mission.

Ramano, along with Prince Valentine-Smith, the Brujah Primogen, Former Prince Kamaski Valan and her bodyguard Peter Wisdom followed the Lasombra into DC and to a building where he said that comrades that were loyal to his movement would meet him. Ramano, while scouting the exterior of the building noticed several charges that had been attached to the foundation and ready to explode. He escaped the area with only seconds to spare.

Unfortunately, the others were trapped within the rubble. What made it worse was that the Sabbat showed up not long afterwards and begin dowsing the rubble with Gasoline and igniting it. The whole scheme was a plot to kill Ramano, seen by the Sabbat as the mastermind behind the Sabbat's demise in DC. Returning from the site, his being the only surviving member of the scouting party was viewed with

suspicion and contempt. Returning from the site, his being the only surviving member of the scouting party was viewed with suspicion and contempt.

The domain of North Virginia was impacted harshly with the loss of so many of their citizens. However, much as a revolving door effect, new citizens quickly took their place. In particular was a young Tremere Apprentice named Winter Blackheart. During her first nights in the domain of North Virginia, it became obvious to the del Armago brood that she was…familiar in some way.

After initial observations, it was discovered that this woman cast no reflection. When approached she confided that she had once been a Lasombra ghoul, a member of an organization known as “The Talons of Black Rage.”

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History of the Del Armago Family in America

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