#krovscastleplot

Another week, another councilman reporting his attack. Tiernan Halloran accused villager halfling Arnon Ceanai of the crime due to his fae heritage and blatant distaste for the council and vampires. The trial against Arnon, who blindly awaited his fate in a holding cell, ended in a 6:4 majority guilty verdict. Instead of death as punishment, Mr. Halloran suggested something far worse –– that Arnon be made a slave in the castle that the councilman would inevitably take for himself. Court is dismissed and Arnon is shipped up to Krovs Castle.

As the council disperses from town hall after settling everything, a mysterious cloaked figure brandishing a crossbow bursts into the courtroom and raises his weapon at one of the councilmen. Even masked, his rage and frustration is palpable through the yell as he pulls the trigger. There was no way the assassin was going to fail his mission that he'd come here for. He'd either succeed or die trying with the latter far more likely in a room full of experienced councilmen, guards, and police officers. The assassin is quickly taken down before he can harm anyone else and he laughs.

"This isn't over," he says as he draws his final breaths. "You'll pay for this, for all of what you've done..."

The council requests that the lifeless body is disposed of properly and then leave, feeling relieved that their lives were no longer in danger for the moment. There's a brief discussion of perhaps freeing Arnon from his slavery although it's agreed upon not to bother –– the halfling still proved himself too reckless and rebellious to be trusted walking free. Slavery ought to break that spirit and remind the rest of Krovs that the council still held power over them.

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Our council attacks plot drop has ended! Thank you to all who actively participated in these plots. Players are welcome to use this information in threads going forward if they'd like although it's not required. We hope you all enjoyed! :)

OOC INFO:

Your character has been attacked! Please reply to this with your character's reaction –– whether they take the hit and are injured or they manage to dodge are completely up to you. This post should be tagged #krovscastleplot as part of our plot drop. Once it's posted, please feel free to initiate any threads related to this attack (calling the police with an accusation to make an arrest or issue a warrant for collecting evidence, another character finding yours injured, etc.). Please also copy the link to this ask and have your character initiate a council meeting in our #council-meetings Discord channel (mention @ vampire council) to discuss the attack and make a formal accusation against another character, if any. Ensure your character prepares to make their case and has enough evidence to back up the claims with any accusation they make!

Nothing ever fazed Tiernan, not even the recent murders and attempted murders of the other Councilmen, but he knew it was only a matter of time until he was targeted. He'd made enemies during his long lifetime, some very recently, so any attack on him wouldn't have been surprising.

Taking some time to visit the town and clear his head, Tiernan strolled through one of the dimly-lit streets, which already felt a little off to him. With his senses on high alert, Tiernan remained completely calm and unbothered, but the click of the crossbow trigger made him react instantly. With the sharp stake flying towards him, Tiernan managed to grab it mid-flight, just an inch away from his chest. "Nice try, but it's going to take a lot more than that to get rid of me," he called out to.. well, whoever it was that had just tried to end his existence, casually twirling the stake as he did.

The last trial held by Austrian councilman Remus Calvus ended with a majority vote of not guilty against the accused Taras Koval. Attacks have continued occurring on both castle and Krovs Town grounds with police officers and guards alike coming up with nothing that gets them closer to stopping the real perpetrator. Councilmen Roland de Rochefort, Ilya Lenkov, and Svein Schistad have all reported their own respective attacks in the past two weeks with no accusations.

Councilman Rochefort in his attack managed to provide some more precise physical details in the assassin's height and noted a specific rune marked in his clothing that may or may not help the case. This information has been provided to both guards and officers to be on the lookout.

OOC INFO:

Your character has been attacked! Please reply to this with your character's reaction –– whether they take the hit and are injured or they manage to dodge are completely up to you. This post should be tagged #krovscastleplot as part of our plot drop.

Once it's posted, please feel free to initiate any threads related to this attack (calling the police with an accusation to make an arrest or issue a warrant for collecting evidence, another character finding yours injured, etc.). Please also copy the link to this ask and have your character initiate a council meeting in our #council-meetings Discord channel (mention @ vampire council) to discuss the attack and make a formal accusation against another character, if any. Ensure your character prepares to make their case and has enough evidence to back up the claims with any accusation they make!

Svein knew it was only a matter of time before he too was attacked. The arrow shot through his shoulder, barely dodging his heart and the councilman stumbled on his feet. “Fucker!” He looked around and barely saw a glimpse of the attacker.

