Post by WVRP Forum Bot on Sept 3, 2012 12:52:13 GMT -5
Bloodlines
History of Goldenbloods
History of Goldenbloods
In Roman times there was a plague that swept over vampire’s food source, tainting humans and destroying the immortal’s blood supply forcing the nobles of night to ponder their practice. Idea of creating a constant blood supply, bloodlines of perfect humans with blood able to sate their needs in small amount.
Lucius Ignatius started the Bloodline project founding Order of Blood. They started collecting healthiest male and female humans from all over the globe, matching them and beginning breeding them with aim to purify the humans of their flaws and make gracious beings worthy of vampire fangs.
The Order is bond by secrecy to protect their research subjects until Bloodlines are ready for Harvest. By Pact only the eldest vampires, those belonging to Order of Blood are to keep to the project in secluded areas inhospitable to humans. The subjects are kept isolated in large underground compounds Order calls Temples, their only contact vampires and only world the compounds.
Four Temples [latter named Institutes] are founded: Siberia, Central Sahara, Himalayas and Andes.
Order produces Bronzebloods with level of blood which is considered first success of the entire project. They are first after many generations to produce desirable traits through offspring. Higher factor of healing with them becomes a standard.
Silverbloods are the next steep in the Order’s search for perfection. They have fair physics, healing but their pain management and blood quality needs improvement.
Followers of Lucius Ignatius see a new prospect in achieving more than simple stable high quality food source. They farther improve the Bloodlines gathering scientists of vampire world and inducting them into the order. Implementing new technologies and science they seek to create an entirely new humans line, a perfect being that would serve the vampire race. The idea of Homo Aurum, Goldenblood creation is approved and set into motion.
First Goldenbloods have been created 50 years ago. The new line is subjected to farther testing and it has been judged a success. Homo Aurum was creator with greater healing, agility, immunity, strength and far higher pain tolerance than any human. In addition their blood was judged perfect not only in quality of substance, ability for a sip to be equal to draining a human dry and the specific allure of blood that makes the Homo Aurum stand out, their blood being more desirable. Unknown to their masters the Goldenbloods also have empathy, ability to sense one an other [location, feelings, illness, death].
War between vampires, werewolves and humans begins. The Order of Blood makes a lockdown. A lot of the subjects are lost in chaos when the Central Sahara and Siberian Institute fall. Before the war there were 10 000 Bloodlines. After it only 3000 were left.
10 years ago the terrible earthquakes ripped through earth and dimensions started to shift. At this point the Silverbloods and Bronze bloods vanished completely and number dropped farther leaving only Goldenbloods.
5 years ago for reasons unknown empathy was blocked. Goldenbloods no longer could feel each other.
Many of unclaimed Goldenbloods escaped the Order, some and especially Prime were moved to other locations in smaller numbers.
Appearance:
Goldenbloods are result of centuries of selective breeding of hand picked humans, research and genetic alterations later on. Appearances vary but there is a general healthy appearance tied to them. Men and women have an eye pleasing exterior, lean yet athletic.
Their eyes are mostly hazel though variations of green or blue can be found in some cases.
Hair color ranges through various shades of black, brown, chestnut, auburn. Red and Blonde do not appear.
Skin tone is specific to their origin. Since they are mix of various ethnicities, groups and racesit ranges from olive skin to black.
Their general appearance tends to resemble that of people of Latin American, Native, Indian and African origin.
Goldenbloods are youthful and age slower than humans with longer life expectancy.
Behavior
Goldenbloods lived isolated lives in Institutes. They lived among vampires from a young age in order to attach to them. They do not fear vampires but they do have a high respect for them. They do not fear being bitten by them but they are cautious around them.
Humans, normal humans, would be seen as odd. To a Goldenblood, human painful reaction to being struck by them or bitten by vampire would strange and weak. They never saw humans until they escaped only learned history of them and while they are eager to learn, Goldenbloods do not identify with humans and find them primitive in nature [despite technological advancements of past].
