Blue Bloods: Keys to the Repository (15 page)

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 Fal en, king of the Silver Bloods, was the Crown Prince of Heaven, the most beautiful and powerful of al the angels

until he chose to chal enge 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 expel ed from Paradise. He refused to make peace with Michael and Gabriel e, 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 fol owers severed their

ties to the Coven sometime during the reign of Menes, in the kingdom of Egypt, when they rose up in rebel ion. 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

Livil a, 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 stil unclear as to how, when, and where in history he fathered a child with Al egra.
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Recovered from Bliss Llewel yn’s journal
(unverified)
is a decription of a man she cal ed “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 chil ing, 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 Hel ’s flames.

He was captured in
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by Gabriel e 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 surveil ance by the Venator

elite.

A crafty plan hatched by the traitor Silver Bloods of the Conclave, Nan Cutler and Forsyth Llewel yn, 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 Hel 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 (Al egra), 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 Llewel yn 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 kil ed Warden Cutler in the battle. However, during their search for Jordan

Llewel yn, 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 Llewel yn on that fateful night and then posed as her grandmother, torturing her for information on the Order of the Seven, until

she kil ed 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 cal for a

White Vote, the election of a new Regis.

Domus Magnificat: House of Riches
Traditional y the seat of the wealthiest family in the Coven, the House of Riches is currently represented by

Josiah Rockefel er Archibald, whose family built Rockefel er 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 traditional y awarded to the family of the Regent, the House of the Stewards

was represented by Forsyth Llewel yn until his disgrace and disappearance, and before him by Nan Cutler. Other families who have held this position

include the Stewart family, who derived their last name from having held this post for many centuries.

Domus Domina: House of the Gray Lady, also known more commonly as the House of Records
The position in the council that oversees

the records of the cycles of Expression, Expulsion, and Evolution. Currently represented by Minerva Morgan, this seat was formerly fil ed by the

Carondolet family.

Domus Lamia: House of the Vampyres
The House of the Vampyres oversees vampire–human relations, and its representative is also the head of

the Conspiracy Subcommittee, which keeps the false myths and misleading legends about the Blue Bloods alive in Red Blood society. Currently

represented by Seymour Corrigan, who is cousin to Edmund Oelrich, the Chief Warden who perished in the Rio massacre.

Domus Fortis Valerius Incorruptus: House of the Pure Blood, of the Uncorrupted, of the Valiant and the Strong, Protector of the

Garden, Commander of the Lord’s Armies
The seat on the council given to the family of the reigning Regis, since the beginning of time the seat

has been held by Michael and Gabriel e’s line; the Van Alen line is currently represented by Mimi Force since Charles Force’s disappearance.

THE COMMITTEE

“The Committee” is Blue Blood shorthand for the vast number of charitable causes, educational institutions, and foundations that are run by the

Coven membership. The Committee has been responsible for the preservation of some of New York’s most important landmarks and has funded

many of the city’s most prestigious cultural institutions. Under its official public name, the New York Blood Bank, it has raised money for blood

research, HIV and AIDS, and hemophilia. To outsiders, it appears snobby, cliquish, and exclusive to the extreme; to insiders, it is sovereign.

Committee members are cal ed Wardens. Al Blue Blood families registered with the Coven are invited to join; most individuals receive their

membership invitation around the age of fifteen, coinciding with their Transformation into immortal. Under his tenure as Regis, Lawrence Van Alen

opened the Committee membership to include human Conduits; this policy was quickly revoked by Forsyth Llewel yn. It has yet to be reinstated.

The Committee’s Chief Warden is in charge of educating and ushering the newest generation of vampires to adulthood and imbuing them with

the spirit of the vampires’ mission on Earth: to bring light, truth, beauty, and art, and to bring Paradise to their Earthly home.

APPENDIX A:

List of Secondary Characters

Abeville, Toby
: Blue Blood groom who gets bonded in Bali to Daisy Van Horn.

Adriana
: Housekeeper at the Duchesne school

Almeida, Don Alfonso (“Alfie”)
: An Elder from the South American Coven, his family is part of the Blue Blood contingent that moved to Brazil in

1808, when the Portuguese royal family and many nobles chose to flee from, rather than fight, the Red Blood conqueror Napoleon. The Rio Conclave

said he went missing during his yearly sojourn into the Andes, and it was suspected that he had fal en victim to a Silver Blood attack. He returned

seemingly unharmed, but we now believe he had been Corrupted in a Silver Blood ruse to bring the New York Conclave to Rio for slaughter. He

hosted the dinner party where they were al murdered.

Almeida, Doña Beatrice
: The wife of Alfonso Almeida, suspected to have also been Corrupted by the Silver Bloods