Caliburn Island

Caliburn Island is an island off the coast of Boston, Massachusetts. It has great historical and political significance to Kindred society, and has a higher-than-usual kindred-to-kine ratio.

Once the location of a coastal port town, the island might have been the first stop of many vampires coming to the New World. But in particular, is was the place vampires of the Old World sent the unruly or the mildly criminal who, by status or boon, might have been spared the Blood Hunt and instead sent across the Atlantic to expand their Elders’ reach and simultaneously be put out of the way.

From this reputation as the island of ill-fitting Kindred, House Morningstar arose, where a group of outspoken but well-lineaged Ventrue transformed it from a house of ill-fitting Kindred to a crossroads of the world. In its golden age, Caliburn Island was an emblem of industry on the East Coast, serving as a resource and transportation hub that funneled the goods of kindred and kine through its shipyards.

Today, however, that iron grip has weakened. A boom in the mortal population over time made the control and influence more difficult to retain over time; the Camarilla still claims praxis over Caliburn Island, but in practice, the they only really hold influence over most of Caliburn City, held together by a few smoldering embers of the influence of House Morningstar, whose leader, Prince Erasmus Dane, has long been out of touch with the machine of progress.

In years past, The Camarilla also had a very strong control over Cal’s immediate suburb to the south, a town called Sunset. But times have changed, and House Morningstar’s influence wore thin over time, until now the town of Sunset is a Camarilla-controlled city in the loosest of senses—the Scourge has rarely been seen patrolling these streets in recent nights, and more than one Independent or Anarch has set up some pipelines of influence on these streets since the 70’s. Rumors have surfaced that even the Sabbat roll through unimpeded every once in a while, and you’re pretty sure that a guy who drinks down at the bar is a werewolf.

The seat of House Morningstar rests in an old mansion known in sunset known as Chateau Sovreigne, where the former Prince Dane was known to conduct most of his business. But since Prince Dane’s ascension to Archon, the future of the city is in a bit of a whirlwind with the new Prince Gerald Steadhand.

Caliburn City

The unofficial capital of the island, Caliburn City is the historical center of the island's culture. The city is broken into several neighborhoods, of which several Kindred clans have historically held feeding rights:

• LaGrange Hills is a wealthy residential and suburban area claimed by Clan Ventrue.
• Short West is a young and thriving artistic community claimed by Clan Toreador.
• Burghampton is the site of Caliburn General Hospital and is claimed by Clan Tremere.
• Redding is the site of the city docks and a somewhat shady part of town, claimed by Clan Brujah.
• Thatcher is an impoverished community claimed by Clan Assamite.
• Norfal is the neighborhood surrounding Caliburn High School and Caliburn Library, claimed by Clan Malkavian.
• Wigham is a rural part of the city, historically claimed by Clan Gangrel before their departure from the Camarilla decades ago.
• Clan Nosferatu holds dominion over all sewers in the city.