Twin Cities

The "Twin Cities" is the popular moniker for the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area.

Vampire: The Masquerade

In Clan Novel: Brujah: Slave Ring, Theo Bell visits Minneapolis and meets with Prince Elizabeth. There, he is hired to deal with a rogue vampire they have been unable to track down. He also becomes embroiled in a conflict with the so-called Minneapolis Triangle.

In Winter's Teeth, the city of St. Paul is described as the first of the Twin Cities to be laid claim to by the Camarilla, cementing a reputation as a stronghold of Clan Toreador due to its Gallic origins and thriving (if humble) arts scene. For the past century it had been lorded over by Prince Samantha Merrain, who claimed the style "Prince of the Twin Cities" despite having only nominal influence over the sister city of Minneapolis. The main reason for this contention was Minneapolis' own culture of grassroots civil rights and social justice movements, making it a hotbed of Anarch activity.

In 2005, a riot stemming from a University of Minneapolis hockey victory was blamed on Anarch agitators: the so-called "Minneapolis Six". Prince Merrain capitalized on the opportunity and had three of the "perpetrators" among the local Unbound leadership executed, forcibly blood binding the remaining three.

Come modern nights, the Twin Cities had cultivated a reputation as a relatively stable domain, remaining untroubled even as other cities succumbed to internal strife or fell to the Second Inquisition. However, in 2021, an attempted coup by the Tremere Calder Wendt would see Prince Merrain sent to the Final Death. The bloody power struggle that followed saw several long-time members of the Twin Cities' court destroyed, with the Brujah Cecily Bain eventually emerging as the new Prince.

Werewolf: The Apocalypse

Garou had roamed the nearby Rocky Mountains since pre-Colonial times, establishing the Powderhorn Caern in what would eventually become the city of Minneapolis. During the events of Crimson Thaw, that same caern would fall prey to the schemes of the Tremere Justicar Ian Carfax - prompting a swift and brutal retaliation by the werewolves of the Great Lakes Pack.

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