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lb:wnotes:vampires [2025-09-15 15:29:51] – [Slavery] ninjasrlb:wnotes:vampires [2025-09-15 19:41:46] (current) – [Mesopotamia & Egypt] ninjasr
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 While I think Mesopotamia is the better origin point, Egypt is a close second. This is because neither is the clear ‘winner’ here.\\ While I think Mesopotamia is the better origin point, Egypt is a close second. This is because neither is the clear ‘winner’ here.\\
-Mesopotamia is much older than Egypt (and the earliest civilizations were reportedly quite fragile((:ref:debt)) meaning you could tie them to vampires). But Mesopotamia was a bunch of rival city-states while Egypt was centralized. Egypt also had a higher population density.\\+Mesopotamia is much older than Egypt (and the earliest civilizations were reportedly quite fragile((:ref:atgrain)) meaning you could tie them to vampires). But Mesopotamia was a bunch of rival city-states while Egypt was centralized. Egypt also had a higher population density.\\
 Centralization makes it easier to move around without being spotted.\\ Centralization makes it easier to move around without being spotted.\\
  
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 This is mostly down to the fact that views on slavery vary a lot across history...and, well, the observable negative effects of slavery for the economy and societal stability. This is mostly down to the fact that views on slavery vary a lot across history...and, well, the observable negative effects of slavery for the economy and societal stability.
 ==== Speciation? ==== ==== Speciation? ====
-Thanks to the influence of //Masquerade// and //Requiem// has popularize the idea that, instead of //one// type of vampire running around, there are //multiple// types of vampires running around.+Thanks to the influence of //Masquerade// and //Requiem//, they have popularized the idea that, instead of //one// type of vampire running around, there are //multiple// types of vampires running around.
  
 I'm not gonna expand on this too much – because everything else written on this article is just a remix of what I've already written or thought about prior and I only started thinking about this //now//...\\ I'm not gonna expand on this too much – because everything else written on this article is just a remix of what I've already written or thought about prior and I only started thinking about this //now//...\\
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 I think this can only be justified with magic, the vampires being alive or the vampires being in a weird semi-alive semi-dead state (as is implied with the //Requiem// vampires)...or the vampires already starting as separate species with similar traits. I think this can only be justified with magic, the vampires being alive or the vampires being in a weird semi-alive semi-dead state (as is implied with the //Requiem// vampires)...or the vampires already starting as separate species with similar traits.
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 +One of the big considerations is numbers...assuming the above ratio of 1 vampire per 100k humans...there would be 80,000 vampires globally nowadays. The more species there are, the less believable it'll become. So this requires a lot of care.
 ===== Miscellaneous ===== ===== Miscellaneous =====
 ==== Moonbathing ==== ==== Moonbathing ====
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