The Flood drowned the First City, but it did not drown the children of Caine.

Upon the ruins of the old world, the Antediluvians raised the Second City: a vast dominion of temple-cities stretching along the Tigris and Euphrates, where Cainites rule openly as the Anunnaki—the Living Gods of mankind.

At the summit stands Ventrue, the King, surrounded by the ancient founders of the clans: Assam the Judge, Ishtar the Beautifier, Saulot the Spirit Guide, Ilyes the Counselor, Ereshkigal the Hunter, Malak the Oracle, and Abu Lazar the Scholar-Priest. Beneath them, generations of immortal descendants compete for blood, territory, worship, and influence while mortals climb the steps of great ziggurats to offer sacrifice to gods who are, in truth, hungry corpses.

But paradise is beginning to crack.

The Cainite population grows faster than the mortal herds. Ancient laws now restrict the creation and destruction of descendants. Temple-cities feud over territory. Exiled Antediluvians gather beyond the borders. Younger immortals question the rule of their elders, and even the founders whisper of abandoning the kingdom they built.

Above all hangs the final warning of Caine:

Break the laws of Enoch again, and the Dark Father will return to collect the blood of his descendants.

You enter this world as one of the Cainites of the Second City. You may be a newly Embraced child of the night, a priest of the Anunnaki, a warrior, courtier, judge, prince, ancient Methuselah, or even one of the legendary founders themselves.

Your bloodline, generation, clan, sire, position, loyalties, and destiny are yours to determine.

Welcome to the Second City.

Here, gods walk among mortals.

And every god is hungry.