Council

The hall buzzed with hundreds of voices, all waiting for the elders to arrive. The council hall was underground, below the city center, everything was ancient from the wooden benches to the chandelier hanging high above. Tris sat with his generation, the vampire way of sorting vampires of different age, was through their names, one letter per century.

Tris! Tris! Over here! called from behind Tris. He turned to look for the owner of the voice, Torn. Locating him, Tris made is way up to where Torn was sited. Torn was an average looking vampire, though he was shorter than Tris by half a head. Torn and Tris were born around the same time there for they knew each other since they were young. Just as Tris sat down the hall suddenly become quiet as the great doors opened. The hall was build like a stadium, with the center floor being the lowers. The great doors opened to the floor directly while the others opened to the stands. The thirteen elders filtered to their seats at the center of the floor where it formed a ring, looking out to the audience they were addressing. Tris s impression of the elders had totally changed after meeting them personally, now he looked at them with respect and admiration rather than fear.

A loud bell sounded once from the roof, marking sunset and the start of council. The speaker of the elders, a tall blond male with shoulder length hair named Alexander, stood up facing the north where the older generations sat.

Fellow vampires his ancient voice loud and clear to all, We gather today to council the discovery of a new species that has entered the immortal entities. So far, there have only been the vampires, the lycanthropes and the witches but late last night one of our very own clan member was attack by an unknown entity in the deeper part of the forest. He barely made it to the edge of the forest to call for help, luckily help was close by or we may not have discovered this entity until it was too late. The beast is described to be similar to a lycanthrope, but it moves faster and is stronger. But the most troubling part is that it seem so have a civilized mind unlike the lycans, who become more akin to animals after transformation. He pause to let the information sink in before continuing.

We have discussed the situation with the witches and have both come to the agreement that these new entities are enemies until it is clear that they are civil enough to hold their end of a treaty. We will issue a warning to the humans as well before the next sunset. Until this matter is cleared we caution everyone not to wonder into the deeper parts of the forest in a party less than four. Any questions? If not the council is adjourned till further notice, good hunting to you all. The elders rose in union and filter out of the hall silently as talk broke out all over the hall.

Was the beast really as powerful as the elders said they were? Torn looked expectantly at Tris.
I would say more powerful than described seeing that a lycan isn t very powerful at all so the comparison is unfair as they would say.

Torn raised his eyebrow as some of the older generations left the hall after the elders. Not everyone would think the same as you Tris, you re a hothead when it comes to combat training. Tris gave him a mock punch in return for the comment.
But really, this new entity is not to be messed with, do not test its power. Tris warned Torn with a stern look, having only his friends safety in mind. He shivered from just remembering how close he was to death he was the previous night.

I understand, anyway today is open season, I for one am die for some food after that boring council. Torn got up, looking at Tris expectantly. Tris considered his options and decided that it was useless to pursue the matter any further for the day.

I could use some food too. I wonder if they have anything good today. Tris stood up, Lead the way, Torn.

That s more like it. Torn, satisfied with getting a less depressed answer headed off towards the farms with Tris following close behind. They walk at a slow pace, chatting as they went about their latest hunts.