The desert sands of Africa hold many secrets long buried, some best left undisturbed. Claiming literal descent from the dark Egyptian god Set, the Setites hoard the secrets of their lost civilizations. According to the Setites, Set himself will rise -soon- and he will reward his faithful while plunging the world into eternal night. Organized more like a cult than a Clan, the Followers eagerly search for the mystic means to rouse Set, while they simultaneously spin webs of deceit and fixation to sway others to their service. Needless to say, the Setites are regarded with wariness at best and horror at worst.

Disciplines: Obfuscate, Presence, Serpentis

Clan Advantage: One free dot of Politics, Underworld or Street influence. One free dot of the Streetwise ability.

Clan Disadvantage: Aversion to light. Setites suffer a one Trait penalty on all challenges in the presence of bright lights. They also suffer an additional level of damage from sunlight.

The Followers of Set have the following Active PCs in Unmasqued:

• Danny J. Simons
• Setemruwi
• Theris

HELGIORMIR

A.K.A.: Helgy, Helg, the Helg-man, the Helignator, Grampy-Bone

Player: UnMasqued NPC (generally played by John, former PC played by Adam)

Appearance: Helgiormir seldom makes public appearances. However, those who have encountered him report him to be a middle-aged man with stark Nordic features and a cold gaze.

Appearance (Mechanics): [0] Appearance-related Traits, obvious Negative Physical Traits (Delicate, Frail)

Description: Born to the cold Northlands of the ancient Vikings, Helgiormir is a force as ancient as he is unknown. Allegedly an elder sorcerer of great power and the progenitor of both Jim and Lynn, this Cainite casts an ominous shadow over the city, lending no slight amount of weight to the oft-dismissed affairs of Clan Setite.

Few have ever met with Helgiormir, and this probably adds a great deal to his mystique. However, his clanmates claim that his power is far-reaching, and that while you -whoever you are- will never receive the honor of seeing him in person, he has most assuredly seen you.

LYNN GLADIUS-XERICES

Player: UnMasqued NPC (generally played by LG)

Appearance: Lynn was overall a fairly attractive young women, however, her fashion sense tended to evoke the word "trash" on all points (see through top, cheap bling, overdone mascara, etc...) and was often arranged to reveal the long and rather cliche tattoo of a snake winding across her chest. Lynn carried herself (albeit somewhat wobbly) with an air of laid-back confidence.

Appearance (Mechanics): [3] Appearance-related Traits (Alluring x2, Seductive), obvious Negative Social Trait (Skanky)

Description: Lynn Gladius was known throughout the city as a figure that managed to embody the vast majority of common negative sterotypes associated with the Seties. Crass, vulgar, indecorous and often unmistakably drunk and or drugged, Lynn was overtly blunt about the trades and practices of her Clan. Once technically a figure of some status within the Followers of Set themselves, being the childe of former Lector Priest Jim Sirius (and hence a great great grand-childe to Helgiormir), she lost considerable face after she defected to the Camarilla, an event which was likely precipitated by her brief and bizarre courtship and eventual marriage to the Grand Harpy of New York at the time, Auberon Xerices.

While Lynn's unconventional relationship with Auberon and her swift rise to the post of Minor Harpy were generally accepted by her new Sectmates, Lynn's presence at court always seemed a bit of an oddity. Notably brash, loud and overbearing in her official capacity, Lynn was known for bullying the general 'crowd' of Elysium rather frequently, waging a concerted war against the alleged "dumbfuckery" she felt inherent to the majority of polite court conversation and bitching out people frequently

She was last seen shortly before her husband's removal for alleged treason. It is assumed that she followed him to wherever it was that he was eventually arrested, although her ultimate fate remains unknown.

GRETCHEN FAUSTUS

A.K.A.: Wretched

Player: Inactive (formerly played by Danya)

Appearance: n/a

Appearance (Mechanics): [3] Appearance-related Traits (Alluring, Elegant, Seductive), obvious Negative Physical Trait (Delicate)

Description: Dr. Gretchen Faustus was a rarity: a Follower of Set who had joined the Camarilla. She mentioned that her clan excommunicated her for heresy and seemed to bear her some measure of ill will, though she was reluctant to speak much on the details of the situation. Although she had no status other than her acknowledgement and appeared much less human than her fellow Camarilla members, she seemed eager to aid in the Camarilla's cause and she bore a marked distaste for the Sabbat (though some of what she says suggests that she has dealt with the Sabbat of other cities in the past). She seemed to have a good deal of sway in the media, which she had used several times to aid former-Seneschal Darren West in covering up breaches of the Masquerade, though outside of that, she and West seemed to have very little to do with each other.

