Tuesday, January 3, 2006

Glossary
Glossary

-Here¡¦s the index of terms, I plan on using in the fic. (If you think of the lingo sounds like it came out of Ai no Kusabi, Anne Rice, Kim Harrison, Underworld or Nightwalker, it¡¦s probably because it is, I am highly unoriginal.)

Slave Bracelets: These are the ¡¥collars¡¦ that most vampires put on their Pets and Icons to denote whom they belong to, they are act as a tracking device and they also allow the masters to send shocks against their Pets if they need to be ¡¥punished¡¦. The bracelets look different depending on the Master¡¦s taste. (Connor¡¦s are crimson bands that he wears around his both wrists, they look like blood red jade bands, his are different than most others for they can still keep track of him, even when he is out of Nocturne; most Masters are too cheap to spring for long range tracking, so if there Pets are able to escape from Nocturne the bands will self-destruct killing the fugitive pet. Though Connor¡¦s bracelets have additional feature that other bracelets don¡¦t have, if he should not go directly home, his Master can summon a spell put on the bracelets which will slash Connor¡¦s wrist, make him bleed non-stop until he returns to Nocturne.)

Pets: These are humans that are the sex toys and main blood banks to vampires. They are mentally bonded to their owners, the owners have free rein on how they treat their Pets; they can whore out their Pets if desire or sell them even. But on the upside, they also under the protection of the owners, so no other vampires are allow to use them against their will. Any vampire can have a Pet, the fledglings, Matures, and Masters.

Icon: These are the fledgling vampires; they basically play the same role as Pets, except only Masters can have them. Also the fact they are vampires, they are treated a little more respectfully than a mere human Pet would. Also due to the link they share with their Masters, they are allowed limited access to the Master¡¦s power, making them stronger than the normal fledgling. Note: Icons are fledgling vampires, but not all fledglings are Icons. (Connor is an Icon, not a Pet, so he is allowed access to a small portion of Eclipse¡¦s power, being that Eclipse is virtually a God amount vampires, Connor even though he is a fledgling has enough power to be on per with a low-ranking Master.)

Master: This is the elder vampire. Your consider a Master, if your over 1,000 years old. This is when you officially become an ¡¥adult.¡¦ Now they are allowed to sire fledglings, if sire a fledgling when you¡¦re under the age limit, than both the Sire and the new fledgling will be put to death.

Fledgling: The newly created vampire, typically you¡¦re a fledgling for the first 500 years of your undead life. Once out of this period, if you are an Icon, you will be release from your Master, but at the same you still have the mental bond, though the Master no longer has absolute control over the childe. (Though many Sires no matter how old their childe is, will still call their childe ¡¥fledgling,¡¦ it can be use to show affection or demean the childe.)

Sangue: It¡¦s what the vampire like it be called, sort of the PC way to say vampires.

Mature: This is so of puberty stage of being a vampire, from 500 to 1000, the teenage years. They are free of being Icons, but they are not allowed to sire any fledglings yet. They can have Pets, but no Icons.

Ancient: These are the vampires that are so old; they have been walking this Earth since practically the dawn of time, they are the most powerful vampires in the world; the other vampires practically worship them as Gods. They are the first vampires to ever walk this Earth, Born of demon father and human mother, they are the first vampires ever created; out of unholy union, a dozen vampires were created, though their prodigy, they created twelve district bloodlines of vampires. (There are only four Ancients left in this world: Eve, Eclipse, Riven, and Aeris)

Prince: This is title to four Ancient vampire rulers, for their demon father will always be king and the human mother always be Queen. Even though Eve and Aeris are female, they too use the title ¡¥Prince¡¦ as opposed to ¡¥Princess¡¦, stating that the more masculine version denotes more power. There can only be one Prince ruling at one time, they change will the Prince is every thousand years, while the other three Ancient are put into a trance-like sleep in a hidden underground craven, that only Ancients know of. This is supposedly the easiest mention to keep the four siblings from fighting among each other for power. (The current Prince is Eclipse; he was awakened from his sleep in year 2000, so he¡¦s only been in power for a hundred years, previously the Prince had been Eve, the eldest of four Ancients.)

Claimed: By biting a human and mixing the vampire¡¦s saliva into the bit, the vampire marks you as their own; this is basically how you receive a human Pet.

Unclaimed: An unskilled or fledgling vampire by accident can make a ¡¥claim¡¦, these humans often get addicted to the erotic vampire bit and long to be used by a vampire. The saliva mixed into the blood stream of the human, causes a reaction into human, making them addicted to being bitten; they will crave it like a drug. Since the fledging or unskilled often doesn¡¦t even realize they made a claim, doesn¡¦t bother to bother their property, so this ¡¥unclaimed¡¦ property is up for grabs; most vampires feel that if a property isn¡¦t being protected, it must be defective. So, the human becomes a party favor being pass around like some toy. Until it¡¦s all used up and left to die a lonely painful death.

Mark Over: A vampire claimed human, unofficially of course, as ¡¥their¡¦ for lack of a better word, and another vampire marked human. Can negate the meaning of first bit by biting over it, kind of reclaiming. (Connor has been known to do this for many ¡¥Unclaimed¡¦, in order to allow them to escape the fate of dying horrible miserable death.)

Sugared: It¡¦s a safe-¡¥high¡¦ for a vampire; when many vampires are in one place, hormones run high. This version of the ¡¥high¡¦ is a safe one to be around, this makes the vampire playful and more sexually provocative. This is like being a little drunk for them, they have loosened control of their state of mind, but they still are able to have some control over themselves.

Bloodlust: This is the dangerous version of when many vampires are together and hormones run high. In this version they craving for blood takes over, they will basically take down anything with a heat signature, this is when it¡¦s most dangerous for a human to be around, for every instinct in the vampire is screaming for blood. Most vampires really get off on the Bloodlust, since this is even wilder than being ¡¥Sugared¡¦ and being out-of-control is such an amazing experience for them.

Day of Reckoning: Happens every hundred years of the day the vampire was ¡¥turned¡¦, it¡¦s when the vampire goes through a drastic mental change. Their control over their emotions and instincts for 24 hours; the vampires usually go on killing sprees, do things that they normally wouldn¡¦t do, and there have been many known reports of vampires consuming entire cities in just a short amount of time. Usually, vampires don't remember what had transpired, or they end up getting killed by Ancients.

Shadowport: Vampires can teleport-using shadows as mediums, they can go anywhere they desire using the shadows.

Nocturne: The City of Vampires, it seems the only way in or out of the city is through shadowporting. It¡¦s a city that a mix of Gothic and modern Underground architecture, no one knows exactly where the city is located. Rumors have it, that it exists in it¡¦s own dimension, and it¡¦s always nighttime there, with the moon always full and blood red.

Aura Casting: This is what the vampires call their ability to mind control people. (Fledglings are only able to nudge people into doing what they want, they can¡¦t actually control them like puppets, unlike the Masters or Matures can. This is one of the reasons many vampires dislike Connor cause thanks to Eclipse¡¦s blood running through his veins, he¡¦s able to easily manipulate mass amounts of people at once, while the other fledglings his age can only nudge people into doing what they want, their victims still have some free will in them.)

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