Post by Silverfang on Mar 18, 2021 2:32:19 GMT -5
INTERVIEW WITH A "REAL" VAMPIRE
[Malcolme]: First let me thank you for allowing this opportunity to get to know you and for going out of your way to do this. I know when we first met, you were hesitant to do this interview. What made you change your mind?
[Silverfang]: You did... Your persistent curiosity, and the radical misconceptions of the human race have persuaded me to come out of the shadows and reveal myself to you.
[Malcolme]: So you wish to educate the world and provide some truth about your kind in order to shatter those misconceptions.
[Silverfang]: Correct...
[Malcolme]: Awesome. Well let's start with your name. You had mentioned that Silverfang is not your actual name, but an alias, pen name or nickname that people call you. So what is your real name, if you don't mind me asking?
[Silverfang]: Judaius...
[Malcolme]: Judaius?
[Silverfang]: Judaius Vairond Sutekos.
[Malcolme]: Okay, wow, that's an interesting name. Do you mind if I call you J.V.?
[Silverfang]: Go right ahead.
[Malcolme]: Okay, so, how old are you J.V.?
[Silverfang]: In my current physical form, I am 36 years old.
[Malcolme]: What do you mean by your current physical form? Are you saying you can shapeshift into something older?
[Silverfang]: Not exactly, no. That's a myth. The whole idea or concept of sanguins turning into bats and wolves, or revenants of the undead is an old wives tale. What I mean is that this concept you have of the material realm as being a reality is actually just a partiality of the truth.
[Malcolme]: Wow, that's interesting... So, are you saying that you're an immortal spirit trapped in a physical body?
[Silverfang]: Not exactly trapped, but yes. We are all immortal beings with a mind, body and soul. Yourself included. The only difference is that sanguins retain their memories of a past life at birth, and are a bit more connected to the spiritual plane.
[Malcolme]: Wow, that's really amazing... So you remember everything from your past life, or from multiple past lives?
[Silverfang]: Yes...
[Malcolme]: But can you still get sick, or die of old age?
[Silverfang]: Of course. I may be immortal, but my body is not. I can still get sick. I can still be injured just like anyone else. I still age normally, and eventually my body will decay and die, just like everything else in this physical realm you call reality.
[Malcolme]: That actually makes a lot of sense. So I'm fairly safe to give this interview then. I don't need any silver or garlic or ultraviolet rays to keep you at bay?
[Silverfang]: Heh, no... That's actually another myth. I'm not allergic to garlic at all. I'm quite fond of it really. I also had to walk through the sunlight to get here. I am photosensitive, so I brought my sunglasses, but I'm not going to burst into flames in the sunlight if that's what people are thinking. Although I do have a slight allergy to silver, it's not severe, and it's really more of a congenital defect anyway, rather than a curse that effects the entire sanguin community.
[Malcolme]: Fascinating, and it makes so much sense too. Not everyone is allergic to peanut butter or shellfish, only certain members of the population are. So you're saying that the entire vampire mythos is more or less a fantasy, a product of our imaginations, something we exaggerated to give credence to our faith and scare little children out of misbehaving.
[Silverfang]: There's a bit more to it than that, but essentially. Your kind started those myths, but the sanguin community has done a lot to enforce them with rumors and other forms of propaganda in order to keep you in the dark.
[Malcolme]: Why would they do that?
[Silverfang]: Well isn't it obvious? By promoting false ideas, of things which are impossible, we have gradually convinced the world that vampires are not real, and if we are not real, then nobody will go looking very deeply for us. Vampire hunters are a very real threat to the sanguin community. So by keeping everyone in the dark, it allows us to live freely and openly among you without having to look over our shoulders.
[Malcolme]: So you intentionally spread those myths about yourselves? Why come out of the shadows now then, doesn't that put you in danger of being hunted?
[Silverfang]: Indeed it does, which is why I was so hesitant at first to give this interview. But times have changed, so perhaps it is time for us to change as well. By destroying some of those ancient rumors we started, and eliminating some of your misconceptions about us by educating humanity and sharing the truth, it might help to eliminate a lot of those innate fears you have of us, which could lessen your hatred towards us as well. We have no desire to live in your shadow, when we are already living among you in broad daylight. We just don't want to cause any unnecessary conflicts. My desire in giving this interview is hopefully to establish a peace and understanding between mortals and sanguins.
