User:Brian Kurtz/Sandbox

With Zane gone and his relationship with Sasha reconciled, Julian still had one major obstacle to face - Eddie Fiori. Eddie not only wanted revenge against Luna for leaving him to blister in the sunlight, but also wanted to remove him from San Francisco forever. To facilitate this, Eddie enlisted the aid of his sire, a Los Angeles vampire named Cyrus, who provided him with a shape-shifting Assamite assassin. The Assamite found Luna outside Caitlin Byrne's home. It took the form of his bodyguard Billy and tried to kill Julian with a large knife. Julian fought back and managed to survive, but the Assamite managed to escape. Complicating matters even further was the presence of a private investigator named Benning who took photographs of the fight between Luna and the Assamite. The photographs eventually fell into the hands of Caitlin Byrne. When Caitlin asked Julian about them, he dodged the issue in typical fashion, but Caitlin could no longer abide his perpetual air of secrecy. Telling him that his world scared her too much, she broke up with him.

When Julian returned to his mansion, he found Eddie Fiori and the Assamite ready to finish the job they had started at Caitlin's house. With the help of Cash, Julian survived another assasination attempt. The Assamite assumed Julian's form and when it encountered Fiori, it was mistaken for the real Luna so Eddie shot it. Eddie proclaimed himself the new Prince of the city, but Julian emerged at Eddie's office accompanied by a group of well-armed loyal Ventrue. Although the two were sworn enemies, it was actually Lillie Langtry who ended the feud once and for all when she beheaded Eddie Fiori with his own samurai sword.

Afterward, Julian returned to Caitlin. The two reconciled their differences and got back together.

The death of Zane left a large hole in Lillie's heart; a heart that was becoming increasingly hardened, particularly where it involved Julian Luna. Lillie could not abide the notion that her relationship with Zane placed the Kindred in jeapardy while Julian was still free to carry on his relationship with a human reporter. Lillie hired a private investigator named Benning to sabotage the relationship between Luna and Caitlin Byrne. She handed him photographs of the two together as well as a large sum of money. It was her hope that the photographs showing the city editor of the San Francisco Times involved with her employer would create enough public scandal that it would force them to break up. Benning looked into the matter more closely, but in addition to taking more photographs of Julian and Caitlin, he also managed to snap some pictures of Julian fighting off an Assamite assassin. He brought the photos back to Lillie, demanding more money. Lillie agreed to arrange a payment, but afterward, she followed Benning back to his apartment and killed him.

At The Haven, Lillie was approached by Eddie Fiori who wanted her to set up a meeting between Julian and he. Lillie knew that Eddie was setting Julian up to kill him, but agreed to arrange the meeting nonetheless. Once Eddie had access to the mansion, he intended on killing Julian himself once and for all. However, he mistakenly killed his own assassin, beleiving that it was Julian. He told Lillie that Julian was dead and that he would now be Prince of the city. Lillie instantly regretted the part she played in her former lover's seeming demise. Eddie called a conclave of the Primogen at which point, the real Julian Luna surfaced. Seeking to redeem herself, Lillie pulled a samurai sword down from the wall and cut Eddie's head off.