A few weeks later, the Sabbat came by documentation linking Cornelius with the Quicksilver corporation; indeed it became clear that Sebastian Ford, the company's CEO, was just a mortal front for the Reborn. Quicksilver was also, it appeared, responsible for the production of the Hunters. Therefore, Fortesque ordered both Packs to infiltrate the building, one to take down Cornelius, and the other to destroy the Hunters. Cornelius escaped the conflict, having first explained to the Sabbat about Sietarra, but through Fortesque's efforts, Ford was removed from the Quicksilver board of governors, severing Cornelius' link with the corporation.
Cornelius was far from finished, however. Just a fortnight after his expulsion from Quicksilver, he cast an elaborate spell that shifted all the Cainites of the city into a 'temporal pocket', otherwise known as an alternate reality, and then proceeded to arrange for all their ghouls to fall into a carefully constructed trap, the purpose of which was so he could give them an ultimatum - they arrange for Fortesque to be handed over to him, or he kill them all.
After an unlikely ally captured Fortesque and
Or so it seemed. For some months later, it what appeared to be Cornelius returned from the dead, in a new incarnation. Now back in the city and seeking vengeance against the Sabbat of Maiden Newton, and particularly against Sir Daniel Fortesque, Cornelius � having lost everything already � joined forces with the Abomination London, and set about continuing the fulfilment of the Armageddon Prophecy. His first task in this was unleashing a series of explosions and bombs in and around the Quicksilver building, an effort that turned the bulk of the industrial sector of the city into a raging inferno. Even after the destruction of London, Cornelius remained focussed on the only thing left in his eternal life � fulfilling the prophecy and bringing about Hell on Earth.
However, this too failed, as he was unable to kill Gynander, who was by then in the protective fold of Cardinal Drad and the Sabbat capital of York. Thus, Cornelius decided to try different tactics, and joined the Alliance, offering it a means of slaying The Beast - the evil, destructive adolescent persona of Hope - with the knowledge that killing The Beast would fulfil the prophecy instantly. As it turned out, the Alliance - specifically, the Samedi Guile - did indeed destroy The Beast and therefore fulfil the prophecy. In his moment of elation, Cornelius agreed to do for Points what he had once done to Jemma, and he made the Malkavian antitribu mortal again. However, Points' 'pet', the strange cat Quiche, was for some reason extremely angry about this, and so it swallowed Cornelius whole. The mummy, however, with his many protectiomn spells, remains trapped but unharmed, and seems to now have all the time in the world to find a way out of this odd, and frankly embarrassing, predicament. One thing is for sure - even with the annihilation of Lord Arrakon and a permanent end to the prophecy, Cornelius may be down, but is certainly not out - not by a long shot.