The Las Venturas Tremere chantry falls

A compromised records contractor provides access schedules and archive procedures to a temporary alliance of independent Awakened salvagers and former chantry servants.

Their motives differ. Some want captives released, some want research recovered, and others want valuable material to sell.

The attack begins during an archive transfer.

Forged instructions draw part of the security contingent away. Infiltrators release prisoners, seize the working index and interrupt the defenses.

The regent dies trying to hold the inner archive.

Surviving Tremere evacuate separately. The chantry ceases to function as an institution.

Other Awakened communities in Las Venturas remain active.

The attackers’ alliance fractures almost immediately. One participant distributes duplicate extracts as insurance against retaliation. Others sell their portions.

Crosshairs research, specimen records, correspondence and instructions for Ward versus Cathayans circulate through overlapping markets.

Some copies are incomplete. Others are altered or forged.

The existing San Fierro wards do not immediately switch off, but the Tremere lose control over who can study their work.

A surviving apprentice seeks Strauss’s protection in Los Santos. Brokers approach collectors and patrons. Northern representatives quietly purchase copies.

Possessing a document no longer proves that someone has Tremere authorization.