I'll tell you what the play is, Brom, because I've seen this technique before.
doncey's pulling a PR stunt. This erstwhile clan leader and current lineage head to 22! childer! is positioning himself as a "lone wolf" because he knows he's, to put in Ravenloft's words (which were indeed words) "outclassed." There is no way he can organise enough himself and his lineage for long enough to make a counter attack.
So what does he do?
He tries to manipulate public perception by positioning us as the "oppressors." Again.
By telling his lineage not to hit, he's trying to avoid embarrassment of the highest kind.
doncey calls himself an educator; he has failed to educate.
doncey calls himself a leader; he has failed to lead.
doncey has positioned himself as a political figure in the city and, alas, he has lost all credibility. And he's done that to himself, with a lot of help from his lineage members who keep calling themselves "outclassed," "outmatched," etc.
To them, I have this to say: your "leaders" call you fledgelings and encourage you to think of yourselves as weak because they WANT to keep you weak.
doncey has KEPT you weak with his manipulations and his narrative, so he can position himself as this "grand protector."
He is not. Demonstratively, he is not. He has failed you.
He has kept you from your power.
Don't let him do that.
Reclaim your power, vampire. Stand up and fight. Stop letting doncey et al convince you that you're weak.
If you can bites, you can fights.
Or don't you believe in your own strength?
I pity you, doncey. I pity you immensely. You are a victim of your own mind. I hope one day you free yourself from your own binds.
Until then... cope.
