#wtb lore

[veirsewrites]

The smell/scent thing is an interesting topic!

You know how movies & books always represent vampire smell to werewolves like death, and werewolves to vamps like wet dogs/animals & so on....as a fan of supernatural fiction for like 20 years I always hated this concept. Maybe vampires should smell alluring if they are old & smell like power, or smoky & kind of intoxicating, if young then fresh, zingy maybe bit like iron. Werewolves can smell of musk, of something hot, spicy almost....idk

what are your thoughts on that?

I love that! Older vampires smelling sweet and werewolves smelling spicy.

This scent concept is so interesting! I think vampire would be able to discern the scent of someone’s blood- so hunters would be acidic and werewolves spicy (keeping that one). Other vampires would be based off what said vampire is drinking. Panic makes blood bitter so messy vampires smell bitter, but relaxation makes blood sweet, so experienced vampires smell sweet? Something like that.

I’m gonna think on this and come back with an answer

[veirsewrites]

I'm thinking how mc probably had to learn the hard way back in the day not to bite and drink from werewolves, maybe a hunter too.

Hunters poisoning their blood happened in the past 50 years, so it’s relatively new. MC was not happy when they found out. Something about hunter blood used to be particularly delicious to them.

Werewolves, however, had always been poisonous and Arlo/Aida took the bullet on that one and probably warned MC. Whether or not MC listened…

[veirsewrites]

Will someone be able to tell if someone is aroused or angry? Like do emotions change the scent, so Eddie would be able to tell if mc is attracted by him even if its a secret because of the scent.

Or the stronger the emotion, the stronger the scent? So just being attracted doesn't smell to obvious but want or strong need/love would be a strong scent as well will negative emotions.

Not really, no.

Vampires have strong noses and can smell what someone is giving off in a physical sense and will have to use their own judgment to make that call. Like if someone is nervous and sweating, they can smell that.

Werewolves can *kinda* smell emotion/pheramones but only off of other werewolves because of their pack connections/intuitions. So Eddie, for example, will be able to sense the emotions of their old pack but only in a general sense since they’re no longer part of the pack. A werewolf within the pack would be able to smell/sense emotions off of their pack mates.

[veirsewrites]

What is the vampire and werewolf population in the city where mc and the ro's live? I want to ask in your world but maybe you will find all these questions asking for details annoying or irrelevant as fuck lmao.

I don't really have specific numbers.

Vampire population fluctuates a lot minus the hand full of old vampires that take residence in a city. Young vampires die off a lot either from being killed bc they can't control themselves or just not knowing how to function as a vampire. It's like an ecosystem, dog eat dog etc.

As for werewolves, there is usually one or two large packs of in a city, maybe a few more or less depending on how big the city is.

In MC's city, there's one main pack, which was Eddie's old pack.

As for the world... I haven't thought about it tbh, sorry! I know some people love world building and I feel bad not being able to go super in depth but it's mostly because I'm just kinda focusing on what I need to tell the story.

[veirsewrites]

Is Eddie a born werewolf?

Yes!

In this universe, you can’t become a werewolf, you’re born one.

[veirsewrites]

How old is MC compared to the other Council vampires? They all talk to MC in a way that makes me think they are older than MC, but at the same time, they show a sort of tolerance toward MC that also makes me think MC is older than them. It's a bit confusing, to be honest. I'm definitely leaning on the "MC is younger than them" but honestly, either is possible.

Btw, what exactly is MC's background? At what century were they turned? When did they meet A?

(I'm sure all these questions were asked and answered but Tumblr Search is absolutely useless so I'm sorry for possible repeat questions.)

The High Council is older than MC. MC is an older vampire compared to others and a high vampire, which is why the council shows some tolerance towards them.

MC is a couple centuries old, the year is up to the reader. I’m also leaving their background up to the reader as well, minus certain events that were mentioned/alluded to.

I’m also leaving when they met A up to interpretation based on what’s in the story. They both met each other multiple times across time before officially just sticking together.

If you can find the ‘wtb lore’ tag, that might have more info. But searching takes so long lol and agreed the search function is trash.

[veirsewrites]

Started out ex!A and Amelie romancer but brought E to the night market and when they scratched up the silver sword? Hot. Need them to pin me down. E is an alpha too right since they subdued the wolf who complied so easily 🤭 Jokes aside but are all weres tall? Or are there short weres too like a tiny petite 5 foot midget turning into a 7 feet tall bear or something

The people just wanna be pinned down by werewolves. As to what kind of werewolf Eddie is, all shall be revealed with time (aka in the next chapter)

There are all sorts of body types for werewolves. Their respective wolf form will take into account their human body type but it’s not 1:1. Werewolves are still supernatural so they’re bigger than regular wolves but not all werewolves look the same.

Eddie’s wolf form is large because their human form is bulky/curvy and dense and thick and they’re semi-tall (5’ 10”)

[veirsewrites]

Will we see who was mc before the vampirism?

Nope! Completely up to the reader.

Anything mentioned about MC’s past will be when they were already a vampire.