Chapter 40: Tribunal
Valemorte Malkavia roosted like a fortress of impenetrable supremacy upon The Crown of Nizir. This towering mountain peak was nowhere near Twilight City. Lord Grave, the most powerful lord of lords, The literal Hand of Ambrogio, existed here. Outside civilization, nested somewhere far, far west, where nature roamed free.
It was here, beneath a half-moon, where Noctavion Vladimus and Lady Countessa arrived before an audience of vampyrial nobles, figureheads from across the nation participating in this special summit hearing.
The other lords: Lord Shade of Imperia City, Lord Rom of Blacksun, Lord Onyx of Empire City, and Lord Nessa of Queen City, appeared as mystic holograms. Their altars of projection were stationed alongside Lord Grave, who sat on his obsidian throne. Standing at his side was his daughter, the slim and curvy Persephone.