Staten Island

Often referred to as the “forgotten borough,” Staten Island is the least populous of all the boroughs. Popular sentiment on the island runs toward the territorial - Staten Island has been vocal in the past about wanting to secede from New York City proper; every now and then, the issue arises again. Staten Island has a far more provincial feel than the other boroughs, with neighborhoods like Snug Harbor and Richmondtown exemplifying the “village” feel, being a restored sailor’s neighborhood and country seat, respectively. Aside from these, Staten Island is known for its enormous garbage dump - hardly prime property for domain, especially for status-conscious Camarilla up-and-comers.

To this end, the anarch presence has been largely scoured from the other boroughs (with small pockets and spies scattered about) and “corralled” on Staten Island. This causes no end of agitation for the anarchs, some of whom had domains in other boroughs while the Sabbat was still the dominant sect. The more radical elements among the anarchs propose a violent act of defiance to express their discontent, hoping to strike down the Camarilla old guard before it has a chance to entrench itself. Other, more moderate voices suggest playing the Camarilla’s game against it, slowly consolidating influence and then bringing it to bear before an incredulous Ivory Tower, shocked to find that its foundation belongs to reformationists. As such, Staten Island remains a loose collective of anarch domains and a hotbed of political seesawing. While the anarchs have yet to bring any open and violent rebellion to the other boroughs, a few of its champions are not far from that point. As its stands, a night in Staten Island for the Kindred probably entails a great deal of fist-shaking and debate, with a possible intermingling of the two.

The Staten Island Ferry

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Travels from the southern tip of Manhattan at Whitehall Terminal to St. George

A perennial favorite of tourists, both because of its astounding view of the Statue of Liberty and its free fare, the Staten Island Ferry has a less jovial cast for the Kindred. Boss Callihan, in a display of anarch bravado, claimed that the ferry itself was anarch domain. Any Kindred riding the ferry without the acknowledgement of the anarchs would be seen as openly professing disdain for anarch domain. While this was initially met by Camarilla Kindred with a rolling of the eyes, it took only one challenge to the claim for them to realize that the anarchs were serious. When a Malkavian visitor of Adelaide Davis took the ferry to visit her (as she makes her haven in Snug Harbor), a pack of anarchs who happened to be watching the terminal for just such “abuses” absconded with the Kindred, pilloried him in Richmondtown and proceeded to kick him into a torpor. The body was sent back, staked and torpid, to [[Alexander Drake|Prince Drake]] along with a terse letter from Callihan.

The anarchs purpose in declaring the ferry their domain isn’t to deny access to Staten Island. Anyone who wants to go there can easily take the Verrazano Narrows Bridge from Brooklyn or the Bayonne Bridge from New Jersey without any repercussions. Callihan’s intent is to show that the anarchs are determined to be taken seriously and will do whatever it takes to force the Camarilla Kindred to recognize their autonomy and their grievances with the sect. While the domain is observed more in the breach than with regularity — it’s not like the anarchs have Kindred positioned to scour every ferry for undead — it is something the anarchs take very seriously. Indeed, because the ferry runs until only 7:30 in the evening, the ferry is usable by Kindred only during the winter months, as it’s still light out at that time during the summer.

Garibaldi-Meucci Mesuem

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Tompkins Avenue and Chestnut Avenue

This museum has been converted from the house of Antonio Meucci(who originally invented the telephone, prior to Alexander Graham Bell) into a museum. Meucci’s friend Giuseppe Garibaldi, leader of the Italian “red shirt” patriots, sent him letters, and the museum displays not only Meucci’s telephone designs and documentation but also letters and photos of Garibaldi.

The anarchs, seeing themselves as Kindred patriots in the same spirit as the revolutionary Garibaldi, have declared the museum “anarch Elysium,” which they describe as a variation of the standard Kindred Elysium. At anarch Elysium, the standard Elysium rules apply, but only to anarchs. That is, any anarchs can meet here on neutral ground, but other Kindred might leave with their fangs pulled, should they offend the anarchs.

The museum is a popular place for the more intellectual anarchs to discuss their philosophies and for the iconoclastic anarchs to plan their next reign of terror. The museum is open only until five from Tuesday through Sunday, so by the time it’s dark, the anarchs usually have the run of the place, through a covert agreement made with the curator.

La Tourette Park

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LaTourette Park & Golf Course : NYC Parks
Bordered on the north by Rockland Avenue and to the south by Arthur Kill Road

While the Garibaldi-Meucci museum is the anarchs’ place for reasoned debate, La Tourette Park is where they run wild. While they certainly don’t flout their Kindred natures in front of people, every vampire needs to let off a little steam now and then, and rowdy brawls sometimes take place here, as do anarch rallies and even impromptu parties every now and then. A pack of anarchs even managed to bring down a Lupine here once, and it’s rumored that the beast’s head is on display as a trophy in one of the park’s disused storage sheds that occasionally serves as a haven.