𝓣𝒽𝓮 𝓟𝓇𝓮𝓂𝓲𝓈𝓮
1892, 𝔇𝔯𝔞𝔠𝔲𝔩𝔞 𝔦𝔰 𝔡𝔢𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔬𝔶𝔢𝔡. 𝔚𝔥𝔦𝔩𝔢 𝔰𝔬𝔪𝔢 𝔥𝔲𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔰 𝔠𝔢𝔩𝔢𝔟𝔯𝔞𝔱𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔡𝔢𝔣𝔢𝔞𝔱 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔞𝔫𝔠𝔦𝔢𝔫𝔱 𝔳𝔞𝔪𝔭𝔦𝔯𝔢 𝔨𝔦𝔫𝔤, 𝔬𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔰 𝔞𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔠𝔦𝔭𝔞𝔱𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔭𝔢𝔯𝔦𝔩𝔰. ℑ𝔱 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔇𝔯𝔞𝔠𝔲𝔩𝔞 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔯𝔢𝔰𝔭𝔬𝔫𝔰𝔦𝔟𝔩𝔢 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔨𝔢𝔢𝔭𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔯𝔢𝔰𝔱 𝔬𝔣 𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔨𝔦𝔫𝔡 𝔦𝔫 𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔠𝔨, 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔞𝔭𝔢𝔵 𝔬𝔣 𝔳𝔞𝔪𝔭𝔦𝔯𝔢 𝔨𝔦𝔫𝔡 𝔡𝔢𝔞𝔡, 𝔪𝔞𝔫𝔶 𝔫𝔬𝔴 𝔰𝔢𝔢𝔨 𝔱𝔬 𝔠𝔩𝔞𝔦𝔪 𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔱𝔦𝔱𝔩𝔢. 𝔙𝔞𝔪𝔭𝔦𝔯𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔯𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔰 𝔬𝔫𝔠𝔢 𝔰𝔲𝔟𝔰𝔢𝔯𝔳𝔦𝔢𝔫𝔱 𝔱𝔬 𝔇𝔯𝔞𝔠𝔲𝔩𝔞 𝔴𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔯𝔢𝔩𝔢𝔞𝔰𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔢𝔢𝔡, 𝔤𝔯𝔬𝔴 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔦𝔯 𝔬𝔴𝔫 𝔟𝔯𝔬𝔬𝔡𝔰, 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔣𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱 𝔞𝔪𝔬𝔫𝔤 𝔢𝔞𝔠𝔥 𝔬𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔡𝔬𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔞𝔫𝔠𝔢.
1890, 𝔒𝔲𝔱 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔪𝔦𝔡𝔡𝔩𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔑𝔢𝔳𝔞𝔡𝔞, 𝔞 𝔰𝔦𝔩𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔯𝔲𝔰𝔥 𝔦𝔰 𝔱𝔞𝔨𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔭𝔩𝔞𝔠𝔢. ℭ𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔢𝔡 𝔞𝔯𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔲𝔫𝔠𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔢𝔡 𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔢𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔰𝔦𝔩𝔳𝔢𝔯, 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔱𝔬𝔴𝔫 𝔬𝔣 𝔑𝔢𝔴 ℌ𝔞𝔳𝔢𝔫 𝔥𝔞𝔰 𝔟𝔢𝔢𝔫 𝔢𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔟𝔩𝔦𝔰𝔥𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔲𝔯𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔰𝔲𝔭𝔭𝔬𝔯𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔢𝔵𝔠𝔞𝔳𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔭𝔯𝔢𝔠𝔦𝔬𝔲𝔰, 𝔳𝔞𝔪𝔭𝔦𝔯𝔢-𝔥𝔲𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔪𝔢𝔱𝔞𝔩. 