The Ravenblack Grimoire

The Splinters of Dusk are feared throughout the city. In this, her first published work since her controversial resignation, Dread, founder and ex-leader of the Eventide, talks frankly of the origins of the Splinters and their links to the shadowy Immolator's Guild

The Immolators Guilds in Ravenblack City live primarily by a message that instills fear into most vampires: Power is not an aspect of blood. Their ruthless disregard for bloodpoints has brought us the power of Stamina, one of the arguably most versatile and effect powers in the city, giving a vampire with no blood and full Stamina more action point reserves than one without Stamina might have at a good three million bloodpoints. In short, it's ridiculously powerful.

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Other than that, I think I'm done, copypasting at least

The vampire Zyan Quetzal, known otherwise by his human name of Zerachiel Aquila, was assassinated in the year 1942. His clan, however, continues to exist today.

Beyond this page you will find photos of myself, Narayan, and those members of the Splinters of Dusk that have published their affiliation, aswell as a photo of Zerachiel Aquila for reference.

Make of this what you will.

Regards,
- Mercurian Steele

Advent, Advent, ein Vampir brennt, erst eins, dann zwei, dann drei, dann vier...

Fellow vampires of Europe, the mighty Immolators Guilds are a farce. For the past years since 1905, they have been focussing on a small and seemingly insignificant clan that has kept prodding them repeatedly, usually with very sharp sticks: Us!

My brother,

I grow tired of this mental war. I am beginning to understand why you
choose not to debate but to act. Under the condition you cease to
bother me about this clan, you may do with them as you please. Two
men lost do not justify this choice, but I am sick of it. I shall
put my trust into your actions once more, and I hope you will not
disappoint me and besmirch the name of our clan whilst you seek
revenge.

- Narayan Steele, 24.01.1930

I've turned the tables. Two to nil for me. I find it amusing you would think that a mere two men would be able to bring me down whilst I'm on my guard. It pains me to see how right I was about your level of stupidity. - Zyan

My brother,

a compromise: I have put the Splinters of Dusk on our list of enemy clans and alerted our immediate and close friends of the matter. You are hereby given permission to hunt down Zerachiel for his betrayal. However, you will NOT touch the rest of his clan, for they have done nothing, and as said before, I refuse to jeopardize our neutrality.

My brother,

in your last letter you wrote me that you have discovered a spy from the Splinters of Dusk in your midst and dealt with her. I am appalled by your behaviour - was it neccessary to be so brutal? We are a diplomatic clan and whilst the behaviour on sides of the Splinters was inexcusable, surely death was not a neccessary measure to take?

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Steele Industries was established by the Steele brothers who gave the company its name in 1437. Despite our long history in the steel industry, we have never rested ourselves on the tradition of years, but instead have always glanced into the future and onto innovations and inventions. We have specialized ourselves and where others have split production and design, we have sought to kept it merged.

Greetings, fair vampire,

you have recently joined a clan ground in tradition and neutrality. We call ourselves the Immolators, based on our belief that what does not kill you makes you stronger, and it is that philosophy that you have likely joined us for.

This folder is intended for educational purposes regarding Steele
Industries and the Immolators Guilds. For the sake of argument, the
two can be considered equal, but the details of their overlapping
will be made clear to those who consider reading the contents of
this folder.

The material in this subsection is completely in-character. It charts the different pages of the folder (numbered) that was left in the Halls of Cerridwen. It was nestled in a destructive plot that nearly caused the Splinters of Dusk to be wiped out - the pages are provided as a character might read them, with no further OOC notes.

From: Lady Kayura
To: pinkgothic
Posted: 16 Jan 2005 07:01 am
Subject: (Sent a PM to Narayan but sending to you so you can see it)

A letter finds it’s way onto Narayan’s desk with his morning mail. The envelope is simple. Should he open it, he would find three pieces of paper. The first is white, written on with a tiny yet elegant script on white paper. A crest, of a stake piercing a heart rests in the upper left corner of the paper. It is addressed to the day walker.

Over time, various IC elements have popped up that can be used as a pointer for future plots. I've gathered a couple in this section, both for reference and, of course, and primarily, entertainment.

