"Joshua and Joseph aren't the ones you need to worry about. Oh, don't get me wrong, I certainly wouldn't cross them if I could avoid it. But ultimately, they're contained. Lord Mandali keeps a firm leash on Joshua, and Joshua has his brother well Enthralled. "It's Rose you should be watching. She may be 'just' a dhampyr, but she's older and more powerful than most of the aristocrats. She even used to be a Hunter before she was Enthralled. Worse, she wasn't Enthralled by Lord Mandali; he bought her later. I'm shocked he doesn't keep a shorter leash on her. She's behaved herself for centuries, running her nightclub and minding her own business, but frankly, I think the right situation would send her back to the Hunters Guild, and then we'd all be in trouble. "Let's just hope she keeps minding her own business, shall we?" Three characters from a story I'm playing with, a sort of Vampire Hunter D meets Casablanca. ^_~. Rose, the owner of the "Rose Garden" club, and her two bouncers, Joshua the vampire and his Enthralled twin brother, Joseph. Special thanks to smerc and everyone else who provides freebies to the community.