Court of Blood |Vampire/Historical/OOC| [Reboot]

[Nea Videssos]

Seems like a familiar character.

Yes, I am recycling quite a bit from Imperialisium's Masquerade RP, I am assuming that's what you are thinking about? I do plan to change and develop the character rather a bit more though.

I think I also saw Geneviève before in another vampire RP set in France, though that was a while ago. I just looked it up and it was that "Plague of the Vampyr" one. But yeah, I have a habit of recycling characters as well from time to time.

[Of the Quendi]

I think I also saw Geneviève before in another vampire RP set in France, though that was a while ago. I just looked it up and it was that "Plague of the Vampyr" one. But yeah, I have a habit of recycling characters as well from time to time.

Yeah that's true, you got a good memory, Plague of the Vampyr.

If I put a lot of energy into creating an interesting character I always think its a waste not to recycle it when the opportunity arises.

[The Anarcho-Syndicalist Commune]

Hey, so if a vampire’s neck was sliced, going through almost the entire neck (including the throat, veins and etc) but the spine remained intact and relatively undamaged, could the vampire still live?

Actually, to what extent can a vampire be damaged and still live/manage to recover?

In essence, if you can't produce a body, assume they are still alive. As for that first situation, I imagine it would be a very long and painful time buried in a coffin, but yes in theory they could recover from that. I highly doubt that anyone would be in such a situation where they receive so grievous a blow and live though.

[Endem]

Hey, so if a vampire’s neck was sliced, going through almost the entire neck (including the throat, veins and etc) but the spine remained intact and relatively undamaged, could the vampire still live?

Actually, to what extent can a vampire be damaged and still live/manage to recover?

In essence, if you can't produce a body, assume they are still alive. As for that first situation, I imagine it would be a very long and painful time buried in a coffin, but yes in theory they could recover from that. I highly doubt that anyone would be in such a situation where they receive so grievous a blow and live though.

unless someone plans to be grievously injured, lie me by the way, how long can a Vampire live without sucking blood? Can a vampire feed like once a month or does he need to do it on daily basis

[The Imperial Warglorian Empire]

In essence, if you can't produce a body, assume they are still alive. As for that first situation, I imagine it would be a very long and painful time buried in a coffin, but yes in theory they could recover from that. I highly doubt that anyone would be in such a situation where they receive so grievous a blow and live though.

unless someone plans to be grievously injured, lie me by the way, how long can a Vampire live without sucking blood? Can a vampire feed like once a month or does he need to do it on daily basis

Adding onto that, can vampires eat and taste human food? Because there are times in media where vampires for some reason find human food revolting or are unable to digest it.

Obviously they wouldn’t be able to get nutrition from it, but some might just do it as a hobby or something.

[Of the Quendi]

Neverending Story, my character's bio. More than six thousand words and still only half way through. If anyone has any criticisms about what I got so far (about something other than grammar and readability neither of which are great) let me know.

About food and drink I don't think it makes much sense for vampires not to consume both. For them to operate among humans they would need to be able to do so. Its difficult enough to imagine Louis XIV (or even Vlad III the Impaler) never having been out in the sun but never having had a drink or a bite to eat?

[The Imperial Warglorian Empire]

Neverending Story, my character's bio. More than six thousand words and still only half way through. If anyone has any criticisms about what I got so far (about something other than grammar and readability neither of which are great) let me know.

About food and drink I don't think it makes much sense for vampires not to consume both. For them to operate among humans they would need to be able to do so. Its difficult enough to imagine Louis XIV (or even Vlad III the Impaler) never having been out in the sun but never having had a drink or a bite to eat?

Lol, the “Sun King” never going out during daylight

[The Imperial Warglorian Empire]

Also, are vampire teeth retractable or is there no way to biologically hide/naturally them?

[Of the Quendi]

Lol, the “Sun King” never going out during daylight

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A bit. An also a tad problematic, given that we know Louis XIV spent plenty of time outside. Maybe he has some sort of special sunscreen so he can go out?

Also, are vampire teeth retractable or is there no way to biologically hide/naturally them?

Again, considering that a lot of our characters has spent quite a bit of time passing to humans I would suggest that vampire teeth can somehow be hidden.

[Cheye]

Lol, the “Sun King” never going out during daylight

Yeah this occurred to me while writing my backstory but I kinda just figured there were ways around it. Like he could have used a body-double for a lot of things and perhaps we can say that vampires don't smoke up quite so quickly if covered up and when the sun isn't out?

