"The Black Veil" (v. 2.0), also known as the "13 Rules of the Community", was composed by Michelle Belanger of House Kheperu, Father Todd of House Sahjaza, and COVICA in 2000 as a voluntary standard of common sense, etiquette and ideals for the Sanguinarium and the greater vampyre/vampire community. This is not a text to instruct someone on how to be a vampire, but rather a code of ethics for those who are and wish to adopt them as their own personal code. It is based on an earlier version written by Father Todd in 1999 or possibly in 1998 (the copyright states 1999).
This text has recieved a lot of flack from many individuals as being "RPG'ish", but I personally feel that the ideals and concepts, regardless of their origins or inspirations, do hold merit. I have little doubt that my continuing to archive a copy of this Black Veil has probably caused some people to summarily dismiss my site as being oriented to little more than the Vampyre lifestyle. That's unfortunate because they completely miss the point, and probably have not bothered to examine the rest of the site to find out what its focus is. Sanguinarius.org is not the Sanguinarium. The text has become, shall we say, unfashionable due to its association with the Sanguinarium. Yes, the original version was written pretty much exclusively for members of the Sanguinarium, but Michelle Belanger, Todd and others realized that it could reach beyond that and rewrote it in its entirety to produce the version you see below. It was rewritten upon realizing that it could be something bigger and more enduring than just a code of ethics for a smallish group of Vampyre lifestylers.
If it is not to your liking, that's perfectly fine. You do not have to accept it. There are alternatives which have been written which have no roots in the "lifestyle" aspect of things; these are written by, or are collaborative efforts of, real vampires in the vampire community to produce a code of ethics created and especially tailored just for the needs of real vampires, and without the controversy of the Black Veil and the Sanguinarium. Some of these are works-in-progress. I hope to have the chance to include them on my site at some point. As always, feel free to either accept them or reject them. That's up to you.
1. DISCRETION
This lifestyle is private and sacred. Respect it as such. Do not make a sideshow of yourself. We do not have to prove ourselves to anyone. Appearing on public TV t
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