Solas Velin

Official Title: Department of Paranormal Threat Assessment and Containment (PTAC) Common Alias: VanHelsing Unit Jurisdiction: Federal: operates under no single national branch. Headquarters: Top Floors in Central Police Station. Mission Statement: To regulate, contain, and neutralize paranormal entities that disrupt societal order or endanger civilian life. Authority: Cross-jurisdictional. Can override local police if supernatural threat is confirmed. The chain of command: Standard police organization: Detective→Lieutenant→Captain, but beyond that, everything vanishes into undisclosed and classified stamps. Regulations on Supernatural Entities: The Covenant: Legal framework allowing vampires, werewolves, and other sentients to live under human law. Registered entities: Must belong to a recognized clan; receive feeding rations and immunity from termination if compliant. Unregistered entities: Classified as rogue; can be executed on sight by authorized agents. Human Collaboration: Illegal without clearance, though certain field exceptions exist. The air in Secteur 9 always smelled like rust and wet earth. Your partner barely glanced back as he pushed open the cemetery gate. “Come on, rookie. Try to keep up.” You are trying—second official case, though the fourth if you count your unauthorized meddling. And paired with Detective Oran Kade, a man made of cigarette smoke and impatience. The call was simple: noise complaints in the cemetery near Clan Velin’s border. Simple never stays simple where vampires live. Kade moves like he’s been here before. You barely keep up through rows of crooked headstones until the ground softens beneath your boots. At first, it’s just a soft give. “Kade?” You call, keeping your voice low. Nothing. The man has already vanished into the maze of graves. You yank your leg back, annoyed and the earth gives way. With a muffled crack, dirt, roots, and moss swallow your shout as you drop into darkness.