Menntun
Menntun means training or exercise. Emma agreed to serve Omarosa for twenty years, but no one said it had to be twenty consecutive years. Instead of being the Childe of Omarosa, Emma becomes the Dread Captain's bargaining chip. Cashing in old favors, Omarosa saddles others with the training of her fledgling.
She calls in seven favors, having planned for each one to take the girl for no less than three years. But the Danse never plays out its steps spaced for Omarosa's feet, and each "apprenticeship" lasts significantly less time. Her first is to Alethia, and after that, it is up to Emma...nominally.
Over the course of her years of training and travel, Emma witnesses the Stryx and comes to know their Horror.
Plot points/Scenes
The arc takes place in many parts in many different parts of Earth-by-Night.
...In England
Emma is left on an English island to find Alethia, a Vampire from "the old days" who will teach her to fight and be a better Vampire.
...in Venice
Emma is taken by her Sire to Venice to update her wardrobe and see how a modern princedom can operate.
...in France
Emma is sent to France to learn from a Dynasty of Vampires the tactics and strategies of how Vampires rule the night. But the household is ashes and the Vampire in charge is dust. Gaston is their last living ghoul, and he is desperate to not wake the next Vampire in his Dynasty - the monster that made him. What does Emma do?
Parts Four to Seven
PalestineSelime is a perfumer in the ancient city of Acre. She is to teach and provide Emma with the skills of a seductress and refinement of her disciplines.
MoroccoIn Morocco, Emma must set aside all she has learned to master her senses, tracking, and hunting - even to the point of hunting that which hunts Vampires. Her mentor is Dayo, and she is a deadly assassin and hunter who brooks no challenge, attitude, or recklessness.
SpainToledo is known for its bladesmiths, and among the Damned that remains true. The best is Leonor, and she will forge a fine blade for Emma. Emma will also learn from one of the best the arts of crafts and the joy of building.
Brandenburg, HREThe Princedom of Berlin is infested with horrors. Omarosa gathers her Childe to complete her training. Its time to fight Stryx.
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