KINDRED OF YORK,
OVER THE LAST FORTNIGHT, YORK HAS BEEN GRIPPED BY WHAT APPEARS TO BE THE BLACK DEATH. IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE CAUSED BY A SAMEDI NAMED PAPA BORIS. PAPA BORIS ARRIVED IN TOWN WITH TWO GOALS, TO INFECT THE DOMAIN WITH A MAGICALLY ENHANCED VERSION OF THE BLACK DEATH, AND TO SEEK OUT AND DESTROY PAPA PATRICE. PAPA BORIS ACHIEVED BOTH OF THOSE GOALS.
PAPA PATRICE WAS SERVING AS THE SCOURGE OF YORK AT THE TIME OF HIS DEMISE. PAPA BORIS WAS A MEMBER OF THE SABBAT, AND PAPA PATRICE SOUGHT HIM OUT, AND FOUGHT HIM.
PAPA PATRICE WAS DESTROYED SERVING THE CAMARILLA AND THE DOMAIN OF YORK. HIS SERVICE SHALL NOT BE FORGOTTEN.
A SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION EVENTUALLY LED US TO PAPA BORIS, WHO WAS HELD UP IN AN ABANDONED PRISON. WHILE MIKHAIL AND A GROUP OF OUR CITIZENS FOUGHT HIS MINIONS, SENESCHAL DE LE CORIX AND I ENGAGED AND DESTROYED PAPA BORIS.
A CURE HAS BEEN DEVISED, AND IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING MADE AND DISTRIBUTED TO THE DOMAIN.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK HARPY JONES FOR HER HOSPITALITY. DURING HER HOSTING OF OUR LAST GATHERING, SHE MADE A BRASH DECISION. THIS DECISION, WHILE INITIALLY UNPOPULAR WITH HER FELLOW OFFICERS, EVENTUALLY LED US TO PAPA BORIS. THIS WAS A TASK THAT I HAD BEEN ATTEMPTING AND FAILING TO MANAGE, THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR HER BRASH DECISION, AND HER GALLANT ACTIONS IN THE COURSE OF THAT DECISION, WE MAY NOT HAVE GAINED THE UPPER HAND ON PAPA BORIS.
AS I AM FAMOUS, HARPY JONES SHALL BE KNOWN AS GALLANT IN THE EYES OF THE CAMARILLA.
PHILLIP OF CLAN TREMERE IS A NEWCOMER TO YORK. UPON HIS ARRIVAL HE WAS IMMEDIATELY EMBROILED IN THE HUNT FOR PAPPA BORIS. HIS WILLINGNESS TO ENGAGE IN BATTLE FOR THE DOMAIN, WITH LITTLE PROVOCATION, AND HIS WILY WHILE FIGHTING THAT BATTLE IS TO BE NOTED.
AS I AM EXALTED, SO SHALL HE BE KNOWN AS WILY IN THE EYES OF THE CAMARILLA.
SENESCHAL DE LE CROIX'S BRAVE ACTIONS, WHILE ENGAGED IN BATTLE WITH PAPA BORIS, HELPED TURN THE TIDE IN FAVOR OF THE CAMARILLA. HIS QUICK THINKING AND COOL HEAD SHALL NOT GO UNNOTICED. HOWEVER, IT IS IS ABILITY TO INTERPRET THE WILL AND INSTRUCTIONS OF THE PRINCE, AND RELAY THAT WILL AND INSTRUCTION WITH DIGNITY AND ELOQUENCE, THAT I WOULD LIKE TO FORMALLY RECOGNIZE. HIS MASTERY OF SOCIAL GRACES ARE A COMPLIMENT TO THE COURT.
AS I AM WELL-KNOWN, SENESCHAL DE LE CROIX SHALL HENCEFORTH BE KNOWN AS ELOQUENT, IN THE EYES OF THE CAMARILLA.
FINALLY,
ONCE AGAIN A PLETHORA OF EVENTS HAS LED TO MY INABILITY TO HOLD COURT WITH THE ENTIRETY OF THE DOMAIN PRESENT. WHILE WE ARE STILL IN ACTIVE AGGRESSION WITH THE REBELLION, IT WOULD BENEFIT THE DOMAIN TO ENGAGE IN THOSE BEHAVIORS WHICH MAKE OUR SOCIETY WHAT IT IS. PRESIDING OVER A COURT, AND ATTENDING THAT COURT WOULD BENEFIT EVERYONE. I WILL ENSURE THAT, MY NEXT GATHERING, WILL BE A FORMAL COURT IN WHICH I WILL ATTEND AND ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THE CITIZENS OF THE DOMAIN OF YORK.
THIS COURT WILL BE AN ELYSIUM. ALL ACKNOWLEDGED MEMBERS OF THE CAMARILLA, MEMBERS UNDER ACCOUNTING WHO ARE PERMITTED BY THEIR ACCOUTERS, AND THOSE INDEPENDENTS WHO ARE TOLERATED UNDER TREATY WITH THE CAMARILLA, ARE INVITED TO ATTEND.
AS THIS WILL BE A FORMAL AFFAIR, I EXPECT DRESS, AND BEHAVIOR TO REFLECT THAT STATE OF BEING. I SHALL SIT IN JUDGEMENT OVER GRIEVANCES, DISPUTES, AND MATTERS OF STANDING AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. EACH CLAN IS ENCOURAGED TO PRESENT SUCH MATTERS TO THE DOMAIN.
I ENCOURAGE THE KEEPER OF ELYSIUM TO RELAY FURTHER SECURITY DETAILS AND RULES, ONCE THEY HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED.
UNTIL SUCH TIME THAT WE CAN BE CERTAIN THAT THIS PLAGUE HAS BEEN ELIMINATED, MIND FROM WHOM YOU TAKE SUSTENANCE. AS THE AFFLICTION TRAVELS WITH THE VITAE.
IN SERVICE,
G.R. WHITEHORSE PRINCE OF THORNS DOMAIN OF THE ROSES KNIGHT OF MALKAV