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Submitted by Heather on Tue, 06/03/2003 - 23:33
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I think most people are fairly aware of the timetable for finishing off Mid-Season Two, but to formalise it and ensure that everyone knows, we'll be looking at having all Mid-Season Two posts on the board and storylines wrapped up by the start of the Cast Party - ie 13th June.

There will be a brief 'holiday' of a couple of weeks so that Season Three will start on 1st July. At this point it seems pretty clear that the Fanged Four will be our feature creatures for Season Three... so time to start thinking about integrating your characters into the plotline. Mostly this will involve being aware of opportunities as they arise for hooking up with other characters who already have some sort of connection with Valerian or any of the other brotherhood.

Happy writing! :)

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Submitted by Kaarin on Wed, 06/04/2003 - 07:14.
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Oh, good. We have until July to finish writting midseason stuff. :)

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Submitted by MrDave on Wed, 06/04/2003 - 12:36.
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Adam you aren't going to be writing during the Cast party are you?

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Submitted by Kaarin on Wed, 06/04/2003 - 13:39.
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I just might be on the 12th and 13th during the day some, before Jean gets there. Heather also suspects that we'll still end up writting some of our stuff after the cast party.

But mostly, the answer to your question is: it depends on what Jean and I get up to. ;)

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Submitted by Firefly on Wed, 06/04/2003 - 17:12.
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Lou and I are busy little beavers trying to wrap up the MM story. I am not sure it will be completely done by the 13th, but I will have it all finished before the start of S3. Thanks for bearing with me.

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Submitted by Evalyn Toussaint on Fri, 06/06/2003 - 07:40.
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i have stuff i still need to post for the mids...i think (considering i wont be going to LA) that i may have to use some time up to the 1st of july...mainly because of school sturf and extra work i've taken on at the momento are slowing me down a ton :P sorry :oops:

but it will go up!

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Submitted by Soulless Zombie on Tue, 06/10/2003 - 09:01.
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Natasha Brookes wrote:
I think most people are fairly aware of the timetable for finishing off Mid-Season Two, but to formalise it and ensure that everyone knows, we'll be looking at having all Mid-Season Two posts on the board and storylines wrapped up by the start of the Cast Party - ie 13th June.

There will be a brief 'holiday' of a couple of weeks so that Season Three will start on 1st July. At this point it seems pretty clear that the Fanged Four will be our feature creatures for Season Three... so time to start thinking about integrating your characters into the plotline. Mostly this will involve being aware of opportunities as they arise for hooking up with other characters who already have some sort of connection with Valerian or any of the other brotherhood.

Happy writing! :)

Hello, all. My first post on the LABN boards. I'm so glad to be here. :D

Question--who are the Fanged Four? I haven't run across that particular sobriquet in any of the episodes, so I presume it's an in-game nickname. I'm familiar with Jadyn's vampire father, Valerian (played by Johnny Depp). And I suppose Samantha could be another of the Fanged Four. But who are the other two?

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Submitted by Kaarin on Tue, 06/10/2003 - 09:32.
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Dathan, Crispin, and Nicholas are the other four members. The "Fanged Four" is one of the nicknames for the brotherhood; Dave coined another one that some of us use, "N Vamps." Excerpted from Valerian's profile:

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The Brotherhood ~
For the next three centuries, Valerian lived quietly... Moving around Europe and Asia, he avoided the notice of the Slayer for the vast majority of this period, though he was responsible for the deaths of four of the Chosen Ones... In September of 1666, when Valerian had settled down in London, he met his fifth Slayer. Although modern historical accounts place the origin of the Great Fire of London at a baker's shop in Pudding Lane, the real reason for the setting of the fire was the Slayer’s desperate last (and almost successful!) attempt to destroy Valerian.

It was after this harrowing event that Valerian realised the dwindling numbers of the Master’s brood as its members were slowly picked off. At least four "Elders" had fallen over the past three hundred years, and Valerian had noticed that there had been numerous attempts on his life, much more so than before.

