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iravaid · 2 years

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Malkavian LaCroix AU - Nines/LaCroix - Graphic Depictions of Violence

Complete - 160k words, 27 chapters

A full moon hangs in the sky, three days after the Battle of Waterloo.

While Sebastian LaCroix was intended for clan Ventrue, the Malkavians had other plans.

In the twenty-first century, as the Anarch Free State begins to dissolve, everyone expects the Camarilla to make their move in an attempt to reclaim Los Angeles. But no one thought they'd install a Malkavian, of all things, as Prince. There's more than a fair share of uproar on both sides.

Jack, of course, thinks it's the funniest thing to happen to the city in decades, who knows what'll happen next.

After a long, long time I finally finished my malkavian lacroix fic! felt right to make a long chapter summary, with warnings, for people to take a look at.

I also have a playlist for this fic! Right Here

Chapter links below:

1 - The Transylvania Effect

In the aftermath of Waterloo, under the light of a full moon, Sébastien La Croix meets his demise.

2 - Living Death

Sébastien La Croix wakes up and experiences Kindred neonate-hood. In Los Angeles, Smiling Jack watches as Prince LaCroix makes his debut.

Warning for implied rape

3 - Childe Amidst the Flowers

Dover’s Ventrue Prince offers Sébastien the chance for an out from his Sire’s coterie.

Warning for graphic depiction of someone being bludgeoned to death

Art of this scene by @beanphomet

4 - The Thaw of Spring

Sébastien recovers from the aftermath of the previous chapter. In LA, Nines Rodriguez and Prince LaCroix meet face to face.

5 - Lear 1:4

Sebastian strains against his patron in South Africa, following the captivity of a Nagloper from the mines.

Warning for violence, gore, panic attacks, and immolation - the lattermost involves a scene where kerosene is poured on someone’s face

6 - Carnival of Horrors

Prince LaCroix convinces Nines to investigate a murder scene with him.

Warning for graphic description of a mutilated corpse

7 - New York, New York

Sebastian LaCroix’s ninety years in New York City and his carving a place in the Camarilla. He learns how to fly.

Warning for violence, self-harm, threatened infanticide, mild sexual content, eye trauma, and allusions to past sexual assault

8 - Lyssa, Goddess of Frenzy

Nines finds the monster waiting in the junkyard, Sebastian comes to his aid.

Warning for graphic descriptions of violence, injury, and animal death

9 - Feel the Heat Beneath Your Fingers

Nines and Sebastian have a talk, following the events of the junkyard.

Warning for mild sexual content

10 - Saccades

The year long affair between Nines Rodriguez and Sebastian LaCroix.

Warning for mild sexual content, self harm, and mentions of gang violence.

11 - The Game Begins, A Pawn Is Moved

The Fledgling makes their appearance.

12 - The Curious Case of the City of Angels

In Los Angeles, Sebastian and the Sheriff investigate the Elizabeth Dane. In New York City, Gianni D’Angelo and Qadir al-Asmai investigate Sebastian.

13 - Night at the Museum: Bloodlines

Sebastian seeks out the Sarcophagus in the Museum of Natural History, as does a certain historian.

Warning for violence, graphic description of a mutilated corpse, and references to dissociation

14 - What Goes Around

Nines’ actions with the Prince catch up to him. Sebastian visits the Hollywood Cemetery.

Warning for blackmail and mentions of sex

15 - Ziener van Ardennen

The Deb of Night airs. Sebastian and the Sheriff are directed to 609 King’s Way.

Warning for body horror, gore - general Vicissitude and Tzimisce jackassery

16 - Sever

Sebastian and Nines talk. It devolves.

Warning for threats of violence, mentions of gore

17 - Shedding Light

Damsel overhead their argument. Strauss approaches Beckett.

18 - The Giovanni Job

Bertram, Knox, Mitnick, Imalia, and some guy in a gimp suit rob the Giovanni.

