The Sanguine Society

Beauvoir

Beauty always kills the beast...
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I mean it's ready for Roleplays, but I still may want to add/change/remove stuff.

An alternate dimension much like our own but also much different. In this world a small percentage of people have a special talent based on blood, not a talent like being able to play the clarinet, it's an ability called a Sanguineus Utility or just Utility for short; and it's literally based on blood. The people possessing these utilities are addressed as Hemons by the government but they and some of the more progressive minded people know them as Sanguines. In this place the government is much the same except each country has it's own national security sect specifically devoted to Hemons. In North America this sect is known as Hemon and Utility Management or H.U.M., geography is the same.

*PLEASE NOTE: This is NOT a cyberpunk world, the government has simply developed advanced technology to deal with the unique abilities of Hemons, and some black market vendors have attained pieces of it they sell to citizens like Delilah Dread. Most people wear normal clothing like we do today, like Amelia Driver.

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Hemons covers the community as a whole but each Utility is different and classified under various sections. Utilities are usually passed down through genetics but rare cases of a non-hemon bloodline suddenly gaining Utilities have been recorded. *Hybrids have been known to exist but it's usually a combitionation of Type C+B C+A B+A NEVER A+A

TYPE C HEMONS:

Venom Type Hemons: These Hemons have toxic blood that they can use to poison food fluids, or project into a gas. The Toxin is nearly almost always deadly.

Combustion Type Hemons: Hemons that have the ability to cause their blood to randomly combust, usually one will prick the finger and let the blood drop onto whatever it is they desire to set aflame, though in rare cases some Combustion Hemons have been able to set fire to the blood inside of themselves, killing them but causing an explosion or large nearly uncontrollable fire.

Healing Type Hemons: Hemons whose blood has healing properties, these hemons often become nurses as their blood forever remains pure and cannot be infected with blood transmitted diseases but can clean infected blood.

Ice Type Hemons: Hemons who can freeze their blood much like the combustion types, except when this Hemon freezes the blood inside of themselves it rips out from their body in spikes jutting out in a deadly fashion.


TYPE B HEMONS:

Esper Type Hemons: Have a control of their own blood and the ability to wield it outside of their bodies, firing it like projectiles, creating blood storms, using it to immobilize people, basically any ability that involves using ones own blood in a manner that involves it leaving the Hemon's body and detaching from the main supply to affect the exterior of another object or creature.

Warden Type Hemons: Have utilities where the blood leaves their body but stays connected, forming blades, spikes or even forming a sword from their wrist that can be held in the hand. Basically any utility where the blood exits the body through a wound that remains open, and the blood hardens staying attached to the main supply.

TYPE A HEMONS:

Vampire Type Hemons: These Hemons are one of the scariest types to regular humans, they possess the ability to weaponize the blood of other living beings in ways similar to Espers and Wardens, they can either removed the blood from a victims and immediately weaponize it, or store the victim's blood inside of their bodies to use in similar ways to a Warden later. Vampires are extremely hard to kill as they can harden their blood within themselves like armor and can self heal/re-grow everything except their heart. Scientists aren't sure why, but Vampire types are only born male.

Puppeteer Type Hemons: Another scary sub-type, Puppeteer's can control another being's blood within their body, causing organ failures or full body shut downs, they can also turn their victim's blood against them, turning them into puppets they can use to fight for them in battle, if the puppet controlled is also a Hemon the Puppeteer may also take advantage and force them to use their utility. One rule however is that one Puppeteer may not control another puppeteer.

Brood-Mother Type Hemons: The third Hemon type most feared project their blood out of their bodies into other living or non living organisms, the blood gains control of whatever it infects , making it a thrall to the Brood-Mother, a large amount of thralls can be raised at a time creating a colony. Much like a Hive mind the Brood-Mother can talk through her thralls, and they can also drain the blood of their victims and use it to grow the colony. There is a catch however, the more thralls created the less control the Brood-Mother has over herself, eventually if too many thralls are created the Brood-Mother will go into a hibernation and her mind will become lost in the colony, causing a zombie hoard like situation where the thralls will be mindless and attack anything on site, the colony can still grow but at a much slower rate. The easiest way to take care of a colony is to kill the Brood-Mother which will kill her colony as well. Like the counter-type to vampires so far the only Brood-Mothers on record have been female.

