Charlatans

Dr. George Elliot possesses the Nocturnal Perception power, This ability grants the user heightened senses, allowing them to see clearly in total darkness and hear with extraordinary precision. In the absence of light, they can navigate effortlessly, perceiving their surroundings through a combination of dark vision and acute auditory sensitivity. The user can detect subtle sounds, such as breathing, footsteps, or distant movements, and pinpoint their sources with remarkable accuracy. Whether in complete blackness or shadowed environments, Nocturnal Perception makes the user a master of stealth, tracking, and awareness, operating with precision in situations where others are blind and deaf to the world around them.

Big ol' dog nose.

Harold’s Enhanced Perception interprets every scent and sight as though it were a silent “speech act” embedded in the world around him. Just as Speech Act Theory suggests that language conveys intent and action, Harold’s senses allow him to detect unspoken messages within scents and traces left by touch, movement, or presence. Each scent or invisible detail, like a fingerprint, becomes a form of communication—a kind of sensory language revealing clues about who or what was present, and what actions took place.

Through his heightened sense of smell, Harold treats scents as unique “signatures” left by individuals or objects, each telling its own story. To him, a scent is a lingering “utterance” of someone’s presence, as if their movements and actions left traces in the air. By differentiating between scents with precision, he can read this invisible narrative and connect it to people, places, and events he’s encountered before.

Harold’s vision allows him to see normally invisible details—fingerprints, bacteria, residual marks—as the “evidence” of actions, each trace a physical “speech act” left behind. Just as words convey hidden intentions, these traces serve as residual expressions of past interactions. When Harold views these otherwise invisible elements, it’s as if he’s reading silent statements from the world itself, each detail contributing to a deeper understanding of what has transpired.

In this way, Harold’s Enhanced Perception transforms sensory information into a conversation with his surroundings, where every trace, scent, and hidden detail is a part of a larger dialogue that only he can perceive. His mastery of Speech Act Theory enables him to interpret these sensory “statements” and unravel the story beneath the surface, making him an expert at uncovering truths in silence.

8AST's eyes can cycle through various modes of vision - a few different modes that help in low- and no-light situations, as well as an extreme magnification mode.

The senses of a Kindred are magnitudes more sensitive than that of a lesser Kine, and in feeding upon the vital life energies of others Lucas taps into that and revels in the enhanced sensory bouquet he experiences with every sharp sound and every crack of bone. A symphony of new sounds he can hear no matter where his prey may hide, and as he grows closer he can feel the heat radiating off them. See the flow of blood underneath their skin, ah, how it sings to him.

To claim that Lucas is ecstatic about this would be an understatement.

Even in human form, the werewolf retains their incredible sense of smell. This helps them track their prey and learn where people and things have been.

The detective has trained their eyes to notice the smallest of details.

The beastmaster closes their eyes and channels nature's bloody struggle for survival. When their eyes reopen, they catch the light and glow red like a dog's. While in this heightened state, they may sense heat signatures and triangulate the tiniest sound.