Warning for violence and gore

19 - Come Stay! At The Cecil Hotel!

Sebastian and Beckett infiltrate the Cecil Hotel. A cab driver watches from the curb.

Warning for gun violence

20 - What Goes Around Reprise

Nothing remains hidden forever - Sebastian realises this when he returns to Venture Tower.

21 - Long Time No See

Sebastian comes face to face with his past, and is thrown out a window,

Warning for violence, eye trauma, and knife injuries

22 - Foxhole Musings

Sebastian, Mercurio, and the Sheriff regroup following the events in Venture Tower.

Warning for description of eye inury

Commission of this scene by @shrocreative

23 - Dragon's Stoop

The Sabbat make their attack on the Last Round. Nines encounters Andrei.

Warning for body horror, violence, gore, and graphic description of injury

24 - Lextalionis

Sebastian attempts to flee Santa Monica while evading the blood hunt. He gets a cab.

Warning for violence and a panic attack

25 - You're Going to China

Dissuaded from fleeing the city, Sebastian makes Ming Xiao an offer for a trade.

26 - Zulo

The Anarchs launch their counter-attack against the Sabbat. Nines gets help from an unlikely source.

Warning for gore, body horror, and graphic description of injury

27 - All That Could Ever Be

Horrified, yet resigned to his fate, Sebastian returns to Venture Tower. The conflict for Los Angeles comes to a head.

Warning for torture, violence, mild body horror, and descriptions of gore

There is an embedded link to a song meant to be listened to as a companion to the final scene

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vtmb-references · 3 years

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The Sheriff Reference

#VTM #VTMB #vtmb reference #vtmbref #vampire the masquerade #Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines #the sheriff #sheriff vtm #nagloper #camarilla vtm #downtown #art reference #reference #screenshot #ngl his chiropteran minotaur form looks Soft

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red-mercer · 4 years

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Fact 1: The Sheriff in VTMB is supposed to be a Nagloper

Fact 2: Naglopers weaken if they don't sleep buried in dirt in the day

Hypothesis: Wherever the hell he slept during the day had a giant litter box of dirt

#vtmb tag #vtmb #vampire the masquerade bloodlines #vampire the masquerade #nagloper #dirt #lacroix #sebastian lacroix #sheriff

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weirdwitcheryart · 7 years

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👻 OC in a really bad disguise for the Sheriff requested by @curodole

Why did I choose this disguise? I just read this article about the disguises of the German Secret Police in the DDR, that were... slightly suspicious to say the least.

#vampire the masquerade bloodlines #vtmb #sheriff #camarilla #sebastian lacroix #nagloper #wod #vampire #vampire the masquerade

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toreadorprincess · 5 years

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Don't call yourself a monster lover if.

You don't swoon and fantasize about the sheriff from vtmb.

naglopers are pretty hot God damn it! and just as sexy as nosferatu.

#monster lover #monster love #vtmb #vtm #the sheriff #naglopers #tzimsce romance #tzimisce

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victorluvsalice · 5 years

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AU Thursday: Londerland Bloodlines -- Tower Assault

Hey, I said this AU was on my mind -- and with the release of the newest (pre-alpha, admittedly) gameplay trailer for Bloodlines 2, that's unlikely to change anytime soon. So -- let's have some fic! :D Today's offering was inspired by a previous “updating the verse” post I made, where I talked about a change I thought of regarding Alice's final assault on LaCroix's tower -- rather than going in the front door and fighting her way through all those guards, she manages to get herself some climbing equipment and scales the damn building while Obfuscated. As you might imagine, this is the last thing LaCroix is expecting when he tells his elite guards (and Chunk, here called Officer Norris because that’s his voice actor’s name) to watch out for her. . .

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"Officer Norris? Has there been any sign of our – miscreant?"

"Uh, no, Mr. LaCroix!" Norris chirped over the intercom. "Haven't seen hide nor hair of her! Promise I'll let you know the moment she comes by."

