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Sounisian Vampires
Aug. 15th, 2014 09:49 pm![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
valiantarcher.livejournal.comI was looking through my copy of The Thief and ran across this passage*:
"There was no inn at Evisa, but there was a woman who served food to travelers at a collection of tables under the trees in the town square. Ambiades and Sophos were equally horrified at the lunch––wrinkled olives and hard cheese––but the bread was soft and good. The yogurt had enough garlic in it to kill every vampire in the country. I ended up eating almost everything. It was hard to be a picky eater in the lower city of Sounis and impossible in the king’s prison."
Which means there are at least vampire stories in Sounis and/or Eddis. Which is very interesting to me since it almost doesn't seem to fit with the rest of the culture, but that could reflect a lack of knowledge of vampire legends on my part. Does anyone know if any of the ancient cultures had any sort of vampire legends? How about the Mediterranean and southern European cultures up to the early 1500s or so?
And any thoughts on what vampire stories in the series' world would be like? How could Gen have learned about them? And the all important question, what would Gen do if he met a vampire? ;)
*which was apparently what it finally took for me to officially join this community and post. Hi!
"There was no inn at Evisa, but there was a woman who served food to travelers at a collection of tables under the trees in the town square. Ambiades and Sophos were equally horrified at the lunch––wrinkled olives and hard cheese––but the bread was soft and good. The yogurt had enough garlic in it to kill every vampire in the country. I ended up eating almost everything. It was hard to be a picky eater in the lower city of Sounis and impossible in the king’s prison."
Which means there are at least vampire stories in Sounis and/or Eddis. Which is very interesting to me since it almost doesn't seem to fit with the rest of the culture, but that could reflect a lack of knowledge of vampire legends on my part. Does anyone know if any of the ancient cultures had any sort of vampire legends? How about the Mediterranean and southern European cultures up to the early 1500s or so?
And any thoughts on what vampire stories in the series' world would be like? How could Gen have learned about them? And the all important question, what would Gen do if he met a vampire? ;)
*which was apparently what it finally took for me to officially join this community and post. Hi!
