AmosNotes:Viral Vampire Video

Executive summary of Plot:Viral_Vampire_Video

IC events Dates listed here are OOC. Some IC dates are probably shifted forward or backward, to account for scenes that ICly occurred in immediate succession. 2025-11-29 Gaunt shares video with Court officers. Posted locally, faces unidentifiable. 2025-12-05 Court investigates Holland Alley. Unmarked black vans abducting unknown targets. Surveillance drone. Hospitals have no reports of blood loss or bite wounds. Morgue receives hunter killed at railyard. Court interrogates Marcus Avery. He admits the video was staged and describes the journal, but is killed before handing it over. Gunfire overheard west of campus. Unnatural howl overheard near railyard (since identified as hybrid #1). Journal describes long-haired biker vampire (since identified as Daniels), suspected of killing unnamed hunter at railyard. 2025-12-12 Black vans, drones, sniper believed to be connected, possibly Anubis Group (multiple shell companies, ties to Prospect and Los Angeles). Sniper did not attempt to retrieve journal. Anubis Group may be a front or rival of Order of St. Michael. Vegard's orders: do not draw attention, quietly identify root causes and eliminate issues. 2026-01-02 Order of St. Michael seeks Christian relics lost during or after World War I. Current target is "Angel's Blood", aka Sanguis Angelorum, whatever that is. West Horizon Realty LLC (front company, presumably for the Order) has been buying up old churches. Augur_1837 traced to Paladin Games. 2026-01-09 Morgue security guard unnaturally unconscious, rose petals nearby (to frame someone, presumably Gaunt). Court interrogates Marcus's spirit. He sensed the church warding, and talked to someone else about an occult investigation group meeting at a game shop near UC Prospect. Second body (since identified as Bill) dropped off, killed by claw attacks. Court removes body to be investigated elsewhere. 2026-01-15 Court interrogates Bill's spirit. He was killed by an unnatural creature (since identified as hybrid #2; humanoid, claws, bone plating, no pain reaction when shot by police; likely connected to railyard and Echo Bridge events, and black vans; possibly another attempt to frame Gaunt). He may have been killed just for happening to be there. Court investigates Pilot Travel Center. Blood trail leads to large steel culvert beneath road. 2026-01-22 Astral scouting turns up: Hybrid #2, dead or at least incapacitated. A kindred matching the biker's description and MO (since identified as Daniels), severely injured, presumably due to taking out the hybrid. Biker was fed enough to draw him further from the point of Final Death, then staked for safety reasons before both of them were evacuated to the cells at Secrets. 2026-01-29 Biker is unstaked, fed more, and interrogated. Identifies himself as Daniels, deputy to Sheriff Mitchell of Los Angeles, tasked with tracing the hybrids to their source. Says their creators are field-testing them. Used a silver bullet to kill hybrid #1, which was merely distracted by police gunfire. Mentions "strange rumors" about the Court of Prospect, implying prior suspicion that the source was local to us rather than them. Mentions Bright Sun, a holding company shipping freight out of Laguna Beach. About three months ago, they received a major funding increase and expanded throughout the West Coast. Released to contact Sheriff Mitchell, politely invited to attend our court. Hybrid #2 was released from a van, starving. Dragged a trucker out of his truck and fed, spat some blood back into his mouth, then heard Bill nearby and killed him, then was attacked by Daniels. Autopsy of hybrid #2 is pending. 2026-02-05 New leads: Group of people below Redwood underpass (north side of town) behaving erratically, blocking foot traffic. Police reported three homeless men severely disoriented, blackened veins on neck and forearms, before the group dispersed. Railyard security reports possible assault near inactive service spur. Dark viscous residue along gravel and concrete pylons. Wet coughing sounds, then shouting that abruptly stopped. No bodies found. Group of at least five homeless men, one matching appearance of truck driver, dragging people away from bus stop near Pilot Travel Center, behind a fence bordering an industrial access road. Scuffed concrete, dropped transit card, but no further signs of struggle. 2026-02-12 Bus stop victim abducted around midnight, too quickly to put up a fight, dropping transit card in the process. Graffiti on inside panel of bus shelter says "12:13 AM", added shortly after abduction. Truck driver was killed by hybrid, potentially due to being a failed conversion. Drone spotted, tracked to black van parked in alley a few blocks away. Three-person team: driver, armed security in passenger seat, drone operator in rear. Interrogated, then memories wiped: They work for Bright Sun. They were told to monitor the vicinity, but not why. They know to expect infectees. Their supervisor is one Eddie Fordham. About six to nine infectees spotted heading toward the city proper. 2026-02-19 Infectees tailed and neutralized via stake, vehicle collision, and/or thaumaturgy. Person spotted visually monitoring infectees from nearby rooftop. 2026-02-26 Rooftop monitor identified as unacknowledged kindred, staked. Retrieved tracking (and/or attracting?) device, Bright Sun security ID, burner phone. Four more groups of infectees in vicinity, handed off to day shift security prior to sunrise. 2026-03-05 Device specifically tracks walkers (even dead ones) while ignoring kindred. Appears unlikely to also attract them. Rooftop monitor (Greg) unstaked, interrogated. Hybrids are intended to assassinate some people expected to pass through Prospect. Infectees are intended to distract their security. Silver and fire confirmed as hybrid weaknesses. He was pressed into service by Bright Sun as an alternative to being turned into a hybrid. He was tasked with deploying infectees. He doesn't know who the targets are, why they're targets, or why they're being targeted here rather than elsewhere. Two hybrids and about a dozen infectees sighted near Redwood underpass. 2025-03-07 A group of gamers/hobbyists self-identifying as "the Watchers" has been tracking rumors about the attacks, identifying hybrids as "Predators" and infectees as "Drones", and warning people to stay off the streets at night. Madeline pulled strings to get mainstream media to drop the story or dismiss it as online rumor. Torgue found and talked to some ground-level staff at Bright Sun, who don't know anything about the recent expansion except for the high value and security around it. Bright Sun is owned by Solar Maritime Holdings LLC (investment entity for maritime logistics and port-adjacent infrastructure), which is funded by Helios Strategic Investments Ltd. (international investment fund for shipping, infrastructure, and private logistics). Multiple other corporate entities identified, but who owns Helios is unknown, and Torgue's instinct is that further investigation on her own would draw too much attention. 2026-03-12 Gaunt reports that Bright Sun's intended targets believed to be Victor Calderon (Brujah) and Dr. Isabella Varga (Tremere) of Los Angeles, presumably either trying to avoid airport/government monitoring, or transporting something that can't be safely moved by air. Successfully assassinating either or (especially) both may lead to a critical weakness in Prince Thomas's power base. Mikael reports that Bright Sun's increased funding in late 2025 coincided with replacing most C-level executives, including new CEO Elias Varga (no known relation to Isabella) and new COO Mara Keene. Police databases show no open criminal cases or other investigations tied directly to Bright Sun. 2026-03-19 Victor and Isabella contacted, advised to divert from their original route. Two hybrids killed at predicted ambush location. Infectees accompanying them stopped moving afterward, confirmed mindless and disposed of.