"Very good, Officer Norris. Thank you."

"Uh, Mr. LaCroix?" Norris got out before he could release the button. "Not to, you know, pry into stuff that ain't my business, but – why is it you want me to keep her out all of a sudden? You weren't really clear on that before. And us in the security business – well, it's important we get our facts straight, ya know?"

"She betrayed me, Officer Norris," LaCroix replied, letting the words roll off his tongue with silver smoothness. Not that he needed to waste such talents on Norris, but – practice. "She betrayed quite a lot of people, actually. She's been selling secrets to other parties, making deals with unsavory sorts. . .and I have reason to believe she's recently caused the death of a potential business partner of mine."

"Oh wow! That is – never would have thought it of her! She's always seemed like a bit of a tough cookie, but the kind with a creamy center, you know? All molten chocolate and–"

"Focus, Officer Norris," LaCroix said, rolling his eyes. Mortals and their obsession with food. His eyes flicked over to the sarcophagus. Then again – I know what it's like to anticipate a meal.

"Yeah, sorry, Mr. LaCroix. Er – so, if Alice is this dangerous, shouldn't we, you know, call proper 9-1-1 and all that? I got some buddies in the call center–"

"I assure you that all the appropriate measures have already been taken," LaCroix cut in before Norris could go on another ramble about his "cop friends." "There is no way Miss Liddell is leaving this city without facing justice for her crimes. If she does come here, you have my full authorization to use lethal force."

"Right you are, Mr. LaCroix." Norris sighed. "Hope it doesn't come to that, though. Man, and here's me, thinking she's a pretty sweet girl once you get to know her. . ."

"The cruelest wolf can mimic the friendliest dog, Officer Norris. Remember that."

"Sure will, Mr. LaCroix. And you can call me Chunk, you know!"

LaCroix winced. "Given our relationship, Officer Norris, I don't think that's appropriate."

"Oh, yeah, yeah. . .well, anyway. I'll give you a call moment I see her."

"Thank you, Officer Norris." LaCroix released the intercom button, leaning back with a sigh. "To think I employ someone like that," he muttered, pinching the bridge of his nose. "Now that Bach's little group has been – disbanded, I should give him his walking papers." He smirked, one fang peeping through his lips. "Though I suppose it doesn't really matter, does it? Not with what's in our future."

Melech nodded shortly, then glanced at him, eyes questioning. "Oh, she'll come," LaCroix said, steepling his fingers in front of him. "She will most definitely come. That rabblerouser Jack will have told her by now I'm responsible for all her woes. And has she not made it very clear, during our last few meetings, that she wished our – alliance, shall we say, to be at an end? The girl is a Brujah trapped in a Malkavian skin. She must be itching for a chance to take out her temper on me, and damn the consequences."

Melech tilted his head, lips slightly pursed. "Yes, I called the Blood Hunt, but would you trust the average Brujah or Gangrel on the street to take her out?" LaCroix responded, looking up into that stony face. "After the miracles she's committed? May I remind you that she has destroyed both the local chapter of the Society of Leopold – including one of my personal enemies – and the heart of the Los Angeles Sabbat? Tasks that were beyond your capabilities? And there was that news report the other evening, of the massive wolf found crushed to death in the Griffith Observatory. Somehow, I doubt that was the work of Nines Rodriguez – though it still worries me that we can't confirm his Final Death." He sighed, then waved a hand. "Well, I suppose if he does turn up alive – so to speak – it will make the Anarchs happy. And so far they seem willing to believe that Alice has thrown her lot in with Ming Xiao and her nest of snakes. So long as they remain enraged enough to drive those ridiculous excuses for foreign vampires out of my city, I shall be content. And then. . ." He looked again at the sarcophagus, anticipation clinging to its every chip and crack. "Then we will make plans accordingly."