Hemon and Utility Management, is the government force charged with taking care of Hemon offenses and maintaining the relationship between the Hemons and the Humans. They have long been thought corrupt, discriminatory and misguided by the Sanguine community and their sympathizers; Little mercy is shown to Hemons who break the many laws placed on them, while Humans are rarely ever executed, at least 7 Hemons are executed annually. They're not allowed to run for positions of politically power, no matter how minimal their abilities, North America and many countries around the world have a Don't Ask Don't Tell policy regarding Hemons. The H.U.M. sect was founded in the 50s and is largely funded, giving it the highest security tech in the country, providing it's officers with armor more resistant to Hemon attack and weapons that did more damage to the Hemons. Soldiers regularly roam the street and are legally allowed to stop, search, or arrest a Hemon on the street with minimal due cause. There are many varieties of H.U.M. officers, some will be listed here:

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Apostles are heavily armored warriors able to produce shields from the disks on their wrists that can deflect projectiles and absorb a large amount of damage. On their other wrists they possess an equipment that can either shoot an energy shot or a plasmatic great-sword. The Apostles also have jets on their back that let them charge at a much faster speed than they normally move. If caught in the charge the unfortunate receiving party is sure to break some bones. Apostles should not be faced lightly, the best tactic is a sneak attack.

Pros: High defense, high damage with sword, charge attack can easily down an adversary
Cons: Very slow compared to other H.U.M. units, energy shots do low damage, charge is easy to dodge

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Seraphs are light armored, but very fast, their gauntlets have many uses, their main tactic of combat is to materialize plasma around their fists and do quick combos which can prove deadly if caught. They can also materialize and throw plasmatic chakrams which will hurt if they hit their target. One surprise tactic of the Seraphs is that they can jump high into the air and throw a flurry of chakrams, a dead giveaway to avoid this guaranteed death is that their feet will glow for about three seconds before they jump. A more annoying feature is these fighters can self heal.

Pros: Very fast, a full combo will deal high damage, chakrams do high damage, strength in numbers
Cons: Low defense and HP, easily predictable have to pause to heal.

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Rumored to be H.U.M. experiment victims, Miasmas are sneaky and deadly killers, with their sturdy armor and array of weapons if one spots you, you're in for a fight, if they don't sneak up on you first. Miasmas will always take the chance to drive their blade through your back while you're unaware of their presence. Each Miasma carries at least two samurai swords, they can also fling poison grenades and paralyzing ninja stars at you. They can phase from one place to another with a maximum distance of twelve feet. Miasmas are also equipped with gas tanks on their back that will emit a neurotoxin much like mustard gas but specially formulated for Hemons. Also a unique ability possessed by the Miasmas is the kiss of death, if caught in their grab they'll flip open the mouthpiece on their mask and plant a kiss on your lips, instantly injecting a deadly dose of the poison straight into your bloodstreams. It's said that those who view that small portion of a Miasmas face see colorless lips, pale skin, and spidery black veins.

Pros: High damage, variety of ailments can be inflicted, very stealthy, kiss of death usually guarantees fatal.
Cons: Easy to dodge, only medium health, usually solitary fighters.

In this world there are many notable characters whether they be living or have something to do with history, whether on the side of the Sanguine Community, H.U.M. or a neutral party, it's important to know how they pertain to the world today.

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The leader and figurehead of the Rebellion in North America, Amelia Driver was your average American girl born and raised in Los Angeles until she hit puberty and not only her body changed but her blood did too. An Esper/Combustion hybrid type Hemon she was immediately expelled after a minor accident in which she injured a student. Being raised by a single father her life quickly became difficult, bullied, ridiculed, kicked out of school again and again. Her dad started to drink and became physically abusive; Things got worse and worse until one night she was cornered by a group of anti-hemonistics, they beat her badly, and in self defense she lashed out, putting her assaulters in the hospital with serious injuries. The police escorted her home, not even caring that she should be seen by a Hospital. Instead of being glad she was okay, her father was furious at her for using her powers and beat her as well. Amelia flew into a rage and put her father through a wall, then immediately left home, shacking up with a friend in Miami. There the ambitious and head-strong girl began to formulate her plan, gather her group, and promote her cause.

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General of the H.U.M. force, Drexis while small in stature is huge in capabilities. The young man gained a hatred for Hemons when his parents were killed by a TYPE A Hemon in a brutal manner. He entered H.U.M. academy at thirteen and quickly rose to the ranks, working in the technology development branch at age fifteen and developing his giant armored tank mech B1G Bo!! (big boy). At age seventeen he was out in the field, decimating the Hemon criminal ranks swiftly and with deadly ease. He quickly became a favorite of Xander Plantiff, the leader and overseer of H.U.M. as a whole. At twenty Xander promoted the small male to the rank of general against the many complaints of his advisers. It worked in his favor however as under Drexis and Xander, H.U.M. became more and more feared. Now at age twenty three Hemon criminals have faded into the shadows, and those who aren't are exterminated.

