Manzanita

 is an unincorporated community in Marin County, California. Manzanita is also known as the Unincorporated Sausalito Houseboat Community[2] It is located 6.25 miles (10 km) south of downtown San Rafael.

Manzanita was featured in the Fox Network television series Kindred: The Embraced. It appeared in the eighth and final episode of the series "Cabin in the Woods", though references to events that took place there harken back to the pilot episode, "The Original Saga". In the series, the community is referred to as Manzanita Springs and is located in Sonoma County. Appearances do not present Manzanit as a houseboat community, but rather as a small town nestled somewhere deep in the woods.

In the year 1985, Manzanita Springs was the scene of a bloody feud between two warring clans of vampires - the Ventrue and the Brujah. Ventrue leader Archon Raine, then Prince of the city of San Francisco held a personal vendetta against the Brujah. Thoguh the Brujah had committed no direct crime against Ventrue, Archon saw this as an opportunity to exterminate his enemies once and for all. He sent his enforcer, Julian Luna, hi so-called "Angel of Wrath" to a Brujah haven near the Old Mission Winery. Blindly faithful to Archon's commands, Julian had no idea that he was violating Kindred law and slaughtered all of the vampires present. Afterward, he disposed of their bodies, though the bloody evidence of the massacre remained smeared across the walls of the building. Some Brujah survived however and nursed a contemptable hatred of all things Ventrue.

Ten years later, Julian Luna and his human lover Caitlin Byrne returned to the Old Mission Winery for a weekend getaway. Three Brujah named Cameron, Sorel and Clyde ambushed Julian and Caitlin and nearly succeeded in destroying them. Cameron made it clear to Luna that he blamed both he and Archon for the death of his clan mates and would have his revenge. While Julian was recuperating inside a family cabin, Sorel attacked him once again. Julian managed to defeat Sorel, but by this point, Cameron and Clyde had both left Manzanita Springs for San Francisco.

Points of Interest

 * Old Mission Winery
 * Julian Luna's family cemetery
 * Julian Luna's family cabin

TV shows that take place in

 * Kindred: The Embraced

Characters from

 * Archon Raine (buried)
 * Cameron
 * Clyde
 * Evelyn Luna
 * Julian Luna (originally)
 * Sorel