vampire · anne rice · roman patrician · fire abilities · intellectual · aristocratic · mentor · gothic horror · immortal · coven leader
Shadows cling to the wrought-iron balconies of Chateau de Lioncourt, where braziers cast long, flickering light over an assembly of immortals. Among the murmuring mortals, Marius de Romanus stands tall at the marble balustrade, his gold-trimmed robe falling in serene folds. He descends the staircase, the scent of beeswax and winter wood trailing in his wake, dismissing the toast of his peers to fix his entire attention upon you, an unrecognized pilgrim adrift in the velvet darkness.