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The leader and overseer of H.U.M., at a young age it was apparent to his parent's that Xander was a disturbed child. Most children disliked what they feared, but Xander hated all that he feared, and Hemons scared him. So when he hit puberty and found out that he himself was a Hemon, he started to hate himself. Soon he saw himself as nothing but a filthy abomination against whatever force created this world, just like the other Hemons. Hoping he could atone for his disgusting existence Xander enrolled in the H.U.M. academy and quickly rose in the ranks, hiding his true origin until he hit the top. There he tricked the former leader who he thought weak and a sympathizer, getting the poor woman to make it known that he would take over after she passed, which was about a month later. Of course people thought the death was mysterious but it was too late, and Xander started shaping H.U.M. with his ideals, with his goal to cull Hemons from the world, to make up for his wretched life.

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Cont.
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The First BroodMother Hemon, a shaman of ancient times, and a priestess. Ysabeau fervently believed she had been bestowed a gift from the old gods when discovering her utility. She started a religion that worshipped the goddess of blood, this religion believed that said goddess had created the world, and life itself, and that everything in existence was based around blood. The truly devout that Ysabeau had deemed worthy were taken to a divine altar of worship deep in a cave more ancient than the shaman herself. There she would offer them a chalice of her blood, not fully understanding her power Ysabeau believed the transformation undergone after consuming her blood was a state of transcendence , int he way that her mind connected with theirs. Any of those who seemed to regret their 'transformation' was offered up as a sacrifice to their god. Eventually an inner circle formed, and once she had a colony of enough mind enslaved followers she presented them to the rest of here worshippers. Some fled in horror, but the most devout stayed, hoping to transcend with their revered mother. It is unknown exactly what happened to the ancient Priestess and her brood, but some rumors say that Ysabeau created too many thralls and lost herself among the colony which slowly died out. Others say that she realized her folly and released her followers fleeing to her ritual cave where she lived out the rest of her live in ashamed solitude. Others believe that she wasn't actually wrong in this, and her dutiful service was rewarded with eternal life.

Small cults of her religion that view Ysabeau as a Messiah still exist today around the world, though incredibly rare.

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The first vampire type hemon, and the basis for all vampire legends, most notably Dracula. Vlad started off a meager peasant turned soldier who rose up the ranks using his master manipulation and intimidation. Not having ever seen a power like his entire villages began to fear him, even his superiors. They did however acknowledge his uncanny talent for strategic warfare and he quickly became a general, eventually the king of his own little country. His kingdom remained unchallenged though as rumors of his methods of torture and murder became well known. Such as drinking blood straight from the slashed jugulars of his victims. People began to believe he made a deal with the devil himself. His fall came when he kidnapped a young girl from a neighboring kingdom for her beauty, making her his concubine. On the night of a great victory he became a little too sadistic for his own good and drew then consumed the blood of his concubine. This was when he'd discovered that there was one even more cunning and devious than him. His concubine Bathsheba had been born a broodmother, and had learned to control her powers from an early age, after drinking her blood he became her slave and she used him to open the way for her home country to take over, then she forced him to kill himself in front of his entire court.

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At a young age Bathsheba was kidnapped during a conquest by the neighboring country to be the concubine to their king Visladius. Up to this point she'd just been a peasant farm girl who people revered for her exceptional beauty. At around seven years old Bathsheba had discovered her unique powers as a broodmother and has known well enough to keep them secret. So when she was kidnapped, naturally she immediately began to plot her revenge, and justice for her war torn country. After years of abuse at the hands of her captor, one night he went too far and consumed a bit of her blood, giving the broodmother all she needed. He immediately became her thrall and she gave her secret contact the go ahead to have her home country invade, an invasion that would've been a mere annoyance had Bathsheba not maintained control of their country's king. Once the castle had been stormed, the soldiers of her home country rounded up all court members and staff in the castle and Bathsheba had the enthralled Visladius end his own life in front of them all. Without hesitation Bathsheba was crowned the ruling monarch of this new addition to her homeland. From there she made herself known as a queen who brought great prosperity to her people unlike the previous king had done. Though whispers in the dark told stories of using her abilities to pull even the most stressed of strings. Her reign is regarded as one of the most controversial in history, as some despise her for her deception and the previous King's overthrow. Some still revere Visladius as one of the most prosperous kings for his country which Bathsheba ruined.

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The first fully documented Puppeteer type hemon, though there are hints at previous puppeteers existing in ancient texts. Caliboss was a notorious gang leader in the gutters of old London. Caliboss was known by his alias "The Warlock" for his unique ability and his gang's fascination with the occult. On top of your usual gang activities they were known to perform black magic rituals in the plague riddled neighborhoods of old London. It was also known that he took a great interest in the teachings of the ancient shaman Ysabeau. Some of his own gang members were noted as saying Caliboss' end goal was to find her "Cave of Transcendence" or maybe even Ysabeau herself if the rumors were true. He seemed to believe that he too had been given a gift from some creator and that he was destined to rule. He was eventually brought down by London's Hemon Control Sect, one of the first of it's kind. Today he is widely regarded as a bloodthirsty lunatic and the surviving cults of Ysabeau, denounced him as having anything to do with them.