IV. SEAT OF POWER: Blackmere House
• Location: Concealed beneath the ruins of a burned-out Georgian manor, its upper floors accessible through a derelict law office in Temple.
• Interior:
o The Grand Hall: where the Duchess holds her nocturnal courts.
o The Vaults: an underground labyrinth storing centuries of blood vintages, relics, and the sealed tombs of traitors.
o The Mirror Chamber: used for communion with ancestral spirits.
o The Red Garden: a hydroponic greenhouse fed with bloodwater; open only to the Duchess and her Priestess.

Nature: Seat of the Duchy of Nocturne
Vampire Significance: The court’s heart — its throne room, catacombs, and treasury.
Mage Significance: Rumored to sit upon a Prime Hallow, corrupted centuries ago. Mages sense an echo of divine law twisted into vampiric dominion.
Conflict Hook: A mage cabal from the Silver Ladder seeks to “purify” the site, claiming it once anchored the Crown of Albion’s Aetheric Leyline. The Duchess forbids intrusion.