On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 01:42:44PM -0500, Matthew Jennings <attjen at gwu.edu> wrote: > This topic will naturally have spoilers for those who haven't > read Agyar. You have been warned... (white space follows) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The first thing I need to say is that your line wrap is fucked up. Wrap at between 68-72 characters, please. > but I was wondering if there was somebody more familiar with > the vampire mythos who might point out a couple other things I > might be missing, in particular what common vampire rules Agyar > doesn't follow. Been a long time since my last reread, but here's what comes to mind... I don't note him as having trouble crossing running water, but I also don't notice any points where he is described as doing so. He doesn't demonstrate any ability to turn into a bat or wolf. He doesn't seem to require a coffin filled with his "home earth" or grave dirt. He doesn't seem to take extraordinary measures to avoid sunlight, though that's somewhat a matter of perception; he may simply not be commenting on the measures he takes. But someone who dies if they are out at dawn should have this fact prominently on their mind as dawn approaches and he doesn't seem to. He doesn't have to count grains of rice scattered in his path (Chinese vampires), nor hop (Chinese again?), and as far as we can tell he has a nose (Greek) and is normally visible (don't recall where invisible vampires appear). His head does not detact from his body to feed, trailing guts behind him (also don't recall). I don't recall whether or not he shows up in mirrors. I also don't recall any particular aversion to silver or wood. No information on what would happen if he were staked. No noticable affectation of out-of-date clothing, but I seem to recall a few hints about attitudes and mannerisms. No indications about suitability of animal blood or the consequences of not drinking blood (animal or human). He's not blatantly immortal but doesn't mention his age, so that's unknown. He is clearly not limited to feeding only on his family. I don't recall either way whether there is an aversion to crosses, but I suspect not; similar for garlic. -- Matthew Hunter (matthew at infodancer.org) Public Key: http://matthew.infodancer.org/public_key.txt Homepage: http://matthew.infodancer.org/index.jsp Politics: http://www.triggerfinger.org/index.jsp