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Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2013 2:32 am

So, since most of our races have crap history, I volunteer to write their histories and make them fit together with the current lore we have.

I'll be writing a few of the races' history for sure, vampires for example. My post below will contain these histories.

Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2013 2:59 am

VAMPIRES

Vampires are strange creatures, and anybody can guess that. No one trusts them, and most of the other races avoid them. Their animosity stretches even to the darker of species, like the werewolves, as they once enslaved these proud creatures. In fact, you could say that the only race that actually gets along with this one is the Incubus/Succubus race, as they're close kin and are very similar in nature. The question is, what have the vampires done throughout history to deserve this treatment from the other races? Why do people find themselves weary of them, locking their doors and guarding their necks when a bloodsucker passes by?

It all started with the first vampire, Azazel. Contrary to historical knowledge, the Elder vampires, his first progenies, claim to know the real story as to how he was created, and thus how the race began. Nocturne had, by then, already been cursed to live in darkness forever. The inhabitants at the time were fully human, but the curse made the city incapable of supporting human life. The crops were failing, the livestock died out as it had no sustenance. People began to starve like mad. It wasn't some strange mutation during a frenzy of cannibalistic madness, and it wasn't some dark ritual performed in the night, but a single coincidence throughout this chaos that created the porphyric messiah. A full-born demon, an extremely rare of beasts, had been capable of breaking into the mortal plane using the chaos as his ticket. Perhaps this could've simply been a tall tale, but Azazel has spoken that he slew the impossibly powerful beast, ripped him open and fed off of him as if he were his last meal. The man had simply assumed at the time that he was.

It was the blood and flesh of the demon that gave rise to the vampires. The magical energy imbued in him gave Azazel immortality, and an immense amount of power, but he was entirely unable to control it. It is because Azazel had far too much demonic blood in his veins that he was driven mad, and was slain by his own people. However, this ritual of infesting a human body with demonic blood has continued to create vampires for almost a millennial since, even as vampires today are often created by breeding.

Vampires, upon losing their beloved 'traitor' Azazel, were far more stable than ever. The number of humans that faced hunger and illness grew every day, and so many flocked to join their ranks. They had a population spring in the millions, becoming -- for a time -- the second most populous race in Axiom. They were like nothing ever seen, and were hunted extensively by Fraxen and their holy warriors. This was essentially one of the first instances of the holy and unholy duking it out, and the fact that Fraxen lost in the end is possibly what has brought humans into the brink of endangerment that they face today.

KIRANU
Many, many years ago, Kiranu were considered as beast-folk and were registered into the codex of men. They were vicious and territorial, and attacked all but their own. They would pounce similarly as any other lion or tiger, and people were quite frankly scared shitless of them. It was the Elves, partnered with the Sirens, that changed this, and brought the reins on the race, turning them into docile and friendly creatures. The Elves and Sirens, with their connection to the animals and the land, were very peaceful and recreational; they had a strong partnership with each other, and they enjoyed the prospect of adding the Kiranu to their list of friends. In order to secure Kusana (back then Kuladhan) as a safe empire, they engaged in many songs and spells that changed the mentality of these beast-folk.

The Kiranu, for a long time after that, were some of the most prominent residents of Kuladhan. Their friendship with the other races (eventually including the shapeshifters, draconian and waktu) and the growing strength of the Empire they gave their loyalties to brought forth a time of great growth and prosperity for the people. However, an event occurred that not only almost completely annihilated the elven race, but also threw the Kiranu into anarchy and endangerment: Narathos' first visit to Kuladhan. As if solely to destroy the peace and harmony of the forest-based races, he completely obliterated the central cities of the Empire, and left all of the species left standing over smoking ruins. During this time, the Kiranu, spiritually guided by the Waktu, decided that the elves were a cursed race, and many of them moved for Fraxen. This began a long and prosperous history between Kiranu and man, although there were many hiccups along the road (such as the Kiranu Wars).

Today, the race has sort of integrated into society to the point where people barely notice them. They fight for whichever nation they fall under, and people rarely ever have problems with them, but almost never are they considered for a royal position; their ambitions have been washed away, along with the culture the elves once helped thrive.

INCUBUS/SUCCUBUS

Creatures of the night, and built for sexuality. The Incubus/Succubus are every latent desire you've ever had in your youth, or when lust was coursing through your veins. They exist to please, with seemingly no other motivation for their being. How is it that such a crude race came to be? A mix of sin and a mix of the demonic, it would seem. Legend says that the sin of Lust once roamed entirely free, crafting reality as she pleased. She would spread her sexuality as a way to pass the time, largely breaking the modesty that religion had taught to the people of Axiom. Her corruption of the people drew a powerful demon to her, one so terrible that she quite literally escaped him at every turn. She believed he had come to hunt her and cleanse the world of her anarchy, but it was the opposite that he desired.

He grew to desire her more and more every day, even as she ran from him and screamed at the sight of his face. He was actually a very attractive demon, but she had the ability to see beyond that, and felt his twisted and malicious energy. However, Lust eventually could run no longer, as he had learned to overpower her illusions. In a stroke of passion, the demon and the sin engaged, prompted by their lust, and he blessed her body with his child. This child was Eklopyter, the first Incubus. As the first of his kind, he was born with the raw genes of both Lust and a pure-blooded demon, and this made him irresistible. Everywhere he went, people loved him. Lusted him. He never even made an effort to resist their wanting, and through time and many vulgar encounters, he corrupted his flock of fans and they followed him as the new generation of Incubus and Succubus.

While Incubi and Succubi today are most commonly made simply by breeding, their roots are very complex. They can technically be 'created' by a number of things; Lust creating children with a demon, being corrupted by a consistent series of sexual action with one already of the blood (for example, in the case of Incubus/Succubus prostitutes, frequent visitors of the same demon have been known to change into the kind), and simply by birth.

In terms of the actual history of the people, it's very simple. They have spread and migrated through the entire world, but they are still very rare. The issue with these creatures that prevents them from populating is that most of them dislike each other. Prolonged contact between many of this kind (for example a village entirely of Incubus/Succubus) can work for a while, but will often end in a jealous fit of violence. The rare times one of these creatures is born, it'll be from an intimate encounter, and the child will most likely be abandoned by both mother and father. This usually means a life of scrounging to survive, and only the lucky make it to adulthood. As such, they often grow extensive mental issues, and become extremely dependent on their 'master'.

No one's ever really found a reason to perform genocide on the people of this race, nor have they ever really wanted to go to war. They've simply always existed as consorts, prostitutes and diplomats, and as little secrets that people would never share but often grow connected to. Their role in the whole holy/unholy battle between the races is a silent thing; they stick to the side-lines, where they're best capable of pleasing.