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suppressed by Warden Cu tler that show Bliss Llwellyn carried the mark
of Lucifer on her neck, the Conclave has come to the conclusion that Bliss Llewellyn is Allegra’s
firstborn daughter (the product of Allegra’s union with Lucifer) and a Silver Blood. The Repository is
still in the dark as to how this came to be.
Current Status: Missing. Suspecte¡€ll in tdiv>k, thel id to be searching for Charles Force in the
White Darkness.
(For more on Allegra’s story s ee Misguided Angel, Repository Re cord #505, which contains the
comprehensive file on the many lives of Gabrielle.)
CORDELIA VAN ALEN

Seraphiel, Angel of Song
Birth Name: Cordelia Edith Benjamin
Origin: August 12, 1841, New York, New York
Known Past Lives: Catherine Carver (Plymouth), Isabella Arosto (Florence), Julia Caesaris (Rome)
Bondmate: Lawrence Van Alen
Assigned Human Conduit: James Owen Perry (deceased)
List of Human Familiars: Anthony Smith (1919– 1925), David Lancaster (1926–1943), Tobias West
(1943–1969), Dmitri Stefan (1969–1982), Kenneth lindsey (1983–1999), Rigoberto Morales [also her
hairdresser] (1999–2006) Physical Characteristics:
Hair: White (blond in her younger years)
Eyes: Green
Height: 5’2”
Cordelia Van Alen was, until her untimely expiratio n, the matriarch of the Van Alen family. She
was Schuyler’s grandmother and acted as her legal guardian after Allegra fell into a coma. One of the
Coven’s longest-serving Wardens, Cordelia nevertheless fo und herself in a diminished position in the
Conclave after she clashed once t oo often with the ruling Elders.
Born in 1841, Cordelia was a precocious child, a nd in her youth was known for her lovely soprano
singing voice. She married Lawrence Van Alen in 1859 in a lavish bonding ceremony at the Van Alen
mansion on Fifth Avenue. She was allowed to go beyond three times the norma l human life span to
prepare as the next mother to the Uncorrupted, Allegra and Charles, wh ose spirits were entrusted to her
guidance according to the laws of the House of Records in 1969.
Throughout Blue Blood history, Cordelia, along with her exiled bondmate, Lawrence, has been
agitating for increased vigilance against the possible return of the {REDACTED} {REINSTATED/BY
ORDER OF THE REGIS LVA} S ilver Bloods. {ALL REDACTED MENTION OF SILVER BLOOD
REINSTATED IN CURRENT RECO RDS BY ORDER OF REGIS LVA} She was instrumental in
calling up the spirit of the Watcher, the Pistis Sophia, in this cycle, to be born to and fostered by the
family of Forsyth Llewellyn. During her long tenure as one of New York City’s most active social matrons, Cordelia presided
over the New York Blood Ba nk Committee, the Central Park Conservancy, and served on the board of
trustees for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Mu seum of Modern Art, New York City Ballet, and
the New York Philharmonic. Elegant, birdlike, and imperious , Cordelia was intimidating and aloof in manner, even in her
relations with her granddaughter. However, she always avowed to intimates among the Coven that
while she was instrumental in many great causes a nd charities, her greatest joy in life was watching
Schuyler grow up. Cordelia was attacked by a powerful young Silv er Blood during the New York slayi¾Newand
chslangs of 2006, but fortunat ely did not suffer from Full Consumption. Before her “death,” she
pressed upon Schuyler to find her grandfather, La wrence Van Alen, whom Cordelia guessed was still
living in Venice.
Current Status: Expired in this cycle. Will return in the next Expression.
LAWRENCE VAN ALEN
Metraton, Heavenly Scribe
Birth Name: Lawrence Theodore Winslow Van Alen (also called “Teddy”)
Origin: Enmortal. Does not adhere to th e cycle of Expression and Expiration.
Known Past Lives: John Carver (P lymouth), Ludivivo Arosto (Florence), Gnaeus Magnus Pompey
(Rome) Bondmate: Cordelia Van Alen

Assigned Human Conduit: Christopher Anderson
List of Human Familiars: Unknown
Physical Characteristics:
Hair: White (blond in his younger years)
Eyes: Blue
Height: 6’0”
Until recent events cleared his name and reputati on, Lawrence Van Alen was considered by many
in the Coven to be an agitator, a traitor, and a troublemaker. Upon th e founding of the New World, as
John Carver, he lost his promin ent position in the Conclave afte r losing the White Vote. The council
had voted to follow Myles Standish (Michael), as th ey have always done, regardless of the suspected
return of the Silver Bloods.