Slowly and methodically he began to make a name for himself, aiding the Camarilla whenever possible and earning the respect of the domain. This was until under the reign of Prince Christopher Matthews when the Primogen council opted to remove voting power from the unaligned kindred of the city, which Ramano was in charge of. In a fit of rage he threatened to blow up the entire council and stormed off of Elysium.

After apologizing later, the domain calmed itself, and slowly, ever so methodically members of the Primogen Council began dying off or disappearing one by one. There was of course…No correlation between the two incidents.

Ramano's interest in the upper tiers of the city politics began during the final days of Absynthia Solouren's reign as Prince. Ramano let it be known that he was interested in the city position of Sheriff to each of the power players in the domain, and that support could be theirs, should they choose their officers carefully.

A Ventrue followed Solouren by the name of Von Bruening who was the “great white hope” for North Virginia. He selected Ramano for his sheriff, as predicted and Ramano served him well,

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History of the Del Armago Family in America

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