#Eden Corliss

[blighted-elf]

Vampire: The Masquerade - Choice of Games Titles

[asylumpixie]

In the beginning

commissioned done by @逍遥人芥菜

[nightingaletrash]

I dunno how Sullivan feels about Jordan but I'm just picturing a whole exchange with them like

Sullivan: there's something strange about that Toreador who showed up recently

Jordan: is it because she knows that you're a Lasombra?

Sullivan: no, because she's not pretentious enough about the decor- YES BECAUSE SHE KNOWS THAT I'M A LASOMBRA

Sullivan: ...wait how did you know about that?

Jordan: well the shadows get all wiggly when you're lying

Sullivan: THEY DO?!

Jordan: IT WORKED YOU REALLY ARE A LASOMBRA

Sullivan: SHE TOLD YOU TO DO THAT, DIDN'T SHE-

And then there's Kara who has to fool anyone that she comes into contact with that she's Definitely a Toreador and has to keep her own shadow from getting wiggly when she's under scrutiny.

Corliss: and what brings you to our city, Ms O'Bairne?

Kara: to. explore new forms of art that just isn't appreciated in the US

Corliss: *press x to doubt*

Kara: also I hate to tell you that that statue over there is fake af, the style and material for its supposed period are all off and that particular alloy wasn't even discovered until the following century

Corliss: oh okay, no that's a very Toreador thing to know, you can stay

Kara: nailed it

okay so brainwashed!Sullivan. how does he react as his memories of his embrace and his previous life begin to return after Arundel's brainwashing starts to come undone? like, how badly does it fuck him up?

ooh, and what about his relationship with Lucca? Does he dote on her like he does with Kara and Amicia because 'SISTER!' or did Corliss really fuck up our boy?

OK but the funny thing is, he doesn't dote on Lucca not because Corliss really fucked up, but because she didn't fuck him up enough.

See, the reason why Sullivan doted on Kara and Amicia so much was that stress activates Dad Mode. It's why, in his Welcome Home fic, he made a beeline for his babies to cuddle them. If he's looking after someone else, he doesn't have to worry about looking after himself.

And yeah, Eden's a fucked sire to have, but she never made him create shovel parties and participate in mass murder in an up-close-and-personal war. She never took him to sadistic and traumatising Sabbat rites. She never taught him how to shoot or kill random innocents.

Sullivan had one hell of a time adjusting to the Sabbat, and when Kara appeared, he was like, oh shit, I have to help this poor thing through this hell. Same with Amicia. He was just dropped into it but he can try to soften the fall a bit for his sisters. He doesn't get that with Corliss, it's just normal bureaucracy, except the bureaucracy can kill you. And Arundel was pretty decent. And Lucca herself -- he doesn't meet her for decades, and by the time he does, she's plenty independent and doesn't need him at all, nor does he even consider that she might.

The most fun he has would be (in my headcanon) trying to convince himself he's not a Lasombra cuckoo, because in my head default!Corliss is a Ventrue and he's, well, obviously not that. A while after hearing about the Lasombra he's pretty sure he is one but he never broaches the topic with Corliss. Arundel, maybe, because he does trust Arundel, but not Corliss. So he knows something's up there but he's heard enough of the Sabbat to keep his mouth shut and not poke that particular hornet's nest.

[choiceofgames]

Parliament of Knives

"Vampire: The Masquerade — Parliament of Knives." Dominate undead politics through cunning and violence! Will a missing Prince give you the opening to betray your sire and seize power? Or will you remain loyal?

https://www.choiceofgames.com/vampire-the-masquerade/parliament-of-knives/

The undead Prince of Canada's capital city has disappeared, and his second-in-command, Eden Corliss, wants you to find out why. You've been loyal to Corliss since she Embraced you and made you a vampire, but this could be your chance to take her place. Will you defend your sire from the accusations flying, or join forces with her rivals to bring her down?

Ottawa's court of immortals is tight-knit and merciless, with tensions between clans that go back centuries. The Prince has been missing for four days, and old alliances are starting to crumble. How will you leverage the political chaos to your advantage? The authorities are already on high alert against a new group of Anarchs in the city, who have been breaching the Masquerade by revealing their true nature. You'll have to gather evidence to demonstrate which suspects deserve punishment, and you can't afford to guess wrong. One careless word could get you stabbed in the back- staked through the heart, and left to burn in the sun.

