House of Chthon
The House of Chthon is an organization that features in Blade.
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History
The House of Chthon was an organization of Vampires (Homines Nocturnae) with them being one family that operated in the world. They were regarded as the largest vampire colony in North America. One of their rivals was the House of Leichen with newborn vampires told not to approach sites that were adorned with their glyphs.
Publically, Sciver operated as a business person in the city who was responsible for the renovation of a number of old derelict buildings.
From their American Butcher warehouse, Marcus had trials for his Aurora Project that tested the vaccine on captive vampires.
Zack Starr was branded as a Familiar in service to the House but in reality he was a spy working for Blade. Once there, he began to search for the secrets of their operations but Marcus had discovered his actions. Marcus called Starr with the promise of turning him into a vampire but was in reality taken to an isolated location where he was executed for his betrayal. This brought the attention of Zack's twin sister Krista Starr who had recently returned from military service and sought the truth about her brother's demise. Krista was later captured by Sciver's forces when she attempted to assassinate him and taken to Chthon's headquarters where Marcus had her turned into a vampire.
Overview
The House survived by living in the shadows and as unknowns.
Familiars were branded with glyphs with these humans pledging their lives to the vampire culture in the hope of being turned into a vampire someday in the future. These human followers were emplaced everywhere in society with them being in the police and government. Loyalty was considered an important element within the House with traitors being killed for betraying the organization.
In the House, they felt that turning a person through a bite was for savages and they deemed it an unreliable form of transmission. The members of Chthon instead felt that they were more civilized and sophisticated with them injecting the material that turned a human into a vampire. This involved a vampire taking a syringe and drawing blood from their own body and injecting it into the human. Typically, permission was needed before turning a human into a vampire but in some cases this was waived. There were severe restrictions based on the number of humans that they were allowed to turn into a vampire. This was because they did not want to attract unwanted attention nor put a strain on their food source. As such, it was considered an honor for a person to be turned into vampire. Once turned, the human body fought the transformation but it was said that they saw things much clearer after they went through the change. They were then made to let their bodies die such as being thrown from a large building to perish from the impact. As they died, they faced dark dreams that were part of the After Death Experience (A.D.E.) with these being triggered by the genetic memories of the sire sponsor and the victims own synapses and cognitive functions were being rebuilt. Once complete, they awoke and the emergent vampire were overcome by their new instincts such as the desire to feed. Agents of the House were nearby in order to take back the new vampire and welcome them into the family.
Newly turned, these members were referred to as greotes that translated from the vampire language to mean, "one who has achieved true life." The sire operated as a sponsor who had the privilege of teaching the reborn vampire and introducing them to vampire culture. Those transitional visions during the A.D.E. were memories of the sponsor and were held as sacred. Such experiences could only with someone that the vampire had trusted. Due to the strict rules they lived by and the enemies outside, most greote did not last a year.
For its operations, the vampires of Chthon operated a number of places for recruitment and safehouses to store blood. These sites were adorned with luminescent glyphs that indicated that they belonged to the House of Chthon. The glyphs could only be seen in the ultraviolet spectrum that could be seen through technological means or with vampire senses. Such sites could be used as shelters for vampires if they were out and dawn was approaching.
Members
- Marcus Van Sciver :
- Chase : a female vampire that was turned in the 1940's by her husband who she later killed and she later became a lieutenant of Marcus Van Sciver.
- Fritz : a male vampire henchman of Sciver who was injected with a vaccine that made him immune to silver and other weaknesses.
Notes
- The House of Chthon were original creations and antagonists in Blade: The Series.
- They were seemingly named after the demonic Marvel villain Chthon.
Appearances
- Blade: The Series:
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