𝔒𝔫𝔢 𝔪𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱 𝔢𝔵𝔭𝔢𝔠𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔰𝔲𝔠𝔥 𝔞 𝔭𝔩𝔞𝔠𝔢 𝔴𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔟𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔩𝔞𝔰𝔱 𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔴𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔢𝔵𝔭𝔢𝔠𝔱 𝔞 𝔳𝔞𝔪𝔭𝔦𝔯𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔯𝔢𝔰𝔦𝔡𝔢, 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔶𝔢𝔱 𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔣𝔬𝔩𝔩𝔬𝔴𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔶𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔰 𝔰𝔦𝔫𝔠𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔱𝔬𝔴𝔫'𝔰 𝔬𝔭𝔢𝔯𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔟𝔬𝔡𝔦𝔢𝔰 𝔟𝔢𝔤𝔞𝔫 𝔱𝔬 𝔭𝔦𝔩𝔢 𝔲𝔭. 𝔅𝔶 1895 𝔞 𝔴𝔢𝔞𝔩𝔱𝔥𝔶 𝔟𝔢𝔫𝔢𝔣𝔞𝔠𝔱𝔬𝔯, 𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔍𝔲𝔩𝔦𝔲𝔰 ℌ𝔢𝔫𝔯𝔶, 𝔥𝔞𝔰 𝔟𝔢𝔢𝔫 𝔰𝔢𝔢𝔫 𝔱𝔬 𝔪𝔞𝔫𝔞𝔤𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔢𝔵𝔭𝔬𝔯𝔱𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔯𝔞𝔴 𝔪𝔢𝔱𝔞𝔩 𝔞𝔣𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔬𝔲𝔱-𝔡𝔬𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔭𝔢𝔱𝔦𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫. ℜ𝔲𝔪𝔬𝔯𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔱𝔲𝔰 𝔞𝔰 𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔲𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔞𝔡 𝔦𝔫𝔠𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔰𝔢 𝔞𝔩𝔬𝔫𝔤 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔞𝔡𝔧𝔞𝔠𝔢𝔫𝔱 𝔯𝔲𝔪𝔬𝔯𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔯𝔲𝔭𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫. 𝔖𝔬𝔪𝔢 𝔰𝔞𝔶 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔟𝔞𝔯𝔬𝔫 𝔦𝔰 𝔞 𝔳𝔞𝔪𝔭𝔦𝔯𝔢 𝔴𝔥𝔬'𝔰 𝔱𝔞𝔨𝔢𝔫 𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔱𝔯𝔬𝔩 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔦𝔩𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔦𝔫 𝔬𝔯𝔡𝔢𝔯 𝔱𝔬 𝔟𝔬𝔱𝔥 𝔠𝔲𝔯𝔟 𝔦𝔱𝔰 𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔡𝔲𝔠𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔭𝔬𝔦𝔫𝔱 𝔦𝔱 𝔞𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔯𝔬𝔞𝔱𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔭𝔢𝔱𝔦𝔱𝔬𝔯𝔰. 𝔇𝔲𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔱, 𝔬𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔳𝔞𝔪𝔭𝔦𝔯𝔢𝔰 𝔥𝔞𝔳𝔢 𝔪𝔞𝔡𝔢 𝔞 𝔭𝔬𝔰𝔦𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫 𝔱𝔬 𝔱𝔯𝔶 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔞𝔨𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔣𝔦𝔫𝔞𝔫𝔠𝔦𝔞𝔩 𝔱𝔥𝔯𝔬𝔫𝔢, 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔥𝔲𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔰 𝔱𝔬𝔬 𝔪𝔬𝔟𝔦𝔩𝔦𝔷𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔦𝔫𝔳𝔢𝔰𝔱𝔦𝔤𝔞𝔱𝔢 𝔟𝔬𝔱𝔥 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔱𝔬𝔴𝔫'𝔰 𝔤𝔢𝔫𝔢𝔯𝔞𝔩 𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔟𝔩𝔢𝔪 𝔬𝔣 𝔳𝔞𝔪𝔭𝔦𝔯𝔢𝔰 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔱𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔟𝔞𝔯𝔬𝔫 𝔥𝔦𝔪𝔰𝔢𝔩𝔣.
