OLD ADMIN RECAPS.

• date: june 8th 2024. 

welcome to the paris institute. and welcome, to the peace treaty anniversary ball. hosted by alec lightwood & magnus bane, and in association with rieker academy & lochmoor institute, we welcome you to a night of celebration: of excess and indulgence. to those granted entry, you will enter a world— a single night, where no ask cannot be met. all you could desire is offered and every taste is catered to. this night is about celebration, about unity. and forgetting all sense of time and a world outside.

the night wears on and those gathered, those partying and mingling are clearly enjoying themselves. but after a few hours, something unplanned occurs. and those gathered soon find they are at the centre of something truly destructive and ugly. 

in the aftermath, one question circles: who let them in? all that anyone could recall was a distinct laugh, a vaguely familiar mop of curls, and a red, glowing magic before the chaos unfolded. 

in moments, the party descends into chaos. unknown figures attack, fighting breaks out. it's a mixture of magic and weapons and teeth. it's ugly and cruel, and in spite of the ideal location to be able to fight back, there are losses. and at one point, a particular white haired vampire is very nearly taken by those he would once call family. 

and in the final moments, two hooded figures step forth amid the chaos. uncloaked, an ugly, dark and twisting formation of magic explodes outwards from their fingertips, destroying part of the sacred building. only their words remain, whispered on the air as they leave "power to the order of shade."

• date: friday 13th december 2024.

it's the last friday 13th of the year, and surrounded by thousands of adoring fans, the vampire lestat take to the stage in death valley. an ideal location for the final night of their short and sweet, highly anticipated tour— one that has propelled them to even further heights of fame. but a night of music wasn't the only thing in store it would seem. while band members fill the stage, lestat is the last to join and what better way, than quite literally flying onto the stage and declaring to all that he was a vampire, and he would have their blood that night. reports after will likely talk of stage theatrics and look for many ways to explain it away, but how will they explain what followed? barely five songs in, the crowds heating up, and horror that couldn't be been predicted explodes into view. to those in the know, it's easy to understand what happened... vampires rushing the stage, an attempt on lestat's life. blood and gore and then— fire. a queen returned. and the lead singer? gone. 

on the final night of their tour, lead singer of the vampire lestat continued to drive the knife in by declaring himself a vampire, further infuriating the vampires out there of his kind that had been stewing for some time now. they finally broke, diving onto stage to attack him. but before they could land too deadly a blow, akasha, the queen of the damned, mother of all vampires stepped into view. attacking vampires were set alight by her, reduced to ash and before she stole lestat away, she left a promise: death to all those that would stand against her.

• post dated: january 30th 2025. 

  following on from events that took place in new orleans earlier in the week (seeing the escape and return of lestat de lioncourt), this friday 31st will see a final escalation of horrors within the vampiric and wider supernatural world. after the attack committed by akasha in december, and following on from numerous horrific massacres around the world since then, the vampire queen has turned her gaze upon those making a stand against her. 

in new orleans a misfit group of vampires and those aligned with the downworld came together with mixed intentions. one, to escape and retreat to safety, and another with the aim to stand by those retreating. it got... messy, to say the least. and in a loud and ugly way. but slowly, those involved are now filtering back to new york, heading for the de romanus mansion in order to connect with other gatherings of vampire's that are determined to take a stand against the vampire queen who has made the promise to wipe all vampire's but a select few from existence. 

in short, the vampires know they are fucked and they need to act fast. capturing akasha isn't enough, they know she won't ever be held or stopped for long, but outright killing her will result in the death of every vampire across the world. so that isn't an option. but... finding a way to transfer the sacred core from her being, into another? now that just might work. and so, those within the mansion begin to reach out to powerful magic users, any they can, anyone that wants to stand with them.

follow up post, february 1st 2025: 

THE VAMPIRE QUEEN AKASHA IS DEAD! 

after an extremely stressful stand off against akasha, things were... somewhat successful? the sacred vampiric core that once was home within akasha has now been transferred into the vampire mekare who will now attempt to properly rule as vampire queen, without a doubt with the intention to bring in some updated laws and... well. an attempt to protect the fragile state the vampiric world will now be in for quite some time. there's a lot to recover and rebuild and figure out. 

there were, of course, a lot of losses and failures. so for a full breakdown, keep an eye on the recaps channel as those involved in the event sum up their own character's events.

INDIVIDUAL CHARACTER RECAPS // as written by server members. 

side note, yes, these are very often written in a more light-hearted, casual, funny tone! also not everyone did these all the time!

may 8th 2024 // the heaven heist! 