Vampire: The Masquerade — Parliament of Knives is a 600,000-word interactive horror novel by Jeffrey Dean, based on "Vampire: The Masquerade" and set in the World of Darkness shared story universe. Your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based—without graphics or sound effects—and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.

[styxnbones]

🌃 Where are they from and where do they live now? 💢 What is their moral alignment? For both Minerva and Corin!

Corin:

🌃: Corin's parents "separated" when he was ~10 and he grew up back and forth between Toronto and Ottawa. He continued a split residence for business purposes through adulthood up until his embrace- when his assumed sire, Eden Corliss, confined him to Ottawa so she could keep an eye on him. In 2022, he also lived for a stint in Prague at the behest of his Prince, to support the Camarilla in taking back control of the city, but when he returned to Canada it was with Minerva and they made only a brief, covert, stop in Ottawa before moving on to Montreal, where they reside now.

💢: Corin's moral alignment is hard to put into your typical D&D style system- he's on the Path of Cathari and like any Path the whole point is that it doesn't really map to common human ethics. I'd say he's still on the low end of True Neutral but well on his way to Neutral Evil, since his priorities are primarily hedonistic but he's only recently converted so the drive to debase and defile others hasn't quite kicked all the way in yet.

Minerva:

🌃: Minerva was actually born in Edmonton, but he was embraced quite young and his original pack roamed all over the country, so he'd definitely have to think for a moment to recall that. Other residences of interest would be Prague- where he was Beckoned shortly after diablerizing his way down to 9th generation. They lived there for a fair bit longer than Corin, as he only arrived near what would be the decisive end of that conflict, while Minerva was one of the primary instigators- Having just eaten the last of his original pack-mates, they and their new pack decided to blend in with the local anarchs to help rile them up into direct action so he could see who would be worthy of filling out their numbers. After the Prague conflict, of course, they returned to Montreal with a new boyfriend and orders from on high to resurrect the city's former glory as a bastion of the Sabbat.

💢: Funnily enough, despite their relationship to their Path being far more complicated than Corin's, (their Malkavian curse causes them to experience three different versions of reality overlapping, and in no two do they follow the same Path) Minerva is an easy Chaotic Evil.

[nightingaletrash]

I finally did my pro-Corliss run, and wow, Silas really will just defend her at every turn and is ready to throw hands with anyone that might be a threat to her. He was way too down to let Khashif's destruction be turned into a spectacle, murdered the shit out of Vivian, and was down to murder Alisha and Ophelia too if he had to.

If he hadn't also killed Moretti and mowed down Javier, there might have been a worrying pattern there, but nope, he really is just Eden Corliss' biggest stan. You want to get in the way of his mommy's ascension to power? Awwww, he's going to fucking kill you 💜

[lateralreader]

Until 1977, it was thought that all life required sunlight. Trees and plants need the sun’s energy to convert carbon dioxide and water into fuel. Animals eat trees and plants. Even organisms that live deep underground or thousands of feet under the water and never see sunlight rely on the nutrients created by solar energy above. But not these animals. Corliss and his crew had stumbled upon not only a new species, but an entirely new biological system fueled by chemicals. Scientists called it chemosynthetic life.

The Garden of Eden would be recognized as one of the most significant scientific discoveries in human history.

Nestor Deep

[cosmonautmoon]

My current thoughts on the VtM: Parliament of Knives demo represented by memes

reading Arundel's lore page:

getting praised by Corliss as a Toreador:

[heleneplays]

Mommy? sorry. Mommy? sorry. MOMMY???

[chararii]

Update on current projects/Schedule for the rest of 2022

I thought about doing something like this for a while so here it is. I have no overview over who follows me for what reason but I assume most of my followers (much like my ao3 user subs) are in it for the Naruto stuff so this will probably clear up once and for all that I don't do that anymore.

