The History of the Ventrue in Paris
Like the Brujah in the begining of our era, the Ventrue once ruled France. The true beginings of the Ventrue rulership started after 150 years after Charlemagne's rule, with the coming of Alexandre and his court.
An obscure bloodline of Ventrues dating from Rome had tried to rule Lutecia, but they had somehow failed after the eviction of Eudes, and Alexandre had no difficulty into uniting the Clan behind him. But the Anarch Wars ended this. The Kindred King of France, whose mind was failing, was destroyed in 1481, with his wife and Childe, Saviarre. The Toreador then took the power, and the Ventrue Royalists lost their grounds.
In the 1789 Revolution, th obscure bloodline of Republican Ventrue succeeded in taking over the Clan's power, opposing themselves to the ultra-Royalist Toreador, with the help of the Brujah. While they never liked the Toreador Hegemony, they never succeeded in taking back the power.
In the 1871 Commune, the Ventrue ally themselves with the Toreador, and by doing such, are given the Palace of Versailles (Beatrix's palace, Villon's one being the Louvres.) and its surroundings.
Since then, the Ventrue never succeeded in taking back the power. No matter how hard they try, the Toreador BADLY WANT the control of France, and nothing will take it from them.
The Ventrue are divided in numerous sub-clans, each having its own philosophy.