It was that irony that literally prompted me to rewrite my entire bio to have him be my maker!

[Of the Quendi]

Oh my god. I just finished my bio. Its too long to post. I don't think I have ever experienced that problem before. Here is section 2 of my bio:

During the reign of Louis XV Geneviève was to be heavily involved in vampiric, French and catholic politics. While her role in the downfall of Louis XIV would be the last time that Geneviève would ever betray a vampire to the Catholic Church the church was so grateful for her assistance that she was able to establish a good working relationship with it regardless. Her excommunication of 1638 was repealed shortly after Louis XIV's destruction and Geneviève privately reaffirmed her catholic faith. She remained active, and prominent in the Society, effectively the number two in France and in correspondence with numerous senators and with Maximus who remained an ally. In French royal politics Geneviève became an early member of the Secret du Roi, the secret diplomacy of Louis XV. In this capacity she was involved in the 1741 coup that saw Ivan VI of Russia deposed in favor Elizabeth, a daughter of Peter the Great. Later she helped discreetly champion Louis, Prince of Conti's candidacy for the Polish throne which Louis XV desired but dared not actively support as he was in the midst of the War of the Austrian Succession. 1745 was a particularly important year for Geneviève's involvement with SdR as she attempted to engineer the downfall of the protestant Hannoverian monarchy in Great Britain in favor of the catholic Stuarts. That failure, and the inability of France to conquer the Austrian Netherlands disappointed her greatly and in it she saw a worrying sign that France was falling behind the British and was no longer the powerhouse it was under Louis XIV. While she welcomed the Franco-Austrian alliance in the run up to the Seven Year's War which brought the premier Catholic powers of Europe together, she was concerned about war. Visiting the French colonies in both the Americas and the Indies she surmised that only a clear victory on the continent and an occupation of British Hannover could save them from falling under the control of the dreaded British. She was right. The Seven Year's War was a humiliation for France. Expected defeats in the colonies could not be offset by victories in Europe as there where few of these, and as a result the French colonial empire was dealt a crucial defeat.

But by then Geneviève's involvement in French politics was being overshadowed by her concern with vampiric ones. The reemergence of the Consul and his determination to hunt down the so-called Children of Abraham, a movement Geneviève has never joined yet nevertheless feel some sympathy for has left the quastor irate. The establishment of new Society governance in British North America however seems to offer an opportunity for Geneviève, who as quaestor of Versailles has little interest in hunting the Children of Abraham an interesting opportunity. Vergennes, first minister of Louis XV has made revenge against the British the foremost French foreign policy aim. If British North America can be turned against London this would be ideal for France. So, as a member of the SdR Geneviève has arranged for her to be sent to Boston to look into whether the colonials can be induced to rebel against British rule. For the Society she is traveling to Boston towards the purpose of securing appointment of Quaestor (though she harbors rather loftier ambitions than to exchange the plum position of Versailles for an obscure colonial outpost). Finally Geneviève hopes privately that the New World, long a haven for religious dissidents might provide some respite from the overbearing domination of a Society in which the Consul has now resumed direct control. Geneviève's old dream of a better vampire government than what the Society of the Night provides is still very much alive coexisting with her ambition for power and prestige in vampire society. Hopefully in Boston it, and she, will thrive.

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Yeah this occurred to me while writing my backstory but I kinda just figured there were ways around it. Like he could have used a body-double for a lot of things and perhaps we can say that vampires don't smoke up quite so quickly if covered up and when the sun isn't out?

It was that irony that literally prompted me to rewrite my entire bio to have him be my maker!

Well Dumas wrote an entire book about the Man in the Iron Mask being Louis XIV's identical twin so I guess a body double is possible. But such a person would command armies and make many important decisions, after all the government of France usually takes place during the day so it might not be an ideal situation. But I suppose there could be all sorts of way to work around it.

Love your backstory by the way. I have used it and Britannia's to help me write the chapter of my character's life at Louis XIV's court. I have kept things a bit vague to avoid contradicting your stories but if either of you have a problem with it or have any suggestions let me know.

