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Clan Status and City Status is the victor for the purposes of all Prisci votes. If only a single
member of a given clan has been visible or active in a domain over the previous three months,
the other Prisci do not have to accept a Priscus from that clan.
The Prisci have no impetus to agree or cooperate, other than that they can empower a
Harpy of their own. For a domain to have a second Harpy, there must be at least two Prisci
who do not also hold the title of Primogen. Without that number, the city is simply too weak
to support a second Harpy. A character must gain the support of a majority of the Prisci who
are not also Primogen to be named their Harpy. If a majority of such Prisci cannot agree, they
cannot name a Harpy. No Priscus can serve as a Harpy.
• The Prisci’s Harpy: Once selected by the Prisci, their Harpy retains her own Status dots
and gains Status points equal to the highest City Status among the Prisci supporting her (even
if that means having more points than dots). She can spend them to grant and remove City
Status dots to and from others in the domain, and can also act as an arbiter of prestation (see
p. 295). The Prisci’s Harpy cannot serve as Prince, Priscus or a Primogen.
• The Master of Elysium: The Master of Elysium has no City Status points of his own,
but can remove dots from Kindred who perpetrate violence within Elysium or who otherwise
violate the institution. He does so at his sole discretion and may remove up to one dot per
week from any single Kindred (and may do so to as many Kindred as he sees fi t as long as
they have violated Elysium in some manner). The Master of Elysium can remove a Kindred’s
last dot of City of Status in this manner.
THE CASE OF BLOOD HUNTS
The Prince can call a blood hunt on any Kindred in his domain. Doing so temporarily
removes all of the subject’s City Status dots until the matter is settled — usually with the target’s
destruction. The Prince (or his successor) can reinstate a hunted character’s City Status (thus
ending the hunt) at his discretion and at no cost in Status points.
The succession of a new Prince (whether through peaceful means or not) immediately ends all
ongoing blood hunts, unless the new Prince explicitly announces any of them to be still active. This
does mean that one way out of a blood hunt is to eliminate the Prince, although a formerly hunted
Kindred publicly revealed to have ended the hunt by such means immediately loses all of his City
Status dots. These dots return after a full year has passed since the revelation. Note that the hunt
on such an offending character is not restored, but the current Prince can call a new one.
A Primogen or Priscus can effectively call a blood hunt on a character who doesn’t have
any dots in City Status (who thus doesn’t enjoy the Prince’s offi cial protection). If the Prince
disapproves, however, he may take steps to protect the target and punish the Primogen or
Priscus (perhaps by granting and stripping Status dots as appropriate).
THE PASSAGE OF TIME
City Status is highly contingent on remaining socially active in a domain. A Kindred who
has been present at every ball and court or whose name comes up a great deal is likely to
have signifi cant standing. Conversely, one who vanishes from sight for months on end or
who slips into torpor sees her position erode very quickly.
• Activity: For every 12 consecutive calendar months that a Kindred has been active in a particular
domain, acknowledged by its Prince, and has called it her home domain, she gains a dot of
City Status. This automatic gain can never raise City Status above 3 and does not apply if the Prince
refuses to grant acknowledgment. A Kindred may consider only one place her home domain.
• Inactivity: A Kindred who is not visibly active in her home domain for six months has her
City Status halved (round down). Remaining inactive for another six months results in another
halving, and so on. Long-gone Kindred become irrelevant and are forgotten in the fog of time.
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