[Malcolme]: Well that's very brave and noble of you, if I may say so. Thank you again for agreeing to do this. I know it must be difficult for you to come forward like this, knowing that there could potentially be vampire hunters out there, or even other vampires who might seek to harm you for revealing this information. It sounds almost like the mafia in a way, only a lot darker and more dangerous. So yes, thank you again.
[Silverfang]: Thank you.
[Malcolme]: So... Last week on the phone, I had asked you about the origin of vampires, and you had briefly mentioned that there were many clans or houses I think you called them, and that each house had its own oral traditions.
[Silverfang]: Yes...
[Malcolme]: So which house or clan do you belong to, and what is the origin of vampires according to them?
[Silverfang]: Well for the sanctity of the community, I won't answer that first question since I came here on my own accord and have no desire to bring any unnecessary attention to my house. I will just say that my own personal followers refer to themselves as Sutekites, and we trace the origins of our own bloodline all the way back to prehistoric times.
[Malcolme]: Could you give me a time and date, maybe? Or a place where it all began? Or is that also sacred?
[Silverfang]: It is very sacred, and not well known to sanguins of other houses, or to the mortals of ancient times. But I suppose I could tell you now, as it's not really a secret anymore. The Sutekites trace their origins to the Semliki River in what is today called Katanda near the equator in Central Africa, and we trace our bloodline to a being we call Astenu Badru who lived there around 60,000 years ago.
[Malcolme]: 60,000 years ago? Wow, that's fascinating. I've heard of some alleged vampires claiming descent from Biblical figures like Cain and Lilith, or from the Egyptian gods Sobek and Sekhmet, from Sumerian gods like Inanna and Dumuzid, from Greek deities like Ambrogio and Selene, or even from Hindu gods like Indra and Kali, but you're telling me that your specific clan predates written history by tens of thousands of years to Paleolithic times when religious civilizations didn't even exist yet?
[Silverfang]: Oh they existed, just not in the form they are presented to the world of today. Much of what existed in prehistory has since decayed, or evolved over time.
[Malcolme]: Okay... I mean, that makes sense but how exactly can you prove it? There's a lot of skeptics in the world today who don't believe in vampires. You had mentioned that there were a lot of cosplayers and fakes out there as well. I was quite skeptical myself at first until I met you, and now I'm starting to see, but if you don't have anything like the Bible, or the Egyptian papyri, Greek papyri, the Sumerian cuneiform tablets, the Vedic scriptures or any written historical material to support these claims, then how can you prove it?
[Silverfang]: Well I could just drink your blood.
[Malcolme]: Heheh. Please don't.
[Silverfang]: I'm kidding, of course, unless you're willing to donate. I would never take anything that is not granted to me.
[Malcolme]: Will I become a vampire?
[Silverfang]: Only if you drink my blood. Heheh... But if you go to the Semliki Valley, you will find a cave there that was excavated during the 1960's, long after my house came into existence. The archeologists only confirmed for themselves what the elders of my house had already been claiming for years, that a group of sanguins had once lived there. They found skulls and bones dating back to the very dawn of human civilization, some of which had been intentionally smashed to prevent the dead from rising again to infect the living, apparently in order to keep them in their graves.
[Malcolme]: Hold on, you said that was a myth.
[Silverfang]: And it is. You mortals are very superstitious. The dead do not rise from the grave, that is impossible. But ancient humans didn't know that at the time.
[Malcolme]: Alright, well that makes sense. Go on...
[Silverfang]: On the cave walls you will find some prehistoric paintings. One of which depicts Astenu Badru, the first of my kind. Of course, prehistoric humans weren't the best of artists, and even today, mortals have a tendency to depict us as demons and otherworldly beings. The artist portrayed Astenu as a monster with a menacing gaze, hands raised as if ready to attack, with a helpless human figure at mercy inside his gaping jaws. But that's an absurd exaggeration, of course. Astenu was no more of a monster than you and I, but such is the way of mortals who fear what they don't understand.
[Malcolme]: And this cave still exists?
