Stephen+Allourd

//This is part of the Hangover city, Liverpool, uk setting// =Stephen Allourd= Stephen Allourd is the cities last remaining Black Court Vampire. He lives in the catacombs built into the rock under Hope Street surrounded by a community of cats. There is an ongoing debate as to whether the cats are pets of Allourd, or Allourd is the pet of the cats. Certainly their relationship appears to be symbiotic.

Allourd acts as both defence council and executioner to the High Council’s trials. At first this may seem to be a conflict of interest, but this is far from the case. Around the founding of the city Allourd was hit by the death curse of a powerful local Wizard, Albert Rylands, who cursed him to feel the pain and suffering from the lives of all those he fed from. As a result Allourd is very reluctant to partake of human blood when it is always accompanied by the dark emotions and physical torment of his victims. Faced with that the weaker blood of his feline companions is preferable.

Still, as Ream was keen to point out, it does give the Vampire an incentive to perform his defending duties to his utmost abilities; that if there is any potential for error, doubt or mitigation in a case the vampire will find it and bring it to the attention of the court. A valuable trait when so often the rest of the supernatural community are baying for the blood of the perpetrator.

When not needed for his council duties Allourd keeps himself to himself. His days are spent sleeping in his crypt and at night he potters around the grave yard of Cathedral Church of Christ in Liverpool tending to the plants, cleaning the graves and polishing the statues. He rarely has visitors but is happy enough to sit and talk to any one who seeks him out. He has a long and active memory and a valuable, if untapped source, of the history of the city.

Allourd Game mechanics