Eve's POV
The fifth faction was called the Bloodline Council.
They were the oldest faction in the Conclave.
Older than the Military faction. Older than the Merchant faction. Older than everything except the Conclave itself. They represented the ancient supernatural bloodlines, the families that had been part of the supernatural world since before anyone had started writing things down. Vampires who had seen empires rise and fall. Witch lineages that predated the Conclave by centuries. Shifter clans whose histories went back further than most recorded supernatural law.
They were also the most conservative faction in existence.
Not politically conservative. Structurally conservative. They believed in the old ways. The old hierarchies. The old systems that had kept their bloodlines intact and their power preserved across centuries of supernatural history.
