“For mortals vanished from the day's sweet light I shed no tear; rather I mourn for those who day and night live in death's fear”
 - Greek Proverb

Elysium. Where it's safe to be dead.

The places below represent a few of the establishments throughout the world that Kindred may go and be welcome. There are however, just a few rules the undead are smart to know about, and just as may exceptions to those rules as the Prince or Keeper of any Elysium might decide.

Rule #1: All are welcome; all are safe - This law means that in a true Elysium, all are welcome, regardless of sect. While some true Elysia exist, they are more and more rare.  Elysia have, these nights become a thing of the Camarilla, and are often associated with a specific Prince's court.  While unacknowledged Kindred may freely show up, those who continually attend gatherings unacknowledged by the Prince of the Emerald Domain may find their unlife coming to an untimely end.

Rule #2: Violence is not permitted. Now of course Kindred understand they are a society of predators. Allowing violence at their gatherings would most likely result in what you might call mutually assured destruction, or preclude gatherings from ever happening at all. In Elysium, not even provocation is not an excuse for violence. While you can bet there will be repercussions for insulting a Ventrue dignitary, undoubtedly, the Ventrue may not strike back in violence in Elysium.  Safe travel to and from Elysium is often guaranteed, again, depending on the domain. If anyone causes violence in Elysium, they will be dealt with swiftly, usually by the Sheriff or the Keeper of Elysium.

Rule #3: No overt/aggressive use of Disciplines - Violence is not simply defined as physical harm.  Use of Dominate, Thaumaturgy, or any similar aggressive Mental Disciplines will likewise put you at the wrong end of a stake through the heart. Even the use of Obfuscation to eavesdrop is taboo, but is usually only punishable if caught. This rule is the a common rule to be bent, or interpreted differently from Elysium to Elysium.
 
Rule #4: No mortals may attend an Elysium gathering - Kindred speak rather freely of their society in Elysium. To allow mortals at such a gathering would be an obvious
breach of the Masquerade. While ghouls are permitted in some Elysia, it's generally not a good idea to allow one's ghouls to learn too much of Kindred society, lest they become arrogant and assumptive, or worse. Again, not all Elysia follow this rule, and in fact many Elysia mingle themselves with mortals in clubs, museums or other institutions as a method to encourage blending in with the Kine.

Rule #5: All must respect the word of the Keeper of Elysium - The Keeper of Elysium may supplement these rules with policies particular to their Elysium at any time. While in Elysium, the Keeper's laws must be abided by. Keeper's who abuse such power, do not retain their position very long and fear the wrath of their Prince. Certain members of the court, such as the Sheriff may ignore the Laws of Elysium, with the safety and interests of the domain in mind. To do so without good cause will likewise land the Sheriff in trouble with the court.

A new Elysium is going to be used this weekend.

The Primogen, Harpy, Seneschal and Sheriff have received a detailed letter about it, but here are details necessary for all.

Location:

A warehouse and office space located at
3401 Lind Ave SW, Renton

The building is owned by Tate Distributors Ltd. The southern portion is dedicated to Elysium space.

In order to access the lot, and the building, a Kindred will need a key card. They will be issued this week to all Acknowledged and Tolerated members of the domain. If you are not able to attend Elysium this week to receive the key cards, then you will need to be escorted into Elysium at some point to receive your key card.

Specifically, after this week, all kindred arrivals in the city expecting to enter Elysium MUST be accompanied by another Kindred with an access card, and cards will be provided after the Kindred is either Acknowledged or Tolerated.

The lot of the building is secure, with sound deadening slats added to the fence to block sight-lines and suppress sounds. A single entrance is available to the acknowledged members of the Domain.

The Elysium has a main floor, and a raised office space ( though only raised 3 feet about the main floor.)

The main floor has an area for hospitality, as well as reinforced shipping containers for a Kindred who may be on the verge of succumbing to frenzy.

Any Kindred who has a standing of 5 or greater, plus all Primogen, will be able to access the upper deck office space, as well as the private meeting room indicated in the above image.

For those who look, there are visible cameras outside the facility and in the main Elysium area.