Point of view of Goldenbloods is specific. Most of them are highly intelligent and have been well educated so their speech is affected by it [this varies depending on how long they were free, if so]. When seeing an animal a Goldenblood will first think of the taxonomy and what they learned of it, only then stopping to appreciate it.
Goldenbloods tend to seek out one another in this new freedom. They still are a close people [even after losing empathic link] and it would be unorthodox for them to harm each other.
Abilities
- advanced intelligence
- senses, strength, agility, stamina and speed are equal to that of superhuman.
-resilient to pain; since childhood they have been taught to withstand pain so it takes a lot for them to begin feeling it
- advanced immunity and healing; depending on type of wound she can heal in mater of minutes, hours and in severe cases days.. Their blood can also be used to heal normal humans
**NOTE: Goldenbloods used to have empathy. They were able to sense each other’s location and feelings, even death when near enough. However that ability was blocked somewhere during time when dimensions settled. To them it was like losing sense of sight or touch. This ability worked only for their own kind. They couldn’t use it with other creatures.
Weaknesses:
- allure and blood potency; one of original purposes of the project was creating perfect blood for vampire consumption. Blood is often seductive to vampires which is why there are strict rules protecting the Goldenblood from being killed in a feeding frenzy. Vampires can sense a Goldenblood in a room full of humans and the scent would call to them. Their blood is also more powerful and nutritious than other.
-mortality; while their life span is prolonged compared to average human being they are mortal and can be killed
Culture
Goldenbloods’ life is centered around the Order of Blood and their purpose. Their creation was awaited for a long time as they not only marked success of the founder’s vision but were considered valuable, honoring the mythical Sire of All [vampires]. As greatest achievement they were respected and protected by a strict code of conduct known to elder vampires.
Goldenbloods were often given as gift to influential elder vampires as companions as well as delicacy. Once bonded as Master and Goldenblood, the subject became protected by there rules:
RULES OF GOLDENBLOODS
- Only the Master that owns the Goldenblood may taste their blood. To kill one of them without master's permission is punishable by death
-A Goldenblood is not a mere mortal and their creation is to be respected
-If a Master so decides a Goldenblood can be granted immortality and freedom of her/his service
Within Institutes it was also forbidden to feed on unclaimed Goldenbloods considering they were valuable property of the order. Other lines were permitted at times, if genetics of subject weren’t deemed valuable. However their entrappement in the Institutes shouldn’t be confused with slavery. To the observer from human world it might seem odd but Goldenbloods accepted their life and saw vampires as their makers and keepers. The tradition of claiming a Goldeblood is seen as honorable since it confirmes the quality of blood which they consider important. Also the bonding itself happened onlz with selected view..most Goldenbloods were not claimed by vampire.
Life of Goldenbloods consisted of daily testing in the laboratory environment of the Institutes. They were educated, their intelligence tested as were their physical abilities. To them it was a normal life. From age of 6 months they were taken from their mothers and raised by vampire staff, getting them used to life in the Order and the immortals of night.
They were given Latin names [often they have two names, example Lexia Aurelia] in honor of the founder and the traditional attire for Goldenbloods when ceremonies of Order matched with white togas. From an early age it was really the empathy that kept Goldenbloods close as people. No one knew why they had it but they kept it a secret from vampires. It was their intimate way of staying connected when children where taken from mothers or loved ones parted or died. They felt each other constantly in the Institute and it was their comfort. Their only law was keeping the ability secret at costs.
When empathic link vanished, many felt crippled, damaged…It is uncertain if it was that loss that pushed them to escape what was left of the Order but many disappeared. Secret of the Order is out. Vampire world was busy rebuilding itself but it became known that there was an experiment. Some hunt them for blood; some of the Order hunt them to get them back. In any case it is only in last ten years they have gotten chance to know the world they studied in labs, some only know escaping their fate and discovering it.