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Authors: Susan Sizemore
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Blessing Day
Also known as Blessing of the Knives. Strigoi winter solstice holiday celebrated on the new moon before the winter solstice.
Bloodbond
The spell that enthralls slaves and companions to their vampire masters
Bloodburn
The instinct to Hunt
Bloodchild
What a vampire calls a mortal they’ve changed
Bloodfever
Another term for bloodburn
Bloodmother
Vampire’s female maker
Blood Parent
A vampire that has changed a human into a vampire; a Nighthawk who has changed a vampire into a Hunter
Blood Promise
Strigoi treaty, sealed in blood
Bloodsire
Vampire’s male maker
Coin
Gold coin imprinted with an owl symbol unique to each nest; symbol of authority
Companion
Someone chosen to be a vampire’s lover
Curse, The
Vampirism
Dhamphir
Child born of a vampire father and mortal Romany mother
Dream Riding
Telepathically eavesdropping on someone’s thoughts and dreams
Enforcer of the City
Vampire appointed by the Strigoi Council to police a territory
Enforcer of the Laws
Vampire cop
Fledgling
Young vampire
Fosterling
Young vampire living and training under the protection of a nest leader
Gift, The
Psychic ability
Goddess
Some vampires believe they were created by a curse because of sins against the Goddess
Go into the night
Strigoi saying, can mean either someone has joined the strigoi community, or that someone is dead
Hunt
Sanctioned taking of human prey, regulated by enforcers
Hunter
Members of the Nighthawk line, and courtesy title of enforcers
Mindrape
Forced telepathic intrusion into another’s mind
Nest
A group of vampires, companions, and slaves that live and Hunt together
Nest Leader
Senior vampire in a nest; teacher and adoptive parent of younger vampires
Nighthawk
Another term for Hunters/Enforcers
Owl Bait
Term of affection
Silver Dagger
Symbol of Enforcer authority
Strig
A vampire who lives outside the protection of the Laws; a loner
Strigoi
The vampires’ name for themselves
Strigoi Council
The secret society that rules vampire society
Teething
Slang for the period young vampires spend making the complete change from mortal to strigoi
Transient
Mortal psychic unable to form a permanent mental bond with a vampire
Underneath World
Strigoi term for all the supernatural cultures and creatures that live out of view of the mortal world
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s Imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events or locales is entirely coincidental.
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