quincunx watch the periphery of the Sunset closely, intent on curtailing the freedoms of San Francisco’ s less desirable Kindred. The Quincunx carefully logs every infraction against its regulations, which it then cites as evidence against the Kindred population in general.

Within this Empty, the mood is anxious. Most Kindred assigned here know what brought them to Sunset in the first place. Some do not. In theory, those exhibiting a pattern of behaving in accordance with the Quincunx’ s policies stand a chance of earning reassignment to a better M-T Sector. In reality, it is unlikely anything short of abject collusion with the Kuei-jin would better the situation of any Kindred sent here. Besides, most vampires reassigned from Sunset to SoMa instantly become an object of suspicion by the Camarilla’s more savvy representatives.

Sunset’s Kindred are the most divorced from the city’s proceedings. Some see their assignment to Sunset as further proof that the Kuei-jin are simply evil bastards. Others take their appointment here as a sign that perhaps it’ s time to acknowledge the new status quo and make amends with the city’s new masters before the Quincunx sends them to Bayview. The rest see their relocation here as proof that it’s time to leave San Francisco for a city where the Camarilla holds sway, leaving the Kuei-jin perfectly happy to see them go. It only helps nudge the balance of power a further in their favor.

Malkavians constitute a large portion of Sunset’s vampires, along with the few Nosferatu who did not flee the surface world for San Francisco’s extensive tunnel system. More staunch Camarilla supporters exist here than in any other M-T Sector; most were reassigned to Sunset because of their loyalty. Many of the less politically savvy Ventrue wind up here as well, far from their beloved Financial District.

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