(S3 G4) Bang the Drums

*LAST CALL FOLKS, GET YOUR ORDERS IN!*

*The Phoenix Inn closes for the night. A venerable venue, a place of parties, a true pub for the public where the rich and poor drink in cultured surroundings. Owned by Londoners the Argyles, burned to the ground, rebuilt and rising from the ashes, the Phoenix stands as the centre of Restalrig's community- The less salubrious community, that is.*

*Get your orders in, and get out- Cos the regulars are having a private function, and there's a fight coming.*

*On the eve of war... We're having a lock-in.*

*A Victorian Vampire game for the Court of Edinburgh*.

The fourth game of Season 3, it took place on the 26th of Febuary 2018.

It is proceed by (S3 G3) The Saints Are Coming

## Notable Events

* The arrival of an influx of mostly Anarch kindred from Glagow, causing feeding difficulties
* Ronnie Carter declared Primogen of Clan Nosferatu
* Sergeant Joseph Smith claimed the position of Primogen of Clan Gangrel
* The Primogen Council was convened for the first time in a while
* An Edinburgh blood-hunt was declared on Isaac Flemming, extending the one declared in London
* William Royce declared himself Baron of Glasgow
* Another Glasgow Brujah arrived, also claiming to be Baron of Glasgow. A vote is to be held by the Anarchs to elect a Baron
* Father Silas Hawthorne was made Harpy of Edinburgh

## Headlines

● RIP John Malcolm Dunsirn, noted businessman, oligarch and patriarch, 1768-1880. Passed away in Venice this past week. He is survived by his many children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

● Election Looms, Lib-Lab grows in power, Liberals expected to be in Govt by April.

● Benjamin Disraeli dismisses claims of ill health, Queen creates him Lord Beaconsfield

● The ripper returns! Corpse found in Portobello, throat ripped out, lipstick found on the scene.

● Renovations begin on the Royal Mile, Home Office Denies “Embassy” Within The Nation’s Own Borders

● Spate of knife-crime and muggings plague Restalrig, police describe position as “untenable”

● Major William Daly, of Hillend Estate, Veteran and Business Owner, to be wed to Miss Alice MacDonald. (Social Pages)

● Anarchists target chemical plant in Glasgow, sixteen dead, corpses burned beyond recognition in horrific fires.

● Major William Daly of Hillend Estates Purchases Townhouse near Royal Mile.

● RIP Baroness Arlington, killed in Glasgow by Anarchist rioters- 1819-1880. The Baroness was found armed, patrolling the streets with two dead Anarchist brothers around her.

● Major William Daly to undertake a “grand tour” (Social pages) of the continent to make up for youth of service.

● Spectral Knight vanishes, locals left mystified.

## Heardlines

● Jesus Christ, did Major Daly step down as Harpy? In his own report?

● I hear two people fought their way out of Glasgow two nights back- Husband and wife, blew up a building on the way out- The way you know it wasn’t Streck was that the fire was fucking black and green.

● I hear Major Daly’s off to India, or maybe Australia. Someplace sunny?

● Those Gargoyles are fucking dangerous.

● Someone killed a guy in Holyrood- One of the groundskeepers saw it, but there was no body.

● John Dunsirn was murdered by the Clan... He must have fucked up and hard.

● Holy shit, the Dunsirn patriarch is gone. Who’s next in line for that throne? Are they gonna throw a funeral?

● I swear I saw Khadir last week in a pub in Portobello.

● Isaac Fleming’s still wanted in London, and seems to be in hiding.

● The Giovani have holdings in Glasgow- Why haven’t the Dunsirn distilleries there been attacked?

● Christ, I keep finding dopey people in pubs. And they aren’t drunk: It’s blood loss.

● I hear Lloyd Smith came back from the South very Oxbridge, if you get me. Very educated.

● Ada Waters made it out of Glasgow alive. Dunno fucking how.

● Glasgow’s burning: There are no Kindred left there that are not members of the Sabbat. A few Kindred went there this month, I don’t know if they all made it back.

● Did all the Gangrel wander off to Glasgow to fight?

● Mithras wants all the Anarchs in Scotland to self-identify themselves. Could be a ploy for killing us all, or a time for us to really show ourselves as a unified bloc...

● There must be at least 40 new kindred in this city...

● Which clan has their thumb on the scales of the election? And if not... How can we best exploit this one?