There are no dates for any of these because I write when I can/want and have no actual schedule whatsoever BUT the order in which they're listed will most likely be the order in which they're posted, so there's that.

begin again - a 'The Other Woman' style Warcraft Tyrande/f!OC-centric collection of short scenes exploring the consequences of Malfurion's 10k years slumber, ft. some of lore/worldbuilding from my dormant Highborne project

Garden of Eden - the second and final chapter

Divine Anthology (working title) Part I: Persephone (til the fall) - a series of short stories set during modern times focusing on select Greek goddesses and their relationship with a different (female) mortal each. Only one gets explicitly sexual and it's not the most obvious one of the lot.

The Origin of Lara - a Tomb Raider Lara Croft/Jacqueline Natla oneshot that's essentially the weirdest but also best love story I have ever written

Elysia - an Elden Ring Queen Marika-centric post-canon AU oneshot exploring a 'what-if' type of scenario that not only gives her a (in my opinion) more satisfying ending but also may or may not connect Elden Ring to the Souls series in probably the most unexpected way possible

weave me into being - a retelling of Arachne's poem making the whole tragedy slightly less tragic, much more dubious, and really rather gay

Divine Anthology Part II: Hera (something worth taking)

Divine Anthology Part III: Aphrodite (where gods go to die)

Divine Anthology Part IV: Hestia

Divine Anthology Part V: Artemis

Anathema - the final three chapters, finishing what I started

Looking at this, I think Anathema won't actually be touched again this year so that story's taking a one-year hiatus. I can't focus on a longer project when I have too many small ideas plaguing my thoughts so I'm getting those out of the way first.

And that's it. I don't think I forgot anything but if I did, well, it's going to show up on my ao3 profile eventually.

[lots-of-little-pink-clouds]

Oh wow check these out!

Nosferatu!Corliss:

Nosferatu!Lucca:

Corliss is terrifying, but I actually really like Lucca’s Nosferatu look. The hood’s a real vibe.

[papermoonloveslucy]

THE CUCKOO CLOCK CONSPIRACY

January 13, 1951

“The Cuckoo Clock Conspiracy” (aka ”The Cuckoo Clock”) is episode #114 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on January 13, 1951.

This was the 16th episode of the third season of MY FAVORITE HUSBAND. There were 31 new episodes, with the season ending on March 31, 1951.  

Synopsis ~ Liz bought George's Christmas present, a cuckoo clock, with a rubber check, and now she needs to figure out a way to make good on it so the store owner won't repossess the clock.

Parts of this script concerning the cuckoo clock where later used in “The Kleptomaniac” (ILL S1;E27), filmed on March 7, 1952, and first aired on April 14, 1952. 

“My Favorite Husband” was based on the novels Mr. and Mrs. Cugat, the Record of a Happy Marriage (1940) and Outside Eden (1945) by Isabel Scott Rorick, which had previously been adapted into the film Are Husbands Necessary? (1942). “My Favorite Husband” was first broadcast as a one-time special on July 5, 1948. Lucille Ball and Lee Bowman played the characters of Liz and George Cugat, and a positive response to this broadcast convinced CBS to launch “My Favorite Husband” as a series. Bowman was not available Richard Denning was cast as George. On January 7, 1949, confusion with bandleader Xavier Cugat prompted a name change to Cooper. On this same episode Jell-O became its sponsor. A total of 124 episodes of the program aired from July 23, 1948 through March 31, 1951. After about ten episodes had been written, writers Fox and Davenport departed and three new writers took over – Bob Carroll, Jr., Madelyn Pugh, and head writer/producer Jess Oppenheimer. In March 1949 Gale Gordon took over the existing role of George’s boss, Rudolph Atterbury, and Bea Benaderet was added as his wife, Iris. CBS brought “My Favorite Husband” to television in 1953, starring Joan Caulfield and Barry Nelson as Liz and George Cooper. The television version ran two-and-a-half seasons, from September 1953 through December 1955, running concurrently with “I Love Lucy.” It was produced live at CBS Television City for most of its run, until switching to film for a truncated third season filmed (ironically) at Desilu and recasting Liz Cooper with Vanessa Brown.

