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As I'm probably more aware of the lore of this thing than Shikaru is, I'll answer this one. Old-time player here, this is a so-manieth reboot of a rather old series of roleplays.

Within this universe, Lycans are seen to be exclusively wolf-based, and exist in packs that hunt far from civilisation. They possess a culture separate from that of humans, and often choose not to mingle in the affairs of humans. Due to their isolation it is unknown if there are non-wolf lycans, but such a being would be the exception to the rule. It's often implied throughout the series that Lycans were driven to near extension due to conflict with humans and/or vampires. It is known that Lycans can either be 'turned' from a human or can be naturally birthed by two Lycan parents. It is also known that Lycans can occasionally possess exceptional traits, mutations, which can have various effects such as changing their fur colour, or in very rare cases granting them additional supernatural traits.

In general Lycans possess immense speed and strength in Wolf Form, on average they are even stronger than vampires. In addition they possess a slow regeneration factor, allowing them to close wounds in a matter of minutes, heal broken bones in hours, and regrow entire limbs over the course of days. To balance this out, a limited lifespan (approximately human) often provides Lycans with inferior skills and knowledge, as well as a more primitive outlook on society and technology. In a previous roleplay one player played an exceptional Lycan who possessed the power to control plants, and who was worshipped as a deity by other Lycans.

Also, half-vampire half-werewolves are usually impossible. Werewolf regen prevents them from being turned, vampire bodies are immune to the lycanthropy virus and even when it works the result is usually twisted and broken, dying soon. Only in rare and exceptional cases can a proper hybrid be created, and these hybrids are always considered with universal disdain by vampires, and general disdain by werewolves, as the two species have no love for each other.
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Exactly what I'm doing to my poor character
Along with infertility

Disdain all around heh
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Was kinda hoping for non-wolf species. To...meh and boring...
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I'm making a human female if anyone wants to have their character romantically involved with mine. Otherwise I'll make an NPC.
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How many characters are we allowed for this? (Sorry if this is in the rules wifi here is sooo slow)
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Also thanks for answering my questions you guys!!
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I'm going to write an OC post that clarifies on the workings of the world, probably tomorrow night. It will help people make characters and decide where they are going to fit in and what they're doing.
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Aight
Got my cs basically done but I'll wait for that to make sure I've got everything right
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Might be troublesome, but I was wondering if you could also go into some minor detail as to racial appearances for different variants of vampire (if they exist) and possibly what sort of abilities seem to be typical for joe everyvampire citizens. Just so we have some context as to what would be considered reasonable.
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I have a busy day coming up, if all goes well I will get my sheet up tonight, if not I may still do it but it may depend on a few things.
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Individuals involved in this reiteration of Blood Compact rp: Myself, @Shikaru@The Grey Dust

How in the fuck the world of Blood Compact works:

"Long ago" humans and vampires both inhabited the planet. Humans are presumed to have evolved as per normal, yet the exact origins of vampirekind remain a mystery. Vampires plagued humanity all over the world for probably multiple thousands of years, maybe tens of thousands, we don't know. Many cultures considered them myth and legend only or were ignorant of the supernatural in general.

Vampires did at some point grow too numerous and ended up being "discovered" or recognized by humanity as a real thing. Older, wiser vampires, began to realize that vampire-overpopulation would become a problem for them.

Eventually, we're saying somewhere in eastern Europe in the dark ages or middle ages, humans figured out what vampires were and that they could be hunted and killed. The "Covenant" was formed as a secret society to protect humanity. Their goal was to basically kill all vampires and supernatural threats, and they were successful. The Covenant kept the population of younger weaker vampires suppressed, often clearing them out of a locale entirely and allowing the human population to grow.

Elder vampires were ok with this, so long as they were powerful enough to live beyond the Covenant's reach, as it kept young upstarts from killing too many humans and competing for territory. Nobody wants a noob punk warlord rising up in their backyard. So, the Elder vampires kept themselves hidden and allowed the war between the high-generation vampires and the Covenant humans to rage on in the foreground. Generally, neither the Covenant nor common vampires know anything about the Elders.

