As has already been stated in the Writer's Bible, Talia's Vampire Syndicate is the largest business venture in the Empire of Metamor, and the world's largest criminal operation as well. With vast holdings across a broad variety of sectors — criminal, "grey" and legitimate alike — the vamps have to be taken into account in any story of the magnitude that we're planning.
We'll discuss the role of the Syndicate in the story in another thread. For here and now, I need your help coming up with characters, personalities to fill the rosters of the undead criminal empire. I'm particularly interested in coming up with the major players in and around Metamor City, since that's where most of the action is going to be happening.
Take a look at the Writer's Bible entry and then let's start brainstorming:
- We need a regional prince in charge of operations in Metamor City.
- We need a few special agents who might show up and cause havoc.
- We need to figure out the major scions who are competing for power in the City — who they are, what they control, and what they want but don't have yet.
- We need a few people among the lower ranks of the Syndicate: a captain or two for each scion, a few key lieutenants, and any particularly interesting or colorful enforcers, specialists and underlings.
We don't need huge amounts of detail on all of these characters; we'll need to flesh out the prince and the scions a bit in terms of their goals, alliances and rivalries, but just having names, descriptions, and one or two key personality should be enough for the low-level types. Get creative and see what you can come up with; once we have some idea of who the players are, we'll be able to start working them into the stories as needed.





