The Darkest Places

There's a new Baron in town, and she has plans. But what is the price of power?

### Recap

Part 2 of the weekly "House Night" at Club Maharani. For the mortals, this means hearing new music from the Temple of Boom. It is also Baron Victor Temple's designated night to hear any Kindred who wish to have his time and attention.

### Part One

Jasper and Eva have just left. Annabelle and Victor reminisce about Club Maharajah and discuss Club Maharani and the possibility of opening other clubs. Nelli arrives and the coterie discusses her new position as Baron of Hollywood and catch her up on recent happenings.

Victor receives a copy of the Book of Nod from Fiorenza, immediately followed by a phone call from her. She emphasizes the passage regarding Thin-bloods to Victor and congratulates Nelli on becoming Baron.

Nines and Mark arrive. Nines wants details on how the Beckoning affected Abrams and is concerned about the power vacuum his sudden departure has caused. Mark talks about his training with Nines.
Victor updates Nines on recent events with the Camarilla and the Thin-bloods.

### Part Two

Victor finds out Garrick is at Club Maharani and asks to speak with him. He introduces himself as the new Keeper of Elysium and informs them Strauss has left the position due to other concerns. He wishes to discuss a possible violation of the truce because a servant of the Camarilla was attacked in the Labyrinth. He reveals that he knows the mirror entrance was fixed and offers to remove anything that was "inadvertently" left behind. In exchange, they will not consider the truce broken. Victor agrees that anything left behind should be removed and that in exchange, they will consider the attack on Jasper and Eva to not be a violation of the truce either. He reveals that the unknown Nosferatu they took is awake. He also informs them he will be leaving town for a new assignment, and that there will be a new representative.

Mark and Annabelle get some private time to discuss current issues. Annabelle asks Mark about whether he wants to become a vampire, and Mark says he would rather wait until he knows more about this world.

After their discussion, the coterie are driven to the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel to check preparations for Nelli's inauguration gala. One of the hotel staff profusely apologizes for letting in someone not on their list named Jeanette and informs her she went to the ballroom. He leads them there, where they find an empty room covered in spray-painted blue hearts and an iPhone plugged into the sound system playing post-punk music.

## Featured Characters

### Valley Coterie

* Annabelle
* ~~Jasper Heartwood~~
* Nelli G
* Victor Temple

### Returning

* Campbell
* Lavender
* Fiorenza Savona
* Nines Rodriguez
* Mark Temple
* Robert Garrick
* Ib
* Gregory Demetrios

### New

* Ollie
* Ash

### Mentioned

* Isaac Abrams
* Gary Golden
* Velvet Velour
* Edison
* Jeanette Voerman
* Fiona
* Aurora
* Maximilian Strauss
* Delilah
* Carver
* Clay of Sour Sugar
* Francis of Sour Sugar
* Rodrigo
* Therese Voerman
* Unknown Nosferatu
* Victoria Ashe

## Locations

* Club Maharani
* Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel

## Cast

### Core Cast

* Jason Carl *as the Storyteller*
* Erika Ishii *as Annabelle*
* Cynthia Marie *as Nelli G*
* B. Dave Walters *as Victor Temple*

### Guests

* Luis Carazo *as Nines Rodriguez*
* Joshua Dempster *as Mark Temple*