Age of Industry II: Ashes of the Past (Summary)

This is a summary of the second story in the Age of Industry canon. In this story, the nefarious vampire Jean Guetierre attempts to spread his vampiric disease to the rest of Tamriel. Alongside this crisis the fanatical warrior monks of the Lady Azura begin to show signs of embarking on another Crusade, and the Daedra of Luminem once more meddle in the affairs of Mundus.

There were other characters in this canon, but their players left before the end. In some cases their contribution was important enough to be noted down.

Players

 * Jean Guetierre, the progenitor of Mutare Vampiris and nemesis of Sander Lafayette. (Alador1666 and Emperor Maximus)
 * Stephanie Beaufort, one of Guetierre's accomplices. (Emperor Maximus
 * Hunter, one of Guetierre's acomplices. (Emperor Maximus
 * Axel Leclaire, one of Guetierr'es accomplices. (Alador1666)
 * Sander Lafayette, agent of The Seven Organisations and one of the Empire's most-wanted criminals. (Alador1666)
 * Meledran, sky pirate and captain of the Wind Reaver, once a member of the Resistance. (Emperor Maximus)
 * Princess Marya, once the heir to the Empire, now the High Priestess of Azura. (Emperor Maximus)
 * Anna Gilliet, old witch and "friend" of Sander. (Alador1666)
 * Antoine Gascoigne, another vampire in the service of Anna. (Alador1666)
 * Louis Syphre II, son of Meridia and Prince of Luminem. (Datadragon Odahviing)
 * Levith Syphre, son of Louis and Marya, and troublemaker meddling in mortal affairs. (Datadragon Odahviing)
 * Lyrissa Syphre, daughter of Louis and Marya, and heir to the Empire. (Datadragon Odahviing)
 * Ada Zeill, exiled Daedra of Meridia and friend of Meledran. (Datadragon Odahviing)
 * Sofia, the leader of the Resistance and Senator of the Empire. (Emperor Maximus)
 * Valkyrie Ghost-Wolf, a detective living in Brightwall. (Lazarus Grimm)
 * Wraith, an enigmatic criminal. (Lazarus Grimm)
 * Alexander Ultima Lucidium, mercenary and bounty hunter. (T050189)
 * Maxwell Kilkrane, thief and vagabond. (Septimus Halfmoon)

Factions

 * The Empire
 * The Resistance
 * The Seven Organisations
 * Knights of Azura
 * Council of Nobles

Prologues
Meledran: The sky pirate landed in the mountains of High Rock, attempting to enter the Adamantine Monastery. He blackmailed the monks, forcing them to let him in. Once inside the monastery he walked to the room where the High Priestess resided. After entering they briefly talked, and it was revealed that Princess Marya was the priestess.

Sander: The assassin was at that time in Daggerfall. He entered the Church of the Divines, killing the priest who sees him. Then he descended into the catacombs deep below the ground, and entered the hideout of Aggie, asking her to perform dark magic.

Luminem: Louis banished Ada, instead of killing her, much to the surprise of the other Daedra. A few weeks later his children, Levith and Lyrissa, were born. Louis gave them their names, and then they were taken into another dimension to grow up. Meanwhile, Ada tumbled through time and space before crashing through the warp into the mortal plane.

Part 1
Sander was in Aggie's hideout, and she insisted that she perform a ritual to find the nobleman with a top hat. She initially refused, but after he claimed that he will do anything for this one favour, she changed her mind. He was tasked with killing a local priest and taking his pendant to Aggie. Sander did this, but she still refused to perform the ritual. Instead, Antoine Gascoigne entered the hideout, but Sander was told that he was an ally.

In the skies, Meledran attacked a barge, hoping to take plenty of loot from its cargo. The crew of the Wind Reaver easily overpowered the ship, but on board the Bosmer discovered a painting of a man in a top hat, suggesting that Sander's nemesis had great control over trade. He decided to travel to Daggerfall in order to find Sander and tell him this.

Far off, in the Coloured Rooms of Meridia, Levith manages to escape and travel to Mundus, hoping to find Ada Zeill and find out more about his mother. He landed in Daggerfall, and fought off a group of thugs, rescuing a young girl. This girl recognized him as a Syphre, and leads him to a farm on the outskirts of the city, where he finds Ada Zeill.

Sander went to a bar in the city, where Meledran happened to find him. The Bosmer told him what he knew, and they were later joined by Levith and Ada. The Auroran boy questioned Meledran about his mother, but the Bosmer claimed to have lost her trail. Sander and Antoine leftto travel to the Adamatine Monastery, already knowing Marya's location. He claimed to be going to finish the job and kill her. Meledran took the others with him to the WInd Reaver, hoping to stop Sander from doing anything stupid.

Both parties traveled to the monastery, but Sander arrived there first. Marya agreed to help him find Beaufort, another vampire of his strain. She also challenged Sander to test his fighting prowess against a knight, which he accepts. Eventually he won the fight, but it was not easy.

When they conducted the pact, the ritualists summoned Malacath himself, who helped Sander because of his powerful desire for revenge. He found out that she was in a mansion in the western part of Daggerfall, about to hold a large birthday party. As he left the monastery he encountered Meledra, Levith, and Ada. In the monastery, Levith was reunited with his mother, but soon left with the others.

After travelling back to Daggerfall, the group stole invitations to Beaufort's party. However, because Sander did not kill Marya when he was at the monastery, Aggie broke off all ties to him in a fit of rage, and he became an enemy of her.

The group acquired various smokebombs before going to the party, where they planned to assassinate Beaufort. During the dancing Meledran turned off the lights, Sander killed Stephanie, and they began to escape. However, they discovered that the cake being served was in fact poisoned, and all who ate it (including Ada and most of High Rock's nobility) had become infected with Mutare Vampiris. The group escaped, and blew up the mansion, killing everyone inside. While trying to escape they encountered the thief Maxwell Kilkrane, but he posed little threat and was presumed dead after Levith shot him.

[WIP will complete over time]