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<div style="margin-top:10px; font-size:3em; line-height:1.05; font-weight:bold; color:#fff4f0;">Kindred of Madtown</div>
<div style="margin-top:10px; font-size:3em; line-height:1.05; font-weight:bold; color:#f1ede6;">Madtown by Night</div>
<div style="margin-top:12px; font-size:1.15em; color:#d2c1bd;">A Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary convention chronicle</div>
<div style="margin-top:12px; font-size:1.25em; color:#c7c0b6;">Two stories. One city. Choose which darkness finds you.</div>
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<div style="margin-top:18px; font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-size:0.9em; letter-spacing:0.12em; text-transform:uppercase; color:#8f949b;">Gen Con 2026 • Madison, Wisconsin • World of Darkness</div>
The Tremere Primogen is dead. The evidence points toward the werewolves. One accusation could set Madison on fire.
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These pages are being built specifically for the two Madtown by Night events at Gen Con 2026. Choose a chronicle below to enter its player guide.
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'''Friday, July 31, 2026''' &nbsp;•&nbsp; 6:00 PM to Midnight EDT<br>
'''Hyatt, Studio 3, Table 2''' &nbsp;•&nbsp; 4 to 8 players &nbsp;•&nbsp; Expert experience<br>
'''Game ID:''' RPG26ND318373 &nbsp;•&nbsp; '''Storyteller:''' Josh Guldan
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<div style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-size:0.76em; letter-spacing:0.18em; text-transform:uppercase; color:#d28a8d;">Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary</div>
Rebecca Troy, Tremere Primogen of Madison, has been destroyed inside her own chantry. The first evidence points toward Madison's werewolves. Claw damage, blood, coarse fur, and a broken token of the werewolf treaty were recovered at the scene.
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The Tremere Regent is dead. Her chantry has been torn open from within. Every sign points toward the werewolves, and Madison stands one accusation away from war.
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There is one problem. The first signs of violence begin inside the chantry, beyond wards built to stop exactly this kind of intruder.
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Prince Alexander Hawk has summoned the Primogen Council. You must determine whether the werewolves broke the peace before suspicion becomes retaliation. Find the truth, protect your interests, and decide who will rule when the council adjourns.
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'''Friday, July 31, 2026'''<br>
6:00 PM to Midnight EDT<br>
Hyatt, Studio 3, Table 2<br>
4 to 8 players • Expert experience<br>
Game ID: RPG26ND318373
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Play a member of Madison’s Primogen during a night of murder, old grudges, planted evidence, and political collapse.
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<span class="mw-ui-button mw-ui-progressive" style="display:block; padding:12px 18px; font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold; letter-spacing:0.04em;">[[Kindred of Madtown|Enter the Vampire Game]]</span>
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<div style="font-size:1.25em; font-weight:bold; color:#e7d7d2;">The Seneschal</div>
<div style="margin-top:8px; font-family:Arial, sans-serif; line-height:1.65; color:#c6c4c8;">Brandy Madison was the Prince Alexander overthrew. She remains at court with old alliances, deep wealth, and the loyalty of those who still regard her as the city's true center of gravity.</div>
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<div style="margin-top:8px; font-family:Arial, sans-serif; line-height:1.65; color:#c6c4c8;">The clan representatives stand between Alexander's former rebels and Brandy's old guard. They trade votes, favors, secrets, and boons while keeping the government from tearing itself apart.</div>
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Four new mages have awakened in a city where the old masters are dead, missing, or hiding. Beyond the storm waits New Avalon, a lost realm of Magick that has been sealed since 1985.
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Thirty years ago, an Anarch revolution ended two decades of civil war. Alexander won the throne, but did not destroy the old regime. Since then, compromise inside the court and a fragile treaty with the werewolves have kept Madison alive. Rebecca's death threatens both.
'''Thursday, July 30, 2026'''<br>
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Hyatt, Studio 3, Table 1<br>
2 to 4 players • No experience required<br>
Game ID: RPG26ND318370
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<div style="margin-top:10px; font-family:Arial, sans-serif; color:#aaa8ad;">These descriptions are public court reputations. Private loyalties are rarely so simple.</div>
Learn Mage through play as newly Awakened characters uncover Madison’s hidden world and the road back to New Avalon.
 
