On Ginea there are multiple Nations. Nansyon: the overarching term for clusters of gods. Barons are one Nation. Rada are another, Erzulie in another. There is a large variety of nations that spread throughout the planet. Ginea itself is incorporated of one large planet and other various dimensions which exist just beneath, above, or within reality: places behind the veil. There are multiple places which can be ruled by certain gods, such as Felix ruling one or Khiraen ruling several - one of which is The Baron Estate in New Orleans.
Andba Dblo - 'Beneath The Water', - all Milokan-touched reality that exists within ripples of the fabric of reality for humans. That is, afterlifes, alternate realities, so forth. Milokan touch through the worlds like breaking through surfaces of water.
Only two weaknesses exist in the bloodline originating in the vampire's veins:
— Bearded Fig Wood: Figs in any and all forms will cause varying degrees of an allergic reaction; if the wood were wood to pierce into him it would weaken/hurt him. because of this they are his only natural weakness: though he cannot die, a piece of the wood through his heart would keep him in a dead-like stasis until it were removed, and weapons dripped in fig water or crushed figs can burn him. fig in products bothers his skin, causing burns, blemishes and breakouts, and the scent of them makes him sneeze and has his eyes water. so, he gets to pretend it's an awful allergy.
— Khiraen's Magic: because it created him, only Khiraen's magic can manipulate the vampire outside of his will. The witch can throw him into walls, remove his ability to speak, and even make him submit with snaps of ther fingers. they can kill him, too, and is the only being that can actually do so, should he ever learn to undo spells he's created without understanding them in the first place.
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Pleasure to Barons is not just pleasure in a carnal sense, but pleasure as a release of the bonds and weights of the mortal world. Pleasure and sex as transcendence. Sex is close to godliness and enlightenment. Sex in a conduit to discovering ones own truth and the truth of that with you and the truth beyond. It's an opportunity to become one - with yourself, your partner, the world at large. This is why sex with Barons can become something ritualistic, holy and trascendent.
The Barons are a manifestation of being able to indulge safely, with kindness and surrounded by the protection of the creator and universe. Joash is at the pinnacle of his power, which is why he has access to his sword and the full breadth of his powers. The sword is much more than a sword but a symbol of all he is - the embodiment of transcendence and the reminder that he can both protect and destroy, help or abolish, prevent or free.
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The gift of his heart is what created the existence of such an omega of the vampire, as well. Because of it, he has an ability to control feeding and the natural gift of a heartbeat that gives him greater strength than other vampires in existence, or vampire-like creatures, without the same measures of weakness. Despite having renounced his pure heart powers, Joash has retained the habit and knowledge of how and when to stop and his natural heart beat and empowerment.
He is also bound to his best friend and creator completely, the original nature of his gift that allowed the magic to take him over and change him. The Vampire is also a bit of a paradox as both dead and alive, allowing the curse to be done with his life while continuing on his bloodline. Because of the curse and gift of the vampire, he is not reliant on blood to survive but does require blood to access any gift of the vampire. Without blood, he is like his normal self with an intense flu; he looks haggard and ill but functions without any threat of death, as he is undying unless spellbroken, and with the blood he becomes the apex predator of a supreme order capable of accessing magic, illusions, night gifts and an absolutely supreme condition of self.
As for feeding, there are rules. He needs to feed on five liters of blood every month, though he has been so far able to regulate not needing it all in succession but rather drawn out over time. Because he can take up to 15% of every blood pool in a human body without harm he would do best to feed off multiple people over time, rather than slow draining one. Thanks to the intuition of the hunter, he is kept aware of how much he can drain from a person without hurting them. With no intent to convert, he understands how the process would happen, as well, by the nature of him.
While created with the ability to overcome all limitations to gain survivability gifts those born of his blood would have limits. Like him, they would all be capable of daywalking so long as they were properly fed, though they would be more sensitive to light than he is; they would also all be able to mesmerize and charm, access blood magic and move with the shadows when necessary. Their shapeshifting would limit, however, to three basic forms: bat, ghost dog or the panther where he can shift into anything and communicate with all animals.
As for those he feeds on: upon being fed on, the donor is healed with his saliva (or other bodily fluids) which affords them a bond to him unique to any other. They firstly gain an enhanced condition for seventy two hours that leaves them beyond the peak levels of their normal human capacity, functioning at their own highest order. Gifts tapper off after seventy two hours, taking an extra twelve to remove the lingering mental connection for the one-night-feed. What remains, however, is a bond to the vampire that means they can communicate with him with ease; he would be able to respond if they were in danger, and they can call out to him when in need. People fed on just once or twice can't access this in the slightest, but his regular feeds can and do make use of this gift.
Blood's taste is affected by a select number of properties. Empathy, personality and habits tend to affect the taste far more than blood type or position of blood from the body. To him the blood of thighs or breasts isn't any more rich than an arm or side. Instead, the blood of a cold blooded ceo hits the tongue like an aged brandy while an angry bodybuilder who has a habit of violent arrests tastes more like smoked barbecue ribs. People are all unique, even when similar enough, and their taste is dependent on factors even the vampire can't completely estimate in prediction. If they are someone from another world or have a power that's incompatible with feeding, they no longer smell or taste of food but of something else, unique to them.
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