Blood Court

The Blood Court is the main ruling body of Cainaan based out of the Palace of Cainites and is headed by the Blood Prince. Its main task is upholding and writing new laws that protect the sanctity of Cainaan. The Blood Court is a continuation of the Shadow Court, which ruled Tara Tranda in secret until the vampires of Cainaan revealed themselves to the world.
== History ==
After the initial chaos of 1109 during the disposal of Cain, the first vampire, the remaining vampires who had survived the initial purge reconfined making plans for the future. Meeting in an abandoned castle, whose former inhabitants had died of the great plague, they plotted their first moves. It was decided that they should start with finding more survivors of the initial purge so that they could grow in strength. Long searches were held and it would take a decade to find every survivor. During this period slow strives were made in influencing the local merchants and even the baron. The vampires posed as doctors who would be able to cure any disease, with the memory of the great plague fresh in mind they gladly accepted. A cure they received, just not in the way they expected. The vampires turned the folk into thralls and on a rare occasion even into fellow vampires. It would also be decided that a basic set of laws would be written, many of these new laws implied secrecy and also that fellow vampires should not attack each other or their thralls. This firstly, was agreed upon because without secrecy the vampires would surely be purged again. Secondly, having vampires attack each other would also weaken their cause in creating a safe haven for vampire kind.
With the reveal of vampiric rule in Cainaan in 1431 the old Shadow Court reformed into what is now known as the Blood Court. The laws would be changed once again and would slowly change over 200 years as a need for new rules were found. Most of the secrecy laws were scrapped as they were no longer needed. In turn laws protecting vampires, their thralls and their subjects would be expanded. In addition new laws would be formulated to enforce a strong hierarchy between vampire and non-vampire but also in between different ranking vampires. For not each vampire was as powerful as the other. Nor did powerful vampires always hold power. Aside from writing laws the Blood Court is also tasked with the day to day tasks of Cainaan. Such as making sure that the laws are upheld and the enough blood is being 'donated' to support their diet.
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