Legend of Ransera

This is under review. Please give me at least 2-3 days to process.

Thank you for this information. Expect my response within the next day! Apologies for taking some time. I am just wanting to be thorough.

Well howdy!

Thank you for registering your concerns with me. I take each matter brought to my attention very seriously. I apologize for sitting on this, but I wanted to make sure that I could compile a well-informed response. After speaking to all of the involved parties and reviewing relevant material, I have come to a few conclusions. Please be advised of the following:

A. In regard to the timing of matters that have played out.

We apologize for the delay in responses, but the ball does not fall squarely in the staff’s court. As someone who has been chronically unavailable for what has essentially been the past year, I understand the frustrations coming from my respective players involved in plots entrusted to me. That being said, that is a road that goes both ways. In reviewing the material, there are periods of inactivity on both sides, but the overall response rate from both yourself and the involved parties remains fairly consistent when posts are made.

People’s muses, lives, and responsibilities fluctuate. I have always maintained that Ransera is a hobby and takes a back seat to the priorities of real life.


B. Vitalis and blood/aether consumption.

Aether exists on a spectrum. Something stressed and outlined across every article pertaining to the subject and expressly detailed on the Religion page of the wiki (Aetheric Potential Scale). The quantity and purity of the aether contained in a rat or a seagull is not the same quantity and purity contained in a person, a mage, or a magical creature.

Talisman is misinformed in saying that animals don’t have aether, but her point of a diet consisting of only lesser animals being insufficient to sustain Dreyfus is correct.

My response to you regarding the rate of deterioration assumes that Dreyfus is well-fed and healthy in terms of his vampyric existence. He is far from well-fed if he has only been consuming base animals. While I won’t get into the numbers of it and will likely need to adjust the lore so that it can be more succinct, the fact that Dreyfus needs to actually feed on humans, humanoids, sentient people, etc., remains unchanged. Such is the price of entering the vampyre life. The amount of base animals he would need to consume to maintain himself is a much more vast and large quantity than just one human. Because it’s not just blood you’re consuming, you’re sustaining the aether that your Vitalis rune needs in order to subsist.

Saying that you are ill-informed and that the Wiki article is the only source of information available to you is, to be blunt, not going to cut it. Throughout the duration of your play as a vampyre and in many settings, it is stressed that discretion is the better part of valor. To be plain, openly displaying that you ARE a vampyre, is ill-advised to the extreme degree. Vitalis is not a magic that is well-known, but vampyres are mythological, and stories exist in all corners of the world about them. Most of them are negative. That is not a stretch, and you know that. Furthermore, you have a wealth of resources available to you.

Staff often go out of their way to answer questions, especially about Lost Magics. And have answered those questions with regularity.

Further still, in the initial thread where Venetia initiated and welcomed Dreyfus into the life of a vampyre she explicitly gave him tools to succeed and navigate his new life. A blood dragonshard to help with his hunger, a servant with ties to her that could help him learn things, and instructions that if he had a need for her, he could reach out to her, and she would answer.

From what I have observed of the materials presented here and in the review, you have not utilized those tools and resources effectively despite having every opportunity to do so.

C. Passive Aggressiveness

I have expressed that the comment regarding “math” is unnecessary. I apologize for this on behalf of staff. That is not appropriate.

Everyone responds to internet communication differently. I am aware that you have a tendency to respond to and approach people with an emote style of communication. In the future, I recommend being more direct with your inquiries. Not everyone responds to that communication style the same way.

D. Overall Circumstance

Dreyfus did not randomly garner the attention of the Solunarian authorities. He disclosed that he is a vampyre. It came to light that he was in Solunarium with ties to Arcas, who at the time was the equivalent of the Devil. For those two things alone, he was bound to get confronted due to the very heavy police state that is Solunarium.

First, I extend my apologies to you as the only reason Dreyfus was in Solunarium to begin with was because he was supposed to get involved in stuff related to my player-character. That never manifested for a number of reasons. That is my fault.

However, that does not excuse the reality of what played out with Dreyfus on his own. You were cautioned, multiple, multiple times about the very strict nature of Solunarium’s setting. This consequence is not random but a direct result of what Dreyfus the character has done while there.

It may have taken a while and that is due to a lot of factors, your absence, my absence, people’s families ending up in the hospital, and a general lull in activity overall, but this situation is not being used as a targeted effort to punish you as an individual. It is not a punishment at all. It is the natural culmination of a series of events that have played out over time.



I have spoken to the Solunarium Moderation Team. I have directed them to conclude the current thread with Dreyfus expediently with the recommendation that Dreyfus discontinue any further direct interaction with the Solunarium setting.

However, HOW that thread concludes and its ensuing consequences are still very much at the discretion of the Solunarium Moderation Team.

My final recommendation is that you speak to Pharaoh directly regarding its path forward.

Thank you again for registering your concerns. If you have any further questions or concerns, feel free to reach out to me or Pharaoh directly.

Respectfully,
Paragon

Chief Author of Ransera
Administrator, Creative Director