Rufford's Kin

Rufford's Kin is a faction of vampires whose territory partially overlaps with the expanded remit of the Consilium of the Stone Circle and that of the Burnley Confederation.

Rather than enter into prolonged conflict with them and their well-established networks, the Preston Consilium had chosen to broker a peace treaty. This was ruptured with the death of one of their more powerful kin in Rufford Old Hall at the hands of Hawthorne, who had been called there by the Rose after an acquisitional errand went awry.

Hawthorne has, since, been frequently unavailable to the Consilium while dealing with the repercussions of these actions, in the course of which time she has been seen working heavily with Moonlight.