St. Ardent by Night | S1E13 - For Tonight, We Pretend

A Vampire: The Masquerade V5 Actual Play The night fractures in more ways than one. After a successful infiltration of the St. Ardent Science Museum, the coterie returns with stolen fetters, fractured spirits, and the growing certainty that something beneath the city is not just feeding, but learning. What was meant to be a clean extraction begins to unravel as the weight of what they’ve uncovered settles in. At Greenwood Cemetery, truths surface quickly. Spirits are not merely bound; they are being reshaped. Conditioned. Forced into something else. And whatever is behind it is growing stronger. But the night takes a more personal turn when Nicholas’s sire, Irina, arrives. What follows is not a reunion, but a reckoning. Control, loyalty, and autonomy collide as Irina attempts to pull Nicholas back under her protection, tearing into the coterie and exposing every weakness she can find. The confrontation leaves fractures that cannot easily be repaired, and removes a powerful ally the group may desperately need. Even Elysium offers no refuge. At The Velvet Note, the Keeper makes one thing painfully clear: the coterie is being watched, and they are not held in high regard. They are not players in the game, they are pieces, and pieces can be sacrificed. Still, in the quiet moments that follow, something softer emerges. In the warmth of Nicholas’s home, through shared blood and unexpected kindness, the coterie begins to feel something rare in St. Ardent: Safety. It does not last. As the night comes to a close, Ellie and Isolde are pulled into a shared vision, one that reveals a truth far more disturbing than anything they’ve uncovered so far. Something is being taken. Something is being broken. And something, somewhere in the dark, is learning how to survive it. System: Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition (V5) Setting: World of Darkness Watch us live: Saturdays at 10PM EST / 7PM PST https://www.nosaferolls.com St. Ardent by Night Hub: https://www.stardentbynight.com Cast: Clamps – Isolde Blackthorne DapperZombee – Ernest Wells Shelly Von Miller – Mistress Lux Elm – Enili Everhardt Ian – David St. Augustine NoxAeternus – Nicholas Fontaine 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.