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The harrowing northern reaches of Scandinavia give rise to dire philosophies when the Kindred who dwell there rise from months-long torpor or maraud in months-long stretches with precious little daylight. So it is with Utgård, the “outyards” in Old Norse and the realm of devious giants. Those who make their havens there believe that Ragnarök has come and gone, with only their remote island having survived the apocalypse.

Isolated on a remote island off the coast of Norway, Utgård is a domain that may be close to the potential terror of the First City. The Kindred hold sway here openly and defiantly, and their few mortal thralls exist only to serve and feed their vampiric domitors. Per­ haps 300 wretched mortals live here, laboring under the whims of some 45-plus vampire lords. For their part, the Kindred are jaded and debased, leading un­ lives of savagery not far removed from those of Dark Ages jarls. By terrorizing their mortal thralls, these vampires fear no escape, for who would believe the tales of a “vampire island” with orgiastic blood-rites and deathless giants? Believing that the end of the world has already passed passed, the mortals know that nothing else is out there, and have reverted to a superstitious semi-barbarism.

The Damned of Utgård swear no fealty to clan or sect, holding only their ghastly fiefdoms as sovereign and their brutal hierarchy as authority. Kindred of many clans dwell here, but most are Gangrel, Nos­ feratu, Ventrue, or Tzimisce. The island is rife with feuds among the deathless lords, and the mortal ves­ sels are treated as chattel, though valuable chattel, given the difficulty and conditioning required to keep the modern peasants in their place.