There is one way glass in the upper deck area allowing viewing of the main floor, but not the other way around.

There is an HFC fire suppression system installed, ghouls should visit hospitality to learn safety procedures in the event of an emergency.

Weapon policy for this Elysium is "Concealed weapons are allowed, but keep them concealed."

South Renton Elysium
1121 SW 16th St
Renton, WA 98057

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s....026157&t=h&z=16

OoC>>In real life, this is the approximate location of a party and costume shop. It was chosen because the physical location and size of the warehouse space correspond to what is needed. The address was modified slightly to insure we didn't run into any problems with people Google searching for the real business and hitting our page instead.<<OoC

Vital Data:
Domain Location: Skyway/Tukwila Domain (Currently Gangrel)
Business Name: Peregrine Shipping Solutions
Business Type: Shipping Warehouse
Active Business: Yes

Available Elysium Accommodations:

• 70 car lit parking lot (surrounding building)
• Visible security cameras on light posts and entrances/exits of building
• 800 sq ft open 'Common Room', 2nd Floor
• 50 sq ft sectioned 'Upper Deck', 2nd Floor
• 200 sq ft open Conference Room, 2nd Floor
• 300 sq ft locked Conference Room, Basement
• All other areas off limits to Elysium & locked securely (see general description below and see an ST if you want to have your character try to break in).

This location is a 2 story warehouse located just west of i-405 in Renton. The lot is well lit and adjacent to other industrial businesses. Security cameras are visible at all entrances and exits including the loading docks and garage entrances. This is the only building on the lot.

Access to the second floor offices/Elysium area is through a direct door marked "Offices" that leads up a straight staircase to the Common Room. The Common Room is set with round tables and chairs on a linoleum surface. One wall of the common room is a large glass window that looks out over the dark and sealed warehouse that makes up the first floor.

The 'Upper Deck' area is adjacent to the Common Room and sectioned off by half walls. The Upper Deck has a small desk and comfortable couches for more private conversation.

An open Conference Room is located off the Common Room and can be closed off by a single door. The Conference room has a number of small tables and chairs that can be arranged to customized needs.

There are two bathrooms and a number of locked offices adjacent to the common room as well. To access the locked rooms, please see a Storyteller or (more politely) the Keeper or Host of the Elysium.

A large Conference room is located beneath the warehouse space. The access is through the warehouse itself and is also locked. Again, see an ST or (more politely) the Keeper or Host of the Elysium to enter.

The warehouse itself has loading docks and sealed entrances large enough to accommodate most delivery vehicles. Looking down into the warehouse from the Common Room will reveal a dark space filled with different sized shipping containers and the outlines of industrial equipment.

Housed in an historic Roman-revival-style building on the corner of 8th and Seneca, Town Hall is Seattle's community culture center located in the historic First Hill neighborhood, on the edge of downtown. Town Hall showcases the community's cultural energy with diverse music, arts and humanities, civic discourse, and world culture programming.  Seating is a single level ampitheater, with a raised area for VIP guests behind glass at the rear, with its own private staircase.  Local, national and international programs and performances are scheduled year-round in the Great Hall.  Downstairs holds programs and performances of a different variety.

Access to the Downstairs area is by side door or a secured stairwell from the Great Hall.  Visitors are greeted by William Theopolis, checked for their familiarity or presence on the guest list and allowed entrance.  Downstairs is characterized by marble floors, red curtains at the walls and over the windows, and generally spartan environment of classical statues and simple pottery.

Kindred guests are invited to listen to the current mortal performance or presentation, either via the elysium's PA system or directly in the glass booth upstairs.  Members of exceptional standing are invited to be seated at a row of chairs across the back of the main room.  Doors lead to a small private area used as the Keeper's office, a large private area available by request, and a series of doors to small, sturdy "panic rooms" that seem to have the hinges on the wrong side.

Additional oratories are welcomed in this space, and can be arranged by contacting its current Host.

(Non 'Official' Elysium - Traditions of Elysium are privately enforced.)