Zyan Quetzal

human name // Zerachiel Aquila
vampire name // Zyan Quetzal
year turned // 1901
apparent age // 22
clan // Splinters of Dusk 1904 - 1942

Narayan Steele
+ (daywalker) +

human name // Narayan Steele
vampire name // Narayan
year turned // 1436
apparent age // 34
clan // The Immolators Guilds

Mercurian Steele
+ (daywalker) +

human name // Mercurian Steele
vampire name // Mercurian
year turned // 1436
apparent age // 28
clan // The Immolators Guilds

The philosophy of the Immolators Guilds is simple: What does not kill you makes you stronger. On levels of vampirism, it extends to what does not emotionally kill you makes you stronger - they teach themselves to endure pain, the only weaponary anyone could possibly have against them, to disarm enemies before even the first strike.

The Immolators Guilds are often rumoured to be evil, where in fact their true alignment lies more towards neutral. They attempt to stay out of politics as much as possible whilst maintaining enough presence to be feared and left alone.

Steele Industries is known both in the vampire and the human world. The metallurgy company has been in existence as long as the Immolators themselves as a clan. They are the creators of transit rails, of the framework for skyscrapers and they create the aluminium hulls of the actual trains and of helicopters. They're an established business to the minds of the humans, who have no clue that the two most prominent members, the leaders themselves, are also the founders, rather than their descendants, and are daywalker vampires.

1439, Mercurian and Narayan lure the master vampire of their family line into their home with the promise of a truce. They come across as so convincing, the vampire in question falls for it, and is most viciously attacked by the Steeles and their friends, and left to die tied to the roof of a house. Not in any way having expected such maliceous acts (vampires just didn't hurt vampires back in those days), there is nothing to save him, and he dies at sunrise.

1436, Narayan Steele is bitten by a vampire and turned. A few months later, he expands the bloodline to include his brother, Mercurian, and plots with him the downfall of their master vampire, who has up till then done them no good but give them the gift of immortality.

How exactly did the Immolators Guilds come to exist, who founded them, and what exactly is Steele Industries? This section deals with questions like these: Pure Immolators Guilds history, how the clan has grown and how it has developed internally.

Zyan Quetzal these days lives in the labyrinth under Cemetary Hill, having cloaked it in magics that divert any locate attempts of those in the labyrinth to nothingness, as though the people in question were outside the city or dead. Those who know of it or have experienced it themselves (the magic cannot be felt otherwise than by noticing a failed locate) can assume vampires to be in the labyrinth, but they can never find out where.

Mictian d'Avarice, Neike Apollyon Satana, Black Unicorn, Lady Kayura and Sinister Glow are the only in the gekkonids that know for sure that Zyan lives and where he is. The rest assume it or have heard rumours at best, at least officially.

Since Zyan's downfall, the gekkonids have tried spying several times again, often for different reasons: once to test their strength, to see if it would be safe to come out again (intercepted), 1972, once for malicious reasons (intercepted), 1981, and once for reasons of mistrust in diplomacy, 2001, also intercepted.

1942, the Immolators finally get a hold of Zyan, subjecting him to the same fate as Iyaria.

1929, Iyaria, pending second in command in the Immolators, is found to be a spy from Zyan's clan. It strikes Mercurian emotionally and tactically, a deep insult in his opinion, and the pain of it in it's intensity sparks of true hatred for the gekkonid clan (Splinters of Dusk).

1904, Zerachiel Aquila joins the Immolators. Much to his surprise it only takes two days until he meets the man who runs all practical aspects of the guild, a certain Mercurian Steele, whom he excitedly befriends, finding they share many common interests beyond philosophy. Only a few weeks later, the two could be filed as 'best friends'.

Around August, Zyan's 'relationship' with Mercurian turns into a hissy tactical debate over the joining of a spy from the Thieves Guild. Zyan leaves the clan, full of anger for Mercurian's 'grave mistakes' in the matter, unable to tolerate that it happened in the clan he so admired up to that point in time.

The Splinters of Dusk were founded by an ex-Immolator called Zyan Quetzal. Since then, their history has repeatedly intersected. This section deals with those moments in history where the two clans had to do with one another.