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It was agreed that the City of London could easily support the Seven,
provided simple precautions were taken. The Seven declared that the
physical persons of their fellows should be inviolable, provided they did
not threaten the security of the community. There would be no more war.
London became a haven, where the Seven undead could walk the streets
without fear of attack. Of course invaders from outside were offered no
such protection, They were liable to be viciously hunted down and
destroyed just as they would be anywhere else.
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Over the following centuries the Pact came to be modified. It became clear that the pressure from outside could not be completely withstood. Powerful kindred would appear on the scene and try to carve hunting grounds for themselves. Rarely could the Seven unite sufficiently to challenge a powerful foe, and so it was frequently left to the most effected individual to evict the invader. |
Eventually the inevitable happened, Geoffrey, the weakest of the Seven was killed by an invader, Gracis. Rather than see the Pact dissolved, the remaining six approached Gracis, and offered him Geoffrey's place. The precedent was made, the word got out, and a flood of challengers started to threaten the stability of the Pact. There quickly evolved the set of rules which must be followed in a challenge for membership of the Seven. These are:
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