Elysium. Eric brings Archie and Walsh before a local meeting of the Court of Atlanta to formally introduce them to Kindred society. At the same time, he brings Regent Daniel of the Carthians, who was involved in an attempt to intimidate Eric and burn down Archie’s haven, whom Eric has enchanted through his powers as a Succubus. Under Eric’s mystic influence, Daniel will be compelled to testify on Eric’s behalf, revealing the Carthian plot to terrorize Eric’s domain and, presumably, run Eric off his land.

At the same time, Eric brings a proposal to his old Sanctified mentor, Father Stenholm, who will inform Eric of his agreement to participate in a city-wide scheme to keep the Carthians in check by delivering a coded sermon to the vampires in attendance at this Elysium.

Meanwhile, Dr. Walsh seeks out Mr. Never, to whom he is supposed to deliver the marker given to him by Victor. If Never accepts it, Walsh will become an initiate in the Ordo Dracul — the Order of the Dragon.

Eric’s interrogation of Daniel, however, reveals that Lukhas and his fellow Carthians are planning some major initiative at the handful of small courts being help throughout the city that night. But Daniel isn’t important enough to have been told just what Lukhas’s announcement will be, so Eric and his coterie have to wait and see.
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