Vespertilio Lupus

**Vespertilio Lupus** premiered on June 5th, 2018 and ended on the same day. It was created by Jonny Christie and starred returning players Antoine SinClaire, Corey Sexton, Cory Mazzarelli, Richie Maynard, Newcomer Javier Jimenez, and Veteran roleplayer Darryl Walaszek. It was the fourth One-Shot of the Athantopia brand.

Vespertilio Lupus is set in the *Underworld* film franchise during the events of the fourth film *Underworld: Awakening* and follows both Lycan and Vampires chasing after a young boy for an unspecified reason.

## Vespertilio Lupus

### Players

Javier JimenezRichie Maynard

Cory Mazzarelli

Corey Sexton

Antoine SinClaire

Darryl Walaszek

### Preceded By

Last Remnant: Union of the Golden Chalice

## Synopsis

*The Vampires and the Lycans have been at war for centuries. For a thousand years the war has been kept relatively secret thanks to Alexander Corvinus, the first immortal. However, his cleaners have been exterminated by his first born, Marcus. A young Death Dealer named Selene avenged Corvinus by killing Marcus and absorbing his immunity to sunlight. She and her lover, a hybrid named Michael, have gone missing and humans have begun purging the Vampire and Lycan races. Now, head of the Western Coven, Lavarus, has sent his death dealers to recover a young boy who he believes will be the key to turning the war against humanity and lycan-kind alike.*

Kaspur and Caius are patiently waiting at the train station for their target. Across the way, two Lycan have spotted them and are keeping tabs. They are Vixaris and Slevas of the Decavian den. The train pulls in and the pride parade as well as a small boy exits on the Lycan’s side. Kaspur immediately slams into the train as Caius attempts to break through the crowd. Immediate chaos ensues. Caius gets to the boy and attempts to take him with him but Vix and Slevas are there to halt his advances. The two sides get into it and it ends with Caius getting trapped on the train heading south. Vix and Slevas get the boy to their car and take off but Kaspur is hot on their trail. They manage to evade him, for now.

Caius returns to the coven and finds Kaspur patiently waiting. He shrugs off the simpleton and heads to Lavarus’ office to report their failure. The man is less than satisfied. He tells them that boy is the only way their plan works and sends them back out when the sun sets again. Vix and Slevas return to their den, an abandoned hospital with the boy in tow. They immediately go to Decavian who is having a conversation with Gray. Decavian asks the boy his name and he says his name is Gregory. Vix mentions the vampires were after him. Gray immediately goes to research further. Vix questions Gregory and gets no answers because plot. Caius tells Kaspur he plans to make a deal with the Lycans but their MoA, Blaine mentions that he can get them in and out without the wolves being ever the wiser. They agree and head to the den. Despite their full-proof plan, Vixaris was expecting them to make an appearance so she has men patrolling and on the lookout. Gray is hard at work figuring out the connection Gregory has to the vampires. He grabs Vix and Slevas and rushes to Decavian with his newfound knowledge. This gives the vampires a window to get in and grab the boy. Gray starts rambling about a rumored fourth elder vampire and he believes Gregory is the key to resurrecting them. It’s hard to follow. Kaspur finds the boy who immediately starts shouting so he panics and knocks the kid out. Caius meets back up with him and tells him to get the boy out as fast as he can. Kaspur jumps through the window, causing a shatter. Vix hears this and immediately runs back to her room. Gray follows suit and as soon as they get to the room he transforms and jumps out the window after them giving chase. Vix decides to be less dramatic and heads for her car, grabbing Slevas as well. The vampires get to the van and they take off. Gray is keeping pace and the others aren’t far behind. The wolf catches up to the van and jumps up onto it. Kaspur and Caius fire up through the roof at him and nicks the attacker. Vix is driving up behind at an increasing pace. In order to halt the van, Gray uses all of his strength to flip the van on its side, just as they reach the bridge. Vix accelerates just enough to catch Gray as he’s falling and he slams into her hood. She’s not happy. Caius takes this opportunity to extract some of the boy’s blood and jumps into the river below. Vixaris’ anger turns into fury when Gray hands her his notes and takes his last breath. She kills Blaine and Slevas grabs the boy.

Kaspur is prepared to be friendly but he trips and falls into the river below. The lycans head home with the boy and the notes. Vix goes over Gray’s notes and puts together that the vampires only needed his blood, not his body and brings this news to Decavian. They get the clan together and head towards the Western Coven. Meanwhile, Caius has returned with Gregory’s blood. Lavarus thanks his subordinate as Kaspur returns and they go to the chamber below. Lavarus has Kaspur open the tomb as he pours the blood into the mouth of the corpse. It’s eyes immediately open and its skin and muscles grow back in record time. It is the fourth Elder, Janus. He asks where Marcus is and Lavarus informs him he is dead. Janus is displeased and decapitates the coven leader. Caius and Kaspur immediately get to their knees and submit to their deity. He tells them they are his underlings and he blinks to the surface and begins slaughtering the failed coven. At this point, The Lycans arrive and realize they now have a bigger threat to deal with. All except Vixaris transform and the three-way battle begins. Slevas tosses a few ultra-light grenades and one impacts Caius, killing him. He transforms and charges at Janus, who rips the wolf in half. This causes Vix to get to Kaspur and convinces him to help her kill Janus. The vampire tosses the belt of ultra-violet grenades into the center of the room and fires at it, killing himself and hurting Janus. Vix takes this opportunity to charge the elder, transforming and revealing that she is an uber-lycan. They trade blows until it appears Janus will win but Gregory, who has been watching this entire battle from the sidelines, awakens a force within himself and sends Janus through some sort of wormhole. Fearing himself, the boy flees and Vixaris returns to her human form. She grabs the sword Janus had and takes it to a volcano to dispose of. Once she does, an adult Gregory across the magma tells her it is time.

## Cast

### Main

* Vixaris
* Kaspur
* Slevas
* Caius
* Gray McBeth
* Janus

### Supporting

* The Boy
* Lavarus
* Decavian
* Blaine

## Deaths

* Gray McBeth
* Blaine
* Lavarus
* Caius
* Slevas
* Kaspur

## Trivia

* Originally planned to be a battle of two sides in Christie's life. Home and Work. With the Lycans being his co-workers and the vampires being his good friends. However, the week before two of his co-workers dropped out so after some re-arranging the cast ended up being a mix of individuals from different core groups.
* Set in the *Underworld* film universe because it is Christie's favorite movie franchise.
* Uses the rulesets of *Vampire: The Masquerade* and *Werewolf: The Apocalypse* respectively.
* "The Boy" is actually a very young Gregory, showing that he can appear at any point in any capacity.
* The title *Vespertilio Lupus* translates from Latin to *Bat Wolf*.