For centuries, humankind has lived alongside dark creatures, sinister and vile.  Humans have stories and legends about them - about the vampires and the other denizens that stalk the night.  Some are true, some are myth.  Once, when humans were young, they believed the stories.  They lived among the vampires, fighting to survive against a creature whose sole purpose seemed to be to drain life.<br/><br/>As the vampires grew in numbers, their territory and their food source became incapable of sustaining them.  Clans and tribes waged war for land, for vengeance, for the right to feed.  Thousands of vampires died.  Eventually, the strongest and oldest of the vampires convened to call an end to the war.  New covens were established, and a set of laws laid forth.  Vampires would not multiply at the rates they had in the past, and they would not destroy their "livestock."<br/><br/>As vampire attacks became less overt and more careful, and with fewer fatalities, humans began to distrust the old tales.  The stories of the vampires became just that: stories.  All the while, the covens grew in power.  Of the remaining covens, the Thirteen Roses is considered one of the strongest.  At its head is the oldest known vampire, Davcina.  Little is known of the ancient creature, but her ferocity is the stuff of legends.  And those legends are why her coven is safe.  And why many seek to destroy her.<br/><br/>Today, the coven sits quietly on the outskirts of Diamond City, a human settlement filled with more debauchery than even the "new age" vampires.  The twisted wickedness of Diamond City is the perfect mask to hide the vampiric underworld.