La Crosse: A Brief History

La Crosse: The River's Edge

Once upon a time, many decades ago the city of La Crosse played host to the kindred of the Camarilla. The Domain that they claimed was prosperous, and the citizens of the Camarilla thought themselves to be quite safe in their stronghold on the Eastern shore of the Mississippi. They were wrong.

Unbeknownst to the members of the Camarilla their longtime enemies, the Sabbat had quietly been infiltrating their domain. When the time came for the Sabbat to strike they were swift, brutal, and without mercy. They staged a massive coordinated assault against the kindred of the Camarilla, killing many and driving the survivors across the river. There the Camarilla regrouped in Winona, MN, leaving the domain of La Crosse to its new Sabbat masters.

Many years passed, and the Sabbat fell into the same trap that the Camarilla had previously. They thought themselves untouchable and grew lazy in matters of security. They failed to notice the Followers of Set who had been infiltrating their domain's infrastructure. When the attack came it was was silent, swift, and absolute. The Followers of Set led by Lorenzo de' Medici unseated the Sabbat and took control of the domain for themselves.
As time went on it became clear that the Camarilla was growing uneasy with the Setite situation. They began to realize that they were surrounded by the Followers of Set who controlled three major areas near Winona (La Crosse, Rochester, and Red Wing). To relieve the Camarilla's fear of an impending Setite attack, Lorenzo de' Medici ordered the Setites to leave La Crosse. His hope (so he claimed) was that the Camarilla of Winona would retake what once was their domain.

Much to the Medici Pharaoh's dismay (?) the city was taken by a group of Anarchs who quickly descended upon La Crosse and turned the domain into an Anarch Free State. Shortly thereafter it was discovered that hidden amongst the anarchs were very powerful Sabbat packs; packs that began to plague Winona with ceaseless attacks. These attacks continued unabated for several years.

Unsettled by this turn of events several of Winona's kindred decided to take the domain of La Crosse back. Headed by a Nosferatu named Eel, a group of heavy hitting Camarilla members attacked the final remaining leader of the Sabbat, and ultimately destroyed her. Eel claimed Praxis over the domain of La Crosse in the name of the Camarilla, but then soon disappeared leaving someone else far older in his place; a Nosferatu who turned out to be not exactly what he seemed.

These nights La Crosse's Camarilla keeps a close guard over their reclaimed domain. With anarchs in the Dells, remnants of the sabbat seemingly everywhere, werewolves in the bluffs, and occasional visits from the Technocracy, Infernalists, and Demons, they have been hard-pressed to hold the city. Whether or not they'll ultimately be successful in maintaining this newly reformed Camarilla domain remains an open-ended question.

History of La Crosse's Principality:

Prince Priest (Brujah)
Prince Marvin Blackwater (Nosferatu)
Prince Vincent Cross (Ravnos)
Prince Eel (Nosferatu)
Prince Argus (Ventrue)
Prince Kit Swanson (Gangrel)
Prince Aki (Ventrue)
Prince Carmine Cicero (Ventrue)
Prince Naomi Walker (Toreador)
Prince Marcus (Toreador)
Prince Reginald Koffmen (Ventrue)
Prince Jamal (Brujah)
Prince Fox (Gangrel)

Prince Saif (Child of Haquim)

Prince Rothgar (Child of Haquim)