The Ravenblack Grimoire

Both of the Editors, Hesu the Editor in Chief and Seyda the Assistant Editor, are on vacation. One due to zeroing and one due to having just flown back into the country and just about ready to head to the shore with her shadowsshade and a nice cognac.

ophelia will keep up with what she can, but this paper may be light in content until one or both of us are back in the city and, well... of the undead again.

ophelia Lokason... it will be a pleasure to work with you

Jauk has left us all to rest in eternity at ophelias home.

Yorgie mourns, along with many others in this city.

Like her or not, Jauk brought colour and spice into our world. Although, the pink was a little much, she later did switch to more agreeable colours.

Rest in Peace Jauk

We are sorry that your last days were spent fighting off a pathetic and petty vampire with a bad case of penis envy.

Yggdrasil... A Norse Tree of Life.... it is a paradox to the sum of this war.

They fall like faded Autumn leaves, one by one. As their colour and life giving fluid, drains from their being, effecting their ability to maintain a firm grip on the branch. Their grasp falters and they slowly feel the tear of their connection to the main body and trunk of their community with no other option but to drift to the Earth on the wind, just another casualty amongst the many.

16 to 20 it may be, still in favour of the Alliance of Fire and no real way to fully know what the outcome of this battle may be, or if it really matters in the end.

The vampire UnicornDream has drunk 0 pints of blood.
Powers: Second-sight Suction Surprise Perception Celerity(3) Stamina(3) Shadows(3) Thievery(3) Locate(3) Charisma(2)

Riiiiiiiiiiiip

In an announcement to the city. The Alliance of Fire stated "Ding Dong the Bitch is Dead".

With such a great opportunity to make a lucid statement in this war, it appears the AOF was reduced to childish name calling and mutilation. Everything changes and then nothing does it appears.

The vampire AQelDroma has drunk 9 pints of blood.
Powers: Second-sight Suction Surprise Perception Celerity(3)
Stamina(3) Shadows(3) Thievery(3) Locate(3) Telepathy(3) Charisma(3)
Partner-bound with Capadocious.
Location: Yearning and 1st

They have killed the "Queen" of the hive...

Rest well AQelDroma

No more thievery for this fighter on the HoH side of the war...I wonder what made the God RavenBlack do it?

#5 for HoH and crew....

The vampire Jada has drunk 5 pints of blood. Powers: Second-sight Suction Surprise Perception Celerity(3) Stamina(3) Shadows(3) Thievery(3) Locate(3) Telepathy(3) Charisma(3) Partner-bound with Marco. Location: Steel and 38th

Rest well...

Justice
Benevolence
Love
Sincerity
Honesty
Self-control

The honourary code of the warrior Samurai...

Justice is one of the main key points in the code of the samurai.

Base and actions not well thought out were unacceptable.

Love and benevolence were supreme virtues and princely acts to the samurai.

Samurai followed a distinctive code of etiquette in their day to day lives as well as in war.

Sincerity and honesty were as valued as their very lives.

Samurai showed complete self-control and stoicism at all times to be fully honored.

Samurai never showed pain, discontent, nor elation. He was to feel from within and share only his stoicism.

The vampire JuddinScire has drunk no pints of blood.
Powers: Second-sight Suction Surprise Perception Celerity(3) Stamina(3) Shadows(3) Thievery(3) Locate(3) Telepathy(3) Charisma(3)
Partner-bound with Amaranthe.

vampire Amaranthe has drunk no pints of blood.
Powers: Second-sight Suction Surprise Perception Celerity(3) Stamina(3) Shadows(3) Thievery(3) Locate(3) Telepathy(3) Charisma(3)
Partner-bound with JuddinScire.

Sartori will certainly show you the way....

Rest in peace...

A quote from Hesu's attache and body guard sums it up well.

twylyte decross: poor bubbles, that guy gets killed a lot
twylyte decross: but he's a cap, I think that explains it

Upon his death, ophelia was heard to say...

Ophelia Lokason: he gave us run for our time.
Ophelia Lokason: and I respect that.

Rest in peace Bubbleknight, go to rest well with your beloved Morganna.

The vampire EvilBill has drunk 5 pints of blood.
Powers: Second-sight Suction Surprise Perception Celerity(3) Stamina(3) Shadows(3) Thievery(3) Locate(3) Charisma(3)
Partner-bound with MiaRaeLyn.
Location: Anguish and 80th

Dead as a doornail... thats 2 for ophelia and uhhh... 0 for Billy Boy.