1890, 𝔒𝔲𝔱 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔪𝔦𝔡𝔡𝔩𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔑𝔢𝔳𝔞𝔡𝔞, 𝔞 𝔰𝔦𝔩𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔯𝔲𝔰𝔥 𝔦𝔰 𝔱𝔞𝔨𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔭𝔩𝔞𝔠𝔢. ℭ𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔢𝔡 𝔞𝔯𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔲𝔫𝔠𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔢𝔡 𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔢𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔰𝔦𝔩𝔳𝔢𝔯, 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔱𝔬𝔴𝔫 𝔬𝔣 𝔑𝔢𝔴 ℌ𝔞𝔳𝔢𝔫 𝔥𝔞𝔰 𝔟𝔢𝔢𝔫 𝔢𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔟𝔩𝔦𝔰𝔥𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔲𝔯𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔰𝔲𝔭𝔭𝔬𝔯𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔢𝔵𝔠𝔞𝔳𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔭𝔯𝔢𝔠𝔦𝔬𝔲𝔰, 𝔳𝔞𝔪𝔭𝔦𝔯𝔢-𝔥𝔲𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔪𝔢𝔱𝔞𝔩. 𝔒𝔫𝔢 𝔪𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱 𝔢𝔵𝔭𝔢𝔠𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔰𝔲𝔠𝔥 𝔞 𝔭𝔩𝔞𝔠𝔢 𝔴𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔟𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔩𝔞𝔰𝔱 𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔴𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔢𝔵𝔭𝔢𝔠𝔱 𝔞 𝔳𝔞𝔪𝔭𝔦𝔯𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔯𝔢𝔰𝔦𝔡𝔢, 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔶𝔢𝔱 𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔣𝔬𝔩𝔩𝔬𝔴𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔶𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔰 𝔰𝔦𝔫𝔠𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔱𝔬𝔴𝔫'𝔰 𝔬𝔭𝔢𝔯𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔟𝔬𝔡𝔦𝔢𝔰 𝔟𝔢𝔤𝔞𝔫 𝔱𝔬 𝔭𝔦𝔩𝔢 𝔲𝔭. 𝔅𝔶 1895 𝔞 𝔴𝔢𝔞𝔩𝔱𝔥𝔶 𝔟𝔢𝔫𝔢𝔣𝔞𝔠𝔱𝔬𝔯, 𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔍𝔲𝔩𝔦𝔲𝔰 ℌ𝔢𝔫𝔯𝔶, 𝔥𝔞𝔰 𝔟𝔢𝔢𝔫 𝔰𝔢𝔢𝔫 𝔱𝔬 𝔪𝔞𝔫𝔞𝔤𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔢𝔵𝔭𝔬𝔯𝔱𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔯𝔞𝔴 𝔪𝔢𝔱𝔞𝔩 𝔞𝔣𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔬𝔲𝔱-𝔡𝔬𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔭𝔢𝔱𝔦𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫. ℜ𝔲𝔪𝔬𝔯𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔱𝔲𝔰 𝔞𝔰 𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔲𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔞𝔡 𝔦𝔫𝔠𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔰𝔢 𝔞𝔩𝔬𝔫𝔤 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔞𝔡𝔧𝔞𝔠𝔢𝔫𝔱 𝔯𝔲𝔪𝔬𝔯𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔯𝔲𝔭𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫. 𝔖𝔬𝔪𝔢 𝔰𝔞𝔶 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔟𝔞𝔯𝔬𝔫 𝔦𝔰 𝔞 𝔳𝔞𝔪𝔭𝔦𝔯𝔢 𝔴𝔥𝔬'𝔰 𝔱𝔞𝔨𝔢𝔫 𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔱𝔯𝔬𝔩 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔦𝔩𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔦𝔫 𝔬𝔯𝔡𝔢𝔯 𝔱𝔬 𝔟𝔬𝔱𝔥 𝔠𝔲𝔯𝔟 𝔦𝔱𝔰 𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔡𝔲𝔠𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔭𝔬𝔦𝔫𝔱 𝔦𝔱 𝔞𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔯𝔬𝔞𝔱𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔭𝔢𝔱𝔦𝔱𝔬𝔯𝔰. 𝔇𝔲𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔱, 𝔬𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔳𝔞𝔪𝔭𝔦𝔯𝔢𝔰 𝔥𝔞𝔳𝔢 𝔪𝔞𝔡𝔢 𝔞 𝔭𝔬𝔰𝔦𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫 𝔱𝔬 𝔱𝔯𝔶 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔞𝔨𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔣𝔦𝔫𝔞𝔫𝔠𝔦𝔞𝔩 𝔱𝔥𝔯𝔬𝔫𝔢, 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔥𝔲𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔰 𝔱𝔬𝔬 𝔪𝔬𝔟𝔦𝔩𝔦𝔷𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔦𝔫𝔳𝔢𝔰𝔱𝔦𝔤𝔞𝔱𝔢 𝔟𝔬𝔱𝔥 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔱𝔬𝔴𝔫'𝔰 𝔤𝔢𝔫𝔢𝔯𝔞𝔩 𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔟𝔩𝔢𝔪 𝔬𝔣 𝔳𝔞𝔪𝔭𝔦𝔯𝔢𝔰 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔱𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔟𝔞𝔯𝔬𝔫 𝔥𝔦𝔪𝔰𝔢𝔩𝔣.
𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓢𝓾𝓶𝓶𝓪𝓻𝔂
In spirit of the new Nosferatu Movie coming out this month, I've been holding onto a vampire plot with a western twist. The vampires in question have both the typical abilities and vulnerabilities one would expect, with a twist. In addition to their typical boons, vampires have what is called 'blood magic' which is a broad category of various supernatural powers fueled by blood. Some are what you'd expect of a traditional vampire. Turning into a wolf or bat, or hypnosis. Others borrow inspiration from other mythical beasts, werewolves, gorgons, etc (To sort of hook onto the idea that vampires are the center of most monster folklore and such.) Others still may implement powers like traditional spells, divinations or conjuring fire and the like. Thus, vampires will be able to pick and choose various blood magic abilities to tailor their powers how they see fit.
Aside from vampires themselves, you also have Dhampyrs. Unlike what you'd expect of the name, Dhampyrs are not directly related to vampires. They go by other names too, such as the 'branded', 'witches', shamans and so fourth. In essence, a Dhampyr is simply a human that is capable of doing blood magic. In addition to being able to use their own blood, they have a spiritual energy 'also goes with different names based on culture'.
Some dhampyrs may not necessarily have any noteworthy blood magic, but all dhampyrs have whats called 'dark sight', which lets them be able to see supernatural things normally invisible to the naked eye, trace sources of undeath and otherworldly phenomena, and of course, blood remnants. Dhampyrs have a 'brand', a tattoo-like pigmentation over a part of their body which acts as the source of their power. Brands are always a pentacle, but can appear on different parts of the body like over an eye, tongue, the palm of a hand, etc. They are also, of course, cursed in some ways and are minorly inconvenienced or weakened by holy objects. Despite their seemingly infernal blessings, they are often recruited as vampire hunters due to their unique skills.
There will be some other supernatural phenomena in the rp(Mostly some on theme gothic stuff, ghosts and demons come to mind.) Most if not all that will be covered will revolve around vampires, blood magic, holy effects, and dhampyrs.
While Christianity is the de-facto 'vampire repellent' holy stuff in the region the rp takes place in, broadly speaking, other spiritual and or religious purposes meant to ward away demons/the undead are more-or-less effective too. For vampire hunters with a foreign background this might be relevant.
There will be a full list of selectable blood magic for vampires/dhampyrs to pick from with the OOC. Though its a set list I have a *lot* of options planned. While I might allow custom powers to be submitted too, I will note that in the spirit of keeping generally on the lower end of fantasy and gothic, I want to avoid any complicated powers or abilities that don't fit the theme, so naturally if I am open to power submissions they will be under harsh scrutiny.
𝓟𝓵𝓪𝔂𝓪𝓫𝓵𝓮 𝓬𝓱𝓪𝓻𝓪𝓬𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓼
The ratio of the cast can influence how the story will go exactly. Whether its a one-sided romp of hunters or vampires against the opposition, or a mixed cast that delves into lives/unlives of both. While there is a initial story hook, the setting does allow for freedom of various other stories and interactions. Have a vampire PC terrorize a human PC? Sure. A hunter hunting a vampire pc? Yeah. Just make sure interactions are consented OOC and you have a mutual understanding of where you want that interaction to go. If you aren't willing to have your PC die in the interaction, make sure you let that be known naturally especially for PVP scenarios. Vampires are generally >>> humans, though they, of course, have exploitable weaknesses.
Humans: You can just be an ordinary guy. Priests and human hunters might get a little something special. Faith goes a long way. But you can also just be 'average joe silver miner.' or another functioning member of this town's small society.
Dhampyrs: A vampire hunter, a hunted witch looking for refuge in somewhere far away from persecution, a rogue wizard seeking power, just a random hermit. There's a lot of directions you can take this concept.
Vampires: Mostly straightforward. Vampires aren't automatically 'evil' but they do need to feed off of blood, and centuries of conflict between man and vampires have more or less cemented the fact its a kill or be killed kind of scenario. There's nothing against trying to fight against that though, in the classical themes of a freshly turned vampire trying to keep their humanity as an example. Sympathy from mortals range from rare to non-existent and it would certainly be easier to just embrace the monster within.
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