EDIT: ... And I suppose asking anyone to read that bio is basically torture so here is the relevant section:

Geneviève pondered it [whether to support or oppose Louis XIV] carefully but in the end she decided that the prospect of having a freshly turned vampire rule the leading power of Europe and attempt to induce him to assume, by force, control of the Society was not a viable option, especially as Geneviève had no relationship with Louis XIV's Anglo-Norman maker, a certain Anthony of Essex, or his allies who desired to rule France through Louis XIV, a notion that offended the French nationalist. The decision of Louis XIV to fail to support the Austrians when the Ottomans approached Vienna further infuriated the nominally catholic Geneviève. She personally partook in the Battle of Vienna and cheered as the Polish cavalry broke the Turkish offensive. Then she returned to France, determined to take action against the court of Louis XIV. Using her old tricks of playing both the church and the Society at the same time she decided to put a stop to Louis XIV's reign. She turned first to Maximus strongly advocating through correspondence for the discontinuation of Anthony's schemes as clear violation of the vampiric secrecy requirements. Then she started providing information to the church. With tacit support from Maximus and the full throttled support of the church Geneviève then, discreetly, orchestrated the elimination of Louis XIV. The destruction of Louis XIV prompted the largest anti-vampire pogrom since the end of the Praetor Affair. It was unsurprising then that the Senate turned to the person responsible for putting the Praetor and his Inquisitorial allies down. Just a few weeks after Louis XIV's destruction Geneviève was translated from her quaestorship of Rennes to a quaestorship of Versailles. This was a new quaestorship as Versailles, perhaps one of the most vampire inhabited settlements in the world, had previously been under Paris. Geneviève's appointment was thus a rebuke of the governor of Paris, an ally of Essex by name of Henri d'Arras. If Arras objected it didn't matter. During the ensuing vampire pogrom he died. In the chaos that ravaged regency era French vampire society no replacement was named. Instead Geneviève assumed the responsibilities of an acting governor of France. With the church indebted to her she set about to establish order in France. She rallied many of the vampires of France who was displeased with Louis XIV, Antony, d'Arras, and Louis XIV's whelp, a certain Nadia-Marie d’Maryvonne, and blamed them and their ambitious scheme for the misfortune of the French vampire community. Geneviève, not interested in making any enemies, did not do so, yet she relied on the support of those opposed to Louis XIV and the support she received from Maximus to serve as acting governor of France. taking advantage of her reestablished relationship with the Church she helped shelter several vampires fleeing persecution from the church and became a celebrated leader as a result. She became the mistress of the principal regent for Louis XV, Philippe II, Duke of Orleans and through him worked to reestablish the French vampire community. Many expected that Geneviève would become the new governor of France once a such was too be appointed by the Senate. Her result spoke for themselves and she was much liked by the community. Nevertheless she was passed over and another governor was chosen. Geneviève however remained as quaestor of Versailles, and while the end of Louis XIV's vampire court had reduced the number of vampires in the city it remained second only to Paris in all of France and among the settlements in Europe with the largest vampire population. At Versailles Geneviève was also closer to the government of the kingdom of France and she expressed no displeasure with being passed over for governor.

[Cheye]

Well Dumas wrote an entire book about the Man in the Iron Mask being Louis XIV's identical twin so I guess a body double is possible. But such a person would command armies and make many important decisions, after all the government of France usually takes place during the day so it might not be an ideal situation. But I suppose there could be all sorts of way to work around it.

Love your backstory by the way. I have used it and Britannia's to help me write the chapter of my character's life at Louis XIV's court. I have kept things a bit vague to avoid contradicting your stories but if either of you have a problem with it or have any suggestions let me know.

Thank you! I'm a little nervous about it as it has clearly made Nadia-Marie the weakest vampire present so far, but it's good to know someone got some inspiration out of the idea! For what it's worth I read your full backstory, but will admit to skimming some sections - I enjoyed all the French stuff though and the travels in the new world are really interesting concepts too! Thinking about it, if Nadia-Marie knows Geneviève from Versailles that will also make things interesting for the characters, though I imagine she would be unaware of Geneviève's role in her and Louis' sudden and brutal downfall, which will make a great plot hook for them!

Personally, I just like how between us we have gone from a relatively simple statement from Britannia regarding Louis XIV, to a full vampiric history of his reign. From mistresses to pogroms - as a fan of that particular bit of French history I think it's great!

[The Anarcho-Syndicalist Commune]

unless someone plans to be grievously injured, lie me by the way, how long can a Vampire live without sucking blood? Can a vampire feed like once a month or does he need to do it on daily basis

Adding onto that, can vampires eat and taste human food? Because there are times in media where vampires for some reason find human food revolting or are unable to digest it.

Obviously they wouldn’t be able to get nutrition from it, but some might just do it as a hobby or something.

