Мелисса де ла Круз - Keys to the Repository

Bloods planned to open the gate by destroying its keeper. But when they released the subvertio, all they found was an intersection, which created a time vacuum. The true keeper of the Gate of Time is Kingsley Martin, who had moved the gate underneath the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York

City; an unfinished church, which meant it was not fully consecrated, and was a place of worship that a Silver Blood like Kingsley could enter.

The third gate is known as The Gate of Promise. Lawrence, who left more than fifty-five notebooks with his Conduit, Anderson, believed its guardians are still in Florence.

There are no other gates known to the Repository at this time.

THE FALLEN BRETHREN:

HOUSE OF THE MORNINGSTAR

LUCIFER

The Morningstar, Lightbringer, Prince of Heaven, Prince of Darkness, Archangel of the Dawn

Known Past Lives: Gaius Caligula (Rome)

Phosphorus Lucifer, leader of the Fallen, king of the Silver

Bloods, was the Crown Prince of Heaven, the most beautiful and powerful of all the angels until he chose to challenge the

Almighty in the War for the Heavenly Kingdom. Upon his defeat, he awoke on Earth to find himself a vampyre, among the cursed and expelled from Paradise. He refused to make peace with

Michael and Gabrielle, the angels who vanquished him, or with

Abbadon and Azrael, his greatest friends, who betrayed him at the last. Not much is known about the Dark Prince ever since he and his loyal followers severed their ties to the Coven sometime during the reign of Menes, in the kingdom of Egypt, when they rose up in rebellion. His last known interaction with the Blue

Blood community came in the battle of Rome, when he was revealed as the mad emperor Caligula.

It is said that in his true form, his presence is so bright it hurts to look directly at him. As Caligula, he was able to hide his true identity until Julia Livilla, the Pistis Sophia, discovered the truth. As Lucifer has been banished to the underworld since his defeat at the battle of Rome, the Repository is still unclear as to how, when, and where in history he fathered a child with Allegra.

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Recovered from Bliss Llewellyn’s journal (unverified) is a decription of a man she called “the Visitor,” who appears as a handsome gentleman in a white suit with molten gold hair and clear blue eyes, whose beauty is remote and chilling, a description often attributed to the image of Lucifer by those who claim to have seen him in their dreams.

Venator reports from the attack at St. John the Divine indicate that the Dark Prince battled Abbadon and Azrael in the glom, but was unable to escape the underworld, as Venator

Martin released the subvertio and obliterated the path back to the living world.

Current Status: Unknown. Presumed trapped in the underworld.

LEVIATHAN

The Giant, the Kraken, Goliath of the Glom

Known Past Lives: Marcus Agrippa (Rome)

Vesperus Leviathan, brother to the Dark Prince, was known as one of the cruelest Silver Bloods who ever walked the earth. He is partial to wearing dark cloaks and a hood that covers his face, described by those who have had the misfortune to see it as red and black, twisted, scarred, and burned from Hell’s flames.

He was captured in {DATE REDACTED} by Gabrielle and imprisoned into the rock under Corcovado, the only place on

Earth that could contain his power. Metraton (Lawrence Van

Alen) was his gatekeeper and jailer, and Corcovado was put under twenty-four hour surveillance by the Venator elite.

A crafty plan hatched by the traitor Silver Bloods of the

Conclave, Nan Cutler and Forsyth Llewellyn, led Metraton to unknowingly destroy Leviathan’s prison bonds when he slaughtered an innocent (Dylan Ward, whose image had been manipulated to look like Lucifer’s). Reports from the European

Coven indicate that Leviathan was in attendance at the Bal des

Vampires, and those who survived the attack at St. John’s

Cathedral testified that they witnessed Leviathan abduct

Schuyler Van Alen before disappearing into the glom. Since

Venator Martin released the subvertio, however, it is safe to assume that with the destruction of the path to the underworld, Leviathan is safely in Hell once again.

Current Status: Missing. Believed to be trapped in the underworld.

NAN CUTLER

Harbonah, Angel of Annihilation

Origin: February 12, 1917, New York, New York

Known Past Lives: Anna Stamersly (Newport), Aemilia

Lepida (Rome)

The second-highest-ranking Blue Blood in the Coven, Nan

Cutler served as Regent on the Conclave. She was notable for her loyalty, ferocity, and in this cycle, for a striking raven stripe through her white hair. As Aemilia Lepida, a trusted friend to

Cassius (Michael) and Junia Tertia (Allegra), she was on the front lines in the battle in Rome.

Warden Cutler was entrusted with the task of investigating young vampires for the mark of Silver Blood Corruption after the attack on the Repository. She affixed the false mark of Lucifer upon Mimi Force and cleared Bliss Llewellyn from suspicion.

The Repository believes that Nan Cutler was the mastermind behind the slaughter of the Conclave in Rio.

According to the Venator report, Mimi Force believed she had killed Warden Cutler in the battle. However, during their search for Jordan Llewellyn, the Venators came upon the

Warden, who had survived the Black Fire and was now a living corpse. The Venators believe Warden Cutler had kidnapped

Jordan Llewellyn on that fateful night and then posed as her grandmother, torturing her for information on the Order of the

Seven, until she killed the girl (but not the spirit of the Watcher).

According to Venator Martin, it is safe to assume that Warden

Cutler is no longer with us.

Current Status: Finished. Slain by Venator Martin.

THE SEVEN RULING HOUSES

OF THE CONCLAVE

Blue Blood society is hierarchical and organized. The

Conclave is the highest ruling body of the Coven. There are seven main houses that serve on the council as an homage to the seven original ruling families who founded it. Conclave members may also include Elders and Wardens who are not affiliated with any particular house but who have been nominated to serve by its current membership. However, the

Code of the Vampires mandates that a representative from each of the seven houses is needed for a quorum of seven to pass changes to the Code of the Vampires and to call for a

White Vote, the election of a new Regis.

Domus Magnificat: House of Riches Traditionally the seat of the wealthiest family in the Coven, the House of Riches is currently represented by Josiah Rockefeller Archibald, whose family built Rockefeller Center. The House of Riches is responsible for the health of the Coven’s financial security.

Other families who have held this position include the

Schlumbergers and the Whitneys.

Domus Stella Aquillo: House of the Northern Star The

House of the Northern Star spearheads one of the biggest benefactors of art programs in the country, and is currently represented by Ambrose Barlow.

Domus Veritas: House of the Venators Represented by Abe

Tompkins, the House of the Venators is the voice of the Truth

Seekers on the council and responsible for the security and protection of the Coven. Other families who have held this position include the Van Horns.

Domus Preposito: House of the Stewards The seat on the council traditionally awarded to the family of the Regent, the

House of the Stewards was represented by Forsyth Llewellyn until his disgrace and disappearance, and before him by Nan