[Silverfang]: But of course...
[Malcolme]: And this is where all vampires originated?
[Silverfang]: Again, I can not speak for the whole community. I can only tell you the origins of my own bloodline.
[Malcolme]: But you said yourself that you're only 36 years old. So how do you know all of this?
[Silverfang]: Well besides the wisdom which has been passed down from the elders, there is a certain bond which comes from drinking their blood. Everyone in my house has access to Astenu Badru directly, for his very life force flows through our veins. We have his instincts, his memories, everything which allows us to establish a direct connection with him. We can see exactly what he himself has seen, for we are his children, and his very essence lives within us.
[Malcolme]: This is too surreal... I'm, in awe of what you're saying. It almost sounds like something from science fiction.
[Silverfang]: Would you like to see for yourself?
[Malcolme]: Oh no, I'm good. I'll take your word for it. Heh... So, if vampires don't rise from the dead, then why is it such a popular myth? I know you said that your kind has helped to spread a lot of those myths, but why do us mortals have a tendency to spread these myths as well? Surely there must be some inspiration for why these beliefs are so embedded in our different ethnic human cultures around the world.
[Silverfang]: Well every myth has a seed of truth.
[Malcolme]: Please elaborate...
[Silverfang]: Something which the vampire hunters know, and that would probably be a great question for them to answer but I'll give it a go anyway, is that mortals, apart from the Khemetic surgeons, didn't know much about the processes of death until fairly modern times. The ancients, and even the medieval or post-renaissance 18th century physicians and doctors were unaware that a microscopic universe even existed. They knew that vitality was in the blood, but until the invention of the microscope, they had no idea how any of it actually worked.
[Malcolme]: I'm listening... Sorry, I'm just taking notes of what you're saying. Go on.
[Silverfang]: Your medieval scribes and doctors had no concept of some of the allergens, illnesses and diseases that are well known today. They had no cure for such things, and no understanding of how sickness, plague, death and the process of decomposition actually worked. They had no concept of rigor mortis, rabies, porphyria, anemia, syphilis, tuberculosis, rhinitis, keratis, jaundice, goitres, or any of those things commonly attributed to vampirism. They didn't know about germs, viruses and bacteria. They didn't know that the bodies inside the coffins underground would decompose slower than the bodies above ground. It was all very new to them, and so many of those myths can be attributed to medical errors or malpractice. Even today in some remote regions of the world where technology is less available, there are still those among us who actively go hunting for vampires by digging up graves and disposing of the deceased, and those who are afflicted by certain ailments.
[Malcolme]: Wow, you're extremely intelligent. I don't even know what half of those words mean. Thank you J.V., you have truly opened my eyes and changed my reality.
[Silverfang]: That's why I came here, to hopefully change your perspective of the sanguin lifestyle.
[Malcolme]: Well you definitely changed my perspective. But I have one last question for you if you don't mind.
[Silverfang]: Depends on what you ask...
[Malcolme]: You mentioned that there are certain things which are held sacred by the vampire community. I noticed that you seemed to dodge certain subjects or questions that I asked. What kind of rules do you follow? Is there a certain code, or list of instructions that you have to go by?
[Silverfang]: That's a great question. Yes and no. There is something called the black veil, which is more like a loose set of guidelines rather than a list of rules or concrete laws.
[Malcolme]: The black veil. What is that?
[Silverfang]: Well the veil was first established in 1998 and was recorded in the vampire almanac. There were originally five virtues, which were later revised into 13 virtues, and then later shortened to the seven great principles of the vampire codex we have today. They are the spine or backbone of the entire sanguin community. These seven are known as discretion, diversity, control, elders, behavior, donors and community. Without the knowledge and practice of these principles, there is no hope for our community. Any true sanguin will know these virtues, and practice them accordingly. Otherwise they will be endangering not only themselves, but the sanguin community as a whole, which is not something that I myself personally wish to do.
[Malcolme]: Awesome, well thank you so much for your time J.V., this has been one heck of an interview. I'm so glad that you decided to be here and share your knowledge with the rest of the world. Hopefully this insight will help us all to get along better in peace and coexistence with one another.
[Silverfang]: Thank you Malcolme...