MAIN CAST

Lucille Ball (Liz Cooper) was born on August 6, 1911 in Jamestown, New York. She began her screen career in 1933 and was known in Hollywood as ‘Queen of the B’s’ due to her many appearances in ‘B’ movies. With Richard Denning, she starred in a radio program titled “My Favorite Husband” which eventually led to the creation of “I Love Lucy,” a television situation comedy in which she co-starred with her real-life husband, Latin bandleader Desi Arnaz. The program was phenomenally successful, allowing the couple to purchase what was once RKO Studios, re-naming it Desilu. When the show ended in 1960 (in an hour-long format known as “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour”) so did Lucy and Desi’s marriage. In 1962, hoping to keep Desilu financially solvent, Lucy returned to the sitcom format with “The Lucy Show,” which lasted six seasons. She followed that with a similar sitcom “Here’s Lucy” co-starring with her real-life children, Lucie and Desi Jr., as well as Gale Gordon, who had joined the cast of “The Lucy Show” during season two. Before her death in 1989, Lucy made one more attempt at a sitcom with “Life With Lucy,” also with Gordon.

Richard Denning (George Cooper) was born Louis Albert Heindrich Denninger Jr., in Poughkeepsie, New York. When he was 18 months old, his family moved to Los Angeles. Plans called for him to take over his father’s garment manufacturing business, but he developed an interest in acting. Denning enlisted in the US Navy during World War II. He is best known for his  roles in various science fiction and horror films of the 1950s. Although he teamed with Lucille Ball on radio in “My Favorite Husband,” the two never acted together on screen. While “I Love Lucy” was on the air, he was seen on another CBS TV series, “Mr. & Mrs. North.” From 1968 to 1980 he played the Governor on “Hawaii 5-0″, his final role. He died in 1998 at age 84.

Bea Benadaret (Iris Atterbury) was considered the front-runner to be cast as Ethel Mertz but when “I Love Lucy” was ready to start production she was already playing a similar role on TV’s “The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show” so Vivian Vance was cast instead. On “I Love Lucy” she was cast as Lucy Ricardo’s spinster neighbor, Miss Lewis, in “Lucy Plays Cupid” (ILL S1;E15) in early 1952. Later, she was a success in her own show, “Petticoat Junction” as Shady Rest Hotel proprietress Kate Bradley. She starred in the series until her death in 1968.

Ruth Perrott (Katie, the Maid) was also later seen on “I Love Lucy.” She first played Mrs. Pomerantz, a member of the surprise investigating committee for the Society Matrons League in “Pioneer Women” (ILL S1;E25), as one of the member of the Wednesday Afternoon Fine Arts League in “Lucy and Ethel Buy the Same Dress” (ILL S3;E3), and also played a nurse when “Lucy Goes to the Hospital” (ILL S2;E16). She died in 1996 at the age of 96.

Bob LeMond (Announcer) also served as the announcer for the pilot episode of “I Love Lucy”. When the long-lost pilot was finally discovered in 1990, a few moments of the opening narration were damaged and lost, so LeMond – fifty years later – recreated the narration for the CBS special and subsequent DVD release.

Gale Gordon (Rudolph Atterbury) does not appear in this episode, but his character is mentioned. 

GUEST CAST

Hans Conried (Mr. Haskell, the Jeweler) first co-starred with Lucille Ball in The Big Street (1942). He then appeared on “I Love Lucy” as used furniture man Dan Jenkins in “Redecorating” (ILL S2;E8) and later that same season as Percy Livermore in “Lucy Hires an English Tutor” (ILL S2;E13) – both in 1952. The following year he began an association with Disney by voicing Captain Hook in Peter Pan. On “The Lucy Show” he played Professor Gitterman in “Lucy’s Barbershop Quartet” (TLS S1;E19) and in “Lucy Plays Cleopatra” (TLS S2;E1). He was probably best known as Uncle Tonoose on “Make Room for Daddy” starring Danny Thomas, which was filmed on the Desilu lot. He joined Thomas on a season 6 episode of “Here’s Lucy” in 1973.

