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NAN CUTLER
Harbonah, Angel of Annihilation
Origin: February 12, 1917, New York, New York
Known Past Lives: Anna Stamersly (Newport), Aemilia Lepida (Rome)
The second-highest-ranking Blue Blood in the Coven, Nan Cutler served as Regent on the Conclave. She was notable for her loyalty, ferocity, and in this cycle, for a striking raven stripe through her white hair. As Aemilia Lepida, a trusted friend to Cassius (Michael) and Junia Tertia (Allegra), she was on the front lines in the battle in Rome.
Warden Cutler was entrusted with the task of investigating young vampires for the mark of Silver Blood Corruption after the attack on the Repository. She affixed the false mark of Lucifer upon Mimi Force and cleared Bliss Llewellyn from suspicion. The Repository believes that Nan Cutler was the mastermind behind the slaughter of the Conclave in Rio.
According to the Venator report, Mimi Force believed she had killed Warden Cutler in the battle. However, during their search for Jordan Llewellyn, the Venators came upon the Warden, who had survived the Black Fire and was now a living corpse. The Venators believe Warden Cutler had kidnapped Jordan Llewellyn on that fateful night and then posed as her grandmother, torturing her for information on the Order of the Seven, until she killed the girl (but not the spirit of the Watcher). According to Venator Martin, it is safe to assume that Warden Cutler is no longer with us.
Current Status: Finished. Slain by Venator Martin.
THE SEVEN RULING HOUSES
OF THE CONCLAVE
Blue Blood society is hierarchical and organized. The Conclave is the highest ruling body of the Coven. There are seven main houses that serve on the council as an homage to the seven original ruling families who founded it. Conclave members may also include Elders and Wardens who are not affiliated with any particular house but who have been nominated to serve by its current membership. However, the Code of the Vampires mandates that a representative from each of the seven houses is needed for a quorum of seven to pass changes to the Code of the Vampires and to call for a White Vote, the election of a new Regis.
Domus Magnificat: House of Riches Traditionally the seat of the wealthiest family in the Coven, the House of Riches is currently represented by Josiah Rockefeller Archibald, whose family built Rockefeller Center. The House of Riches is responsible for the health of the Coven’s financial security. Other families who have held this position include the Schlumbergers and the Whitneys.
Domus Stella Aquillo: House of the Northern Star The House of the Northern Star spearheads one of the biggest benefactors of art programs in the country, and is currently represented by Ambrose Barlow.
Domus Veritas: House of the Venators Represen
ted by Abe Tompkins, the House of the Venators is the voice of the Truth Seekers on the council and responsible for the security and protection of the Coven. Other families who have held this position include the Van Horns.
Domus Preposito: House of the Stewards The seat on the council traditionally awarded to the family of the Regent, the House of the Stewards was represented by Forsyth Llewellyn until his disgrace and disappearance, and before him by Nan Cutler. Other families who have held this position include the Stewart family, who derived their last name from having held this post for many centuries.
Domus Domina: House of the Gray Lady, also known more commonly as the House of Records The position in the council that oversees the records of the cycles of Expression, Expulsion, and Evolution. Currently represented by Minerva Morgan, this seat was formerly filled by the Carondolet family.
Domus Lamia: House of the Vampyres The House of the Vampyres oversees vampire–human relations, and its representative is also the head of the Conspiracy Subcommittee, which keeps the false myths and misleading legends about the Blue Bloods alive in Red Blood society. Currently represented by Seymour Corrigan, who is cousin to Edmund Oelrich, the Chief Warden who perished in the Rio massacre.
Domus Fortis Valerius Incorruptus: House of the Pure Blood, of the Uncorrupted, of the Valiant and the Strong, Protector of the Garden, Commander of the Lord’s Armies The seat on the council given to the family of the reigning Regis, since the beginning of time the seat has been held by Michael and Gabrielle’s line; the Van Alen line is currently represented by Mimi Force since Charles Force’s disappearance.
THE COMMITTEE
“The Committee” is Blue Blood shorthand for the vast number of charitable causes, educational institutions, and foundations that are run by the Coven membership. The Committee has been responsible for the preservation of some of New York’s most important landmarks and has funded many of the city’s most prestigious cultural institutions. Under its official public name, the New York Blood Bank, it has raised money for blood research, HIV and AIDS, and hemophilia. To outsiders, it appears snobby, cliquish, and exclusive to the extreme; to insiders, it is sovereign.
Committee members are called Wardens. All Blue Blood families registered with the Coven are invited to join; most individuals receive their membership invitation around the age of fifteen, coinciding with their Transformation into immortal. Under his tenure as Regis, Lawrence Van Alen opened the Committee membership to include human Conduits; this policy was quickly revoked by Forsyth Llewellyn. It has yet to be reinstated.
The Committee’s Chief Warden is in charge of educating and ushering the newest generation of vampires to adulthood and imbuing them with the spirit of the vampires’ mission on Earth: to bring light, truth, beauty, and art, and to bring Paradise to their Earthly home.
APPENDIX A:
List of Secondary Characters
Abeville, Toby: Blue Blood groom who gets bonded in Bali to Daisy Van Horn.
Adriana: Housekeeper at the Duchesne school
Almeida, Don Alfonso (“Alfie”): An Elder from the South American Coven, his family is part of the Blue Blood contingent that moved to Brazil in 1808, when the Portuguese royal family and many nobles chose to flee from, rather than fight, the Red Blood conqueror Napoleon. The Rio Conclave said he went missing during his yearly sojourn into the Andes, and it was suspected that he had fallen victim to a Silver Blood attack. He returned seemingly unharmed, but we now believe he had been Corrupted in a Silver Blood ruse to bring the New York Conclave to Rio for slaughter. He hosted the dinner party where they were all murdered.
Almeida, Doña Beatrice: The wife of Alfonso Almeida, suspected to have also been Corrupted by the Silver Bloods
Amory, Summer: A Blue Blood debutante found drained by a Silver Blood in her penthouse apartment in Trump Tower. Her last name is frequently misspelled as “Armory” in the Repository Files (interns: please correct immediately).