[Malcolme]: Any time my friend. Be safe.
[Malcolme]: First let me thank you for allowing this opportunity to get to know you and for going out of your way to do this. I know when we first met, you were hesitant to do this interview. What made you change your mind?
[Silverfang]: You did... Your persistent curiosity, and the radical misconceptions of the human race have persuaded me to come out of the shadows and reveal myself to you.
[Malcolme]: So you wish to educate the world and provide some truth about your kind in order to shatter those misconceptions.
[Silverfang]: Correct...
[Malcolme]: Awesome. Well let's start with your name. You had mentioned that Silverfang is not your actual name, but an alias, pen name or nickname that people call you. So what is your real name, if you don't mind me asking?
[Silverfang]: Judaius...
[Malcolme]: Judaius?
[Silverfang]: Judaius Vairond Sutekos.
[Malcolme]: Okay, wow, that's an interesting name. Do you mind if I call you J.V.?
[Silverfang]: Go right ahead.
[Malcolme]: Okay, so, how old are you J.V.?
[Silverfang]: In my current physical form, I am 36 years old.
[Malcolme]: What do you mean by your current physical form? Are you saying you can shapeshift into something older?
[Silverfang]: Not exactly, no. That's a myth. The whole idea or concept of sanguins turning into bats and wolves, or revenants of the undead is an old wives tale. What I mean is that this concept you have of the material realm as being a reality is actually just a partiality of the truth.
[Malcolme]: Wow, that's interesting... So, are you saying that you're an immortal spirit trapped in a physical body?
[Silverfang]: Not exactly trapped, but yes. We are all immortal beings with a mind, body and soul. Yourself included. The only difference is that sanguins retain their memories of a past life at birth, and are a bit more connected to the spiritual plane.
[Malcolme]: Wow, that's really amazing... So you remember everything from your past life, or from multiple past lives?
[Silverfang]: Yes...
[Malcolme]: But can you still get sick, or die of old age?
[Silverfang]: Of course. I may be immortal, but my body is not. I can still get sick. I can still be injured just like anyone else. I still age normally, and eventually my body will decay and die, just like everything else in this physical realm you call reality.
[Malcolme]: That actually makes a lot of sense. So I'm fairly safe to give this interview then. I don't need any silver or garlic or ultraviolet rays to keep you at bay?
[Silverfang]: Heh, no... That's actually another myth. I'm not allergic to garlic at all. I'm quite fond of it really. I also had to walk through the sunlight to get here. I am photosensitive, so I brought my sunglasses, but I'm not going to burst into flames in the sunlight if that's what people are thinking. Although I do have a slight allergy to silver, it's not severe, and it's really more of a congenital defect anyway, rather than a curse that effects the entire sanguin community.
[Malcolme]: Fascinating, and it makes so much sense too. Not everyone is allergic to peanut butter or shellfish, only certain members of the population are. So you're saying that the entire vampire mythos is more or less a fantasy, a product of our imaginations, something we exaggerated to give credence to our faith and scare little children out of misbehaving.
[Silverfang]: There's a bit more to it than that, but essentially. Your kind started those myths, but the sanguin community has done a lot to enforce them with rumors and other forms of propaganda in order to keep you in the dark.
[Malcolme]: Why would they do that?
[Silverfang]: Well isn't it obvious? By promoting false ideas, of things which are impossible, we have gradually convinced the world that vampires are not real, and if we are not real, then nobody will go looking very deeply for us. Vampire hunters are a very real threat to the sanguin community. So by keeping everyone in the dark, it allows us to live freely and openly among you without having to look over our shoulders.
[Malcolme]: So you intentionally spread those myths about yourselves? Why come out of the shadows now then, doesn't that put you in danger of being hunted?
[Silverfang]: Indeed it does, which is why I was so hesitant at first to give this interview. But times have changed, so perhaps it is time for us to change as well. By destroying some of those ancient rumors we started, and eliminating some of your misconceptions about us by educating humanity and sharing the truth, it might help to eliminate a lot of those innate fears you have of us, which could lessen your hatred towards us as well. We have no desire to live in your shadow, when we are already living among you in broad daylight. We just don't want to cause any unnecessary conflicts. My desire in giving this interview is hopefully to establish a peace and understanding between mortals and sanguins.
