[ 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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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.)