Her relationships with anyone willing to listen to her ramble about religion, the occult, and the Kindred condition (including mainly Adam Jones, Diane Alekson, and Matthew Fribbley) were particularly genial. Her relationships with the Malkavians were notably less than genial, as both Langston (who eventually ceased attending Elysium) and Dr. Lillian Greer (the other creepy professor), had notably born a certain paranoia regarding snakes in the past. However, she did talk to Sophie with some frequency whenever she showed up to Elysium.

For a great while, Gretchen maintained a mortal facade as a professor of religion at Columbia University. Rumor, however, had it in academic circles that she was being investigated by the university for allegedly trying to start some sort of a cult among her students. Whatever the case, she faked her death over the summer of 2005 and for a time seemed to be devoting more effort to her private studies.

In the early Spring of 2006, Gretchen was reported dead at the hands of Clan Assamite. The reasons for this are still unclear, although it has been posited that the ill-wishes of her own Clan finally caught up with her.

JIM SIRIUS

A.K.A.: The 'J'

Player: Inactive (formerly played by John)

Appearance: His long, flowing hair, beard, and copious body hair marked him as an Embrace from the counterculture of the 60's and 70's. Favored lots of necklaces, rings, and watches, but never much for the bling. Clothing was light, blatantly flashy or drug related, and often worn exposing the chest or the whole torso, man-pelt and all.

Appearance (Mechanics): [2] Appearance-related traits (Magnetic x2), obvious Negative Physical traits (Delicate, Flabby)

Description: Philosopher. Street poet. Purveyor to the Masses. King Amongst Snakes. Jim Sirius has gone by many names, some of them even actually picked up and used by people without intentional irony. Originally Masquerading as a Brujah in the city, Jim cruised the Camarilla in style, pissing off the man (Janks has the negative status Tool x2 in all Setite Temples), buying unregistered firearms, and generally making everyone think he was cool, up to and including the Hard-Assed and Totally Stone Cold Prince Svetlana "Communistovich" Karamatzoball. On the eve of his dread ascension to Ultimate Behind Thrown Power Master, tons of bad shit happened. The Prince died, he got kicked out of Elysium, then the Sabbat captured him, put his feet on his shoulders, and made him look like George Clooney (he didn't mind the last two parts since these totally hot incestuous twins from Texas did it to him).

After some time as their prisoner, he just kind of got shoved in a box. Even after being retrieved by his mentor, Jim was haunted by dreams of being trapped in a closet full of really lame clothing that's supposed to make you look "wicked" and "hardcore". Some say, he was never able to really shake his deep, unabiding fear of becoming as lame as the Sabbat whose stank-ass, moth-ridden closet he languished in for weeks on end. When he finally returned from his vision quest, he found Adameus, his bud and bro in the fight for Set, dead by the hands of self-same lameass vampire dorks. Subsequently, his hard-assed, but out of touch Grampsire Helgiormir showed up, along with a total fag with a lisp and dumb hair, and a chick who had wack ideas about Set, not to mention some Setite children and a Setite who was so totally fucked on priorities he joined the Sword of Laime. Note that this Setite chronology is totally fucked. Anyway, he made some nefarious plans, did some deals, held some kind of messed up thing over Evans' head, terrorized some Sheriffs and Sheriff related peoples, and finally got gacked in a club's back alley by hunters. His final words were: "Back off, popsicle-sticks! Hey, don't you fucking throw that salt-shaker at m-"

MONA RAMSEY

Player: Diane

Appearance: n/a

Appearance (Mechanics): n/a

Description: No bio submitted.

TJ PHILLIPS

A.K.A.: Teej, The Teejinator

Player: Inactive (formerly played by Tom)

Appearance: TJ was an attractive, but innocent looking, man, the sort you might want to bring home to your mother if you could get him to not mention the "dark Snake God" thing.

Appearance (Mechanics): [3] Appearance-related Traits (Alluring x2, Seductive), obvious Social Merit (Sanctity)

Description: TJ Phillips came across as a naive, flaky, and seemingly harmless sort - his demeanor more in tune with what might be expected of a Berkley drop-out than the worshiper of a dark Egyptian deity. He made his living as a trained yoga instructor, and offered Kindred lessons in various arts of meditation which were astonishingly effective. Other than that, he kept to himself, his clan mates and the small coterie of Autarks living on the periphery of New York society.

It was startling then, when TJ became infamous throughout the city as the instigator of one of the largest Masquerade breaches in recent history. On May 11th, 2007, TJ (if Clan Tremere are to be believed) apparently used unknown arts of the blood to conjure a vast illusion over the Hudson Bay depicting the cult hero Lucasta fighting the forces of the "demi-urge" and preaching a message of Gnostic enlightenment.

Since he has been blamed for the incident, TJ has fled the city, saved only from the Lex Talionis by the swift intervention of Helgiormir with the Camarilla. He has not resurfaced since.

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