(there were different breeds of vampire in yennefer's world, some more monstrous than others. most of them dangerous. a few blended in with humans as if they belonged, even able to go into daylight, but they were uncommon.
she snorts, as if amused by the correction.)
My mistake -- the vampires in my world are rare to have what we would consider human intelligence, then. Some do, but they are rare. And even some, like the bruxa, can communicate and feel but lack control.
(she may not know as much as geralt when it comes to monsters, but she's been around long enough.)
People always fear what they do not understand -- and try to punish it. At least that has been my experience.
[ he makes a face in response to what she's telling him. one that conveys how none too pleased he is to hear that vampires in her world are thoughtless grunts that are likely guided by hunger alone. how barbaric. ]
In my world, the sanguine vampiris were the scholars of ancient times. They had vast cities that were far more advanced than anything human civilization at the time had come up with. Before their demise at the hands of humankind's most extreme religious fundamentalists, they were the dominant species.
[ and now, they were gone. all that was left was him, a remnant brought out of genetic dormancy thanks to being bold and reckless enough to push the boundaries of known science. he hadn't known he had vampire lineage when he participated in that blood experiment, but he's grateful he did. ]
That sounds like the elves of my world. Before the Conjunction of Spheres they were the dominant species. They taught magic to humans, for all the good it did them.
(many of them have been persecuted and killed, including her biological father, a half elf.)
My ancestors taught the humans how to manufacture and use their technological advancements, their industrializations. And they turned out and eradicated my people with it. Leaving nothing more than empty ruins and butchered myths and legends behind.
[ bitter? oh so bitter. why he no longer glorifies his ancestors in the way he once did, he's still not happy about being the last of his kind. nobody wants to be the last living relic of a peoples long gone. ]
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(there were different breeds of vampire in yennefer's world, some more monstrous than others. most of them dangerous. a few blended in with humans as if they belonged, even able to go into daylight, but they were uncommon.
she snorts, as if amused by the correction.)
My mistake -- the vampires in my world are rare to have what we would consider human intelligence, then. Some do, but they are rare. And even some, like the bruxa, can communicate and feel but lack control.
(she may not know as much as geralt when it comes to monsters, but she's been around long enough.)
People always fear what they do not understand -- and try to punish it. At least that has been my experience.
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In my world, the sanguine vampiris were the scholars of ancient times. They had vast cities that were far more advanced than anything human civilization at the time had come up with. Before their demise at the hands of humankind's most extreme religious fundamentalists, they were the dominant species.
[ and now, they were gone. all that was left was him, a remnant brought out of genetic dormancy thanks to being bold and reckless enough to push the boundaries of known science. he hadn't known he had vampire lineage when he participated in that blood experiment, but he's grateful he did. ]
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That sounds like the elves of my world. Before the Conjunction of Spheres they were the dominant species. They taught magic to humans, for all the good it did them.
(many of them have been persecuted and killed, including her biological father, a half elf.)
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[ bitter? oh so bitter. why he no longer glorifies his ancestors in the way he once did, he's still not happy about being the last of his kind. nobody wants to be the last living relic of a peoples long gone. ]
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It seems like even in different worlds, certain patterns are always bound to repeat themselves.
(at best, yennefer is disconnected from her elven roots, but still, she understands, objectively, that what's happened to them is wrong.)