Hello Grandmother,

There’s a rumor spread around the vampire world that’s starting to cause them more trouble than either the Infiltration or the Cult of Lucifer ever could. And I feel it’s a rumor, if untrue, they ought to have a relatively easy time dispelling. The rumor is that the Blacksmith isn’t there. That the supposed leader of the vampire regime is not only missing, but may have never existed in the first place. This is an easy ideology for vampires to embrace when they’ve become complacent in their control, seeing their power as practically divinely appointed, as if they were always destined to secretly control mankind. And I can’t say its an argument without merit. The human world is vastly easy for creatures in their position to control, I’m a little surprised, looking back at history, that they didn’t take over earlier.

But this idea that they have no leader, or that their power structure is essentially operating on auto-pilot is a dangerous one. No one likes being indentured to a master, but one who’s not even really there? The more this gets spread around, the angrier a lot of vampires are going to get. And frankly, the Blacksmith kind of deserves it. I’m pretty well convinced that he does exist. And I’m more than willing to bet that a lot of the hype around him is merely overblown. Which makes it hard for him to step into his supposed roll as leader. But all this puts the vampire regime that has lasted a good twenty some years in trepitous jeopardy. Because if no one’s stepping up to lead, it’s only a matter of time before the power structure falls to a feeding frenzy.

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