To: The Camarilla
From: Tai Pan and Justicar Robert Pedder of Clan Ventrue
Date: 31 July 2000
Prince Alaistair Murdoch of Clan Ventrue and the Domain of Cincinnati willingly left his domain to participate in an investigative hearing on allegations by and against him. This investigative hearing does not constitute a removal of Alaistair Murdoch as Prince of Cincinnati.
Helmut Wolfe of Clan Nosferatu of the Domain of Kenosha, blood hunted in the domains of Winnipeg and Fargo (OOC: blow etiquette if I named the wrong cities), willingly accompanied me out of the Domain of Cincinnati to participate in an investigative hearing into the allegations against him.
Archon Nadolski in service to the Office of the Ventrue Justicar was released by Her Excellency Justicar Masako.
A brief Conclave was convened to review the blood hunts against Michael Kensington of Clan Ventrue. Seven Clan Elects spoke for the Assembly. The decision of the Clan Elects to overturn all blood hunts against Mr. Kensington (OOC: blow etiquette if name is spelled wrong) was ratified by both Justicars in attendance. Mr. Kensington was stripped of all status save acknowledged and positional, publicly admonished, and is to be held henceforth to the highest standards of conduct as a recipient of my mercy. Harpies of the Camarilla take note.
Those Kindred who proffered generous tokens of respect and obedience were noted and hold favor in my eyes. Those who did not, squandereding the opportunity to advance their fortunes, were likewise noted. Those of low station who held my eyes with impunity and did not avert their gaze were punished swiftly.
The disquieting tendency of the assembled Kindred to form a mob; specifically a mob surrounding two Justicars and their Archons was noted.
As the Balkans are to Europe so is the Midwest to the Camarilla. My visit to Cincinnati was not a social one. Those Kindred who will go on to become the next Connur du Shae or Arcades Daemos were spotted in that mob, assassins who would contest the unbroken rule of the Elders, inevitably daring an attack on members of the Justicarate or their Archons. When you do, we shall be there waiting, patiently, at the end of the downward spiral. As the Elders have always been. As we will always be.
