For City Council Vote 1.VIII.489
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2019 5:20 am
The formation of the Inquisition has come to my attention, and I have personally seen a number of incidences that I can only describe as disturbing.
I would like to take a moment, before proposing my law, to remind the Council of why vampires in particular are such a threat. Vampires are unique in one way from other parasites to life. While they too feed on our citizens, our weak, those who find themselves alone. A young woman coming home after work at night, unescorted. A child lost from their parents. These are often the targets of such vile creatures. But all of us are at risk. None of us here are immune from the risk of being the target of a vampire, when our guard is down, or if we are overpowered by their dark powers.
But we all know the difference between a vampire and most other parasites, in that they have the ability to spread their curse, their disease. Some of the people to whom it is spread take it on willingly, and they, even before they become undead, are vampires in spirit in my book. But some do not get that choice. Any one of us may end up a member of the undead today, or tomorrow. So may our mothers and fathers, our brothers and sisters, even our children, nephews and nieces. Any. Single. One. Can end up facing this tragedy with no intent.
So it comes to my shock that it is these very same newly and unwillingly cursed that are being targeted for brutal, torturous execution. Not only that, but that they are treated with gleeful savagery. This is not what our citizens deserve, and as such I am proposing a vote to allow those who were cursed against their will to have an option for closure, for both themselves and their families.
Furthermore, it has come to my attention that there has been a lax attitude from some towards actually conducting investigations on the vampires actually spreading the curse. This is unacceptable. Drache deserves that we get to the bottom of this and pluck the threat from its roots.
The proposed rules are as follows:
I. Those blighted with the curse of vampirism (henceforth referred to as 'the vampire') shall have the right to turn themselves in to the City Guard. While under the custody of the Guard, they shall not be put to death by either Guard or Slayer until the following procedure is followed.
II. The vampire shall, under pain of death, provide all their known information regarding vampires within Drache.
III. The vampire shall, once they have duly co-operated with the Royal Guard, be given the choice of exile from Drache, together with a branding marking them as undead, or a summary, quick and painless execution.
IV. If the vampire was a citizen or known resident within Drache before their transformation and if they chose death, they shall be allowed to be given a proper burial by their families.
I am willing to discuss the details of this and amend as necessary, however it is time that we as City Council recognize that vampires are a threat precisely because of what they do to our citizens, and treat victims as such. Those who are turned and refuse to turn themselves in have only themselves to blame and should be treated as-is, and before turning themselves in, they may be slain by any Guard or Slayer as per the law.
But for those who turn themselves in, they can be treated as the victim they are, who clearly have not yet succumbed to the nature of their curse, and simultaneously provide our Guard with the information we need to destroy those who are actually turning our citizens into the undead.
I would like to take a moment, before proposing my law, to remind the Council of why vampires in particular are such a threat. Vampires are unique in one way from other parasites to life. While they too feed on our citizens, our weak, those who find themselves alone. A young woman coming home after work at night, unescorted. A child lost from their parents. These are often the targets of such vile creatures. But all of us are at risk. None of us here are immune from the risk of being the target of a vampire, when our guard is down, or if we are overpowered by their dark powers.
But we all know the difference between a vampire and most other parasites, in that they have the ability to spread their curse, their disease. Some of the people to whom it is spread take it on willingly, and they, even before they become undead, are vampires in spirit in my book. But some do not get that choice. Any one of us may end up a member of the undead today, or tomorrow. So may our mothers and fathers, our brothers and sisters, even our children, nephews and nieces. Any. Single. One. Can end up facing this tragedy with no intent.
So it comes to my shock that it is these very same newly and unwillingly cursed that are being targeted for brutal, torturous execution. Not only that, but that they are treated with gleeful savagery. This is not what our citizens deserve, and as such I am proposing a vote to allow those who were cursed against their will to have an option for closure, for both themselves and their families.
Furthermore, it has come to my attention that there has been a lax attitude from some towards actually conducting investigations on the vampires actually spreading the curse. This is unacceptable. Drache deserves that we get to the bottom of this and pluck the threat from its roots.
The proposed rules are as follows:
I. Those blighted with the curse of vampirism (henceforth referred to as 'the vampire') shall have the right to turn themselves in to the City Guard. While under the custody of the Guard, they shall not be put to death by either Guard or Slayer until the following procedure is followed.
II. The vampire shall, under pain of death, provide all their known information regarding vampires within Drache.
III. The vampire shall, once they have duly co-operated with the Royal Guard, be given the choice of exile from Drache, together with a branding marking them as undead, or a summary, quick and painless execution.
IV. If the vampire was a citizen or known resident within Drache before their transformation and if they chose death, they shall be allowed to be given a proper burial by their families.
I am willing to discuss the details of this and amend as necessary, however it is time that we as City Council recognize that vampires are a threat precisely because of what they do to our citizens, and treat victims as such. Those who are turned and refuse to turn themselves in have only themselves to blame and should be treated as-is, and before turning themselves in, they may be slain by any Guard or Slayer as per the law.
But for those who turn themselves in, they can be treated as the victim they are, who clearly have not yet succumbed to the nature of their curse, and simultaneously provide our Guard with the information we need to destroy those who are actually turning our citizens into the undead.