Origins of the Council of Three rest in the series of conflicts known as the Portal Wars. Originally the Portal Wars were fought between warring clans of morphs only. Then vampires got into the battle when their own territories were jeopardized by the wars. Soon afterwards, however, some morphs took in wizards or witches to help combat rival morph clans and vampires. Unfortunately, this eventually brought the magickal community full scale into the war. It also pitted wizard against wizard and witch against witch, as some practitioners did not agree with the ideals of any of the morph clans. While wizards and witches were fighting morphs, there was hope that an alliance could be forged. With the vampires, it seemed hopeless.

Eventually after two thousand years of fighting the reasons behind the wars had been all but forgotten and all were weary of the fight.

A Cold War Alliance was first made among the tribes, clans, and families of the morph community.

Then a representative morph, a werewolf, was sent to offer a hand of peace to the Great Wizard, Timon (the First). The Wolf met with Timon and both readily agreed to put the wars behind them.

However such a resolution would not be so easy with the Vampires. They would continue the fight until the end. The vampires had no real leader, but they did have a Mother. Her name was Lilith. Her words carried the weight of God as far as vampires were concerned.

Unfortunately, Lilith cared little for the matters of politics and war and let her children do as they wished.

While vampires could use magick on their own, it was not high magick by any means. Their strength was in their numbers, their ruthlessness, and the fact that they were so difficult to kill.

One night, Timon and the Wolf assembled a band of practitioners and morphs and conceived a plan to kidnap Lilith. It worked. They had the Mother of All Vampires.

The problem was how could they convince someone who was completely apathetic of a situation to come to their side. Timon’s only chance was to use Lilith’s motherly instincts against her. He told her how her “children” were dying. How she was killing them herself.

Lilith conceded the point and joined in an alliance with Timon and the Wolf. It was Lilith who first declared that the Council of Three had been born and that she would rip apart the flesh of anyone who defied her and the Council.

The Council of Three consisted of the Wizard Timon the Twelfth, the Wolf-Councillor, and Lilith.

The dissolution of the Council of Three hinged on World War One. Humanity had become too dangerous at least in the eyes of some. Marcus Lupus Ferox (Deus Lupus) was a champion of war and knew that weapons would evolve, becoming more and more powerful. If mankind’s weaponry advanced much farther from what he was seeing in WWI, he knew that any attack from his kind would be crushed by humanity. The time to strike was now. The Council disagreed. They would not involve themselves in human affairs no matter what. Timon the Twelfth even acknowledged that the decision may not be wise, but they all had to stand by their words.

The problem was that Ferox had already gained support from morph tribes and clans for his ideas. However, the Council’s decision was final and Ferox was zapped back to his homeland.

The Wolf Councillor was actually in the First World War, fighting in the American forces. While in heavy battle Ferox murdered the Wolf, however all thought that he was simply a casualty of war. (This was the third wolf in the line, the first being an Ancient who lived nearly 10 000 years.) The Wolf’s son, however, was very young and before the council could act he disappeared. Lilith had every intention of taking revenge upon Ferox for his crime.

Ferox trumped her and the Elder Timon by threatening a full scale war of morphs against wizards and vampires. Lilith was forced to either kill thousands of morphs or give in and disband the Council. She gave in, but not to spare the lives of all those morphs. She gave in because she agreed with Ferox. Mankind had become too dangerous. She said, “They deserve their fate!”

Timon was furious. Lilith had broken one of their own laws and was going to let a Netherworld war begin.

Fortunately WWI ended just days later. When this happened Ferox received what he claimed to be a vision. A vision of unity among human kind and supernatural kind. This divided the morph community and after a very short confrontation a Cold War began.

Frustrated, Timon the Twelfth tried in vain to convince Lilith to attempt to restore order. She would have nothing to do with the idea.

Not long after that Timon the Twelfth died. Timon the Thirteenth, who had been raised knowing that he would one day inherit his father’s duty, quickly developed a relationship with Lilith. The two became friends, but Lilith stood by her word and would have nothing to do with the Council of Three. In the 1930s Timon finally gave up and the two parted.

Fast forward to the year 2000. Having emerged into public as “Lillith” to distract people from her true identity in the 1960s and created a feminist fashion magazine in the 1990s, Lillith finds that is little more than a hobby. She won’t admit it to herself, but she misses the Council. It gave her power and a sense of purpose. So when Melpomene and Chelsea “borrowed” her, she did not immediately kill them for their impudence and audacity. Besides she was curious about the Magickal-Pureblood and wanted to see if she was indeed real.

Lillith does bark a lot and it could be said that her bark is worse than her bite...but don’t count on it.

Lillith’s speech at the reinstatement of the Council is simply a formality, however her reputation is such that she could actually carry out on her threat.

So why does she belt out this profane speech, rather than have Timon say “We love you all?” The Council is dealing with beings who respect force. It’s similar to being the alpha-male of the pack: the Council must show its fangs to prove it cares.

The reformed Council of Three consists of the Wizard Timon the Thirteenth, the Harry Conroy, and Lillith.

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