It was just barely the clock’s strike when our lady arose. She had summoned the elders to the Dark Tower for an important meeting and the event coordinator, Thomas Bladswell — a human, was at her side already spewing off about problems that did not much concern Pandora. As she walked, he followed… I followed. The meeting hall was soon filled with the Centurians and Ancients of the coven; those that could well sustain the light of day. I quickly took my chair at the desk made for the scribes, I listened and I wrote.
“M’lady, we have acquired word from the merchants that two previously confirmed are unable to make the date.” The fair Roslyn stated.
Lady Roslyn Bosworth had once been a lady in waiting to great Queen Elizabeth the I. She came of royal blood and her poise and composure always showed her high society. She had been unfortunate one evening as she encountered a rogue that turned her into a vampire and left her almost immediately; disshelved, confused, and with an extreme thirst she did not understand. Much like the famed Lestat, she had to learn what she was on her own. Having met Pandora and Marius, it was he that urged Pandora to take up her care. Marius was very fond of Roslyn, but she barely knew him as anything more than a mentor that taught her the new ways of immortality that we all share. Through the many centuries Roslyn developed a more unique closeness to Pandora. As one of the oldest living female vampires, Pandora was a role model to many.
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