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everything the Blue Bloods have worked so hard to build in their earthly home?

FAMILY RECORDS: VAN ALEN
A formerly prominent New York family whose influence and largesse was instrumental in the
founding of modern-day Manhattan, the Van Alen name was once synonymous with power, privilege,
and patronage. But the family fortune has been dwin dling for many years, now reduced to a few real
estate holdings and nothing more. SCHUYLER VAN ALEN
Half-blood
Birth Name: Schuyler Theodora Elizabeth Van Alen Chase
Origin: September 1, 1992, New York, New York
Known Past Lives: None: she is Dimidium Cognat us (half-human, half-vampire), the first and only
one of her kind. Bondmate: None. Schuyler is a trueborn new spirit with no heavenly past.
Assigned Human Conduit: O liver Hazard-Perry
List of Human Familiars: Oliver Hazard-Perry, no others
Physical Characteristics:
Hair: Black
Eyes: Blue
Height: 5’7”
Schuyler is the only daughter born to immort al mother, Allegra Van Alen (Gabrielle, the
Uncorrupted) and mortal father, Stephen Chase, her mother’s onl y human familiar. The Van Alens
were once one of the community’s w ealthiest and most illustrious families, but fell on hard times when
Allegra broke her blood bond to her brother Charles (Michael, Pure of Heart). Home is a shabby
mansion on 101st Street and Rivers ide Drive. Other Van Alen holdings include a Nantucket compound,
and a pied-à-terre in Paris (curren tly rented to visiting tourists).
Schuyler was born premature, a nd as a baby was perpetually
E€perpetualHum„underweight. He r pediatrician noted that she did not speak until her fourth
birthday, when she suddenly began using whole sentences. Her primary caretaker, Cordelia Van Alen,
her maternal grandmother, refused to allow speech therapy, insisting that her granddaughter was
perfectly capable of speaking and wo uld do so when she was ready.
School reports from Duchesne indi cate that Schuyler was a quiet and thoughtful child, socially
awkward, and if not for her best friend and human Conduit, Oliver Hazard-Perry, would have been a
complete outcast. She excelled in Language Arts and Applied Arts, and was once honored by the
faculty for diligence in her studies.
According to medical records from the Committee physician, Dr. Patricia Hazard, Schuyler’s
half-blood heritage means she has many powers that vampires her age do not, but also that her mixed
blood makes her weaker and her Transformation to vampire unstable. Her immortality is in question
due to her human progenitor.
Schuyler’s birth was a flagrant vi olation of the Code on her mother’s part, and the Conclave has not
yet come to a formal decision on her fate. Because it is said that the daughter of Gabrielle will bring the
Blue Bloods the salvation th ey seek, Schuyler has been a llowed to live. For now.
Schuyler Van Alen spends most of her time alone; she has a fondness for museums and long walks
in Central Park, and made it a habit to revisit he r comatose mother in the hospital every Sunday.
The following is a report from a Repository intern currently enrolled in Duchesne:
Intern Report #101
Schuyler Van Alen dresses like a nineteenth-century street urchin in thriftstore castoffs, but was
recently tapped to be a model by New York’s top agency during a casting call held at school. She gives
the impression of being short of stature yet is in fact slightly taller than average. Her best friend, Oliver,

calls her Sky, and according to a poem written in his diary (filched from his locker and scanned while
subject was in class): Her blue-black hair falls in curtains
Surrounding a delicate heart-shaped face
Blue eyes set deep in a pale, almost ivory complexion
Stunning
Beautiful
Schuyler
Even those not so enamored will grudgingly accede that she is a ttractive. The beginnings of her
Transformation came right on schedule in her fifteent h year, with the discovery of the sangre azul on
her forearms. Duly induct ed into the Committee during the first semester of her sophomore year, she
has displayed questionable judgment in the proc ess of her Transformation. Her attendance at
Committee meetings is inconsistent, and she recently performed the Sacred Kiss with her human
Conduit, in a flagrant violation of Committee rule s. According to Dr. Hazard, she had no other choice
but to do so or she would have succumbed to a si ckness and the loss of consciousness