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SPOILERS FOR "EMPIRE OF THE DAWN"

Dior Lachance is haunted by the Forever King, caught in a terrible nightmare. She wakes up in the end, relieved to find herself safe among friends and famille.

(Extra warning for some potentially gruesome details, but if you've read these books you should be fine 😄)

While working on editing my big behemoth project, I needed to get some creative inspiration out 😅

My question relates to the sun. I'm aware, with the full strength of the sun a vampire cannot live and must hide or he burns. But, it seems like they can be awake during the daylight hours if keeping to the dark. Do vampires not need sleep?

I know of other vampire stories in which the vampire cannot stay awake during the day even if kept in a dungeon. They might lose consciousness or go insane if they try to stay awake beyond the night. But in EotV I'm fairly certain the vampires are going about their business normally even during the day.

In blood,

a friend of the sun

Hello again!

Basically, vampires do need to sleep - however, they don't have to do it during the day.

The sun being up weakens them, and like you mentioned is a threat in itself, so they tend to sleep during that vulnerable period of time.

But they can switch and sleep during the night and stay awake during the day, as long as they stay within shadows or if the sun is covered (hence the whole daysdeath thing). Like a person who works night shifts - their circadian rhythm just does a 180, despite it being inherently unnatural for us.

As promised, a sacrifice worthy of an oracle to the vampires:

When growing up, my favorite vampire story was The Saga of Darren Shan (12 books written by Darren Shan). I found it in a bookshop when I was on exchange in England and immediately fell in love with the whole thing. The writing is unadorned and precise but not overly complicated (important for non-english speaking me). It’s suspenseful without being melodramatic - aside from the drama 12 year olds get up to but Darren Shan grows up eventually. It has two kinds of vampires pitted against each other, lead by two boys chosen by Fate to fight to the death. There’s a snakeboy and I love snakes 💚 There’s romance but it doesn’t conquer all, instead it’s courage and perseverance. There’s intrigue and revenge, ritual and cunning, and when you love someone you need to let them make their own choices. I won’t spoil the ending but I found it as inventive as the ending of the EotV series.

I got to commission the amazing @hypherr once more, so here are the bestest boys again 🥹

Isla a Cuinn, for the role "normal girl who totally isn't betraying everyone for the Worst Man Ever™ because she's in love with him"

(I do plan to reread the whole series but I just can’t wait to read Dawn first)

Anyways, have a lovely day! Happy to have found you on here! ❤️

Oh wow, I'm really flattered you thought of me! 🫶

I'm currently working on a characters list, like which vampire is from which bloodline, same thing for palebloods, and then also a tiny bit of info on humans too. It's not gonna be like an encyclopedia (I don't want it to be particularly spoiler-y), but I think it'll cover the basics. However, I'm only about halfway through EotV with it, so I still have a bit to go. It doesn't take long but my work schedule is weird, so it's a bit of a hit and miss when I can work on it. I do have some time off in February though, so I'll definitely finish it by idk, its third week?

However, if you wanna start EotDawn now and/or want more detailed info, hit me up! Via an ask like this or a DM (here or on my main blog, medu-nefer), I'm fine with either, and I love every single interaction in the fandom

Basically yes, you're correct, but I'd like to go a little deeper into it.

So there's a distinction in the book:

Esani - the Faithless - one of the five bloodlines, vampires whose bloodgifts are sanguimancy;

Esana - the Faithful - followers of Illia (the first Priori of the Esani), who submit to her teachings of salvation and who consume other vampires as a form of redemption for both themselves and those vampires.

Illia had renamed her bloodline to Esana after her revelations, but at this point it's just argument over nomenclature and it's best summarised by the division of nature vs religion.

Esana don't have to be of the Esani bloodline - any vampire can drink another and also gain their bloodgifts as a result. In the crypt under Dún Maergenn there were tombstones of some of the fallen Esana: Lyssa Chastain, Reynaldo Dyvok, Teshirr Ilon. They hailed from the other bloodlines but ultimately chose to join the Esana.

Celene is Esana but Wulfric is both Esana and Esani. Celene has the powers of sanguimancy because, as Fabién revealed to Gabriel near the end of EotD, she has consumed Wulfric.

We don't know if all 4 surviving Esana were also Esani - Maryn and Wulfric definitely were, but Jènoah and Oleander were only ever referred to as Esana, so we don't have a 100% confirmation. Personally, I would assume that they were, but there is no actual proof.

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And for the record, I love that we're finally getting some movement in the fandom, and I'm honoured to be someone others may look to if they have questions.

Asking questions, sharing theories, brainstorming for fanfics, fanart sketches, screaming about favourite characters - I want it all. I joked about becoming the fandom mother back when I first started writing for EotV on ao3 but honestly, I wouldn't mind it 😂 So don't feel any sort of guilt or uncertainty, I'm loving everything about this!

(I do plan to reread the whole series but I just can’t wait to read Dawn first)

Anyways, have a lovely day! Happy to have found you on here! ❤️

Oh wow, I'm really flattered you thought of me! 🫶

I'm currently working on a characters list, like which vampire is from which bloodline, same thing for palebloods, and then also a tiny bit of info on humans too. It's not gonna be like an encyclopedia (I don't want it to be particularly spoiler-y), but I think it'll cover the basics. However, I'm only about halfway through EotV with it, so I still have a bit to go. It doesn't take long but my work schedule is weird, so it's a bit of a hit and miss when I can work on it. I do have some time off in February though, so I'll definitely finish it by idk, its third week?

However, if you wanna start EotDawn now and/or want more detailed info, hit me up! Via an ask like this or a DM (here or on my main blog, medu-nefer), I'm fine with either, and I love every single interaction in the fandom

How was Maryn under Dún Maergenn?

After the fall of Charbourg, the four surviving Esani made a pact that they would scatter to the corners of the realm, never to gather in one place in case they'd be captured and the faith destroyed for good.

As for Dún Maergenn, Maryn was supposedly born in Ossway (Dún Maergenn is its capital), so perhaps she felt safer there, especially in eventide.

(Book III Chapter XII, p. 298-299 in Waterstones' edition)

How did Celene know Maryn was there and how did she wake her?

She realised that when her moth entered the catacombs with Lilidh - seeing it reminded her of Jènoah's chapel in Cairnhaem ("too circular walls", carved with a bas-relief of the Wars of the Blood). Maryn's coffin was located in the very centre of it all, so it was a bit on the nose 😆

(Book VI Chapter V, p. 615 in EotD Waterstones' edition)

However, Celene didn't wake Maryn. She was woken by Lilidh's blood mixed with Connor's being spilt onto Maryn's tomb. Basically, she needed blood to wake up from eventide.

(Dawn II, p. 645 in EotD Waterstone's edition)

Was it Maryn who woke Dior?

It's answered in EotDawn, so keep reading 🤭

Why was Gabriel so angry at Celene for having known vampires are the Redeemer's doing?

Basically, it was breaking his trust. Gabriel had spent so many years fighting in the Redeemer's name and believing in Him, and then he suddenly learnt that all the pain and suffering had actually been caused by Him. He had just prayed before the battle, too, with Celene right there by his side (= she knew, and she followed Him, and she let Gabriel believe too).

We could go further and assume that he therefore blamed Astrid and Patience's deaths on Him too.