A long-time Malkavian Elysium, Thorne Gardens was the creation of Kerril Thorne, a member of a Sabbat hunting coterie called Drake's Irregulars that resided in the Emerald Domain during the 80's. Most recently, Maltincorp, a Malkavian owned corporation run by often Seneschal Mr. Maltin has purchased and renovated the property for occasional use once again. The lush arboretum contains fountains and greenery provide a relaxing atmosphere for the erudite and cosmopolitan Kindred of Seattle to wheel and deal in.

Orpheum Theatre Elysium, "The Green Room"

In it's heyday it was touted as one of the most magnificent and lavish vaudeville theatres in the country.

A decorative wrought-iron canopy extendes from the Orpheum box office to the curb out front, a detail that would become a fixture of the 3rd Avenue landscape for years. The interior is no less impressive. Pulling from classical Greek and Italian architecture, the lavishly decorated theater (and particularly its main foyer) is awash in marble, onyx, and glass.

For many years, beset by financial problems, the Orpheum was merely left to rot, passing from easily bankrupt owner to owner over the years until the celebrated Toreador illusionist Jean-Eugene Robert-Houdin finally was able to restore it to it's former glory in the modern nights. The location has since passed to Toreador Madison Conti, who has since spent most of her nights in Paris, yet may return some night.

The Orpheum is located on Mercer Street between Warren and 4th avenue near the south end of Toreador Domain, near the borders of Ventrue Domain and the Rack (The current location of the Intiman Theatre, between the Seattle Repertory Theatre and the Pacific Northwest Ballet).
  
The "Green Room" Elysium is located high above and behind the main stage of the theatre, so that the Kindred V.I.P.s can look down upon the theatre's nightly performances and the crowd. A scrim (one way curtain) prevents the mortals below from suspecting they are being watched through the soundproof windows above.

Access to the Green Room is from the rear of the theatre on the opposite side from the performer's entrance. Kindred must climb several flights of stairs to get to the producer's lounge that serves as Elysium. There is no obvious elevator, and the Elysium area appears completely seperate from the rest of the theatre.

There once were no obvious 'back rooms', though some have been shown a hidden passage to some additional spaces above the crown of the theatre. Initially, Houdin insisted that he be consulted personally before access is granted to these, however now the new management, his former ghoul, now recently Embraced . It's pretty obvious that during the course of Houdin's extensive renovation of the Orpheum that he's had time to upgrade the sound, lighting, climate control and security systems and make the neccessary modifications to perform his most imaginative and provocative feats of magic as well! Vaudeville theatres were made to be multi-purpose, so on any given night the Orpheum will host comedy, live bands, opera, theatre, even movies.

(Non 'Official' Elysium - Traditions of Elysium are privately enforced.)

Now called the Washington Court Building, the structure at 2nd Avenue and South Washington Street in Pioneer Square has had a checkered past; perhaps even more so than its dark present.

Its construction began immediately after the great Seattle fire of 1889, which destroyed a sizable portion of the Downtown area. It was commissioned by the city’s then and still most notorious Madame: Dorothea Georgine Emile Ohben, AKA “Lou Graham.” Her first brothel having been destroyed in the great fire, the “Queen of the Lava Beds” wasted no time in having a replacement built using her vast fortune.

The “Graham Building” reflected a sturdy, Victorian aesthetic with angled façades unique for Seattle at the time. It served its Madame, and her various customers (including several government officials and members of some of Seattle’s first families) well for many years.

After Madame Graham’s death in 1903, the building was given, interestingly enough, to the King County Public School system. Its tenants over the next 100 years varied from law firms, to private businesses, to most recently in the 1990’s of being a part of the Union Gospel Mission.

That all changed in early 2006 however, when a mysterious buyer from overseas appeared. In a quickly closed deal, wherein the historic building's back taxes would be paid with the bonus of a $2 million cash payment up front, the building became the property of Shrub Gruppen AS, the commercial entity of the famed Norwegian death metal band, Scarred Shrub. One of the band's members, Damien, quickly gutted the first three floors, and converted it into the death metal dance club Hammerstead, over which he acted as manager.

But a mere handful of months after opening, Damien mysteriously vanished from the club scene, if not the face of the earth altogether. Fleeting rumors persisted that he had been deported back to Norway, or that he had been murdered by a rival. But in the flux of Seattle nightlife, the enigma was quickly overtaken by other scandals.

