BlOOD & THORNS

INTRODUCTION

📖BLOOD & THORNS

Introduction

Setting: New Vienna – The City of Veils

New Vienna is a modern metropolis cloaked in gothic architecture, where technology hums in the light while ancient secrets rot in the dark. The city is divided:

Upper Spires: Towering corporate centers and shining elites.

The Hollow District: Where supernatural dealings take place—black markets, covens, rogue vampires, and warlocks.

Catacombs Below: Forgotten ruins sealed off from the public, believed to be haunted. They are very real—and crawling with ancient vampires.

The public doesn’t know vampires exist. But the Noctis Wardens, a secret agency embedded in government, has monitored their activity for centuries.

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Main Protagonist: Selene Arkwright

Age: 22

Background: Raised in a Warden training facility after her parents were allegedly killed by rogue vampires during a failed raid.

Traits: Sharp, skeptical, strategic—but haunted by anger and loss. Skilled in stealth, firearms, and arcane tech.

She has been trained her whole life to kill vampires. Cold. Efficient. Detached.

Her next mission? Infiltrate the Virell masquerade ball, an event hosted by the reclusive vampire nobility believed to be extinct.

Target: Darian Virell, suspected leader of the Crimson Court.

Objective: Confirm his return—and terminate.

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The Mission Begins

Scene: Wardens Briefing Room

> “You’ll be wearing black and gold. No weapons. Just this.”

Selene’s handler, Commander Thorne, slides a small silver vial across the table. Inside is an ancient blood sample—coded to reveal vampires through a psychic link.