Savannah, Georgia

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Overview

Savannah's architecture and history are internationally known, as is its reputation for Southern charm and hospitality. The city prides itself as the "Hostess City of the South." Each year, Savannah attracts millions of visitors from across the country and around the world. The city's population was 128,500 in 2005, the most recent U.S. Census estimate. Before 1970, Savannah was the second-largest city in Georgia. Today it is ranked fourth in population.


The Savannah Metropolitan Statistical Area, defined by the U.S. Census Bureau, has a population of 313,883 (2005 estimate), and includes three Georgia counties: Bryan, Chatham, and Effingham. Savannah's metropolitan population is ranked third among Georgia cities.


Savannah was the first colonial and state capital of Georgia. It is also the primary port on the Savannah River and is located along the U.S. Intracoastal Waterway.


Savannah houses the nation's most valuable living collection of 18th and 19th century architecture. Founded by General James Oglethorpe in 1733, Georgia's colonial capital now encompasses six Historic Neighborhoods and each Spring Savannahians open their doors to visitors during the Savannah Tour of Homes and Gardens. Savannah's downtown area is the largest National Historic Landmark District in the United States. Savannah is also noted for its St. Patrick's Day celebration, the second largest in the United States behind New York City.


Savannah is served by Savannah-Hilton Head International Airport, near Interstate 95. The city is the home of four colleges and universities offering bachelor's, master's and professional doctorate degree programs: Savannah College of Art and Design, Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah State University, and South University. Bachelor’s, master’s and Ph.D. programs in engineering are offered through the Savannah campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology. In addition, South University offers doctorate degrees of pharmacy.

snippets taken and arranged from the wikipedia article on Savannah, Georgia


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General Kindred Involvement

The Kindred of the area have always been deeply religious and deeply intolerant. The city is firmly under the control of the Lancea Sanctum and has been since the American Revolutionary War.


The other covenants have fought amongst each other for control, most notably amongst the slowly failing Invictus covenant and the up-and-coming Carthian Movement. The Circle of the Crone have attempted numerous incursions into the area, but have always wound up blocked by the three major covenants (or killed) and thus only a few members of their covenant have managed to claw their way into the city and stay. The Ordo Dracul, likewise have had their numbers kept to few, but have had greater success than the Acolytes in their endeavor and boast a sizable Academy even with it's relatively close proximity to Atlanta.


Historically, the Sanctified have held masses at dusk on Thursday evenings for all Kindred and all Kindred are expected to come to mass at least once per month. This monthly mass, referred to as Ecclesia with a suffix of <topic of meeting>. It is well known that the Sanctified consider it heresy for a Kindred to avoid showing their faces once a month in their halls and more than a few unwary Kindred have perished under the feverish steel grip of the followers of Longinus in Savannah.


Every year, Savannah is visited by many Mendicants who have learned of a secret and well-guarded Theban Sorcery ritual that was solved by the Sanctified of Savannah. The rumors abound outside of the city about the discovered ritual stretch from it being a gift from god to aid in the Crusade against the failing of faith (literally) to a simple gift of heightened awareness. In any event, though the specifics aren't known, the fact of the matter is that there is something there, and it does draw Sanctified like moths to a flame, which bolsters their numbers and adds to the vice grip on the city.


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The City Heirarchy of the Damned


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Kindred Who Have Come From Savannah in the Past to Atlanta

  • Carter Rails
    • Carter was embraced in 1990 by a member of the very small and secretive Circle of the Crone population in the city. Runners in mainstream circles would not likely know his name or face, or ever have met him, though his story may be familiar, albeit not unique. An illegal embrace, claims of a murdered Sanctified, and a campaign of propaganda and destruction. Never actually bloodhunted by name, nonetheless Carter was identified as part of the worst of the heretic population, and had he fallen into the hands of the Court, would almost certainly have been killed.
  • Bubba Ray Harrison
    • Bubba arrived from Iowa in 1995 or so. He got a place as a junior Hound for the court of Savannah. It’s was well known that he’ll freelance as a heavy, too - and that he was good at it. He vanished from the city around 2005.
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