In November of 2006, new construction was undertaken at the Graham Building. The Hammerstead sign was taken down, and a new one put in its place: The 9 Circles.

Still on the books as owned by Shrub Gruppen AS, new management for The 9 Circles was neither advertised nor (on the rare occasions a name was mentioned) recognizable to the club or music scene. This perpetuated the idea that Damien had somehow been recalled to Norway for mismanagement, and a mere administrative proxy put in his place.

Officially opening on December 2nd, 2006, the club, whose name and theme was based loosely upon Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy, offered a more punk and gothic atmosphere than had its previous incarnation. Consisting of a large main dance 1st floor (Inferno), a 2nd floor balcony level of a members-only bondage club (Purgatorio), and a private and mirror-enclosed V.I.P. balcony 3rd floor (Paradiso), the nightclub walked the line between being both a public and private institution.

For the Kindred of Seattle, The 9 Circles offers all the advantages the undead seeking safety could want: a hive of continuous and flowing nightlife from which to feed; social cover amongst already extreme eccentrics; and the added bonus that, with so many potential, living witnesses present, undead enemies and rivals have far less of an incentive to act in any manner that might be considered (and thus reported to the authorities) as “inhuman.”

Access to Paradiso, the primary and most private area of the nightclub, comes by way of a secure elevator across the dance floor at the back of the Inferno level.

New Kindred seeking respite within the Nine Circles are usually screened by the club's caretaker via intercom at the elevator, before being allowed access to the private 3rd floor. Guests are required to leave their "baggage" at the door, as any violation of the safety and security of the club, or the caretaker's temper, will be met with quick and severe retribution.

The Seattle Asian Art Museum, located in Volunteer Park on Capitol Hill, is one of the most exquisite landmarks and works of art in the city. Designed by renowned Seattle architect Carl Gould, the historic art deco building opened in 1933 as the original SAM. Today, it houses one of the nation’s premier Japanese, Korean and Chinese art collections.
 
During the evenings the Museum closes for exclusive parties and benefits, scheduled from behind the scenes by it's Kindred masters to allow for post-sunset gatherings of the children of Caine.
 
No doubt the clear view of the nighttime Seattle from the museum's perch on top of Capital Hill lends it self well establishing that keenly developed Kindred sense that the city is being being watched over by it's deadly undead residents. Indeed the glittering lights of the streets below may even appear to some as a starlit web stretching over the unsuspecting inhabitants.

The structure itself is one of the older buildings on Capital Hill, however the building has recently been completely renovated due to generous donations from local foundations and individuals. Providing climate controlled, high tech display areas with the latest in anti-theft and art preservation technologies as many of the items on display are centuries old objects that are quite fragile.
 
Kindred and Kine alike may mistake the electric green glow of the lawns surrounding the museum for some elaborate art display, but the glow is in fact from visible spectrum lasers that criss cross each section of lawn after dark, acting as an early warning system against intruders. Other security measures have been put in place by the mortals who crafted the museum of course, but they are less visible to the naked eye.

The serene enjoyment of the beautiful and ancient works of art placed within the museum are by far the location's most prized aspect. The calming stones of a temple statue or the cool trickle of an Asian fountain are meant to soothe the Beast and allow Kindred to speak with tranquil civility to each other. The ancient woven robes and bonzai gardens are meant to place a sense of reverence for mortal creativity and craftsmanship spanning back many ages before most active Kindred were around.

Indeed the setting encourages a longer view of history, allowing the Keeper's current guests to be able to ruminate on the nature of their existance outside of time and conjoined with mortals in their night-to-night travels.

The current theme of the newly renovated Museum is  "Power Through Contrast" and so through uses of light and shadow, as well as slightly conflicting subject matter displayed together, the current displays search for ways to highlight certain spects of Asian culture while obscuring others.  

A World War II Japanese Army helmet and bayonet could be displayed crossed with a Samurai sword and helm, or the cool earthen clay jars of pre-dynastic China could be shown at the foot of an elaborate and exquisitely painted Ming or Tang Dynasty piece.

