vampire havens

A collection of scenarios to use as inspiration for tabletop roleplay Vampire: The Masquerade. Main blog: medicendestroyer.

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Searching for a pulse in this lifeless city

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The Buckner Mansion, New Orleans

Set for American Horror Story: Coven.

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Abandoned Veterinary School in Belgium.

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Did a bit of lone wolf exploring today because I was in the area and just had to stop by. An abandoned plantation that stole my heart the second I looked at it.

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Inside the Palace - The Sanssouci Palace.

Sanssouci is the former palace of Frederik the Great, King of Prussia, in Postdam, near Berlin, Germany. It is often counted among the German rivals of Versailles. Sanssouci is in Rococo style and  far smaller than its French Baroque counterpart. The palace was designed/built by Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff between 1745 and 1747.

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The Bradbury Building in Los Angeles. Photography by J Scott Shannon.

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Pierpont Morgan Library & Museum, NYC.

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The study set from The Haunted Mansion.  One of my favorite inspirations for Tremere Chantries. 

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Marie Antoinette’s boudoir at the Petit Trianon featured a moveable mirror mechanism which allowed for two mirrors to cover the rooms windows, allowing the queen more privacy.

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© RMN-Grand Palais (Château de Versailles) / Droits réservés

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An anonymous novel written on the walls of an abandoned house in Chongqing, China (2012)

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Home to the 11th Duke and Duchess of Marlborough and birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill, Blenheim Palace is a true masterpiece of 18th Century Baroque architecture

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Candida Hofer - Libraries (published 2005)

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One of the secret doors of the Stift Admont library, Austria.

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Admont Abbey Library, Austria

One unique Tremere Library, isn’t it ?

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The splendor of Strahov Library

I am typing this while looking at the building where these images were taken: the library of Strahov Abbey, towering high above Prague. While the monastery was established in 1143, the library dates from 1720. It is one of the most impressive I have visited: thousands of books placed in what looks more like a museum than a library. I hope you get a sense of the atmosphere from these images.

Pics (my own): Strahov Abbey Library, Prague.