Rest... in Hell... wouldnt want to insult you with peace... when you have spent so much time in Hell.

Expose' on the trials and tribulations of The Church of Blood... coming your way soon.

Keepin the news real and the "real" news...

The vampire Elvenbane has drunk no pints of blood.
Powers: Second-sight Suction Surprise Perception Celerity(3) Stamina(3) Shadows(3) Thievery(3) Locate(3) Telepathy(3) Charisma(3)
Partner-bound with Sartori.

Rest in Peace

The combined warriors of TiC/Yggdrasil/ES draw first blood in this conflict, taking down the Church of Blood's Moondreamer. The final blow was dealt by Count Tuna of Yggdrasil.

Rest Well.

*holds head so it doesnt explode*

Rumours, rumours, rumours of war have abounded for weeks. Whispers in the ears of leaders on which side might they take, this one or that.

Tonight What The was attacked. House of Heorot/Capadocious Clan/Church of Blood and Damaris childer have banded together to attack What The...

Why would it take such a force to attack one leader? Why would it take such a force to attack one clan? Has The Inner Circle instilled such fear in the hearts of the denizens of this city, that a single clan would not dare attack them alone?

Who will now inevitably join in on the frey? Does The Inner Circle aka TiC have a secret hidden in their back pocket? Will the illustrious Yggdrasil jump in to assist? What about Empty Spiral, or Ephiny's quiet but forever growing clan? Who is that sitting in my lawn chair?

With a Splinter contract still looming, TygerNight was drained dry for his sins against Seyda, and RoR.

Speedy of EoE got the kill...

Rest in peace and quiet

What is it that drives a vampire to the brink of madness? There are many factors, I must confess, that I have seen destroy and ruin a vampire in distress. Often a vampire once fine and distinguished, suddenly finds themselves in ruinous reproach for some heinous or duplicitous crime, error or misstep.

Often it is shear ego, other times ignorance and paranoia... but the key factor that leads to the fall of most, is quite frankly anger.

An otherwise hard working and integritous vampire, for some reason filled with angst and ire, will suddenly go off at the mouth, denouncing all around him and watching as his world crumbles to the ground. Those shameful and unforgiving lips, spewing off garbage that later he will regret, even possibly lose his life for. Yet still he carries on. Repeating the same tripe and responding with the same careless anger that got him killed months, weeks, days, even minutes before.

Word on the street is that there is a new regime out there in our fair city. This scary group of po' foke bare proudly their uniform of flip flops, camoflage huntin' ball caps and the perfunctory wife beaters.(for those non americans, wife beaters are mens white tank top undershirts, usually worn by those whose furry belly can do nothing to help itself but protrude from the bottom for all to see)

Rumour has it, that a gracious and powerful "Cold Hearted Bitch" is the secret leader of this frighteningly uncouth group of fashion faux pas.

Smackin gum and chewin tobaci, they swarm their trailer park den, looking to feed on small rodents. Primarily over drawn, chest beating pig squealers, that tout their own delusions of granduer and misconceptions as if they do not even know that no one else in the city is dumb enough to believe them or care much what bull they have to say.

We wish you the best of luck in all your future endeavors.

You can find it, in the Entertainment section...

May it be known, that the Unholy Alliance, made up of The Sanctuary of Immortal Enlightenment, The Enforcers of Enlightenment, The Republic of Ravenblack (which now also includes under its flag, the League of Shadow Demons), and The Ferrymen, would like to announce and welcome a new addition to their alliance, The Hall of Rogues. We wish to congratulate them on this powerful and exciting new union.

This is an old and historically majestic city. Time changes everything and absolutely nothing. In just a short time, AQelDroma and Capadocious will be celebrating their 2nd year of marriage, which as we all know, is the equivalent of 200 years in other worlds.

Wed on February 14, 2005, this pair has been through a great deal of trials and tribulations, but no one can doubt their resilience nor their ability to keep it "real."

There are very few couples that have made it that far, and some that have been bound to since the beginning of time. Some have jumped from mate to mate, like a bee to a flower. Week after week causing drama and blame. Sometimes even losing their beloved clan over a romance of which they simply could not let go. Some have based their very future on the power of their mate... though almost everyone that has ever used a mate to rise to power, and not had the intelligence and backbone to back it up has failed.

The two recent polls will be closed on Sunday and all of the vampires that received more than 1 vote will go back onto a new poll.

Please get your votes in and look for the next one. Any write in requests (someone you wish to see added to the list) should be emailed to the editor. The email link can be found on the front page of this paper.

Be prepared... more polls to come

Hesu