ADMIN ANDY'S RECAPS: 

• a small group (arielle, crowley, sebastian belgrave & with the aid of lucifer at the start) broke into heaven. their aim was, mostly, to retrieve certain artefacts that arielle needed but along the way, they were able to acquire something for lucifer, and also for sebastian.

• of course... this ended up going fucky and heaven discovered their presence there (bc rip a human/not-human, a demon, and a rogue angel walk into heaven—) and retaliated.

• this included metatron appearing and attacking the gang.

• on a personal character level for me, sebastian got hella fucked up by divine magic/powers but then went on to eventually recover with the help of his twin soul, elijah moore. 

• crowley got a little beat up in the fight, but nothing to major. he's mostly just pissed about what happened to arielle...

MERI'S RECAPS: 

arielle character level

• after the heist, she was spirited away back to heaven where she was put through an ordeal. God wiped her memories - but only part of it stuck... only her memories from the moment she met Hugo Cartier to the present time were wiped completely.

• her wings got yoinked

• she is unwell and fucked up on multiple levels yay

june 8th 2024 // the ball! 

ADMIN ANDY'S RECAPS: 

• magnus was, of course, very much enjoying the evening up until the attack. he very much since then has been wrestling with a lot of guilt. after all, it was his magic that was broken through, his magic that was supposed to protect the event while only letting the right people in. so of course he's been working tirelessly to try and figure out how it all happened

• rowan, although very much on frontlines to try and help and deal with the attack, was a tad distracted by the appearance of a literal blast from his past. he's got some complex feelings around the event. it was meant to be a way to truly welcome lochmoor into the wider world, more public than they have ever been. but, he's not about to step back. if anything, he's now just going to try harder to help the world he's a part of. 

• sebastian is still, and is going to remain very pissed about shit. people got hurt, and he can't help but blame himself. the order of shade are tied to him, to his fate and destiny. he thinks it's his fault and his responsibility. so of course, since the ball, he has barely slept while attempting to hunt them down and resolve this. definitely put up a good front fighting at the event as well as protective, shielding magic to those that needed it.

• dorian got Fuckt Up by a big old slashing wound to his back. fought hard, but inevitably needed to be scooted away by thea who came to his aid bc this damsel was in such distress

• armand, in truth, was kind of having a great time okay. he loved the theatrics. on the wow im so sad and bitter i wasn't a part of this not even bc he wants to cause shit but,,, he gets bored ok and needs enrichment-- probably now being a nosey little bitch trying to connect with anyone involved. also was a cunt to marya, so, there's THAT

• lestat vc: how DARE I NOT BE THE CENTRE OF ATTENTION... wait what do you mean louis is hurt--

• honestly the rest of my fucks that were present were mostly Vibing ok,,, crowley was being a snoop around the institute more than anything, probably walked in late like 'wut',,, viktor was busy with aemilia bc good for them, lucifer wasn't invited and honestly it's so shocking like wow imagine that, amara/death was Busy but unfortunately was dragged there at the end for Work, enzo was absolutely outta there the second shit hit the fan, quentin was a dramatic bitch throwing himself into danger. 

LEX'S RECAPS: 

• Aziraphale: due to recent events with heaven/arielle, he was conflicted up until the ball and remains somewhat conflicted still because now there’s something new to deal with but for the most part I feel like he has decided he is going to fall, he is just trying to figure out a plan to pull the wool over metatrons eyes. fun times but yeah no hurt for him at the ball, I suspect he was trying to help people ( so if anyone wants him to have helped with some healing, I’m down ).

• Eliot Waugh: spicy boy out here still trying to find a way to feel nothing while currently feeling everything, definitely dropped the warding and let the order of shade in. ( so you know if anyone might’ve seen him or maybe suspects him gimme a poke ).

• Jace: I feel like he had to have got hurt, he’s been so consumed in ignoring most important things that he’s been reckless and even more so when it comes to protecting the people he loves that he has left.

• louis: okay so i feel like he’s been running on minimal food/just enough to survive. so the ball and the chaos took that from him, he’s feeling weak and is as hurt as a vampire could possibly be but he’s stubborn. so he’d rather suffer than ask for help. Haha we love pain

july 9th-11th 2024 // the angel arielle & the fuckening from heaven!

• ARIEL has been threatened offered the deal of a life time. Megatron Metatron has threatened told Ariel that she has two choices: stay on the mortal plane and be punished further or return to Heaven with her memory intact.

• Ariel is TikTok Voice "imgunnahaveabreakdown"

post metatron face off

• Arielle has a break down and goes to see hugo

• Arielle, Hugo, and Aemilia begin regrowing Arielle's memory from the single seed so generously offered by Metatron

• Heaven got big mad, but guess what? It didn't matter.