OOC INFO:

Your character has been attacked! Please reply to this with your character's reaction –– whether they take the hit and are injured or they manage to dodge are completely up to you. This post should be tagged #krovscastleplot as part of our plot drop. Once it's posted, please feel free to initiate any threads related to this attack (calling the police with an accusation to make an arrest or issue a warrant for collecting evidence, another character finding yours injured, etc.). Please also copy the link to this ask and have your character initiate a council meeting in our #council-meetings Discord channel (mention @ vampire council) to discuss the attack and make a formal accusation against another character, if any. Ensure your character prepares to make their case and has enough evidence to back up the claims with any accusation they make!

The movement had him on alert and Roland stilled, turning towards what he saw, or thought he saw. He supposed he could've predicted the tell tale click that would come next and the stake. There was more than enough time to move and get out of the way but what would that prove? What would it solve? These attacks had gone on interminably and as yet he couldn't see anyone to make another baseless accusation against. He hadn't known he was going to make the decision he came to in that split second until he made it but Roland stood his ground and let the stake hit him, exactly where it was intended to. Kaj's blood was in his system, it was exactly the reason he'd been drinking from the familiar, and he would (hopefully) self resurrect quite quickly. As the murderer clearly intended to take his daylight ring, if he thought he'd killed him and Roland awakened suddenly, perhaps he'd actually see who it was or at least get some clues to solve this mystery. It was a risk, but a calculated one.

So Roland was staked.

It was surprisingly quick, a sudden, blinding, piercieng pain and a rush of dark and cold as his eyes closed and his body fell where it was struck, leaves crunching underneath him as he hit the ground. Pale skin went ashen as he lay unmoving. A minute ticked by. Another.

The stake was ejected suddenly, the ashen colour leaking away from his skin and Roland's eyes flew open as he regained his senses, everything rushing back to him as he sat up suddenly. There was a figure who had been close to him, who clearly hadn't counted on his revival, that fled as soon as the stake was gone but Roland absorbed as many details of their fleeing form as he could, even sprang forward with super speed to try and catch them but they'd vanished into the trees. Roland cursed and rubbed the already closing hole in his chest.

OOC INFO:

Your character has been attacked! Please reply to this with your character's reaction –– whether they take the hit and are injured or they manage to dodge are completely up to you. This post should be tagged #krovscastleplot as part of our plot drop.

Once it's posted, please feel free to initiate any threads related to this attack (calling the police with an accusation to make an arrest or issue a warrant for collecting evidence, another character finding yours injured, etc.). Please also copy the link to this ask and have your character initiate a council meeting in our #council-meetings Discord channel (mention @ vampire council) to discuss the attack and make a formal accusation against another character, if any. Ensure your character prepares to make their case and has enough evidence to back up the claims with any accusation they make!

There was a trail of people leaving the town hall when he heard the noise, and for a brief moment he considered ignoring it. If he hadn't just been at a trial he would have, right now he was prepared for any attack that may have come onto him. He had looked over to the noise when he heard it just in time for the stake that shot out through the bushes towards him. Given enough time to reach he quickly moved out of the way, barely missing the stake by an inch, hearing it woosh right by his ear.

Dear residents of Krovs,

While both Avery Thomson and Roman Thomson were in custody on accusations of being involved in these murders and attacks, another one occurred against Austrian councilman Remus Calvus yesterday afternoon. The attack took place on Krovs Castle grounds and Mr. Calvus sustained minor injuries. He claimed to the council that he saw claimed slave Taras Koval nearby at the time of his attack and strongly suspects him enough to take him to trial. Chief of staff Merek Hopper will serve as witness and deliver his testimony later this afternoon.

Both Avery and Roman have been released from their holds given these circumstances. The council continues urging anyone in bringing forth any information or potential leads as to who might truly be behind these attacks so that they can be stopped.

The latest trial led by Raphael De Luca ended in a 7:5 guilty vote against slave Roman Thomson on the counts of allegedly murdering the Portuguese councilmen and attacking Mr. De Luca on castle grounds last week. With Roman's execution scheduled for later that day in the courtyard via holy water dunk tank, authorities bring the slave out and prepare to drop him...

It's then that the councilmen meet again with Lucien Gaudet claiming he's been attacked by Avery Thomson. Given the association between Avery and Roman, it's not enough to set the familiar slave free, but it does pause the execution as this is further looked into. In the mean time, Roman is taken back to a cell in the Krovs Town police station where he'll remain in custody until otherwise stated.