He pushed back his chair and stood up, walking with lazy grace to his favorite spot in front of the window. Los Angeles stretched out before him, twinkling in the dark. He reached out, longing to scoop it up and capture it in his fist. "A shame, really – she could have had it all," he mumbled, flexing his fingers. "I was just beginning to realize her worth as an agent. To survive everything she did, to accomplish so many difficult tasks as a mere fledgling. . .I will give Fish this – he picked someone worthy of being an eighth-generation vampire. If she'd only been a bit more deferential, a bit less – well, her. . .we could have done amazing things together."

Melech rumbled an agreement. LaCroix sighed. "But, of course, she refused to cooperate. To let her full potential grow under my guidance. To accept the wisdom of her elders and betters. No, she had to go it on her own – to forge down the path of the fool and the malcontent." He chuckled briefly. "At least I have the pleasure of knowing that the Anarchs don't trust her either. From what I've heard, she had an early falling-out with Nines, and the rest of them find her as irritating as I do." His brow furrowed briefly. "Perhaps we really did drive her to the Kue-jin. . .no, she's too smart for that. She'd know they'd never actually accept her." He laughed again, a little louder. "What a silly girl, to reject any and all that could help her! She must feel quite alone on those streets." He leaned toward the window, drinking in his city with his eyes, running his tongue over his fangs. "An apt punishment for the hubris of the newborn."

"God, you love the sound of your own voice, don't you?"

LaCroix recoiled backwards, the scream of a little girl ripping itself from his throat. On the other side of the glass, Alice rolled her eyes, adjusting the harness she wore. "As if getting up this bloody tower wasn't grueling enough," she continued, bracing her legs on either side of the window frame. "What exactly are you compensating for? You're not that short, and I have it on decent authority that your interest in your manly bits should have waned with the Embrace." She shrugged, bending her knees and adjusting her grip on her rope. "I'll leave the question for the primogen to debate. Right now – for putting up with all your posturing and other various pieces of bullshit, I believe you owe me your life. In the most direct sense possible."

With that, she pushed off, sailing into the air – then came rushing back, thickly-booted feet held out in front of her. LaCroix scrambled to safety under his desk as the window shattered, sending shards of glass flying. Melech raised his massive sword to shield himself as Alice rolled to a stop. "Ah – gah – GET HER!" LaCroix managed to shriek, waving one arm wildly in her direction.

His sheriff, fortunately, was quick to comply. He flung aside his sword and coat, spreading his arms wide as he called up on his dark Disciplines. Moments later, his human form morphed and twisted, stretching itself into the terrible gigantic bat LaCroix had only seen twice before. Alice gaped, eyes wide, one hand on her harness's release. "What–"

Melech shrieked at her and flung himself into the air. His talons locked around her arms, dragging her back out the window and snapping the harness like it wasn't even there. "Yes – NO!" LaCroix cried after him, suddenly conscious of the incredible violation of the Masquerade. Too visible, much too visible – but she couldn't be allowed to survive this night – "The roof!" he screamed. "Take her to the roof!"

Melech squealed and wheeled around, dragging his dumbfounded passenger up to the highest point of Venture Tower. LaCroix huddled under his desk, arms around his knees, trying to control his trembling body. It's all right, he told himself firmly. It's all right. Melech will take care of her on the roof, and we'll let the morning sun dispose of the corpse. And – and we'll come up with an appropriate story for the masses later. An – an advertising gimmick gone wrong. A Batman cosplayer gone mad. Some sort of – of mass hallucination from swamp gas carried on the wind. We'll make it right. We'll find the key. And I will never have to worry about any of this ever again.

. . .God, I hope he wins that fight.