• Hugo remakes Arielle, thus severing her ties from Heaven forever.

• Arielle's memories will be restored completely over the period of a week or to prevent overwhelming her. She has key moments, and abilities back.

january 28th & 29th 2025 // new orleans vampire time!! 

ADMIN ANDY'S RECAPS: 

• lestat was Busy in a hotel room reuniting with louis, very emotional in the aftermath of essentially two months spent trapped by akasha, doing terrible things under her influence, broken out of the trance by feeling louis' pain and so, he came to help him and heal him. does that, but then eddie comes in with fries like,,, sorry to interrupt,,, and makes them Very Aware of the fact something is Not Right with eddie and,,,

• hello there, tis steve and co (team steggy as the misfits have been referred as!!!) come to collect their eddie that has been oN THE FUCKING RUN LIKE A LIL BITCH,,,  (we love u eddie ur having a time but COMMUNICATE WITH UR IDIOTS U KNOW WHAT THEY ARE LIKE FOR PANICKING—),

• cut to steve waving and trying desperately to convince eddie to come back with them and explain what is happening with him/why he's freaking out

• oh hi lestat good to see ur not dead

• oh shit fuck ok eddie has blood rage eDDIE HAS BLOOD RAGE AND WONT LET GO OF THE STEVE,,, OH FUCKETH,,,,

• so steve gets his neck chomped and nearly bleeds out,, thats a THING,,, very fun!!

• lestat flies off with eddie and louis to go back to NY and the mansion to,,, get their shit together and PLAN for the impending akasha attack that is now absolutely made worse by lestat having lEFT HER,,, its fine totally fine

• steve's Suffering but at least matthew's private jet was ready to get EVERYONE back home again

• ... profit???

LEX'S RECAPS: 

• Just a quick one for my idiots but most of it was covered perfectly. so I won’t rehash everything!

• louis got the delulu while lestat was away, wasn’t fun and because im emo, i figured let’s bring forward some of the merrick parts. so louis in his sadness heard about people seeing the ghost of claudia through merrick who absolutely was just poking at him because she wanted to join the vamp party and so he began to spiral. grabbed eddie and headed to new orleans. shit went bad and the ‘ghost’ of claudia tried to attack them, it left louis feeling hopeless and so he tried to burn. the pain connected with lestat but not before he’s drank from eddie and merrick. it’s all cool and then he drank from lestat and the fun mixture now means he has the fire gift haha fun times — his life goes up in flames and it shows up

• eddie got drained at the show that started it all by creepy marius, was saved by matthew because let’s be honest as constipated as he is he cares about poor idiots. past few months and no blood rage, so eddie really thought he was good but he did see lestat for a bit and shares that with Louis. that’s how those two got together for New Orleans.

• eddie truly said let me sneak off but louis you know with his morality let matthew know he’d made sure he was okay ( you’re a liar louis ). louis had lied to eddie and said he was trying to get the help of a powerful witch, it’s fine.

• eddie gets emo it triggers the blood rage just enough to pull louis back from killing merrick and then he leaves louis to the mess mentioned above because he’s going insane, he ends up killing a few talamasca but doesn’t really know what any of that means ( oops ). he returns and he just manages to pull louis away from the sun light, manages to feed him enough blood for lestat to come and the reunion ensues.,

• shit happens and eddie hurts steve and peggy. he doesn’t feel good about it and Louis ( shocker ) is a liar but we love him. they both enjoy being flight passengers in lestat’s arms and probably both want to cry.

• that’s that nyoom

MERI'S RECAPS: 

• Recap of my idiots

• what they said,

• peggy was there and has a bruised wrist from the encounter and an immense amount of guilt for making it worse,

• marcus went to help his dad and spent the time making sarcastic comments and stitching Steve's neck closed.,

• Profit

JESSE'S RECAPS: 

• okay here is my two dweebs from Earlier in the week they sure Showed Up:

• jonathan literally just Yoinked Elliot from his apartment like “hey i have a thing for you” and elliot was like “jesus whatever man let go of my hair” and they hopped on the next flight they could get to NOLA

• they were at the back of the “get that metalhead back” squad, elliot was really ready to Get In There but at the end of the day he’s just a ex-hunter turned mediator-general-dogsbody who was like “yeah… that guy’s getting Aggro I don’t think i should… try and cram my oar in there too”

• Jonathan making stressed noises through all of this

• stressed noises increase as Steve gets chewed on

• which follows with Jonathan and elliot catching the ride back with the rest of the crew where Jonathan got Real Grumpy but the “i care way too much let me help and do Something” way

• EL FIN

january 31st // akasha's attack & defeat! 