Many of the sculptural pieces are lit very specifically, casting terracotta faces and jade curves into sharp contrasts of light and shadow.

Amidst the green and tranquility of Madrona Park, far from the roads and footpaths tread by mortal feet, resides a stately house that, to any passerby, would exude the notion of Private Property. It is here that Mercedes Torres, the Keeper of Elysium, has set the most magnificent of stages for the nightly performance that is the Emerald Domain.

Secluded along the waterfront, the mansion rests on approximately 4 acres of land firmly within Toreador Domain. Off the main road, Kindred can turn into the gate, which leads into the garage. The front door and driveway are not often used, as to avoid unwanted sightings of those requiring secrecy. Of course, able residents of the Eastside are more than welcome to approach the Elysium by boat, and make use of the estate's private dock. Whichever approach is preferred, visitors should rest assured that it has already been thought of, planned for, and well secured from abuse.

From the main entrance, Kindred can proceed up the main stairwell into the foyer, and from there into the various rooms and halls. The most commonly used room is the grand ballroom, holding the Upper Deck, upon which only the Domain's elite are permitted to occupy, and the uninvited forced to only envy.

The entire Elysium is decorated in fine tastes that are very becoming of the elegance of the Toreador clan. Fine art pieces are displayed throughout the house, and thick velvet curtains disguise the heavy sun-proof, armored, roll-down shutters set to secure Elysium at the push of a button.

Aside from the main room there are multiple offices, and even a fully appointed recreational area: an Olympic sized pool, as well as a gymnasium equipped for melee and martial arts sparing.

The outer gardens of the mansion are professionally maintained and lovingly nurtured, with rainbows of blossoms, multiple fountains, and many high hedges to dissuade prying eyes. This firm design, along with steel fences set within the hedgerows, create a relatively safe place for those in the throws of frenzy, or for mutually agreed-upon physical settlement of disputes.

The perimeter of the Elysium mansion is surrounded by a 12 foot concrete wall which ends at the waterfront. Beautiful rose bushes (with very nasty long thorns) are set against the outer face of the wall, to break up the blandness of the dull concrete, for even ignorant mortals deserve to have something pretty to look at, even if they will never know what occurs within.

Guests to the Elysium should feel comforted that, in an emergency, "refreshments" can be provided. For a price. As well, the remoteness of entire compound also ensures that any visitors will find it nearly impossible to lose control of themselves, and spill out into the streets to ever threaten the Masquerade.

At least, not before they are struck down by any of the myriad of security implements hidden on the grounds, if not several of the other visiting Kindred as well.

Yes, Elysium shall be maintained.

At any cost.

Grandfather of the Skyline

Rising humbly amongst the sleek and steel skyline of modern Seattle, rests the visually anachronistic “Seattle Tower.” Harkening back to the days of the Art Deco craze of the early 20th century, it stands as a testament to the city’s early days as the booming metropolis of the Northwest, as well as hiding its many secrets and sins.

Completed in 1928, the Seattle Tower represented a dramatic shift in the appearance of Seattle's skyline. Earlier 20th-century buildings had derived their style from classical precedents. But by the 1920s, architects began to favor designs that attempted to emulate the speed, efficiency and power found within technology, perceived by many as humanity's hope for the future.

The Northern Life Tower was the first building in Seattle to illustrate this style, now known as Art Deco or Art Moderne. Originally a 24-story building, the Northern Life Tower was increased to 27 stories and when completed was one floor higher above sea level than the Smith Tower, which had previously been referred to as "the tallest building west of the Mississippi."

The building has mysteriously maintained its place amongst the forest of Seattle spires, despite the shifts and vicissitudes of the world around it. In that, it is very much like those who call it a safe haven these nights.

In late December of 2004, the Seattle Tower went up for sale by its owner company Landmark Joint Venture of Baltimore. After nearly a year of pursuit, local real estate investors Richard Leider and Mike Shields, together with Chicago-based Helix Investment Partners, bought the Tower for an estimated $19.2 million.

At least, that is what the mortal public believes.

