Tremere named Malachi and the childe of Toreador Montgomery Frost, Arion Zamoria were ambushed at the Foggy Bottom Metro Station in Northwest Washington DC.

While John Hym and Hector started fighting the horde, Malachi and Zamoria ran to save their own existence, sacrificing Hector and Hym to the Sabbat. Hym was killed outright, Hector was torpored after killing half the war party himself, taken to the Archbishop of Washington DC and diablerized.

While Ramano and William wore steady faces, The younger of the Lasombra, Santiago and Edith left the domain for a short time to inform mortal descendants of Hectors “Passing”. It was here that Santiago disappeared, only to resurface several weeks later in North Virginia.

At the next gathering of Kindred, Santiago reappeared, intoxicated off of the vitae of drunken individuals and staggered into Elysium, attempting to fight both Zamoria and Malachi. He was quickly subdued by his own family and shown the error of his ways.

This would be the beginning of a grand plot by the Lasombra to over throw the control that the Sabbat had in the domain of Washington DC and claim it for themselves. With the recent death of a good number of North Virginia citizens by the Sabbat, the Camarilla of North Virginia opted for open warfare with the Sabbat in DC. A war effort was started and plans were undertaken (heavily influenced by Lasombra manipulation) to cut off supplies to the city of DC and thereby cripple the Sabbat. The new domain of Suburban Maryland, and loyal kindred in what would be the future domain of Baltimore, effectively blocked all ports of access from the North.

The west was littered with a good number of Garou in the Appalachian Mountains, and such had never been a viable means of ground Transportation. With contacts that he had previously secured, Santiago de la Cruz made a deal with the Queen of the Underworld,

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History of the Del Armago Family in America

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