The Tremere containment campaign

The Camarilla attempts to contain the Kuei-jin in San Fierro by warding bridges and the BART tunnel.

This is a constructed system of wards, rather than the metaphysical Gauntlet known to mages and werewolves.

Meerlinda supports the effort after the assassination of the Tremere primogen.

Project: Crosshairs studies captured Kuei-jin through research operations associated with Sacramento and Las Venturas.

Luna Demain and Martin Franckel know the ward locally. Its written form is kept in the Las Venturas chantry.

Oliver Thrace and Wan Zhu help develop countermeasures. Writ of Protected Passage permits selected crossings, while Obliterate the Battlements can defeat the protections.

The Cloud Mandarins conceal that advantage and maneuver Jochen Van Nuys as an intermediary.

The cordon remains in San Fierro, but its consequences reach Los Santos through refugees, trade, emissaries and competing reports.

A visitor arriving from the north might indicate bribery, compromised security, a counter-ritual or a false identity. Local observers rarely know which.