GeGe Pearson (Mrs. Haskell, the Jeweler’s Wife / Miss Russell, George’s Secretary) did two other episodes of “My Favorite Husband.” She will play a New York City tourist in “Lucy Visits Grauman’s” (ILL S5;E1) in 1955. She did the episode with her husband, Hal Gerard. The two actors were married in real-life. In 1956 the couple returned to CBS to appear in the same episode of “Damon Runyon Theatre.” She is perhaps best remembered as the voice of Crusader Rabbit. The couple died just a year apart in 1975 and 1976.

June Foray (Marie, the Beautician) was born June Lucille Forer in 1917 and was best known as the voice of such animated characters as Rocky the Flying Squirrel, Natasha Fatale, Cindy Lou Who, Witch Hazel in the Bugs Bunny cartoons, Granny in the Tweety Bird cartoons, and many, many others. She provided the bark of Fred the dog on Season 6 of “I Love Lucy.” 

Ken Christy (Police Officer) later played the detective investigating the new tenants in “Oil Wells” (S3;E18) and will play the dock agent who directs Lucy to the helicopter that lowers her onto the deck of the S.S. Constitution in “Bon Voyage” (S5;E13). Christy was also featured on the TV series "Meet Corliss Archer” on CBS.

THE EPISODE

ANNOUNCER: “As we look in on the Cooper’s, it’s morning. George is at breakfast. Liz is in the kitchen talking to Katie the Maid.” 

Liz compliments Katie with the goal of getting a loan of $14.95. She explains that she bought George a cuckoo clock for Christmas using a check with no money in the account. To prevent George from finding out, Liz wrote the check on an account at another bank - one where she hasn’t got an account - and could face jail. 

In the dining room, Liz cuddles up to George with the same compliments she used on Katie! They smooch. George realizes that Liz is buttering him up for money. Liz directly asks George for a loan of $15 but banker George reminds her that borrowing money is a slippery slope into debt. 

LIZ: “Look, Dale Carnegie, I need the money.” 

Dale Carnegie (1888-1955) was the developer of courses in self-improvement, salesmanship, corporate training, public speaking, and interpersonal skills. He was the author of the best-sellers How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936) and How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (1948), as well as several other books.

George reminds Liz that she made a New Year’s resolution to pay him $25 if she went over budget, so in giving her the loan, she would actually owe him $40!  Liz tells him to forget the whole deal - she will find the money elsewhere. 

At the beauty salon, Liz asks beautician Marie (Gege Pearson) where to find Iris Atterbury. Iris is having a mud pack which cracks upon hearing Liz wants a loan. She was just getting ready to ask Liz for a loan, too. It seems that Rudolph and George stated the new year on an economy wave. 

LIZ: “I guess it’s in the air. Darn those Russians, anyway.” 

In 1950 and well into early 1951, the US Government committed to what was known as an ‘economy wave’ in order to save money that might be used for civil defense and bolstering European strength during the cold war with Russia. This economy wave extended to all facets of American business, including Hollywood, so it would have been a topic familiar to the writers of “My Favorite Husband” in early January 1951. 

Liz explains her dilemma to Iris, who suggests she phone the jeweler and ask him to hold the check a few days. Liz thinks it is worth a try and calls Mr. Haskell (Hans Conried), who declines to hold the check a moment longer. Liz turns on the tears. Mrs. Haskell (Gege Pearson) gets on the line - she’s unsympathetic to tears. Liz and Iris rush off to get the clock out of George’s office before it is repossessed! 

Wilbur Hatch’s play-off music is “As Time Goes By” written by Herman Hupfeld in 1931. It became famous when it was featured in the 1942 Warner Brothers film Casablanca performed by Dooley Wilson as Sam (”Play it again, Sam.”) The song was likely chosen to tie-in with the episode’s clock theme. 

End of Part One

Announcer Bob LeMond does a live commercial, giving a recipe for a quick dessert using Jell-O.  

Part Two

ANNOUNCER: “As we look in on the Coopers once again, Liz is speeding to George’s office to make off with the cuckoo clock before Mr. Haskell, the jeweler, arrives to repossess it. Meanwhile, George Cooper in his office is just going out to lunch.”

George asks his secretary, Miss Russell (Gege Pearson), to wind the cuckoo clock while he is out.  After George leaves, she tries, but overwinds it. She takes it to Haskell’s to be fixed while George is out to lunch. 