It was shortly thereafter that a dramatic shift in power took place within Seattle’s Kindred, and Isaac Goldwin, former Sheriff of Baltimore, took his place upon The Emerald City’s throne.

But, surely it is only coincidence that the company that sold the building was based within Baltimore, and that the sale to local investors was finalized only months prior to Goldwin’s ascension. Of course, it is but happenstance that the Elysium enjoys the federally funded building security necessary to protect the offices of the FBI inside the Tower.

Oh, indeed. Coincidence. Happenstance. Merely chance and fate.

There Is No 13th Floor

The gathering place for the Kindred is the heavily renovated 13th Floor of the Seattle Tower, accessible only by a special key card, and subject to the scrutiny of a multitude of cameras and other devices.

Upon arrival on the 13th floor, guests are greeted with a plush receiving room consisting of a caged coat-check (read: weapons or other nefarious items) booth to the left, a tasteful framed painting on the right, and dead ahead two large and imposing gentlemen whose only wish is to detain troublemakers.

Behind them is a large set of double doors. Beyond those doors, save haven.

The Elysium remains relatively “functional,” and generally lacks the kinds of haughty furnishings that might be found in other Courts of large Domains. This speaks to Prince Goldwin’s outwardly accommodating style, as well as leaving room for whatever a creative Keeper of Elysium might want to do with the place.

The main area is a broad an open expanse with the occasional chair or table for lounging or discussion, while near the back of the floor, upon a low dais, rests the “upper deck.” This area is meant exclusively for Kindred of respectable status, but mainly for members of The Prince’s inner court, and council of Primogen.

A posh club catering to mostly Jazz acts, the Triple Door is located at 216 Union Street, in the heart of downtown seattle. Downstairs from the Wild Ginger restaurant and across the street from Benaroya Hall, it sits apart from the raucuousness of Pioneer Square, and south of the pretension of Belltown.

The Mainstage is The Triple Door’s centerpiece. Restored and updated from the bones of the historic Embassy Theatre, this 300-seat performance space is at once timeless and modern.

The classic look of the gold-framed, red-curtained stage blends seamlessly with the contemporary, sleek, uncluttered array of half-moon booths and free-standing tables.

In addition to the Mainstage, the Musiquarium Lounge also offers nightly atmosphere and entertainment. The Musicquarium at The Triple Door is a spacious, self-contained lounge that seats 150. The lounge takes its name from The Triple Door’s dedication to music and the brilliant visual focus of the room, a stunning 1900-gallon freshwater aquarium just inside the entrance.

The wraparound, U-shaped display bar ranges down the center of The Musicquarium, with a comfortably-arranged mix of tables and a standup bar on the Union Street side, plus seven booths for more private socializing lined up down the opposite side. A sneak hideaway occupies the corner at the far end of the booths.

Kindred hold Elysium in the Triple Door's private boxes, which are wired for sound from the mainstage, but otherwise sound-proofed and set behind one-way glass for privacy. Arrangements are made for special staff and any "pedestrian disturbances". Entrances include the front doors of the Triple Door (just ask for JR), through the back of the Wild Ginger restaurant (ask the 'security staff' for JR) or the alleyway 'Service Staff Only' door (knock twice, then ask for JR). Entrants will meet with a polite concierge who will admit them if their name is "on the list", or ask them to wait if they are a newcomer.

See you at the Triple Door!
http://www.tripledoor.net

Built from the fortune of typewriter and rifle magnate Lyman C. Smith (Smith-Corona typewriters and Smith "long" rifles), the Smith Tower was Seattle's first skyscraper. Opening on July 4th, 1914 and topping out at 42 stories, the Smith Tower was the fourth tallest building in the world. It remained the tallest west of Chicago for almost 50 years. In 2000, the building received a $28 million dollar restoration including a complete seismic retrofit.

Many years before that restoration however, in the year 1929 the Gaslight Lounge gentleman's club was an exclusive Kindred-only establishment, run by a few like-minded Cainites, where membership was small and worldly expectations scrupulous. Only the best and the oldest Kindred in Seattle's sordid history ever even heard about the exclusive salon, and so recluse were it's membership about the venue, that few Kindred that still exist today and lived through that time period were aware of it's existance at all, at least until recently.