ADMIN ANDY'S RECAPS: 

• WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED TO ANDY'S FUCKS, akasha's defeat edition: 

• so, lets start with lestat. he managed to fight off the influence from akasha still tightly gripping him, mostly again, due to the grounding force of louis beside him, but also out of a desperate need to protect everyone present, including those he loves and cherishes most. tried to distract akasha as best he could, got a fair bit roughed up in the process, but in the end he was one of the vampires that kept akasha held for long enough, draining her blood. he did very nearly rip her heart out with the aim to consume the sacred core since things were looking sketchy for a while there, he feared if he didn't act, she'd get free. thankfully, it didn't come to that. so now instead, he's just left with his immense guilt over everything that has happened since he was first captured.

• armand mostly kept to the shadows, protecting benji and sybelle, but his own love for others meant he too stepped forth in the end to attack. in fact, he was the one that led the first wave of vampires in to attack akasha, momentarily putting the protection of others over looking out for his own life. he got pretty hurt throughout, and he's... incredibly mad with marius for the manipulations he pulled on eddie. pretty content that lestat smashed marius' head into a wall though. complicated maker feelings aside, that was satisfying to see.

• simon is currently in a magical coma. they will soon discover the act of taking his immortality for the ritual was of course successful, but for now, in the fragile state the fuckening of magic put him in, he's in a coma. more to come with the outcomes of THAT later,, hehe

• sebastian,,, merely Vibes,,, again, more to come later for Reasons 

• magnus is exhausted from keeping magic in balance and working alongside aemilia as well as loaning her an extra magical boost. worried for simon, curious over what the fuck happened with peggy and due to having known her mother a long time ago, magnus decided to bring peggy back to the new york institute in order to keep a watch on her and figure out what the Fuck is going on.

• OH AND STEVE!! so,,, what was going on with steve huh?? well,,, not too far into things Kicking Off steve seemed to enter a trance-like state. full on eyes rolled back, there was some ear bleeding, it was a MESS... more will without a doubt unravel on that one later and as he talks about it, it's going to become very clear he was in a dissociative state experiencing visions. but due to the uncontrolled nature of this with steve, it wasn't something he was able to control and be useful with, sad face

LEX'S RECAPS: 

• Okay here goes the recap for the event !!

• Louis is having a time but also weird that he’s the most together muse rn. he came to stand by lestat, got mad enough and fighty enough during the fight that he used his fire gift to try and hurt akasha not once but twice. definitely was on team distract. was also scared for a second there that lestat was gonna have to eat her heart and respectfully he doesn’t know how the fuck to deal with everything that’s happened recently.

• matthew is a complicated being, definitely feels guilty that he couldn’t do more for the people he cares about but he’s also glad it’s over and he’s just tying to figure out how to put all the pieces back together again and wants to try and figure out how to help Eddie.

• Jace is a mess, truly the beginning of him feeling like the universe just might have it out for him. he doesn’t know the full extent of Simon’s deal and he got a little messed up, few broken ribs and a flesh wound but nothing too bad. the worst part is feeling guilty, feeling like he should’ve told the vampires to get fucked and should’ve dragged simon away from everything before he got hurt. now he just blames himself and it’s only gonna get worse from here on out.

• eddie is not good, not good at all. pre event he really thought he could figure everything out and then it just got bad. marius was in his head and he got a good jump at akasha, definitely got to say his piece but what did it all cost. he feels weak and guilty, he let marius win because now peggy is possibly hurt really bad and that’s all his fault. after New Orleans, he just doesn’t feel like being around people he can hurt. he’s concentrating on healing from being impaled and then he’s going away. he’s gonna concentrate on finding away to kill marius and if that fails, god knows but definitely darker vibes. he’s not doing good. not at all.

MERI'S RECAPS: 

• Meri's Menaces

• Aemilia was there, did her job, and is Extremely Cranky. More on her later.

• Diana showed up to offer support to her family in the end - ended up helping heal Eddie after he got Olaf'd.

• Marcus had a nice chat with Akasha (read: mouthed off) and tried to help regulate Eddie. However, Steve experienced some sort of fit and he had to try to give him medical attention. He pawned Steve off to Matthew when he saw Eddie was not in control and attacking Peggy, got flash banged by the light, and then went to help get Eddie of the sharp stone he got impaled on. made many sarcastic comments.

• Peggy had a brief chat with Akasha, surprisingly, She got to use some magic to defend Eddie and her friends.... and got flung around quite a bit. She ended up getting snacked on... but something within herself exploded as Aemilia's magic brushed up against hers..... Boom. Things got bad and she is unconscious. She was swept away by Magnus Bane.