[To advance] Immortals after dark

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Immortals After Dark is a series by Kresley Cole that deals with the supernatural (or the Lore as they are called here). Its a great series and would love to do a MxF rp though Pm's. Just PM me the pairing that your interested in and let me know! I am also looking for a male. Being a girl, I cant play guys very well.

The Lore

"... And those sectient creatures that are not human shall be united in one stratum, coexisting with, yet secret from, man's."

-Most are immortal and can regenerate from injuries. The stronger breeds can only be killed by mystical fire or beheading.

-Their eyes change with intense emotion, often to a breed-specific color.

THE VALKYRIE

"When a maiden warrior screams for courage as she dies in battle, Woden and Freya heed her call. The two gods give up lightning to strike her, rescuing her to their hall and preserving her courage forever in the form of the maiden's immortal Valkyrie daughter."

-They take sustenance from the electrical energy of the earth, shairing it in one collective power, and give it back with their emotions in the form of lightning.
-They possess preternatural strength, speed, and senses.
-Without training, most can be mesmerized by shinning objects.
-Also called Swan Maidens, Shield Maidens
-Enemies of the Horde
-All first generation of Valkyrie are half sisters.

THE LYKAE CLAN
"A proud, strapping warrior of the Keltoi People (or Hidden People, later known as Celts), was taken in his prime by a maddened wolf. The warrior rose from the dead, now an immortal, with the spirit of the beast latent within him. He displays the beast's traits: the need for touch, an intense loyalty to its king, a craving for the delights of the flesh. Sometimes the latent beast rises..."

-Also called werewolves, war-wolds
-Enemies of the Horde.
-Each posses the Instinct, an inner guiding force, like a voice whispering in one's mind.

THE VAMPIRES
-Two warring factions, the Horde and the Forbearer Army
-Each Vampire seeks his Bride, his eternal wife, and walks as the living dead until he finds her.
-A Bride will render his body fully alive, giving him breath and making his heart beat, as process known as blooding.
-Tracing is teleporting, the vampires' means of travel. A vampire can only trace to destinations he's previously been or to those he can see.
-The Fallen are vampires who have killed by drinking a victim to death. Distinguished by their red eyes.
THE HORDE
"In the first chaos of the Lore, a brotherhood of vampires dominated by relying on their cold nature, worship of logic, and absence of mercy. They sprang from the harsh steps of Dacia and migrated to Russia, though some say a secret enclave, the Daci, live in Dacia still."
-The Fallen comprise their ranks.
-Also called the Daci
-Enemies of most factions in the Lore.
THE FORBEARERS
"... his crown stolen, Kristoff, the rightful Horde king, stalked the battlefeilds of antiquity seeking the strongest, most valiant human warriors as they died, earning him the name of Gravewalker. He offered eternal life in exchange for eternal fealty to him and his growing army."
-An army of vampires consisting of turned humans who do not drink blood directly from the flesh.
-Kristoff was raised as a human and then lived among them. He and his army know little of the lore.
-Enemies of the Horde.
THE DRCIANS
"Whispered to have cast intellects and stony hearts, the vampires of mist and legend observe the lore with dispassionate eyes. Cursed with unending strife until the House of Old rises..."
-Dacia's closed kingdom, the Realm of Blood and Mist, is said to be hidden within a hollowed-out mountain range.
-Do not drink blood from the flesh.
-The Daciano royal family consisted of five arms, each with a sacred duty to the realm.
-Upon the old king's death, and the rightful heir's disappearance, the family fractured into warring houses.

THE FURIAE
"If you do evil, beg for punishment-before they come..."
-Ruthless she-warriors bent of delivering justice to evil men when they escape it elsewhere.
-Led by Alecta the Unyielding One.
-Also called Furies, Erinyes

THE BERSERKERS
"A beresker's lonely life is filled with naught but battle rage and bloodlust..."
-A cadre of human warriors, known for their merciless brutality, who sear allegiance to Woden
-Stronger and faster than most mortals, they carry within them the spirit of the bear and can channel its ferocity into a berserkrage, temporarily becoming as powerful as an immortal.
-When a berserker wins his two hundredth battle in Woden's name, the god will grant him ohalla-immortality with untold strength

THE DEMONARCHIES
The demons are as varied as the bands of Man..."
-A collection of demon dynasties. Some kingdoms ally with the Horde.
-Most demon breeds can trace like vampires.
-Some breeds are bound to obey summonses
-A demon must have intercourse with a potential mate to ascertain if she's truly his- a process known as attempting.
-Those that can emit poison from their fangs, horns, or claws are more vulnerable to others' poison

THE HOUSE OF WITCHES
"...Immortal possessors of magickal talents, practitioners of good and evil."
-Mystical mercenaries who sell their spells.
-Strictly forbidden to create personal wealth or grant immortality
-Separated into five castes: warrior, healer, enchantress, conjurer, and seeress

THE SCARBA
"Abominations, created rather than born, with unnatural powers-and hungers..."
-Demons poisoned with vampire blood who retain the traits of both species.
-Previously thought to be truly mythical; considered abominations by most in the Lore.
-Strongest of any sentinent immortal being.
-Colloquially known as vemons

THE SIRENAE
"Near the sea's edge, beware the siren's song..."
-A female species of immortals, they can permanently mesmerize and enslave males who ear their singing.
-Derive power from the ea and can't be away from it for more then once cycle of the moon.

THE SEPT OF SORCERI
"The Sept forever seek and covet others' powers, challenging and dueling to seize more-or more darkly, stealing another's sorcery...."
-A breed-line broken from the enchantment castle of the House of Witches
-Born with one innate power, their root power. If they lose it, they become slaves to their own kind call Inferi.
-They can trade and steal secondary powers
-One of the physically weaker species in the Lore, they used elaborate armors to protect their bodies. Eventually they held metals-and especially gold-sacred.

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