White Court

Overview
The White Court are psychic vampires; they live off the emotions of others, so much so that they can drain other people to death. They can feed off of various different emotions, using that energy to empower their supernatural abilities. White Court vampirism is hereditary as opposed to infectious. White Court vampires are masterful schemers who prefer to stab each other (and anyone else they deem worthy) in the back through exquisitely detailed plots. These machinations are viewed as status symbols - to the extent that direct confrontation is looked down upon and socially damaging.  In the Twin Cities, The White Court is comprised of two main houses who vie for control amidst a heated philosophical rivalry. House Paisley-Park, led by cultural icon Prince, is an influential patron of Twin Cities arts. House Ghermezin, led locally by Nadal Ghermezin, shapes the corporate culture of the Twin Cities through commercial property and management holdings (e.g., the Mall of America).

Between the two houses, nearly every major player in arts or commerce in the metro area are under the thumb of the White Court. As the Twin Cities grow, the two rival houses find it increasingly difficult to maintain boundaries, both in physical geography and for the ever-important (particularly to the White Court) public mind-share. No mundane citizen is aware of anything other than a sense of cultural tension (art vs. commerce - hardly unique but especially relevant) throughout the Twin Cities; and while the philosophical divide between the two houses is reflected in this cultural conflict, it runs much more primal and consequential to the personae vampiricus blanca. Consider a hypothetical situation where you survived solely from the consumption of beef. You could eat other foods, but nothing actually sustained you besides beef - without it you would fall weak and helpless, with it you shine like a golden god. Given an eternity to eat beef (it sustains you to the point you do not age) - do you spend some portion of your nearly limitless time and energy to cultivate the most decadent of marbled steaks, that you can savor the rich potential of your nourishment? Or do you partake of the readily available quantities of beef, taking advantage of its popularity, variety, and completely sustainable availability to allow yourself a constant source of cheap but reliable fuel?

House Paisley-Park
Paisley-Park, in terms of our metaphor, prefer Kobe steak. They feed from the rich and complex emotions of artists, preferring to wash down their predatory endeavors with creative juices. Longtime patrons of the arts and society, House Paisley-Park has seen a recent resurgence and redefinition under the leadership and guidance of musical icon Prince. In fact, some White Court historians bristle at the idea of defining this wide and ventilated bloodline a "house" at all prior to the late 20th century power play made by Prince, who consolidated the artistic holdings and influence of his vampiric cousins and christened (no pun intended) house with the surname "Paisley-Park".

Who's Who
Prince


 * Elder White Court Vampire
 * Patron, Paisley-Park House


 * Aspects
 * Creative Genius
 * Purify Yourself in the Waters of Lake Minnetonka
 * Do Not Incorporate, Inc.

Alison Park


 * White Court Vampire
 * Elder, Paisley-Park House


 * Aspects
 * I've Heard That Line Before

Haley Park


 * White Court Vampire
 * Niece to Alison Park
 * Junior member of House Paisley-Park


 * Aspects
 * Sit and Spin
 * What's In It For Me?


 * Notes
 * During the events of Negative Exposure, Haley partially foiled an apparent vampiric attack from Aeron Kneath - a patron she had independently brought up to help produce the stage show 'Reflections'.

Ritual Circle


 * White Court Thralls
 * Super popular rock n' roll band


 * Aspects
 * Double Rock house band
 * All the Kids Dig That Spooky Sound

House Ghermezin
The other side of the emotional vampire coin, House Ghermezin prefers the readily available and never out-of-style supply of greed and desire. Purveyors of commercial enterprises the world over, Ghermezin is best known in the Twin Cities for their ownership and management of the Mall of America.

Who's Who
Nadal Ghermezin


 * Elder White Court Vampire
 * Local Head of House Ghermezin


 * Aspects
 * Living Up to the Legacy
 * Anything You Want, You Got It
 * No Red in my Ledger