Liz and Iris arrive and can’t find George, Miss Russell, or the cuckoo clock. They assume that Mr. Haskell has gotten there first and repossessed the clock!  They head towards Mr. Haskell’s Jewelry Shop.  

There they see the clock in the window!  Mr. Haskell explains that the clock in the window isn’t hers, but one just like it. He is a nervous wreck, thanks to a busy Christmas season. Liz still thinks that the window clock is hers, but Mr. Haskell insists it isn’t and won’t give it to her unless she pays for it. She and Iris leave in a huff. 

Outside they scheme to get what they think is their clock back. Liz will divert Mr. Haskell while Iris sneaks the clock out of the store. Iris is scared, but reluctantly agrees.  A whistle will be the signal that Mr. Haskell isn’t looking. 

Liz tells him she is shopping for Mr. Atterbury, who wants to buy his wife a present. Deciding on a diamond, a clueless Liz guesses that she wants 200 carats!  When Mr. Haskell whistles at the high carat-count, Iris mistakes it for the signal and tries to come in!  Liz blocks the door!  When Haskell goes to the back room for a diamond, Liz suddenly realizes she doesn’t known how to whistle, so calls to the back room asking him to repeat it for her!  Iris gets in and out just as...

MR. HASKELL (returning to the shop): “Would you like me to whistle a chorus of “Come to the Stable, Mabel”?   LIZ: “No, thanks!  Well, I’ll be running along now!  Bye!” 

Liz dashes out of the shop and hides the cuckoo clock under her coat!  

At the bank, Liz is greeted by Miss Russell, who tells her George isn’t back from lunch yet. They are shocked to discover that the cuckoo clock is back on the wall. They realize they have stolen Mr. Haskell’s new clock and must return it before he notices it is gone.   

They arrive at the Haskell’s and find a Policeman (Ken Christy) there. Liz quickly hides the clock under her coat, but it continually ‘cuckoos’ loudly in the presence of the officer!  Just as she’s about to be arrested for theft, Liz settles the matter by writing Mr. Haskell a post-dated check for January 20th - 1953! 

Lucille Ball could not have known it at the time, but one day earlier, on January 19, 1953, she gave birth to her son, Desi Jr. and on the same evening, Lucy Ricardo gave birth to Little Ricky.  On January 20, 1953, headlines like the one above dominated the nation’s newspapers. 

End of Episode!

Bob LeMond does another live Jell-O commercial and reminds listeners to look for their ads in leading January magazines. 

[Oops! While announcing the episode’s credits, Bob LeMond mistakenly says “Hans Conried played by Mr. Haskell” instead of the other way around. There is background laughter by the other cast members and LeMond starts to laugh a bit while finishing his announcements.]

ANNOUNCER: “Be sure to watch for Lucille Ball as a would-be cosmetics dealer in her latest picture ‘The Fuller Brush Girl’.”

[robotslenderman]

@orodrethsgeek Headcanon accepted

[choiceofgames]

Choice of Games is proud to announce new content for Vampire: The Masquerade — Parliament of Knives is now available for Steam, Android, and on iOS in the “Choice of Games” app. Vampire: The Masquerade — Parliament of Knives — What Stares Back adds the option to play as clan Malkavian or Lasombra, and 160,000 words of new story content. Vampire: The Masquerade — Parliament of Knives — What Stares Back adds the option to play as clan Malkavian or Lasombra,  Unravel the mysteries of Vampire: The Masquerade — Parliament of Knives from a fresh perspective, opening pathways and relationships once forbidden. Master the stygian Abyss with new options and abilities. Discover the secrets of Primogen Ophelia and the powerful Magister diplomat Michalis Basaras. Explore a new relationship with Lucca, your mistress's estranged childe, or feed the unbridled passion for bloodlust of the Banu Haqim Anarch, Sevinc. Clan Malkavian: A Hallucinatory Accomplice