#londerland bloodlines #fanfic #'Melech' is the Sheriff for those not in the know #the guy doesn't have a name in canon but #well he's LaCroix's personal guard #surely his EMPLOYER would know his name #not to mention it felt weird just constantly calling him 'The Sheriff'#as our best guess at his clan is Nagloper #a Tzimisce variant from Africa #I looked up likely African names for him #melech is short for abdimelech #which according to the site I used means 'servant to kings'#seemed appropriate #basically this is just me having fun with Sebastian being such a pompous ass #and then giving up all attempts at dignity the minute Alice startles him XD #what can I say I am amused :p #also Alice couldn't get away with skipping the ENTIRE Sheriff boss fight #gotta pay your dues like the rest of us girl #at least she managed to avoid all the bullshit before it #queued

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dopesotherstuff · 2 years

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VTMB Headcanons Part 1

1. Caine is significantly less of an asshole than he was 10k years ago. Also vampire legend does get a significant number of things wrong. Thus the world isn’t about to end so much as go through a drastic shift.

2. Regent Strauss’s Humanity is actually higher than Prince Lacroix’s. Evidence: his behavior, his ability to laugh, his ability to deal with apprentices, their still-human morals and typical apprentice shenanigans...and his ability to (temporarily, as VV apparently falls in love with new people every day or so) maintain a relationship/flirtation with a high Humanity Kindred without scaring her off. Generally Tremere tend to have sort of middling Humanity--too high and it impedes some of what they must do as Tremere, too low and it impedes not only focus and performance but relations with both clanmates and outsiders. Maintaining that “happy medium” is a practical, not moral choice. Maximillian appears to be a touch higher than average...but that still indicates that Lacroix is actually on the low end of the moral scale.

3. Evidence for Lacroix actually having dangerously low humanity that he is masking only semi-successfully, and which is a significant reason for his being an insufferable bastard: Yes he is passionate, but only with negative and self-centered emotions (rage, greed, etc). He thinks nothing of murdering or having people murdered for almost no reason (like killing off Mercurio for being beaten up if you tell on him, trying to kill off the Fledgling basically for being inconvenient, or murdering Dr. Grout on the mere suspicion that Grout was on to him, and as a convenient thing to frame Nines with). He is isolated, not only from humans but from other Kindred, except for the Sheriff/his bodyguard, when the game makes a point of showing how interacting with humanity is one of the ways vampires keep in touch with their own. His self-control is failing, sending him into fits of anger at small setbacks. He cares about exactly nobody, including openly dismissing the very real concerns of his Primogen. And most of all: diablerie is not only on the table for him ethically, but is a coveted end goal of his in the story. These are not small lapses. Fucking cannibalism is about as low as you can go morally. These are the signs of a downward spiral.

4. The reason why Lacroix has fallen so far in Humanity over the last century is standing behind his throne. The Sheriff is a Nagloper. Naglopers, besides being kin to the Tzimisce, are on their own very, very, very, very, very very FUCKING evil.

Relevant quotation from the wiki:

“They allow the Beast to dominate them, leading them into causing any debauchery one can imagine, and some were only thought possible in nightmares.“

Even other Laibon avoid them, as anyone who enters a Nagloper’s territory will basically be made into a toy.

This guy has been the only close companion that Lacroix has had for an entire century. Ghouls and even his childer appear to basically be cannon fodder to him. The Sheriff, however, is always there, and has his ear when he doesn’t even speak to anyone else. Whether Lacroix has him blood bound or not, the Nagloper is going to believe that tempting Lacroix closer and closer to falling to the Beast is doing him a favor.

So he does it. Subtly. Suggestions of viciousness. Insinuations to sow distrust of everyone but him. Helpfully hiding the bodies that pile up more and more during “normal” feeding. Slowly driving a once-promising Ventrue first to petty, cruel and murderous ambition and then, to the final frenzy.

And nobody, especially not Lacroix, realizes that he’s doing it.

#vtmb #vampire the masquerade bloodlines #lacroix #prince lacroix #the sheriff #caine #maximillian strauss #now there's a basis for a rp arc if ever I saw one #headcanons

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