Blue Bloods: Keys to the Repository (3 page)

cal ed to Rio, Schuyler suspected something and traveled to the city as wel , hoping to aid Lawrence.

During a dinner party to welcome the Blue Bloods to the city, the Silver Bloods revealed themselves at last and, led by the traitor Nan Cutler,

slaughtered the members of the Conclave and left the house to burn with the Black Fire. Mimi barely made it out of the party alive, but it was her hand

that fel ed the false Regent.

Schuyler and Lawrence rushed to Corcovado only to experience more grief. Through Lucifer’s trickery, Leviathan was released and Lawrence

slain. Before dying, Lawrence pressed Schuyler to fulfil his legacy and bring salvation back to their people. During the aftermath of Lawrence’s

murder, Bliss Llewel yn discovered a startling revelation about her provenance.

Back in New York, in the absence of a Regis, the Coven named Forsyth Llewel yn Regent, to preside over what was left of the Blue Blood

leadership—a Conclave made up almost entirely of retired Elders and Wardens. They blamed Schuyler for causing Lawrence’s death, and she fled

New York with Oliver rather than face her sentence. Schuyler bade good-bye to Jack as wel , for loving him could only lead to his doom.

Schuyler and Oliver traveled around the world, one step ahead of the Venators chasing them. In Paris, she was captured by no less than Jack

Force himself. Meanwhile, Mimi had joined Kingsley’s team to hunt for Jordan Llewel yn, who had been kidnapped by the Silver Bloods in Rio. Bliss,

left at home in the Hamptons, desperately fought for the mastery of her soul.

Charles left for Paris to hunt Leviathan, only to get caught in his own trap. The Conclave, reduced to seven ruling houses, proposed a resolution

reinstating Charles in the position of Regis when he returned. But Forsyth Llewel yn had other plans. He immediately cal ed for a White Vote,

nominating himself as Regis, under the orders of his true master, Lucifer.

Before the vote was tal ied, Ambrose Barlow and Minerva Morgan, two of the oldest Wardens on the council, brought a damning anonymous

letter about Forsyth to Mimi’s attention. Mimi stal ed on giving Forsyth leadership of the Conclave by withholding her approval.

Now, the Conclave remains leaderless in a time of great darkness. But there is a good omen at last: Al egra Van Alen final y awoke from her

dreamless sleep with words of wisdom and hope for her two daughters, the light (Schuyler) and the shadow (Bliss).

As our story continues, the fate of the Blue Bloods rests in the hands of the newest generation of vampires and their loyal human Conduits. Can

Schuyler, Jack, Oliver, Mimi, and Bliss work together to bring back peace and safety to their community? Or wil Lucifer and his Silver Bloods destroy

everything the Blue Bloods have worked so hard to build in their earthly home?

FAMILY RECORDS:

VAN ALEN

A formerly prominent New York family whose influence and largesse was instrumental in the founding of modern-day Manhattan, the Van Alen name

was once synonymous with power, privilege, and patronage. But the family fortune has been dwindling for many years, now reduced to a few real

estate holdings and nothing more.

SCHUYLER VAN ALEN

Half-blood

Birth Name
: Schuyler Theodora Elizabeth Van Alen Chase

Origin
: September 1, 1992, New York, New York

Known Past Lives
: None: she is
Dimidium Cognatus
(half-human, half-vampire), the first and only one of her kind.

Bondmate
: None. Schuyler is a trueborn new spirit with no heavenly past.

Assigned Human Conduit
: Oliver Hazard-Perry

List of Human Familiars
: Oliver Hazard-Perry, no others

Physical Characteristics
:

Hair
: Black

Eyes
: Blue

Height
: 5’7”

Schuyler is the only daughter born to immortal mother, Al egra Van Alen (Gabriel e, the Uncorrupted) and mortal father, Stephen Chase, her mother’s

only human familiar. The Van Alens were once one of the community’s wealthiest and most il ustrious families, but fel on hard times when Al egra

broke her blood bond to her brother Charles (Michael, Pure of Heart). Home is a shabby mansion on 101st Street and Riverside Drive. Other Van

Alen holdings include a Nantucket compound, and a pied-à-terre in Paris (currently rented to visiting tourists).

Schuyler was born premature, and as a baby was perpetual y underweight. Her pediatrician noted that she did not speak until her fourth birthday,

when she suddenly began using whole sentences. Her primary caretaker, Cordelia Van Alen, her maternal grandmother, refused to al ow speech

therapy, insisting that her granddaughter was perfectly capable of speaking and would do so when she was ready.

School reports from Duchesne indicate that Schuyler was a quiet and thoughtful child, social y awkward, and if not for her best friend and human

Conduit, Oliver Hazard-Perry, would have been a complete outcast. She excel ed in Language Arts and Applied Arts, and was once honored by the

faculty for diligence in her studies.

According to medical records from the Committee physician, Dr. Patricia Hazard, Schuyler’s half-blood heritage means she has many powers

that vampires her age do not, but also that her mixed blood makes her weaker and her Transformation to vampire unstable. Her immortality is in

question due to her human progenitor.

Schuyler’s birth was a flagrant violation of the Code on her mother’s part, and the Conclave has not yet come to a formal decision on her fate.