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! style="width:25%; padding:12px; background:#2a1a1d; color:#f1dfdb; text-align:left;" | Kindred
! style="width:22%; padding:12px; background:#2a1a1d; color:#f1dfdb; text-align:left;" | Position
! style="padding:12px; background:#2a1a1d; color:#f1dfdb; text-align:left;" | Court Reputation
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| style="padding:11px;" | '''Alexander Hawk'''
| style="padding:11px;" | Gangrel Prince
| style="padding:11px;" | Former Anarch war leader and defender of the werewolf treaty. His revolution won the city, but not every institution within it.
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| style="padding:11px;" | '''Brandy Madison'''
| style="padding:11px;" | Malkavian Seneschal
| style="padding:11px;" | Former Prince and architect of the old order. Patient, entrenched, and still dangerous.
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| style="padding:11px;" | '''Tori Redford'''
| style="padding:11px;" | Gangrel Primogen
| style="padding:11px;" | Park ranger, veteran of the Anarch war, and public advocate for peace with the werewolves.
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| style="padding:11px;" | '''David Boston'''
| style="padding:11px;" | Brujah Primogen
| style="padding:11px;" | Hard-edged survivor with deep street influence. Loyal to Alexander and willing to use force.
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| style="padding:11px;" | '''Kyle Schuller'''
| style="padding:11px;" | Malkavian Primogen
| style="padding:11px;" | A pacifist broken by cruelty, feared for prophecies that arrive before disaster. Openly hostile to Brandy.
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| style="padding:11px;" | '''Jan None'''
| style="padding:11px;" | Nosferatu Primogen
| style="padding:11px;" | Broker of information, favors, and quiet leverage. Her network reaches beneath the city.
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| style="padding:11px;" | '''Deven Tridel'''
| style="padding:11px;" | Toreador Primogen
| style="padding:11px;" | Singer, patron, and impeccable court presence. Publicly aligned with Brandy.
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| style="padding:11px;" | '''Victor King'''
| style="padding:11px;" | Ventrue Primogen
| style="padding:11px;" | Industrial power broker and champion of the old guard. His wealth and mortal influence make him difficult to oppose.
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* Rebecca Troy is dead, and the Tremere seat on the council is vacant.
* Her chantry should have been one of the most secure havens in Madison.
* The first signs of violence begin inside the chantry, beyond its outer defenses.
* John Morgan has sealed the chantry and restricted access to the evidence.
* The city is divided between Alexander's former Anarchs and Brandy's old guard.
* The werewolf treaty has kept Madison alive. If it breaks, neither side can control what follows.
* Any public breach of the Masquerade could turn a political murder into a citywide disaster.
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<div style="margin-top:30px; font-size:1.9em; font-weight:bold; color:#f2e9e4; border-bottom:2px solid #70262b; padding-bottom:8px;">Rumors Rebecca Left Behind</div>
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<span class="mw-ui-button mw-ui-progressive" style="display:block; padding:12px 18px; font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold; letter-spacing:0.04em;">[[Awakened of Madtown|Enter the Mage Game]]</span>
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<div style="margin-top:8px; font-family:Arial, sans-serif; line-height:1.65; color:#c7d0d4;">Rebecca had renewed contact with a reclusive occultist called Jay Dee. Some Kindred claim he once used the mortal identity James Duane Doty, the founder of Madison.</div>
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<div style="font-size:1.25em; font-weight:bold; color:#cfe9f2;">New Avalon</div>
<div style="margin-top:8px; font-family:Arial, sans-serif; line-height:1.65; color:#c7d0d4;">Rebecca was searching for a road into a lost place associated with Madison's vanished mages. It is described as a kingdom of impossible roads, living stories, ancient Magick, and danger hidden behind wonder.</div>
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<div style="font-size:1.25em; font-weight:bold; color:#cfe9f2;">Four New Mages</div>
<div style="margin-top:8px; font-family:Arial, sans-serif; line-height:1.65; color:#c7d0d4;">No mage has openly controlled Madison since 1985. Now four newly Awakened strangers are rumored to have entered the city.</div>
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<div style="font-size:1.25em; font-weight:bold; color:#cfe9f2;">The Capitol</div>
<div style="margin-top:8px; font-family:Arial, sans-serif; line-height:1.65; color:#c7d0d4;">Rebecca's notes repeatedly mention the Capitol and a source of power beneath it. Clan Tremere refuses to explain what she found there.</div>
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# How did the attacker reach a sealed chamber without triggering the outer wards?
# Why do the first signs of violence begin inside the chantry?
# Who benefits if the court declares the werewolf treaty broken tonight?
# What was Rebecca trying to reach through the Capitol, and who knew about her work?
# Why have Madison's werewolves and their usual intermediaries gone silent?
# What evidence can survive scrutiny by the Prince, the Primogen, and Clan Tremere?
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'''These are separate events with a connected story.''' You do not need to play one game to understand or enjoy the other.
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Do not let fear make the court predictable. If the evidence is false, expose the lie. If the treaty can still be saved, prevent a war. Whatever waits beneath the Capitol must not inherit Madison while its rulers destroy one another.
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Latest revision as of 19:32, 28 July 2026

Guldan Age Stories presents
Madtown by Night
Two stories. One city. Choose which darkness finds you.
Gen Con 2026 • Madison, Wisconsin • World of Darkness
Choose Your Game

These pages are being built specifically for the two Madtown by Night events at Gen Con 2026. Choose a chronicle below to enter its player guide.

Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary
Kindred of Madtown

The Tremere Regent is dead. Her chantry has been torn open from within. Every sign points toward the werewolves, and Madison stands one accusation away from war.

Friday, July 31, 2026
6:00 PM to Midnight EDT
Hyatt, Studio 3, Table 2
4 to 8 players • Expert experience
Game ID: RPG26ND318373

Play a member of Madison’s Primogen during a night of murder, old grudges, planted evidence, and political collapse.

Mage: The Ascension 20th Anniversary
Awakened of Madtown

Four new mages have awakened in a city where the old masters are dead, missing, or hiding. Beyond the storm waits New Avalon, a lost realm of Magick that has been sealed since 1985.

Thursday, July 30, 2026
6:00 PM to Midnight EDT
Hyatt, Studio 3, Table 1
2 to 4 players • No experience required
Game ID: RPG26ND318370

Learn Mage through play as newly Awakened characters uncover Madison’s hidden world and the road back to New Avalon.

These are separate events with a connected story. You do not need to play one game to understand or enjoy the other.

Madtown by Night • Gen Con 2026 • Storyteller: Josh Guldan

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