Most humans in the world don't know anything about vampires or the Covenant. Although some peopl might believe in vampires.

The modern-day Covenant mostly consists of the human descendants of previous Covenant members. Being a vampire hunter basically runs in families.

A few hundred years ago, an attempt was made to end the secret "Night Wars" between the common vampires and the Covenant/humans, and an agreement referred to as the Blood Compact was made. The low-level vampires (not the Elders) agreed not to commit at least mass-slaughter or attempt to overthrow humanity's dominance of the planet in return for not being hunted to a man/vampire. Neither side was to be allowed to wipe out or forever dominate the other and certain legal stipulations were penned, such as not blithely murdering vampires, not sireing fledglings, etc. You could probably make up the gist of the thing.

The Blood Compact has been in effect ever since, with much more peace resulting. Vampires seem to be almost forgotten in the public eye as long as they keep their feeding under control. The Covenant sticks around to make sure the Blood Compact gets enforced.

Truely Elder vampires don't really give a fuck about any of this. All they care about is maintaining their own secret empires and fending off each other. They are cowardly and value their immortal lives and frankly might just be too lazy to involve themselves in politics. Chances are, we will never see them. Just know they exist in this world, but your character probably has no clue.

Suddenly Magnus comes along.

Magnus, seemed to have popped up out of nowhere, powerful as hell and just as crazy. He is an older vampire who suddenly decided to flip the bird to the Blood Compact and round up an army of the weak and young common vampires to join him. Nobody expected this. The Covenant wants him dead. The Elders are probably peeved as much as they are entertained by his antics. The naive young vampires probably think he's a god and want to join his effort to take over the world. Have fun.

Werewolves. Think of them as a tribal society that has been living in the shadow of humans since the dawn of time. They are not great human-fans, what with human pollution and overpopulation of the Earth, but that doesn't necessarily make them friends to vampires. They will probably join any side that suits them on an individual basis.
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Cool I think I actually did my guy correctly but just to make sure

I have him working for the covenant would that be okay?
Kinda letting himself be used as a sort of weapon.
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@ayzrules As many as you can handle! Just don't go to nuts and overpopulate the thread please ^-^
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@BlackPantherI don't see why not. We've had Vampires work for the group before. Covenant is a bit more formal and secretive than Soldier was so they'd likely be kept under a really strict watch, but other than that I don't see why not.
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@ghastlyInc The good news is you basically get to design your own vampire bloodline and traits. Try us.
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@BlackPanther I can't find your CS, but I'll look again after this. Personally, I'm not going to have Mithias be a member of Covenant. Mostly because they are pretty much solidly human in this storyline. however, I may have him as a contact for them. I just don't trust any group of humans have too much power over my life....
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I have not posted him yet
I will pop him here in a few minutes

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Cool thank you

I figured it would be okay since being a hybrid neither side that's not human likes him very much

But yea I have him done all I need to do is paste him here ^.^

Edit: and here he is
Let me know if he needs tweaking


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Looks fine, but shouldn't his weakness be Silver? Considering Silver is a generally accepted werewolf weakness. Iron is more closely associated with demons and fey, neither of which really exist in this universe.
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I have it being iron due to his hybrid nature
Also some vampire lore have weaknesses to iron so it's also a nod to those

I figured since he didn't have a weakness to sun and he didn't have a weakness to silver his weakness would be something older and more inconvientent
Like for example cars....

also this paragraph:
"It wasn't until humans began realizing certain things that they were weak against that they had any hope of survival, chances of fighting back. Silver, holy water, crosses bared by those with unwavering faith in the Lord, fire, blessed objects and iron, and other such items harmed or even killed them. Finally they had a fighting chance, and thus the initial order of vampire slayers known as The Covenant was formed. At first it was a small order of priests and able bodied men dedicated to the sole task of eradicating the Nosferatu, or at the very least hold their ground."

unless I was wrong to base his weakness upon this
In which case I can come up with a different one
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