#vtm setting

its a californian city kind of like San Diego called Brume Harbor <33

ooOOoOoO you want to ask SO BAD (theres a full court and theres so many gay people)

OOooOoOo you want to hear about all the silly lore i wrote because i think vtm has such potential for slice of life if ur silly with it (four words. Sweatpants in elysium controversy. guys this was a THING)

oh my god HELLO <33 welcome to stories from brume harbor

so unfortunately i have a deep love for vtm slice of life and im not in the headspace to write about the angst SO welcome to a basic introduction to brume harbor (minus the super intense angst and featuring many silly facts):

brume harbor is a fictional californian city similar to san diego! it used to be an anarch controlled area before a former baron in the area (Ceyah Taylor) reclaimed the domain as a camarilla territory. so. interesting fact about the city! it is home to one of the largest naval bases in the united states and therefore has a somewhat present threat of the SI. anarchs are. frankly. very disorganized and ceyah knew this. she decided in order to protect the city's kindred from the SI the switch had to be made.

Brume harbor as a city benefits from the CA tech bubble (establishing itself as a leader in biotech) and is a city of opportunity for both kindred and mortals alike.

some fun things that are canon:

elysium planning committee (the MOST overworked group of toreador neonates youve EVER met and then some chill older toreadors who take all the credit. naturally xD)

the sweatpants in elysium controversy- so this was what happened when a neonate wore, as the name would suggest, sweatpants to elysium. there was this whole thing where the court became split as to whether this was appropriate for court and it really started to show the split of people who sympathize more with anarchs but are bending the knee because of ceyah and those who moved here because of the promise to social climb in a new city that isnt stuck yet

the plastics- unaffiliated ex sabbat pack of tzimisces who do cosmetic surgery for kindred in the general area

some of my fav coterie names in the city:

the bookworms! (because nothing is scarier than damaging important historical documents)

The Law (this is what the sheriff and her girlfriend call themselves. they are the gayest losers. i love them)

Santa claws (roaming group of gangrel who show up usually for the fall/winter months)

Sip n dip, Sin n out, Sip n slide (all former sabbat packs who HATE each other because "you stole my pack name", they never actually ended up crusading all that much, they were busier fighting each other. only one got into the camarilla and it is a point of CONTENTION)