The Ransom Family
The Ransom family stands as one of the oldest and most respected supernaturallineages in New England, their roots extending deep into the pre-colonialhistory of Massachusetts. As members of the Nipmuc people, they were alreadyancient when European settlers first arrived on Ransom shores. Unlike manysupernatural families...
The Fairchild Family
The Fairchild family's presence in American finance is so entrenched that WallStreet veterans often joke that luck itself seems to bend toward their will, astatement far closer to truth than fiction. Tracing their lineage to Cornishand Irish immigrants who arrived in Massachusetts in the late...
The Washington Family
The Washington family's legacy of truth-seeking traces back to WilliamWashington who, after his emancipation, leveraged his demigod ability to hearwhispered truths and unspoken desires to found The North Star Observer inVirginia during reconstruction.The family and their network of small to medium sized newspapers slowly spreadup...
The Chandler-Wei Family
The Chandler-Wei dynasty stands as a monument to the power of knowledge, theirinfluence extending through the most prestigious academic institutions acrossNew England and beyond. Their supernatural lineage traces dual paths: theChandlers claim descent from Athena through a scholar who caught the goddess'sattention during the Renaissance,...
The Vasquez Family
Unlike the old-money dynasties that have shaped supernatural New England forcenturies, the Vasquez family represents a newer, more dynamic form of power.Their rise began in the 1970s when Magdalena Vasquez, a charismatic vampireembraced during the Spanish Civil War, arrived in Massachusetts with littlemore than ambition...
The Pierce Family
The Pierce family's reputation in Massachusetts carries a peculiar duality,celebrated as medical pioneers while whispered about in supernatural circlesfor their unsettling research methods and the high concentration of demonbornin their bloodline. Their story begins with Dr. Elijah Pierce, a Civil Warfield surgeon whose battlefield innovations...
The Mercer Family
The Mercers have been whispering to the Atlantic for centuries, their lineageas deeply entrenched in New England's maritime history as barnacles on aship's hull. Unlike landlocked supernatural families who measure power throughwealth or knowledge, the Mercers' dominion extends across the churning watersof the North Atlantic,...
The Montrose Family
The family's rise to prominence began in the early days of motion pictureswhen Augustus Montrose, a faeborn with extraordinary luck manipulationabilities, established Montrose Pictures in 1915. What separated his studiofrom countless others was Augustus' supernatural talent for identifyingstories that would resonate with audiences and his...
The Harrington Family
The Harrington family embodies the intersection of supernatural influence andAmerican governance, their bloodline tracing back to the earliest days ofcolonial politics. Their ancestral progenitor, William Harrington, arrived inMassachusetts in 1634, ostensibly as a Puritan seeking religious freedom butsecretly carrying the blood of multiple pantheons. Historical...
Associations
Associations, also known as sponsors, are groups that operate throughout thesupernatural world. Characters will often be working for one of these groupswhen doing plots and can build their reputation with them, leading to morepowerful contacts.The different associations are:The Numinous AccordThe PrometheansThe ConcordatTrinityThe BoardroomThe UntamedThe SyndicateThe...