Pound Invictus



The Pound Invictus are one of the two major factions of Invictus in New Manchester. The old guard of the Invictus, they are bitter at being cast by the wayside first by their elders and then by their allies.

The first Invictus to come to New Manchester took advantage of the massive coal mining industry. There was a time where few in the city who worked with coal weren't in the employ of a vampire or vampire's servants. Even for those of the First Estate who didn't directly control the coal industry, there was still money to be made in the development of a humble mining town into a grand city.

The Invictus thrived, but their fortunes eventually came to an end. The covenant elders realised that the coal was fast running out, and without it the Invictus would crumbled. Moving quickly, they secured themselves sanctuary in other domains, sold their estates to their underlings at rock-bottom prices and skipped town on the Midnight Railway. It wasn't until September of 1929 that the remaining Invictus in the city realised what had happened.

As the infrastructure of New Manchester shook, the Invictus feared what would happen if they appeared weak before the outer covenants, and thus led the Kindred of the domain into a battle for territory with the Lupines. This was the catalyst for the bloody war referred to as the Evisceration. After the dust had cleared, the Invictus were still around, but they were in no position to rule as they did once.

The Pound Invictus who were around back in the Great Depression are invariably bitter about what happened to them, and feel humiliated that the Ruble Invictus were the ones to restore the First Estate to what it was. Neonates who join are often disappointed when they get to know their superiors, but are also eager at the thought of taking over for themselves and, most importantly, doing a better job of it.