[Malcolme]: Well that's very brave and noble of you, if I may say so. Thank you again for agreeing to do this. I know it must be difficult for you to come forward like this, knowing that there could potentially be vampire hunters out there, or even other vampires who might seek to harm you for revealing this information. It sounds almost like the mafia in a way, only a lot darker and more dangerous. So yes, thank you again.
[Silverfang]: Thank you.
[Malcolme]: So... Last week on the phone, I had asked you about the origin of vampires, and you had briefly mentioned that there were many clans or houses I think you called them, and that each house had its own oral traditions.
[Silverfang]: Yes...
[Malcolme]: So which house or clan do you belong to, and what is the origin of vampires according to them?
[Silverfang]: Well for the sanctity of the community, I won't answer that first question since I came here on my own accord and have no desire to bring any unnecessary attention to my house. I will just say that my own personal followers refer to themselves as Sutekites, and we trace the origins of our own bloodline all the way back to prehistoric times.
[Malcolme]: Could you give me a time and date, maybe? Or a place where it all began? Or is that also sacred?
[Silverfang]: It is very sacred, and not well known to sanguins of other houses, or to the mortals of ancient times. But I suppose I could tell you now, as it's not really a secret anymore. The Sutekites trace their origins to the Semliki River in what is today called Katanda near the equator in Central Africa, and we trace our bloodline to a being we call Astenu Badru who lived there around 60,000 years ago.
[Malcolme]: 60,000 years ago? Wow, that's fascinating. I've heard of some alleged vampires claiming descent from Biblical figures like Cain and Lilith, or from the Egyptian gods Sobek and Sekhmet, from Sumerian gods like Inanna and Dumuzid, from Greek deities like Ambrogio and Selene, or even from Hindu gods like Indra and Kali, but you're telling me that your specific clan predates written history by tens of thousands of years to Paleolithic times when religious civilizations didn't even exist yet?
[Silverfang]: Oh they existed, just not in the form they are presented to the world of today. Much of what existed in prehistory has since decayed, or evolved over time.
[Malcolme]: Okay... I mean, that makes sense but how exactly can you prove it? There's a lot of skeptics in the world today who don't believe in vampires. You had mentioned that there were a lot of cosplayers and fakes out there as well. I was quite skeptical myself at first until I met you, and now I'm starting to see, but if you don't have anything like the Bible, or the Egyptian papyri, Greek papyri, the Sumerian cuneiform tablets, the Vedic scriptures or any written historical material to support these claims, then how can you prove it?
[Silverfang]: Well I could just drink your blood.
[Malcolme]: Heheh. Please don't.
[Silverfang]: I'm kidding, of course, unless you're willing to donate. I would never take anything that is not granted to me.
[Malcolme]: Will I become a vampire?
[Silverfang]: Only if you drink my blood. Heheh... But if you go to the Semliki Valley, you will find a cave there that was excavated during the 1960's, long after my house came into existence. The archeologists only confirmed for themselves what the elders of my house had already been claiming for years, that a group of sanguins had once lived there. They found skulls and bones dating back to the very dawn of human civilization, some of which had been intentionally smashed to prevent the dead from rising again to infect the living, apparently in order to keep them in their graves.
[Malcolme]: Hold on, you said that was a myth.
[Silverfang]: And it is. You mortals are very superstitious. The dead do not rise from the grave, that is impossible. But ancient humans didn't know that at the time.
[Malcolme]: Alright, well that makes sense. Go on...
[Silverfang]: On the cave walls you will find some prehistoric paintings. One of which depicts Astenu Badru, the first of my kind. Of course, prehistoric humans weren't the best of artists, and even today, mortals have a tendency to depict us as demons and otherworldly beings. The artist portrayed Astenu as a monster with a menacing gaze, hands raised as if ready to attack, with a helpless human figure at mercy inside his gaping jaws. But that's an absurd exaggeration, of course. Astenu was no more of a monster than you and I, but such is the way of mortals who fear what they don't understand.
[Malcolme]: And this cave still exists?
[Silverfang]: But of course...
