A Plague Among Us - 1

The coterie shambles to life, with most of them headed towards the tavern in search of entertainment. The merriment is brought to an end with cries of anguish in the distance. Everyone follows the disturbance, with most of them bearing witness to a man getting attacked on the streets by some profane creature. Dimitrie commits a blood oath, ghouling the victim, while the offender gets away, not before shooting him a furious, bestial glare. Brigitte carries the man off to the monastery to be treated while the others seek information about the situation. One of the Cainite’s truest nightmares - a Garou - was the culprit, but for what reason did it attack an innocent bystander?

Michael, the man that was attacked, possessed several artifacts in his own home alluding to ancient gods - Cthaat and Mordiggian - god of the sea and god of death, respectively. Ichiro makes contact with one of these artifacts and is given visions of black fire and impressions bleak nothingness. Shortly after this, a few members of the group - Quintus, Ichiro and Dmitrie - decide to go after something that was spotted lurking in the shadows of the forest.