[UA] Vampires and Magic. (long)

[Nick Wedig]

> They are however constantly aware of "The smouldering
>torch", their name for the Tiger and the guilt
>associated with their creation by incest, family
>history and associations. 

Truthfully, I don't think they would even consider their origins incestuous.  Such inbreeding is relatively standard among ruling families that survive for any length of time.  A king may marry his first cousin, but no one will mention incest.  Such taboos, while universally present, tend to vary wildly about who is an acceptable mate and who is not.


>  Note that many vampires would suffer from
>non-vampiric genetic dysfunction.  After several
>centuries of inbreeding the vampire gene is not the
>only one they have two copies of.

I tended to think that any genetic dysfunction involved in the family bloodline was included in vampirism, not that vampirism was one particular dysfunction and that others also existed.  That is, because these people all (or most) have it, then it's part of vampirism.  

Mr. Teapot
learned something in anthropology class

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