Welcome to Gaia! ::

You speak words of wisdom, as always, My Brother.

Yes, for a member of our kind, I'm... What you may call, special... And yes, we live in death, isn't that our motto? Isn't that what The Brotherhood represents? In Vita Mors, In Morte Vita.

We must kill to preserve our own existence, we must kill to spread existence and immortality.

Of course, the more human of our kin will seek for romantic solutions, feed from animals, maybe dying humans who can not be saved.

But Brothers and Sisters, The Hunger is cruel, it grows stronger within us every night, you'll soon realize that hunting small animals to survive is not enough, and you have to move to bigger animals... What happens when that is not enough? The blood of the mortals, doesn't it have an exquisite taste when mixed with the adrenaline, product of their own fear?

I do not kill without a reason, among all the trash mortals are, there are some of them that can be saved, and some of them, I even dare to say, we could learn or re-learn a thing or two.

What happens when someone stands in the way of the Von Helsons? In the way of The Brotherhood? I'd do whatever it is in my power to defend what The Brotherhood stands for, what The Von Helsons stand for, what Lord Vladimir Von Helson wanted.

For a Damned, I can show passion on what I believe in, unfortunately, most of the mortals would rather stake us instead of trying to understand us.

Mortals, by nature, are terribly afraid of what they can not understand, or control... They know nothing about us, out of mere theories, both partially right, and completely wrong.

Would I feel remorse for killing a mortal?

It deppends, if it's another rabid creature, just handing a stake and willing to destroy everything that is out of his knowledge and control, then the answer is no, I would not feel remorse at all, that kind of creature should not be allowed to even exist, now, unfortunately, those mortal traits have been transferred to our glorious kind and some Brothers and Sisters tend to fall into fanatism and express the same behaviour mortals express.

But, if the mortal in question is someone wise, someone who actually asks questions before doing anything else, someone I could even learn, or remember things from, yes, I personally would feel that it would be a great loss for the whole world, and the only way I'd drain its blood and soul, would be to grant him or her the Dark Gift of Immortality.

We all love, in our own way, differently from mortals, and perhaps, because we are no longer bound to the Mortal Life, our love lasts for centuries, and it's more genuine, more real than the romanticism often shown in mortals... We do not cry tears like mortals, we cry our own blood, our feelings are more genuine and a thousand times more intense... And most of mortals dare to call us cold, heartless creatures of the nights unable to feel a thing?

I stand my position, Lord Vladimir is unaccounted for, and in spite I keep on destroying all worthless mortals who stand in my way, I've also given the Dark Gift of Immortality to those brave warriors who deserve to enjoy existance without the mortal limitations, I've also spared lives, for those mortals were not in my league, and I expect to see them soon again, so we can have a more fair encounter.

In Vita Mors...

... In Morte Vita.

Si, si, very true. I agree fully. I trust in choices made by Zi and Kiba, they are intelligent individuals. 3nodding All of us seem to be, actually. I don't think any of us would make the decision to go against the Brotherhood, especially those who have been here since the thread. I stand by my Brothers and Sisters.

Blind is almost too harsh a word to use.
I trust in our leaders, and I will stand by them. It does depend upon the situation, of course.
Trust is not like following. Trust is much different. I trust my friends, but I keep my eyes on them, too. Everything is unpredictable. I am a supporter of the Von Helsons, but there's always one eye on them.

And Anti, you say "...I, as a werewolf and a supporter of Edmund, am not able to speak as a true member of your Brotherhood...", but I think this is an almost false statement. You are a supporter of Edmund, yes, but while being our 'enemy', I easily consider you a friend. You've been with us for a while, now, and I, personally, trust you as a Brother, as any of my other Brothers and Sisters.
Then again, there is a bitterness to a fair amount of our race that also comes into play, and my trustworth to you might be the effect of it, but I believe only a small part, really. I don't know. Hard to explain, actually.

But I do stand by the Brotherhood, and though may not fight for or by them for something, as Anti said, goes against my morals, I will never turn my back and walk away.

I believe Sister 0ogi has expressed in better words what I wanted to say.

I've been here since the start of the thread in the GCD, I was there when it got moved to the CB, I was there when the idea of a guild was suggested.

If I didn't believe or trust in the judgement of Lady Zi and Kiba, I wouldn't be here, I wouldn't have donated to the guild and some of my Brothers and Sisters.

Indeed.
Though I do hope things take a turn for the better.

Like I said...