VOP: Guests

The Inquisitors
The Inquisitors of Pittsburgh are part of the Second Inquisition and came to the city after being drawn in by the fallout of the battle at Pitt University. Using Coivd-19 as an excuse to keep the city on lockdown, they openly hunt vampires and work to destroy their hated undead enemy.

Members
Gilles Dumananoir, a Poirot-type inspector played by Humphrey Ker. Gilles has a cane with a targeting laser that can communicate with armed drones always circling the city of Pittsburgh. He called in a drone strike at the end of the Vamily Holiday Special, wiping out the waste disposal yard where the Coterie were standing and where the Second Inquisition were storing bodies of Kindred they had burned. Gilles was nearly killed by a vampire (Allegheny Rose) and its blood seeped into his open wounds, ghouling him to his attacker. He later recovered but was ostracized by his fellow Inquisitors.

Sister Mary Ursula, a nun played by Noura Ibrahim. Sister Mary Ursula has a seemingly endless supply of bible quotes and incendiary shotgun rounds and is more than happy to dole out both in equal proportions. She has zero love for Kindred and showed no emotion when she activated Kit Willoughby's explosive collar.

Hornor, a strong but unassuming man with military experience played by B. Dave Walters.

Kit Willoughby, a thin-blood played by Josephine McAdam. Kit was a thin-blood vampire who was working with the Second Inquisition as an infiltrator and a blood hound to hunt down other Kindred. She was required to wear an explosive collar to keep her in check. Kit died when Sister Mary Ursula triggered the collar when Kit was attempting to join the Pittsburgh Coterie.

Magi
Avner "Avi" Dreyfus, an unaffiliated prime/time mage played by Aaron Urist. He is a grad student and researcher with a history of mental illness and hallucinations. His mental process and approach to magic is strongly influenced by his orthodox Jewish heritage, using gematria. His Awakening occurred during his time in the Israeli military, which he was forced to join by his family, where he encountered the Lions of Zion. He rejected recruitment from the Lions, the Celestial Chorus, and the Virtual Adepts.

Charlotte "Charlie" Mazur, a Verbena mind mage played by Amy Vorpahl. She is a bartender and bouncer at a bar called Marty's who has a special fondness and affinity for holidays. She comes from a very difficult home life and was Awakened on a very normal Valentine's Day. She has taken the shadow name Geraldine, after her deceased sister. After repaying a debt to the Reclaimers, she was inducted into their coven.

Maria Stone, a life mage played by Sara Rose Caplan. She is a street medic in the Queer Liberation Front, a modern iteration of the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft and part of the Hollow Ones. She is from a line of Freemasons who was kicked out when she came out as a trans woman and was Awakened when she performed a Mason ritual incorrectly.