Duibne Industries

"My name is Marthinus T. Steyn and no, you may not call me Martin."

Marthinus T. Steyn spoke with an accent that is almost always mistaken for Australian with a hint of Britsh. He is, in fact, South African and his family resides in Johannesburg but had migrated from England. He speaks with an authortative tone which is not surprising since he is the CEO of Duibne Industries, Clan Tàcharan's human business front. Steyn is also Ellis Dubán's head Familiar.

"We are a large scale drug company that deals with advancing technology and synthesizing blood. Nobody disputes the value of sharing blood. But in the last 15 years, trading in blood has become a huge, virtually unregulated market - with no ceiling on prices, with nonprofit blood banks vying with one another for control of the blood supply, with decisions often driven by profits and corporate politics, not medical concerns. So in essence, if we create it, we can sell it.

"In addition to the value of exploring this technology, we can eventually then synthesize vampire blood. Granted our stock holders are not privy to that information. So we are secretly testing the vampire blood secured by our Mercs . Also our profits come from distributing it to our richer clientele. Imagine then, the amount of money to be had by synthesizing vampire blood and making weaker strains available on the streets?"

Marthinus crosses his arms and smiles. "This is our business....and business is very good."