DEPARTMENT OF ANOMALOUS PHENOMENA

OPERATIONS / FIELD MAP — HOTSPOT OVERLAY
Classification: LEVEL 5 — RESTRICTED

ZONE VX-01 — Velkanova (Romania)

Operational Status: BLACK SITE — ABSOLUTE INTERDICTION

Hotspot Registry:

  • VX-01A: The Manor (Central Fortress)

    • Epicenter of anomalous governance. Lights remain active perpetually.

    • Functioned as bride-selection venue during masquerade balls.

    • No Directorate personnel have returned from breach attempts.

  • VX-01B: Masquerade Hall (Ballroom Complex)

    • Annual compulsory gathering for citizens.

    • Brides selected here; local testimonies describe “vanishing” of chosen participants.

    • Interior acoustics anomalous: recorded whispers on confiscated tapes not present in real time.

  • VX-01C: The Bridge (Western Perimeter)

    • Reports of apparitions, shadow doubles.

    • Believed to be symbolic threshold between “outside world” and Velkanova proper.

    • Final known location of ███████ Directorate insertion team (2009).

  • VX-01D: The Market Quarter

    • Trade stalls stocked with velvet, silver, imported wines.

    • Civilian routine ceases abruptly after dusk.

    • Surveillance audio picks up faint choral humming with no visible source.

ZONE CX-01 — Carfax Hollow (Pacific Northwest, U.S.)

Operational Status: ACTIVE SURVEILLANCE / POST-INCIDENT CONTAINMENT

Hotspot Registry:

  • CX-01A: Palisade Grand Hotel

    • Ground zero of 2025 massacre.

    • Civilian accounts: walls “wept blood,” lights failed in synchronized intervals.

    • Post-incident: site abandoned, perimeter fenced. Residual anomalous audio detected monthly.

  • CX-01B: St. Bramwell Hospital

    • Location of Renfield containment failure.

    • Wards still show unexplained electrical surges. Survivors report “shadows watching” in empty corridors.

    • Civilian access officially barred under “biohazard” cover story.

  • CX-01C: Holmwood Bistro

    • Safehouse for Arthur Holmwood and civilian refugees.

    • Became de facto command post for hunters.

    • Community shrine erected post-incident; Directorate quietly removed in 2026.

  • CX-01D: Carfax Hollow University

    • Mina Harker’s workplace; site of escalating panic and student protests.

    • Library archives contaminated with Van Helsing’s V-File copies; scrub team destroyed 342 hours of broadcast media.

    • Rumors persist of missing staff still “wandering campus at night.”

  • CX-01E: Pier & Airfield

    • Primary ingress points for ARC-DRACULA.

    • Notable atmospheric anomalies during each arrival (fog density increase, compass failures).

    • Ongoing fishing boat disappearances logged since incident.

  • CX-01F: Lucy Westenra Grave Site

    • Civilian hotspot. Teenagers dare each other to approach at night.

    • Reports of “voice mimicry” persist despite neutralization.

    • Directorate installed seismic sensors under cover of geological study.

Directorate Note:
Velkanova remains sealed mystery. Carfax Hollow remains open wound. Both zones demonstrate pattern: Dracula builds power through place as much as people.

DEPARTMENT OF ANOMALOUS PHENOMENA

POST-INCIDENT PROTOCOLS — CARFAX HOLLOW & VELKANOVA
Classification: LEVEL 5 — RESTRICTED

SECTION I — CARFAX HOLLOW (CX-01)

Status: Active Containment / Civilian Reintegration

Context: Following the Carfax Incident (2025), civilian perception framed serial murders as coordinated terror or mass psychosis. Direct acknowledgment of vampiric phenomena deemed untenable. Directorate protocols focus on narrative control, infrastructure repair, and gradual civilian desensitization.

Containment Protocols:

  1. Narrative Suppression:

    • Official cause of deaths declared “domestic terror cell” combined with “chemical exposure.”

    • Civilian eyewitness accounts dismissed as stress hallucinations; flagged individuals transferred to psychiatric care.

    • All Van Helsing “V-File” materials scrubbed from local servers and redistributed only on Directorate blacknet for analysis.

  2. Civil Authority Reconstitution:

    • Law enforcement retrained under federal cover program.

    • Curfews lifted in phases, contingent on incident-free intervals.

    • “Community healing programs” introduced — Directorate-funded memorials, vigils, and counseling disguised as public health services.

  3. Population Control:

    • Refugee dispersal encouraged; high-risk witnesses quietly relocated.

    • Remaining population subjected to passive surveillance (audio sensors, medical screenings, undercover informants).

  4. Residual Hazard Monitoring:

    • Palisade Grand Hotel, St. Bramwell Hospital, and Lucy Westenra grave monitored with seismic, audio, and EMF sensors.

    • Civilian access restricted under environmental/biohazard pretexts.

Objective: Neutralize lingering hysteria; ensure Carfax Hollow resumes normal function without resurgence of vampiric myth.

SECTION II — VELKANOVA (VX-01)

Status: Black Site / Reintegration Pilot

Context: Velkanova historically functioned as ARC-DRACULA’s seat of power — an isolated, semi-sovereign anomaly zone. With Dracula’s destruction unverified but presumed, Directorate and Romanian government initiated joint covert operation to reintegrate the city into national framework.

Reintegration Measures:

  1. Political Realignment:

    • Local leadership councils installed under Romanian federal oversight.

    • Directorate personnel embedded as “EU development advisors.”

  2. Infrastructure Rehabilitation:

    • Restoration of utilities (power, water, communications) undertaken with NATO/EU reconstruction grants.

    • Gothic façades preserved to disguise intensive internal retrofitting (concealed surveillance systems, biometric checkpoints).

  3. Cultural Sanitization:

    • Masquerade festivals reframed as “heritage tourism.”

    • Directorate works with cultural ministries to script alternate histories, erasing references to “bride selection” and disappearances.

    • Local resistance suppressed through relocation or assimilation incentives.

  4. Population Monitoring:

    • Citizens screened for anomalous markers (blood anomalies, psychic residue).

    • Suspect individuals quietly extracted under guise of medical transfers.

    • Directorate maintains continuous observation grid disguised as smart-city pilot program.

  5. International Narrative:

    • Velkanova described publicly as “formerly corrupt, now modernizing municipality.”

    • Vampiric history officially attributed to folklore and “Cold War propaganda.”

Objective: Reintegrate Velkanova into Romanian sovereignty while concealing anomalous past. Prevent spillover of vampiric myth into broader European awareness.

DIRECTORATE NOTE

Both Carfax Hollow and Velkanova are active wounds in the global fabric. Public stability depends on silence. Directorate policy: Preserve normalcy. Protect humanity. Control the anomaly.