Elijah+Zander

//This is part of the Hangover city, Liverpool, uk setting// =**Elijah Zander**=

Elijah Zander is the Vampiric Prince of the city. His line gain their energy not from the lust utilised by the Raiths but for the euphoric destruction associated with excessive drug taking and binge drinking (and to a lesser extent classic food based gluttony) As prince of a city known for its partying there is no shortage of mortals, and even some supernatural, who are willing to pay with their energies for the addictive pleasure they offer in return. The prince has a number of talented drug creators in his retinue, including a few sorcerers and Wyld Faerie, who ensure a steady supply of new and interesting products for his eager clientèle.

Elijah’s rise to power
The rise of the fear of aids put a serious dent in the power basis of the old White court aligned with the Raiths, who were already weakened following battles at the start of Queen Victoria’s reign when the Covenant forces forced the Red Court out of the city. Through the 1980s liverpool became Skag city, well known as a source of heroin, which drew the ‘customers’ in. Additionally the rise of the Rave scene meant a steady supply of recreational drug users came to the fore. The Zanders soon found themselves with more power than they knew what to do with. After a series of complex negotiations, which only just held off all out civil war between the competing White Court factions; Elijah was declared the heir apparent to the prince during the summer solstice celebrations at Caulderstones park in 1990. In november of 1991 the old prince was found dead in a bed sit in Bootle. The death was investigated by both the mortal police and Rare Breed. Toxicology proved negative and the autopsy suggested his heart had given out. There were strong suspicions that Elijah had been behind it but nothing that could be proved as the man had a water tight alibi as he was playing poker with Longarm, Ream and McKenzie at the time. The Breed eventually tracked the culprit to a sorcerer known as Cayden, who had been a servant of the old Red Court prince and the whole affair was explained away as a very long fuse revenge plot.

Elijah today
Many outside the city think that Elijah is little more than a puppet put on the thrown by the Covenants High Council. This is far from the case. Ream has often said that they cursed themselves in letting “that conniving evil little Bastard get any more power than a school crossing lady”. However despite the potentially troublesome effect of his retinue and the drug fuelled chaos they bring, Ream has to admit that the man does have the best long term interests of the city at heart and does police his own people effectively. Elijah himself is well aware of the tenuous state of a lesser family in the larger politics of the White court. He is careful not to draw too much attention to his faction and the city he controls. Despite the death of the old prince, there are still a number of Raith White Court vampires and virgins still in the city, and he is carefully to treat them fairly and as equals to his own people, not wanting to bring down the wrath of the family. He cautions his people to be careful about their choice of ‘playmates’ so as not to attract problems form the external authorities of the Breed or the Police. Mean while his organisations are turning over a tidy little profit and making him very very rich.

= Elijah's retinue =

Branwenn
Branwenn calls Elijah brother, although they are more like second cousins. She is a Raith White court vampire, but has learnt to utilise many other emotions as a food source in her long life. She has pale white skin and midnight black hair, which she wears shoulder length and straight. Her role in Elijah’s life is close to being a personal assistant. She keeps his diary for him, prepares letters and communications and fends of people he can not be bothered to talk to. Most believe their relationship to be sexual but this is in fact all part of the act. Both of their interests lie elsewhere. Her much younger sister, Jennifer, annoyed their father by inconveniently falling in love and becoHming mortal. To add insult to injury she fell in love with a Faerie, and even more galling, the Faerie in question what the Fisher kings white knight Longarm. The two ‘married’ and had a child, Morgaine. Jennifer’s death, at the end of what was an all to short mortal life for Longarm, resulting in the Fae swearing he would never love a mortal again. By way of petty revenge for the loss of her sister, Wenn seduced Morgaine. She told the confused young woman about her mothers true nature, something her father had never revealed. Eventually Wenn persuaded Morgaine to give up her changeling blood so she could dedicate herself to the pleasures of serving the white court; Thus making her a 'mortal' that her father was no longer allowed to love or become an oath breaker, Her long term plan is for Elijah to have a child with Morgaine so as to cement the connection between his family and the Faerie knight. Morgaine believes that she can earn her demon and become a full blown white court vampire.

Andy Wynn
Andy was a breed member. Technically he still is, but most consider him to have turned and Brian is no longer giving him duties. Elijah seduced him as a challenge after some one claimed at a meeting of the council that the Breed’s independence was invincible. He is not quite sure what to do with his ‘pet Bull dog’ now. He knows Ream will not accept him back and feels responsible for his exile. Currently he is using him as a body guard, though Elijah is far more capable of defending his own body than Andy is. So he has given the man the task of keeping his daughter, Clover, out of trouble. This is no easy task. Clover is a very precocious and spoilt rotten 8 year old. She knows daddy is a prince and that makes her a princess, and acts accordingly. Andy, like most of the welsh descended Wynn line, has red hair and very pale skin. In some ways he looks more like a white court vampire than his prince does. He was trained to face fae and changelings and as a result his skills are of some use in keeping those people in line in Elijah’s clubs. He still carries his Breed issued Iron club and caltrops.

Moon
Moon is a self taught alchemist. He appeared in Liverpool shortly after the great war and spoke with a german accent, although he quickly lost it following a number of beatings for being “The Boche” He gained a job in the chemistry department of the newly independent University of Liverpool. He rose rapidly through the ranks of academia, gaining a chair of organic Chemistry in 1933. But is success was not to last. After only 2 years he was fired following the mysterious death of one of his research students by ‘accidental’ ingestion of a chemical he was developing. The news reports of the enquiry were picked up by a ‘young’ Elijah Zander who hunted out the professor. Sitting in a gentleman’s club on Water Street the two discovered they had a surprisingly large amount in common, and a new partnership was formed. Elijah supplies Moon with the materials he needs and all the ‘test subjects’ he could want. Moon provides in return an ever changing and bewildering array of recreational drugs and potions. Inspired by the magical and alchemical texts in Elijah’s library, the man has moved far beyond chemistry. He spends all his waking hours in the ‘lab’ Elijah has created for him in an old detached house in Kensington. The surrounding properties are all boarded up awaiting demolition and redevelopment so any strange noises or smells from Moon’s lab pass un-noticed. His time associated with the university means the man never came to the attention of the Guild of the Manipulators of Magic and Elijah is anxious for things to remain that way. As a result Moons researches carry on in isolation and he is convinced he is the only man in the world with the powers he has. Physically Moon is 5ft 6, painfully thin as he relies on his potions to sustain him, and has long black greasy hair. His beard is singed short rather than cut, the effects of constantly standing over a boiling cauldron. He wears a lab coat, that was once white but now has a multitude of stains, and very little else.

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