I thought at Strauss trying to give the blood magic to some guy he intend to brainwash, and he went for a werebear because they are sturdy enough to survive the ritual and also deal with vampires (standard were-beings usually stays outside feuds).
What he found himself with was a werebear that cannot transform voluntarily anymore and has a botched version of the blood magic Strauss managed to get while studying Durandal (but Alex needs a token to activate it and he can't reasorb his blood, so he has to be really cautious and use it really sparingly).
Alex has a lot of his memories wiped but is still not brainwashed; he managed to escape from Strauss captivity, but has only some vague recollection of what happened. He's quite a mess! But I was wondering if this kind of mess might be non-compatible with your ideas/setting/storyline...
It all sounds good to me! :D (Like, whether or not were-entities do end up being hinted at/showing up canonically, I think werebear!Alex makes a pretty good contrast to normal-servant Vince [well, it's not normal for servants to become stronger than the vamp that sired them, but you know]. And, well, there's gotta be something out there that's naturally capable of preying on vamps...)
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Date: 2019-01-28 09:20 pm (UTC)I thought at Strauss trying to give the blood magic to some guy he intend to brainwash, and he went for a werebear because they are sturdy enough to survive the ritual and also deal with vampires (standard were-beings usually stays outside feuds).
What he found himself with was a werebear that cannot transform voluntarily anymore and has a botched version of the blood magic Strauss managed to get while studying Durandal (but Alex needs a token to activate it and he can't reasorb his blood, so he has to be really cautious and use it really sparingly).
Alex has a lot of his memories wiped but is still not brainwashed; he managed to escape from Strauss captivity, but has only some vague recollection of what happened. He's quite a mess! But I was wondering if this kind of mess might be non-compatible with your ideas/setting/storyline...
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Date: 2019-01-28 09:38 pm (UTC)