Vampires find human food revolting in setting, and specifically won't do it unless held at stake point. As for time without feeding, it depends. If they are awake, they can go for a few weeks before going into a sort of feral state. Vampire's do have a form of protective coma they can enter by burying themselves, and as long as they are in that state they don't have to feed.

Also, are vampire teeth retractable or is there no way to biologically hide/naturally them?

Fangs are retractable or at least fairly easy to hide.

On a final note, holy jesus Quendi. I'll start going through that shit later tonight.

[Endem]

Well Dumas wrote an entire book about the Man in the Iron Mask being Louis XIV's identical twin so I guess a body double is possible. But such a person would command armies and make many important decisions, after all the government of France usually takes place during the day so it might not be an ideal situation. But I suppose there could be all sorts of way to work around it.

Love your backstory by the way. I have used it and Britannia's to help me write the chapter of my character's life at Louis XIV's court. I have kept things a bit vague to avoid contradicting your stories but if either of you have a problem with it or have any suggestions let me know.

Thank you! I'm a little nervous about it as it has clearly made Nadia-Marie the weakest vampire present so far, but it's good to know someone got some inspiration out of the idea! For what it's worth I read your full backstory, but will admit to skimming some sections - I enjoyed all the French stuff though and the travels in the new world are really interesting concepts too! Thinking about it, if Nadia-Marie knows Geneviève from Versailles that will also make things interesting for the characters, though I imagine she would be unaware of Geneviève's role in her and Louis' sudden and brutal downfall, which will make a great plot hook for them!

Personally, I just like how between us we have gone from a relatively simple statement from Britannia regarding Louis XIV, to a full vampiric history of his reign. From mistresses to pogroms - as a fan of that particular bit of French history I think it's great!

Well, you don't have the weakest vampire of the bunch, after all, my one only has about 22 years under his belt in vampirism, also, why do I feel like the weird one for somehow not having my character end up in Versailles?

[Nea Videssos]

If your bio's too big just copy it over to google docs and put a link on your app. I've done that a few times in the past when my app (be it my massive image galleries or my sometimes-oversized bios) have gone past the character limit for the post.

[Cheye]

Well, you don't have the weakest vampire of the bunch, after all, my one only has about 22 years under his belt in vampirism, also, why do I feel like the weird one for somehow not having my character end up in Versailles?

I totally missed your age haha! Great to know I'm not the only one looking at all these intimidatingly old vampires and feeling smol!

Must have been a really hard choice between Versailles and.... Hull....

[Britanania]

The funny thing is I wanted to be sly about my Vlad Tepes reference, but now that it seems it's out in the open I may wish to expand about that part of Antony's life. lol

[Of the Quendi]

Thinking about it, if Nadia-Marie knows Geneviève from Versailles that will also make things interesting for the characters, though I imagine she would be unaware of Geneviève's role in her and Louis' sudden and brutal downfall, which will make a great plot hook for them!

Personally, I just like how between us we have gone from a relatively simple statement from Britannia regarding Louis XIV, to a full vampiric history of his reign. From mistresses to pogroms - as a fan of that particular bit of French history I think it's great!

I assume they would know each other from Versailles. Even if it would have been something of a vampire Shangri-La under Louis XIV presumably there wouldn't have been more vampires than that everyone would know one another. But Geneviève's involvement in Louis XIV's overthrow is obviously not common knowledge.

Yeah, always nice when people take an idea and run with it.

On a final note, holy jesus Quendi. I'll start going through that shit later tonight.

Yeah sorry about that, I might have gone a wee bit overboard.

If your bio's too big just copy it over to google docs and put a link on your app. I've done that a few times in the past when my app (be it my massive image galleries or my sometimes-oversized bios) have gone past the character limit for the post.

I am very much hoping never again to go over the character limit, but I will keep it in mind if I do.

[The Anarcho-Syndicalist Commune]

-Snip-

For the love of god and all that is holy, you're accepted... just... just put that thing away.

In all seriousness this character will fit great into some of the things I have planned.

[Of the Quendi]

In all seriousness this character will fit great into some of the things I have planned.

Oh? Sounds interesting.

[Endem]

By the way, when are we starting?

[The Anarcho-Syndicalist Commune]

By the way, when are we starting?

IC will be up in a day or two

[Of the Quendi]

IC will be up in a day or two

Can't wait.

[Sarderia]

Hi, I 'm currently making an app. I want to ask, can I make something like a Protestant revolution in Germany? But instead of the Lutherans against Catholics, it's the Children of Abraham against the Consulines.

[Endem]

IC will be up in a day or two

Can't wait.

Your not the only one