The Dark Ages Clan Novel Saga is a 13-volume series of novels set in the world of Dark Ages: Vampire, released by White Wolf from 2002 to the end of 2004. The series begins with Dark Ages Clan Novel 1: Nosferatu and ends with Dark Ages Clan Novel 13: Tzimisce. Inspired by the original modern-day Clan Novel Saga for Vampire: The Masquerade, this series begins with the end of the original Vampire: The Dark Ages era and continued into the timeframe of Dark Ages: Vampire.The 13 novels are written from the POV of one clan each during the turbulence that swept through the mortal and Cainite societies of Europe following the fall of Constantinople in the Fourth Crusade. These novels, unlike the original Clan Novel Series, are chronological, happening one after the other rather than interlapping.Dark Ages Clan Novel #9 Toreador: Mission to the Marches Rosamund of Islington, vampiric ambassador from the Courts of Love, returns to the haven of the German Ventrue Lord Jurgen with harsh tidings. An enraged ancient is in her company and demands shelter at the Ventrue court. Soon he is usurping Jurgen's ambitions to conquer Livonia and to make Rosamund his queen. Can the Toreador ambassador negotiate the troubled waters between these warring lords, or will her own passions doom her?