Groups of interest Order of St. Michael: Hunter group. Linked to: Journal found by Marcus Sacred Heart Church (safehouse) Cedric Unnamed hunter killed at railyard Father Calder Daniels (pre-existing rival)   The Anubis Group: Mission statement unknown. Linked to: Unmarked black vans Surveillance drones Unnamed sniper who killed Marcus Hybrids Bright Sun Shipping and Logistics (Laguna Beach, funding massively increased in late 2025) The Watchers: Gamers and hobbyists vaguely aware of the hybrids/infectees, warning people to stay off the streets. Potentially linked to: Marcus Avery "Augur_1837" Paladin Games Persons of interest   Marcus Avery: UC Prospect student who found a hunter's journal at a church and staged a video based on it. Shot and killed by sniper while in his dorm. "Augur_1837": Online purveyor of coded-message theories (ad campaigns etc.) with significant following. Pointed a finger vaguely in the neighborhood of Emerald Plaza. Unnamed Sniper who killed Marcus. Unnamed Hunter killed at railyard, beheaded by sword. Deputy Jeffrey Daniels of Los Angeles. Killed unnamed hunter at railyard, hybrids #1 and #2, and injured Cedric. Unnamed Graffiti Artist drawing additional attention to Holland Alley. Recommend Toreador track him down and subtly redirect him elsewhere. Cedric, Order of St. Michael hunter. Operating out of church. Injured by unnamed biker vampire. Has a handler. Probably evacuated to Los Angeles. Father Calder. Last priest assigned to the church. Died circa 2022-2023. Unnamed Trucker killed at Pilot Travel Center. Body suspected stolen. Bill, accountant. Killed at Pilot Travel Center. Hybrid(s) with elements of Tzimisce/Gangrel/Nosferatu. #1 heard near UC Prospect around time of Marcus's death. Distracted by police gunfire, killed by Daniels via silver bullet. Body stolen. #2 killed unnamed trucker and Bill. Killed by Daniels via sword. #3 and #4 spotted near Redwood underpass, then dispersed. #5 and #6 (possibly same as #3 and #4) spotted just north of Prospect, killed. Infectees, multiple small groups of kine dosed with hybrid's black blood. Unnamed Field Team, three kine monitoring hybrid #2. Interrogated, neuralyzed and released. Eddie Fordham, field team's supervisor. Greg, unacknowledged Gangrel, tasked with deploying infectees, staked and held for interrogation. Prince Vannevar Thomas, Ventrue, Prince of Los Angeles. May be Bright Sun's intended indirect target. Victor Calderon, Brujah, and Dr. Isabella Varga, Tremere. Bright Sun's intended direct targets. Powerful enough to significantly strengthen Prince Thomas's power base if they support him, or significantly weaken it if they oppose him or are assassinated. Successfully diverted from intended kill box just north of Prospect. Elias Varga, CEO of Bright Sun since late 2025. No known relation to Isabella. Mara Keene, COO of Bright Sun since late 2025. Places of interest Holland Alley: Four blocks north of UC Prospect. (4th and Comet/Belvedere.) Video was staged here. Graffiti. Gawkers: many. Prospect Freight Terminal, East Yard: Two miles east of city center. (Ash and Broadway.) Abandoned. Hunter's journal was found here. Hunter (Order of St. Michael brand) was decapitated and ripped open here by Daniels. Gawkers: none (yet). Echo Bridge, aka Ramsgate Underpass: South of UC Prospect. (4th and Comet/Lincoln.) Hybrid #1 was here, shot by police officers to little effect, killed by Daniels. Gawkers: some. Sacred Heart Church, aka West End Church: Crudely boarded up soon after Father Calder's death, unusually untouched since (presumably warded). Paladin Games. Near UC Prospect, two blocks away from Holland Alley. (4th and Comet/Belvedere.) Augur_1837 frequents it. Unnamed game shop mentioned by Marcus's spirit. Near UC Prospect. Same as Paladin? Pilot Travel Center. National City (just south of Prospect). Hybrid #2 was released here, killing unnamed trucker and Bill before being killed by Daniels.