When I got my Patreon notice, I instantly went and looked. Verified it was Sunday, and then went back to doing normal stuff. Later when looking at the picture I became more focused on the book Sharon is looking at. It struck me as some kind of diary, with a diagram or picture of a structure of some kind. I immediately wondered if it might have been the feral Nos' diary from before she went insane, and if it detailed the location of the Nos Scottstown hideout.
The I kept looking and wondered if it might be something she found that was more related to "The Temple". Calisto runs the Temple. Now some of Calisto's associates have been in Marcius' court, Cindy, Fabian, and MC, but Calisto has not. With Fabian being associated with both Calisto and cousin to the MC, my brain got to thinking, always a dangerous thing when on caffeine, and I then wondered about the following(having nothing to do with the Nos, or much of anything else, but the brain does what it does:
1- MC described his sire to Sharon, and Sharon shared that with Marcius. Given that neither had a clue, that means that Calisto is not seen much if at all at the Archon Marcius' court. (there were voluptuously endowed red heads at his court, and neither of them thought they were the MC's sire) They both were not just unsure of who it was, but had no clue.
2- Given 1 above, Calisto is not a visible mover or shaker in the Princep's court. (VISIBLE) And yet, she was able to have an Ancilla (Sharon) declared as an Archon with her own fiefdom to play in while educating her childe. So clearly she as Heiria (whatever that may be) and the leader/owner of an extremely important Elysium (place for vampires to come and gather in complete safety from plots and assassination (in theory) (The Temple) has tremendous power in the city.... but Marcius who is an Elder and Archon, and Sharon, an Ancilla and social gal, do not know of her. Further, Markus who leads the Nos of Marcius' court, an Elder also, does not know who the MC's sire, or clan, or powers really are. Cindy and Fabian both walked around in court on the night that the Quaestar (spelling??) who is apparently very closely tied to the actual ruling court of the city. Fabian even accompanies the Q guy.
2a- Now I had thought that Fabian might be somehow blood related (sires of same clan) to the MC based on his familiarity with Calisto and the vision, and his reference as the MC being his cousin. If Fabian is a Templar as stated in the story, then logic would lead one to think that Calisto is the regent or leader of the local chapter of Templars, and that Calisto's sire was probably the grand sire of Fabian, or maybe great grand sire, who knows. (He clearly knows the MC is a tasty morsel for diablerie).
Given the disdain that Sharon has for Fabian and Templars, it is clear she is really clueless about them. The Tremere in VtM which seem like a good match for the Templars, or the Giovanni, or the Assamite Sorcerers, or even Tzmisce Koldunic Sorcerers, or Setite Blood Sorcerers could all be possibilities, but each of those are some of the most powerful creatures in existence. Sharon's lack of knowledge in this case, would make her Darwinian chances of long term vampire survival pretty slim.
The powers that our MC has pretty much demonstrated are definitely a panoramic view of disciplines. He has combat disciplines as well as espionage and mind control. He would have to study for blood sorcery, but that will be simple for him if it is in his bloodline. There is truly not an analogy for the massive list of powers our MC has. This is a good thing, because as you guys know, I like to speculate. I am so looking forward to Sunday. (not sure when it hits here, probably a few minutes after, but I will be downloading from Patreon.)
Still- Cindy, who just might be an elder herself, Fabian who was a knight in the middle ages and thus is definitely a very powerful elder, both seem to work for Calisto. I really want our MC to interact much more with our sire, and yeah she is delicious and if we can boff her while binding her to our blood, that would make my wife very upset at the mess I would make without her assistance lol.
How can they (Marcius, Sharon, Markus) not know of Calisto, when Fabian and Cindy are running around, Calisto runs an Elysium, and she got Sharon a title and domain? That book caused me to run down this unrelated path....
Then I went back to the theory it is the Nos (Feral's) Diary and She was Markus' sire. That was like a blamo moment, but there it is....
Peace y'all