It has been said that a Malkavian is never truly alone—their visions and prophesy are a constant companion—but in your case, the concept of solitude has lost all meaning. An accomplice stalks your footsteps, often out of sight but never far away. It clouds your mind with fractured perception and insight, but not always in equal parts. - As a vampire of clan Malkavian, an eternal companion accompanies you. None but you can see it or hear its words of wisdom and delusion. - The unseen companion is yours to interpret as you see fit—name, gender, appearance, and demeanor. - Others too are afflicted by Malkav's gifts. Your sire Eden Corliss and her childe Lucca are each changed in unique ways, with new twists waiting to be discovered. Clan Lasombra: A Keeper of Shadows

Clan Lasombra has ruled from the shadows for centuries, leaders among the savage packs of Sabbat vampires at constant odds with the Camarilla and their Masquerade. Until recent nights, that is. The Lasombra have chosen to meet the constant threat of the Second Inquisition by joining with the Camarilla, but old grudges are not easily forgiven. - Control the otherworldly forces of Oblivion as a vampire of clan Lasombra. - Hide in plain sight or emerge from the shadows. - Many in the Council believe that you and your sire belong to clan Ventrue. A necessary deception. But now that the Lasombra are integrating with the Camarilla, is it time to reveal your true nature at last?

[styxnbones]

🤝 👷🏻‍♂️ 🌎

for corin!

🤝: What is their relationship with their sire like?

This is quite possibly the most loaded question that could be leveled at him- this guy has sire issues of astronomical proportions. For one thing, his embrace was a colossal clusterfuck. First of all, he got turned on Camarilla territory by an undercover Sabbat agent (one Grace Epting, a Ventrue Antitribu) who intended to use him to spy on the city's Seneschal (Eden Corliss, also a Ventrue) who had already been scouting him for the embrace herself. Second, he was turned right infront of his fiancee, who he immediately killed and ate. Third, when Eden found out about him she went on the warpath and personally not just murdered, but diablerized, Grace- which is like the worst possible thing you can do in a Camarilla city, even more so when you're essentially second in command of that city. So fourth, Eden then used a diablerie-supercharged Dominate to wipe Corin's mind of the whole situation, and unintentionally a bit more than that, and replaced it with memories of her embracing him instead. Which meant she could, fifth, cover everything up and claim Corin as her own childe.

The important thing here, really, is that for nearly 30 years Corin lived completely unaware of why his sire was so weird and opaque towards him, and ended up stewing in his own quiet resentment until things boiled over and events put him in a place to kill her in the defense of his Prince, Arundel (whom his relationship to is it's own whole basket of rotten eggs). It also wasn't totally bad all the time; sometimes she would be surprisingly candid with him, it's just that those moments were the ones where Grace was seeping through. So all in all, aside from a traumatic embrace, Corin was actually on pretty good terms with his *real* sire, despite despising his alleged one.

👷🏻‍♂️ What are their opinions on mortals?

I'd say "steadily degrading, but with a twisted sort of hope for the future." For most of his unlife he tried to maintain a shared base of understanding with them, usually through sex, but as time has worn on his hunting habits blurred the lines between fucking and feeding until he only ever really considered them seriously when he was hungry. Even then, any thought put towards their feelings and internality was about the resonance of their blood. By Prague, his idea of what constitued "people" just didnt really include mortal humans anymore- not so much in the sense that he specifically thought they were lesser, and more just that he didn't think about them much at all. People on the streets were quick places to replenish expended blood, and the hunters of the second inquisition were hive-like faceless obstacles to be bulldozed through on the way to the real enemy. However, part of his journey on the Path of Cathari is probably going to involve regaining some degree of perspective on Humans As Individual People, if only so he can properly delight in their suffering and corruption.

🌎 Do they try to retain any part of their humanity? 

For a good long while he did try, and was pretty successful at it (even if only because a lot of the heinous shit he did got wiped out with psychic bleach), but he's recently abandoned the Road of Humanity for the Path of Cathari- a uniquely Cainite code of ethics that primarily revolves around hedonistic passion, desire, temptation, and depravity.

[nightingaletrash]

Oh man but an AU where Eden Corliss gets the jump on Millicent and diablerised her the night Amicia survived being shovelheaded - meaning Sullivan and Kara were probably off elsewhere - and Amicia gets brainwashed into being Corliss' childe to cover it up...

Would Amicia have turned out to be a half decent person? Probably not because it's Amicia XD