Greenwich Naval College

District

Greenwich, southeast London

Type

Clan meeting place

Claimed By

Ventrue

Theme

Imperial Power, Undead

Mood

Naval grandeur, mahogany and candlelight, the weight of empire

City

London

Function in Play

• The Old Royal Naval College’s Painted Hall serves as the primary Ventrue clan meeting place.
• Clan meetings have been held here regularly since the building’s completion.
• The hall’s ceiling — one of the largest painted ceilings in Europe — depicts the triumph of British maritime power. The Ventrue find this appropriate.
• In 1969, the building still serves as the Royal Naval College; Ventrue meetings take place after hours, with ghouls among the staff ensuring privacy.

Physical Read

• Baroque grandeur on the Thames at Greenwich.
• The Painted Hall: 40,000 square feet of allegorical ceiling painting by James Thornhill. Long tables, candlelight, the smell of old wood and older blood.