Crates are shipped to each Ventrue Directorate with several mass produced statues (crafts-1) inside packed in newspaper. Each statue (1’ x 1’) is a replica of a famous larger statue showing Caine murdering Abel and has a baseplate that reads “Genesis 4:9”. There are enough for every Ventrue of each Directorate. Postmarks on the exterior of the crate shows that it has been routed through Fargo, Gary, DC, Cincinnati, London and Humboldt. When the word “caine” is applied as the encryption key to an article on religious-inspired art in the newspaper used to pack the statues, the following message is revealed:
To: Clan Ventrue
From: Tai Pan and Justicar Robert Pedder of Clan Ventrue
Date: 05 August 2000
Any Ventrue may request sanctuary with a fellow Ventrue and such requests cannot be refused. Aid is commonly offered before such requests are made. Better to keep a clanmate out of trouble than to succor her while she’s in trouble.
Ventrue who are blood hunted, banished, or shunned demonstrate a failure of both the individual and the Clan.
You are your brother’s keeper.
