[Royal Guard] Report: The Vampire Cronimus

[Tom Long]

ALL DISTRICTS: be on the lookout for a vampire by the name of Cronimus. 
(description included) He has threatened citizenry, ensorcelled 
innocents, and assaulted Crown Officials. He is apparently on the hunt 
for someone in the city named 'Rysher' (description included). Like many 
Drachean vampires, he is immune to holy water and sunlight, but has been 
cut and injured by simple steel. He uses shadow-magic, and can teleport. 
Be warned, Cronimus enjoys bantering and may appear to be innocuous.

He is charged with: Crimes Against the Crown (Assault upon a Crown 
Official; Resisting Arrest) and Crimes Against the Citizenry (Mind Rape; 
Threatening Assault)


REPORT:

After signing off the graveyard shift, I arrived at the Black Dragon Inn 
in the mid-afternoon for a drink. Soon, Cronimus appeared, stepping out 
of shadows magically. He was brought to my attention - as well as that 
of Magistrate Nero ul-Azhur Myurod - when he attempted to order 
'blood-wine.' (The remarkable Dulcina instead served him wine spiked 
with holy water, which he drank with no effect).

I challenged the creature, distracting it with words while trying to 
suss out its true intent and origins. Through this I learned that 
Cronimus was indeed a vampire, and was pursuing one 'Rysher' (whose name 
I learned later), who is also pursued by others in the city. However, as 
his intent was to kill Rysher, I was eventually forced to attack the 
vampire after having lulled him into a false sense of security with my 
conversation.

Unfortunately, one Magistrate Nero Myurod was little help. Cronimus was 
wounded by a nearby warrior, then escaped. He did manage, however, to 
mesmerize a local lady by the name of Sahybera D' St. Aubin.

His next attack came as Arms-Lt. Kirin Arnise, who had arrived on the 
scene, and myself were attempting to shield Lady D' St. Aubin from his 
spells. We joined battle again, but again he escaped. This time, 
however, the Lady was freed from his mystical clutches.

Upon investigation, it was discovered that Lady D' St. Aubin was an 
acquaintance of Rysher. She was, however, unable to provide any clues as 
to why the vampire would be after the fellow, not knowing him 
particularly well. She was advised to see to her security and informed 
of her options in contacting the Guard. She is currently staying at the 
Black Dragon Inn itself. She was also advised to have Rysher contact the 
Guard to make a report.

In addition to my recommendation of bountying the vampire in question, I 
would also like added to my report a complaint as to the conduct of 
Magistrate Myurod. Not only was he not useful to the situation at hand, 
but he was slightly detrimental. He refused to take my lead as a 
Commissioned Officer of the Guard, and so confused the situation. This 
is a problem some Guards have noticed on the streets in dealing with 
those more proactive Magistrates who choose to patrol Drache.

OOC:

Rysher and Cronimus are played by the same mun, and he can be a bit 
trying sometimes. Cronimus is, for example, a black-robed vampire whose 
hair is long and black, can walk through shadows, use some time magic, 
and is immune to sunlight and holy water. He insta-ports, and often does 
quite a few actions in one post.

That being said, he's not a terrible fellow and shows signs of 
improvement. He takes hits and damage, and didn't use ridiculously 
powerful attacks, either. I think he's probably just a little trapped in 
a style, and with some patient play will come out of it.