The 400 Ball

A strictly old-fashioned affair- about class, status, beauty, power, money, and blood... Bloodlines, that is, Blue bloodlines.

The Code [of Vampires]

  • The code is like the Ten Commandments of the Blue Bloods, the laws of creation
  • All vampires ("Vampyres" actually, meaning "fire angel" in the old tongue) are bound to it's rules
    • No harm must come to the human familiars
    • Can only have several human familiars at once
    • Can only feed on them once every 48 hours
    • You must have the Red Blood's familiar to perform Caerimonia Osculor
    • Only 400 alive at the same time
    • Do not interfere directly with human political affairs, though this is clearly not enforced. (Senator Llewellyn is in direct violation)
    • It is forbidden to perform Caerimonia Osculor on other Blue Bloods

Cover Organizations

Blue Bloods often use normal organizations as fronts for their activity.

The Committee

  • The full name is the "New York Blood Bank Committee"
  • It's one of the oldest charities in New York, and also the most prestegious
  • Only the children of the most socially prominant families were invited to join as Junior Members
  • Everyone who was anyone at Duchesne was in The Committee; being a member elevated you to a social stratosphere that was so lofty, mere mortals could only aspire to, but never reach its heights
  • Captains of all the school teams and the editors of the newspaper and the yearbook were members; but it wasn't an honors society because students like Madeleine Force who did nothing extracurricular made up the bulk of its membership
  • The Committee is snobby, cliquey, and exclusive to the extreme; membership comprised of only kids from the top private schools
  • It never releases a full list of its members- if you were on the outside, you could only guess who was in it
  • The Committee ring features a gold serpent around a cross
  • They usually induct new members in the spring

The Conspiracy

  • A subset of the Committee dedicated to keeping the Red Bloods from knowing about them
  • A Hungarian Blue Blood had been responsible for the Dracula myth
  • The Conspiracy disseminated false information
    • According to the Committee, nothing can kill Blue Bloods; the crucifix, garlic, sun, and stakes were made up ideas
    • Red bloods think mutatio enables blue bloods to turn into fire and water

The Great Houses

  • Domus magnificat
     o    House of Riches
     o    Represented by Josiah Rockefeller Archibald

  • Domus septem sanctimonialis
     o    House of the Seven Sisters
     o    Represented by Alice Whitney

  • Domus veritas
     o    House of Venators
     o    Represented by Abe Tomkins

  • Domus preposite
     o    House of the Stewards
     o    Represented by Forsyth Llewellyn

  • Domus stells aquillo
     o    House of the Northern Star
     o    Represented by Ambrose Barlow

  • Domus domina
     o    House of the Gray Lady
     o    Also known as “Death House”
     o    Represented by Minerva Morgan

  • Domus lamia
     o    “The Vampyres”
     o    Head of the Conspiracy
     o    Represented by Warden Corrigan

  • Domus fortis valerius incorruptus
     o    House of the Pure Blood, of the Uncorrupted, of the Valiant and the Strong, Protector of the      Garden, Commanded of the Lord’s Armies
     o    Represented by Mimi Force