🦇 vampire verse dot points in no real formatting and loose grouping:
Talon started out as a vampire hunter trainee, I have the idea that theres/there was like an institute that trains up hunters to fight against vampires ig. they did well in training and even killed a few low/mid-tier level vampires/thralls.
Marcus is patron of the infamous du couteau vampire family, and is known to target hunters who pose as a threat. maybe the institute hears hes in the area and sends out squads to try and find him but anyone sent out to gets destroyed. talon is also sent.
talon doesn't get caught off guard immediately and puts up a good fight against him in combat so marcus is impressed by their skills. they even land a blow on him but its not anything lethal. eventually talon gets bested but marcus gives them the option to become a vampire and train under him, and not wanting to die, they agree.
When talon is dragged in brought to the estate none of the other du couteaus are exactly happy to hear marcus wants to train a hunter, but he keeps them locked up/starved of blood until they cannot pose a threat of killing any of them and has to do as marcus says...
I want to keep most of the du couteau lore in this too, like talon attempting to assassinate kat on marcus orders after a botched job got others killed. soreanas poisoning (im like 80% certain this was swains doing and what makes marcus want to kill him in canon and swain can be another vampire lord mhmhm) cassio getting cursed, kat and talon fighting and talon getting a scar...
Marcus dissapearing… talon looking for him, I haven't decided yet but he either was going to find who tried to assassinate soreana but dissapeared half way through the investigation, or follows a more similar path of the kat comic. Regardless in his absence, Talon will have to help in the vampire courts with soreana weakened and cassiopeia cursed while she isn't ready to be seen by the public.
Talon is torn between wanting to find Marcus, making use of their newfound freedom without him by fleeing, trying to bring down all of vampire society, or become as strong as they can within it. and they also need to keep hunters from killing them. no rest for the wicked etc.
Marcus resides with his wife soreana, and their two daughters katarina and cassiopeia. most likely they have a few accommodations they will move to now and then to keep hidden/to attend vampire events. They are all 'pure'/full blooded vampires and partake in vampire society.
Marcus focuses on fighting the hunters and will take contracts to hunt specific hunters, protect other vampires, or even take out other vampires (allegedly). he also trains over vampires in combat/using their powers and mentors them and gets them to do some work against threats to vampires or specifically the du couteaus. He aimed to destroy all vampire hunters at one point but with his age he knows they are just a way of nature. Getting rid of the larger hunter institutions might give him a break for a few decades though...
Soreana focuses a lot more on the politics of vampire society and their influence on the mortal world. making sure the du couteau name is known and respected, and that the family has a hand in decisions. making family allies, sabotaging enemies, and getting inside intel on who might be causing trouble or is weaker than they appear. not sure when ill add it to the timeline but also want to keep the poisoning assassination attempt on her in this verse
Katarina follows marcus' path in fighting hunters, but is reckless in his eyes. he is struggling to keep her obedient to his orders which is making him resent her.
Cassio follows in soreanas steps, and if not by her side at events/courts she is finding out things her way. relishes the most in the family wealth and fashion of the family. I would like to keep some form of her curse in this too but i will keep it more vague atm...
Marcus trains talon personally instead of sending them to the like. bunks that he might have other vampires he trains because he wants to + doesn't want them lashing out at other vampires and killing them and breaks their spirit to be more obedient to him.
Talon's idea after being made a vampire is to gain loyalty and bide their time until they can betray marcus, but then they form loyalty through fear (being kept prisoner) and getting praise (rewarded with blood the thing they need to survive when they do what he says)… and eventually learning from him and never feeling like they're stronger than him specifically, even if they learn everything he teaches them and gets more control of their vampire powers. forming that strange fatherly, mentor, but still captor and master vampire bond, and marcus seeing them as someone that he brought into the vampire world and is training up...
talon can have an affinity for rats and bats (undesired at the beginning) in which rats do their bidding.. can maybe do more if they learn. maybe like rat possession, hearing/looking through the creature's eyes... bat transformation/teleportation/flight? And also that their arm can become a monstrous gauntlet.
Marcus' training would take a decade or two so talon has been a vampire for a few decades, turned in early/mid twenties so they're around around 70/80 now. still fairly new to vampire society as most of their time as spent chained up and then busy with harsh training.
I gotta decide on what kind of vampires with blood i wanna go with but. talon wants to survive and be strong more than not drink blood. they'd moreso drink at vampire events, drink the blood of hunters that are trying to get them, but would get anyone who was isolated if they were desperate enough, though they won't go on complete rampages. Even if there is a group of hunters who corner them, they will only take out who they need to, to escape.
Also marcus made talon drink blood as a way to get them to do as he said, to be more dependent on him and easier to control.