When the doors of the Gaslight Lounge swung open once more, over 80 years had passed, but the Lounge remained ageless, like it's prior guests. What hapened to it's founders is still a mystery, but some say the Lounge still resonates with the whispered intrigues and artful diologue of the Gaslight Lounge's long disappeared founders.

The impeccable refinement and alluring ambiance of the richly appointed lounge quickly became a favored venue for conversation, and relaxation among Seattle's Kindred once again, but was thought forever lost when the appearance of The Ancient caused it to return to it's 'mortal' state. Recent work by black arts of the Giovanni clan to reclaim the location have revived the ghostly lounge, which now boasts the ghostly spirits of the city's Founding Fathers, Henry Yesler, Doc Maynard and Arthur Denny, thanks to the murderous justice of the former Nosferatu Prince Calebros and former Seattle Prince Dawn O'Seanessey. 

The main room boasts exquisitely crafted furniture and tasteful artwork, while remaining a living, breathing entity in it's own right.

These distinctions tend to make some Kindred squeamish about entering it's doors, due to the establishments legendary mystical quirks. The canny observer will note the ghostly faces of tuxedo-clad gentry tidying one of the few 'bedrooms' of the club, watching as if ready to offer assistance to the Kindred within. One can easily imagine the founders stepping aside to the rooms with an influential mortal to bestow the rapture of the Kiss before returning to conversations about business and art in the Lounge proper. In the kitchens, the clink of silver can sometimes be heard, and the pouring of vitae, making it clear to all who visit the Gaslight, that those ghostly servitors which maintain the spotless decor of the club are ever-present at the corner of one's eye.

Known 'quirks' of the Elysium

Items that contain technology not available before 1930 appear to be nonfunctional, and cease to work while inside the Lounge. This includes, but is not limited to cellular phones, electronic surveillance equipment, lasers (such as a sight on a gun), high tech recording equipment, digital watches, etc. Upon leaving the lounge, the items function normally. (Watches and other time sensitive devices may need to be reset, however.)

Non Kindred, other supernatural creatures, or those mortals without Kindred blood within them may not enter. Trying to do so results in them entering a room of identical size and shape that is dessicated with age and decay. This remains the case if attempting to enter from the Umbra.

Attempts to scry or use other divination or Auspex from outside of the Gaslight Lounge may either result in a viewing of the aforementioned empty room, or in some cases may result in the temporary blinding or deafening of the sense associated with the attempt. (Per Din of the Damned)

Wraiths may appear out of the corner of the eye, or occasionally in a reflective surface, usually appearing to be performing menial tasks, or waiting patiently as if for instructions. They remain unseen for all but brief half-glimpses however.

Objects broken or taken from the Elysium tend to re-appear the following night in their original locations, unbroken and pristine.

Devices, nails or screws fastened into the walls, or any other objects left behind in the Elysium appear the following evening on the mantle, and any drill holes or damage to the Elysium is gone.

One bottle of regular mortal Vitae is contained within the refrigeration unit in the kitchen of the Lounge. It is of passable vintage, and re-fills each day if drained the following evening. Any additives placed into the bottle one evening will disappear by the following evening.

It is for these very reasons that the Clan most comfortable with the spirits of the dead have chosen to sponsor it as their Elysium. The Giovanni find the wraithly protectors of the lounge comforting, and see the symbiosis of Spirit and Kindred to be an omen of good fortune, and a nearly perfect model of the Giovanni Necromantic ideal.

The Giovanni have chosen to sponsor the Elysium to all Kindred, rather than retain the club's exclusive status, for now. However few Kindred, knowing the basic history and spiritual foundation on which the Elysium was built, would choose to disrupt the Gaslight Lounge in such a way that might incur the wrath of it's protectors, be they Giovanni, or the watchful souls of the wraiths themselves. For now, such souls have remained dormant, seeming content to serve all Kindred that exist within, but no one knows for sure how long that might last, and what the result of such a disruption might be. One thing is for certain, however, and that is that if the Giovanni have the answers to many of the questions associated with the Gaslight, they are keeping them to themselves.