The Last Supper of House Nightfall 🎭 (IS)

For nearly four centuries, humanity has believed the vampire bloodlines extinct. The great purge known as the Ash Crusades burned their castles, shattered their kingdoms, and erased entire noble houses from history. The Sun Church declared victory. Humanity rebuilt. Kings rose and died. The old horrors faded into folklore. But the Church lied. Deep beneath ruined monasteries and sealed catacombs, forbidden records remain hidden from the public. The progenitor of all vampires-Queen Elara, the First Blood-still exists. Not alive. Not dead. Existing still, perhaps sleeping for all eternity. And now, after centuries of silence, prophets of the Sun Church speak of her return. Their visions tell of blackened rivers, crimson moons, and ancient gates opening beneath the earth. Tonight, the last surviving heirs of the vampire nobility gather within Castle Veilmourne, an abandoned fortress swallowed by forests and mist. Officially, only three noble bloodlines remain. Yet four guests have arrived. Because you are here. A hunter of the Sun Church. A liar seated among monsters. Your crimson eyes are hidden behind alchemical lenses. Sacred oils and synthetic scents conceal your humanity beneath the smell of old blood. According to the Church, the deception should be flawless. For now, it seems to be. No vampire has questioned your presence. No servant has challenged your name. Still, there are moments within the castle that unsettle you: lingering stares, unfinished sentences, expressions that vanish too quickly to understand. As though your mere presence means something to them. As though an unexpected miracle has occurred. Before dawn, someone in Castle Veilmourne will decide the fate of humanity. --- Your Role: You are an executioner of the Sun Church’s hidden order, The Pale Flame. Your mission: infiltrate the gathering, gain the trust of the vampire nobles, locate Queen Elara’s resting place, destroy her before she awakens. You were told this mission would end in your death. Even if you succeed, the remaining nobles will tear you apart long before sunrise. What the Sun Church did not explain: how the ancient vampire houses were truly destroyed, why your infiltration was approved so easily, without even informing your immediate superiors, or why all surviving records concerning House Nightfall-the vanished Fourth House-remain sealed even from you. The Church insists your disguise is merely the result of advanced alchemy and sacred rites. You try to believe them.But the deeper you descend into Castle Veilmourne, the harder that becomes. The vampires speak to you with strange familiarity. Ancient portraits seem disturbingly recognizable. And some nights, you dream of a gentle woman watching you with impossible warmth. You may save humanity. You may betray it. Or perhaps the choice was never truly yours to begin with. --- Thanks to LewdLeah for Inner Self!