[Malcolme]: And this is where all vampires originated?
[Silverfang]: Again, I can not speak for the whole community. I can only tell you the origins of my own bloodline.
[Malcolme]: But you said yourself that you're only 36 years old. So how do you know all of this?
[Silverfang]: Well besides the wisdom which has been passed down from the elders, there is a certain bond which comes from drinking their blood. Everyone in my house has access to Astenu Badru directly, for his very life force flows through our veins. We have his instincts, his memories, everything which allows us to establish a direct connection with him. We can see exactly what he himself has seen, for we are his children, and his very essence lives within us.
[Malcolme]: This is too surreal... I'm, in awe of what you're saying. It almost sounds like something from science fiction.
[Silverfang]: Would you like to see for yourself?
[Malcolme]: Oh no, I'm good. I'll take your word for it. Heh... So, if vampires don't rise from the dead, then why is it such a popular myth? I know you said that your kind has helped to spread a lot of those myths, but why do us mortals have a tendency to spread these myths as well? Surely there must be some inspiration for why these beliefs are so embedded in our different ethnic human cultures around the world.
[Silverfang]: Well every myth has a seed of truth.
[Malcolme]: Please elaborate...
[Silverfang]: Something which the vampire hunters know, and that would probably be a great question for them to answer but I'll give it a go anyway, is that mortals, apart from the Khemetic surgeons, didn't know much about the processes of death until fairly modern times. The ancients, and even the medieval or post-renaissance 18th century physicians and doctors were unaware that a microscopic universe even existed. They knew that vitality was in the blood, but until the invention of the microscope, they had no idea how any of it actually worked.
[Malcolme]: I'm listening... Sorry, I'm just taking notes of what you're saying. Go on.
[Silverfang]: Your medieval scribes and doctors had no concept of some of the allergens, illnesses and diseases that are well known today. They had no cure for such things, and no understanding of how sickness, plague, death and the process of decomposition actually worked. They had no concept of rigor mortis, rabies, porphyria, anemia, syphilis, tuberculosis, rhinitis, keratis, jaundice, goitres, or any of those things commonly attributed to vampirism. They didn't know about germs, viruses and bacteria. They didn't know that the bodies inside the coffins underground would decompose slower than the bodies above ground. It was all very new to them, and so many of those myths can be attributed to medical errors or malpractice. Even today in some remote regions of the world where technology is less available, there are still those among us who actively go hunting for vampires by digging up graves and disposing of the deceased, and those who are afflicted by certain ailments.
[Malcolme]: Wow, you're extremely intelligent. I don't even know what half of those words mean. Thank you J.V., you have truly opened my eyes and changed my reality.
[Silverfang]: That's why I came here, to hopefully change your perspective of the sanguin lifestyle.
[Malcolme]: Well you definitely changed my perspective. But I have one last question for you if you don't mind.
[Silverfang]: Depends on what you ask...
[Malcolme]: You mentioned that there are certain things which are held sacred by the vampire community. I noticed that you seemed to dodge certain subjects or questions that I asked. What kind of rules do you follow? Is there a certain code, or list of instructions that you have to go by?
[Silverfang]: That's a great question. Yes and no. There is something called the black veil, which is more like a loose set of guidelines rather than a list of rules or concrete laws.
[Malcolme]: The black veil. What is that?
[Silverfang]: Well the veil was first established in 1998 and was recorded in the vampire almanac. There were originally five virtues, which were later revised into 13 virtues, and then later shortened to the seven great principles of the vampire codex we have today. They are the spine or backbone of the entire sanguin community. These seven are known as discretion, diversity, control, elders, behavior, donors and community. Without the knowledge and practice of these principles, there is no hope for our community. Any true sanguin will know these virtues, and practice them accordingly. Otherwise they will be endangering not only themselves, but the sanguin community as a whole, which is not something that I myself personally wish to do.
[Malcolme]: Awesome, well thank you so much for your time J.V., this has been one heck of an interview. I'm so glad that you decided to be here and share your knowledge with the rest of the world. Hopefully this insight will help us all to get along better in peace and coexistence with one another.
[Silverfang]: Thank you Malcolme...
[Malcolme]: Any time my friend. Be safe.