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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sanglorian" data-source="post: 6243087" data-attributes="member: 83822">Does anyone know how to backup Wikia wikis? I'd hate for all our hard work to be lost.---Bloodwretches (Jahur)Inspired by: Goblin Punch, ‘Post-Poning Empire’Vampirism - as the Lords Sanguine could tell you - has different forms and severities. Bloodwretches are allergic to sunlight and thirst for blood, but receive no strength, speed or grace from their dark curse. They can be satisfied with ‘rosewater’, a jelly synthesised from animal blood, viscera and fat as well as sugars and salts in rough proportion as they are found in human blood.This dependence makes bloodwretches pliable, which is why they are used in Jahur’s armies and manufactories, but each craves more than anything else to suck on the blood of the living.Hooks<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">What else are bloodwretches used for?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Have any broken free? How do they live?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">What is the origin of the bloodwretch?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Yet another hint that the Lords Sanguine are associated with vampirism. Are they vampires, or are there merely parallels? Different vessels, same source? Old blood in new wineskins?</li> </ul>Death in the Old Way (Execution in Jahur)Inspired by: Goblin Punch. ‘Post-Poning Empire'In Jahur, they reserve an ancient punishment for the worst criminals: murderers, kidnappers and vendors of quicksilver. It is to be hung from the walls of the city by the hands, with the feet weighed down by a chunk of lead in the shape of a giant sword.The practice is rare these days, a disappointment to Jahur’s swordsmen and women. A sword forged from metal that once hanged a murderer (an ‘executor blade’) is considered one of the most formiddable weapons in the Shrouded Lands.The Duke fights with such a sword, an heirloom used ever since Broderick’s sword Caledbrand became animated by that unfortunate ghost.One criminal hangs to this day. He is a vampire, unkillable by this method. He was fortunately - or unfortunately - positioned in a nook in the wall so direct sunlight never touches his flesh. Even the ambient light is enough to blister and warp his skin.A Viceroy will sometimes drag the vampire up to the wall’s upper edge for questioning about supernatural events in the city. His answers are always rewarded with a full meal.Hooks<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Why are these swords so effective?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Who else has such a weapon?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Why is this a rarely used form of punishment? Are the alternatives even worse?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">What crime did the vampire commit? Is anyone tempted to cut him down?</li> </ul></blockquote>

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