Ever since NY was taken by the Sabbat, there had been plans to retake it, but no one even saw this one coming.

Actually, not many really know what it was, and very few of those who saw it with their own eyes lived to tell the tale, but what is known is that Clan Tremere did *something*, and when the Tremere do *something* they usually do *something wrong*. There are tales of entrails, and dark magic, and nightmares coming to un-life.

Whatever it was, it got Arafel - and therefore Clan Tremer - the Throne of NY; a thorn in the side of Clan Ventrue.