Having drawn such a conclusion, he contacted a number of his brood siblings and they formed a cohesive that became known as the Brotherhood. Apart, each of them were potential victims for the Slayer - difficult kills, but still within the realm of possibility. Together, the combination of their collective powers meant that it would take more than a single Slayer to kill them.

Valerian was the youngest nightwalker among the four, but by no means the least ambitious. In fact, he was the Brotherhood's driving force, pushing each of its members' powers to new heights through a combination of research and dark magic. Like Valerian, his counterparts (the vampires Dathan, Nicholas and Krispin) were famed for their uncannily developed abilities previously unheard of amongst the undead, which included the ability of flight, teleportation, mind control and astral projection.

The Brotherhood prospered for over two hundred years. Though vampires such as Darla and Angelus were the most notorious of this period, in reality, the Brotherhood did the greatest damage to humanity.

Towards the end of the 19th century, Valerian decided that it was time for the Brotherhood to be dissolved and for the four of them to re-insinuate themselves among the earth's mortal population. The reason for this was two-fold - Firstly, the recent publication of Bram Stoker’s "Dracula" flamed the increasing dismissal vampires as myths by Victorian society in general... It was safer now to go solo as a blooddrinker. Secondly, all four Elders had grown weary of the Hunters and other glory-seeking individuals looking to eliminate the Brotherhood. Staying together was becoming more of a hindrance, since tracking a group was easier as compared to tracking a solitary individual.

Hence, the 4 Elders went their separate ways, scattering themselves across the globe. Dathan made his way to Germany, Nicholas to Russia, Krispin to Australia...

The year was 1941... the Master's whereabouts had been unknown since the 1937 earthquake, not that it bothered any of the Elders. Like many vampires, they were arrogantly self-absorbed. They'd had little interaction with their sire or the Order of Aurelius since the 14th Century... The news of his disappearance and rumoured demise meant nothing.

Valerian headed towards Asia again, settling in Hong Kong. The atmosphere suited him and the recent death of a Slayer during the Boxer Rebellion in nearby China made it a relatively safe place to establish a home base. He built his power slowly, infiltrating the government and triad networks to get them to do his bidding as he went about covering his own tracks. Valerian then slipped from the public's view until the early eighties.

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Submitted by Soulless Zombie on Tue, 06/10/2003 - 10:07.
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Thank you, Nikolai. That's extremely helpful.

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Submitted by Jadyn on Tue, 06/10/2003 - 10:12.
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Maude Elliott wrote:
Question--who are the Fanged Four? I haven't run across that particular sobriquet in any of the episodes, so I presume it's an in-game nickname. I'm familiar with Jadyn's vampire father, Valerian (played by Johnny Depp). And I suppose Samantha could be another of the Fanged Four. But who are the other two?

Firstly... Hi Rhys!

Since Adam's pretty much answered who the Brotherhood are, this is just to clear up any further misunderstanding, Samantha is Valerian's latest childe... He sired her some time during Season 1 of LABN, freed her from a life of drudgery (or so Vamp Sam thinks), taught her everything she knows and very recently decided to make her his Hand. Heh... Ol' Dad seems to have a penchant for Asian women. The way I see it, he's turning Samantha into what he wanted Rose to be... Hope that clears things up a little. :)

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Submitted by Tarix Conny on Wed, 06/11/2003 - 07:17.
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Oh my, i may have problems reaching the deadline. I'll try my best to finish off Tarix's story. I hate it all written up, just need to write of some more and correct it. I'll post it as soon as i can...tommorow?

so sorry u guys if i delay, exams have een horrible.

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Submitted by Firefly on Wed, 06/11/2003 - 17:43.
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I have most of my posts ready to go and I am working with Louisa to finish everything up and put an end to MM. I am wondering if anyone else wants in on the final battle. If so, and the timeframe works with your character (I know it doesn't for a lot of us) then let me know. Thanks. The date for the finale of this story in game time is October 31, 2005. Thanks again.

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Submitted by Tarix Conny on Thu, 06/12/2003 - 16:23.
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Ok i finally finished it and posted it. sorry for it not being in a lot of detail, i sort of hurridly finished it off... now i can begin thinking what i'll do with tarix for season 3...hmmmmm.....

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