St. Ardent by Night | S1E14: What We Keep

A Vampire: The Masquerade V5 Actual Play set in the World of Darkness. St. Ardent by Night S1E14 | What We Keep

The vision does not come from nowhere.

In this episode of St. Ardent by Night, the coterie’s brief reprieve at Elysium is shattered when Isolde and Ellie are struck by a shared vision, something shifting between forms, something not truly a child, forced smaller, hidden, changed. A name surfaces between them: Brother Matthias.

The room reacts immediately. Odette and Sable recognize the name, tying it to the Knights of St. George and operations from decades ago. What should be impossible begins to take shape. Matthias was active over fifty years ago and already old then, yet now his name is connected to whatever is moving beneath St. Ardent. As the coterie shares what they know, a dangerous theory begins to form. The hunters are not just capturing spirits, they are experimenting on them, reshaping them, trying to recreate something more powerful.

With multiple paths before them, the coterie weighs their options. The Nosferatu offer to search SchreckNet, while Odette opens the Tremere library with a warning that without proper understanding, they risk mishandling something far beyond them. In the end, they choose to start with the dead, leaving Odette to gather what she can from the archives.

At Greenwood Cemetery, Nicholas calls forth the spirit bound to the wooden horse. What answers is unstable, shifting between forms, a small figure layered over something older. Through broken responses, the truth emerges. The spirit was killed by Matthias. Not just a victim, but his sister, forced into this state, reshaped, and left in fear that he will find her again.

A second spirit is summoned, a Watcher. Unlike the first, it is deeply damaged and barely responsive, fixated on Ernest and offering little beyond fragments, a name, and an unsettling presence. The pattern is no longer theory. These spirits are not just bound. They are broken, altered, and used.

With Odette searching the Tremere archives, the coterie knows answers are coming. The only question is whether they will be ready for what those answers reveal.

St. Ardent by Night is a long-form Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition actual play series focused on political horror, personal consequences, and character-driven storytelling set in a modern Midwestern city.

What to Expect: Gothic horror Political intrigue and court dynamics Character-driven roleplay Moral dilemmas and escalating consequences Long-form narrative storytelling

System: Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition (V5), World of Darkness

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Cast: Clamps as Isolde Blackthorne DapperZombee as Ernest Wells Shelly Von Miller as Mistress Lux Elm as Enili Everhardt Ian as David St. Augustine NoxAeternus as Nicholas Fontaine

Storyteller: Briana “Tactical Pinup” Joslin

Credits and Legal Notice: St. Ardent by Night is an unofficial fan production based on Vampire: The Masquerade. Vampire: The Masquerade, World of Darkness, and related properties are owned by Paradox Interactive. No official affiliation or endorsement is implied.

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