Chronicle Background

Athens Chronicles: Titanomachy follows a coterie of Athenian Cainites across three Stories, each about a century apart, beginning in 1242 CE. You'll play the same characters as they age from neonates toward elders while the wider Cainite world slowly reshapes itself around them.

Greek Cainites call the Jyhad Titanomachy — a war between titans and gods — and that framing matters: this isn't a story about balanced encounters or heroic arcs. It's about politics, patience, and the slow accumulation of consequences across centuries.

Where You're Starting

It's 1242 CE. You're in Athens, capital of the Latin-controlled Duchy of Athens. The Cappadocian ancient Dionysius — who rules as part of a Triumvirate of elected archons rather than as a single prince — calls your group together for a task. You don't need to know each other yet, and you don't need to start the game as a coterie; you're brought together by circumstance in the first scene.

The only strong suggestion: your character should speak Greek, so you're not constantly translating when dealing with the other PCs or the Storyteller Characters. Beyond that, you need a reason to be in Athens — a local resident, someone sent by your sire, whatever fits.

World Truths

• This is V5, dark ages Greece. Encounters are not meant to be balanced — combat is a last resort to politics and intrigue, not the point of the game.

• You don't need a "party comp." Don't build a tank/healer/rogue trio — think instead about what role you want in coterie politics, and know you'll get downtime XP to round out any early weaknesses.

• Elders are watching. This is a long game about status, favor, and the slow burn of Cainite society — not a dungeon crawl.

• See the Chronicle Timeline, Athens, and Character Creation Basics for more.

Character Creation Guidelines

• A good PC for this game has a reason to stay entangled in Athenian Cainite politics rather than skip town.

• It's fine — encouraged, even — if your character doesn't mesh smoothly with the rest of the coterie at first. Friction creates drama and politics, which is what this Chronicle runs on.

• All character options are non-exhaustive. If you want something not listed in Player Options, ask — reflavoring and homebrew are both on the table.