Because it is said that the daughter of Gabriel e wil bring the Blue Bloods the salvation they seek, Schuyler has been al owed to live. For now.

Schuyler Van Alen spends most of her time alone; she has a fondness for museums and long walks in Central Park, and made it a habit to revisit

her comatose mother in the hospital every Sunday.

The following is a report from a Repository intern currently enrolled in Duchesne:

Intern Report #101

Schuyler Van Alen dresses like a nineteenth-century street urchin in thriftstore castoffs, but was recently tapped to be a model by New

York’s top agency during a casting call held at school. She gives the impression of being short of stature yet is in fact slightly taller than

average. Her best friend, Oliver, calls her Sky, and according to a poem written in his diary (filched from his locker and scanned while

subject was in class):

Her blue-black hair fal s in curtains

Surrounding a delicate heart-shaped face

Blue eyes set deep in a pale, almost ivory complexion

Stunning

Beautiful

Schuyler

Even those not so enamored will grudgingly accede that she is attractive. The beginnings of her Transformation came right on schedule

in her fifteenth year, with the discovery of the sangre azul on her forearms. Duly inducted into the Com mittee during the first semester of

her sophomore year, she has displayed questionable judgment in the process of her Transformation. Her attendance at Committee

meetings is inconsistent, and she recently performed the Sacred Kiss with her human Conduit, in a flagrant violation of Committee

rules. According to Dr. Hazard, she had no other choice but to do so or she would have succumbed to a sickness and the loss of

consciousness that felled her mother.

Intern Report #202

While retiring in nature, Schuyler displays an unerring ability to attract the attention of the opposite sex. She was spotted dancing with

Jack Force at the fall Informals, and rumors have it that her infatuation with Duchesne’s most handsome and popular student may be

returned. During the after-party at the Four Hundred Ball, she was spotted kissing a fellow masked reveler. Conflicting reports have the

boy in question as Oliver Hazard-Perry, Kingsley Martin, or the most likely candidate, Jack Force.

Intern Report #303

Schuyler’s infatuation/relationship with Jack Force appears to have grown since she was ordered to move to the Forces’ town house after

her adoption by her uncle, Charles Force. Several interns have confirmed sightings of Schuyler and Jack entering a residential

building on Perry Street separately but within minutes of the other (real estate records show apartment 10 N. titled to the Benjamin

Force Trust).

From a page from Schuyler’s journal:

“To love Jack is to ruin him, to risk his very life. His eventual bonding with Mimi is law, it is life and death. I must leave him. I cannot keep

doing this to Oliver, who loves me so much and whom I love as wel . I cannot live with the guilt anymore. I have to say good-bye.”

(Renfield’s notes continued)

Schuyler Van Alen was put to a Committee hearing after the events in Rio, where Regis Lawrence Van Alen was murdered. She has been on the

run for a year since the trial, but we can assume she returned to New York, as she was spotted at the bonding ceremony of Madeleine (Mimi) and

Benjamin ( Jack) Force at St. John’s Cathedral.

We have pieced together the story and have discovered that Schuyler was hiding in the city under the name Skye Hope, using her shape-shifting

abilities to pose as the daughter of an ex-hippie traveling singer.

Details on the events at St. John’s are stil coming to light. Eyewitness reports state that a silver mist appeared in the church, and the demon

Leviathan himself abducted Schuyler, and they disappeared into the world of the glom. Venators on the scene reported that Jack and Mimi Force

also disappeared at this time. Several minutes later, Jack and Schuyler emerged from the glom, Jack gravely injured and bleeding heavily. Guests at

the scene testified they witnessed Schuyler offering her blood for him to drink. She was overheard tel ing him that as she was half human, that her

blood could save him. Jack Force was then observed performing the Sacred Kiss on her, risking Corruption.

Schuyler was last seen at John F. Kennedy Airport with her faithful human Conduit/familiar, Oliver, but at the last moment, conflicting reports

indicated that she entered the terminal with Jack Force, with Florence, Italy, as their possible intended destination.

Current Status
: Missing. Suspected to have sought refuge in European Coven.

ALLEGRA VAN ALEN CHASE

Gabrielle, the Uncorrupted, the Virtuous, the Messenger, Archangel of the Light

Birth Name
: Al egra Elizabeth Van Alen

Origin
: August 24, 1969, New York, New York

Known Past Lives
: Rose Standish (Plymouth), Tomasia Fosari (Florence), Junia Tertia (Rome), Meni (Egypt)

Bondmate
: Charles Force (broken). Bonded to Stephen Chase (Red Blood)

Assigned Human Conduit
: Warren Hazard-Perry (deceased)

List of Human Familiars
: Stephen Bendix Chase, no others

Physical Characteristics
:

Hair
: Blond

Eyes
: Green

Height
: 5’7”

Al egra Van Alen is the current reincarnation of Gabriel e, the Uncorrupted, one of only two of our kind who was not cursed or fal en, but became a

vampire by choice instead of sin.

Like many Blue Bloods of her generation, she began her education at the Duchesne School in Manhattan but transferred to Endicott Academy, a

boarding school in Massachusetts, during her junior year. As a student, Al egra was known on campus as cheerful, spirited, and athletic; captain of

the girls’ field hockey team and a natural-born leader. She made a stunning debut at the Four Hundred Bal on her eighteenth year, leading the