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In one of the feedback shows Chris suggested that she would disaprove of some of the decisions that Malcolm makes? Do they share the same goals and differ only in their executions? If they really do disagree that much why does she leave him as leader of the Syndicate in metamor? How close an eye does she keep on him? Where is her court?
If she does find out he has gone against her wishes will she come to metamor to punish him?
> What are Talia's ultimate goals for the Vampires?
Talia wants a world that is peaceful and orderly, without wars, ethnic and religious strife, etc. She wants everyone to be united in a clear hierarchy where each person is responsible to someone above them and responsible *for* the people below them. Masters should care for their servants well and servants should obey their masters faithfully. The world she has in mind is an idealized picture of feudalism -- not surprising, since she herself was the product of a feudal society.
Talia doesn't trust any of the other fallen deities to be the one on top in this scenario. She *would* trust Kyia, but Kyia doesn't want the job, and she allows her subjects more freedom than Talia thinks is wise. Because of this, Talia believes that the only way to get the world she wants is if she's the one in charge of it. She realized centuries ago that open military conquest would never lead to the world she wanted, so now she uses the vampires to build a worldwide shadow-society whose loyalties supercede loyalty to tribe or nationality. She doesn't like vampirism -- the vampires are creatures of darkness, and Talia was raised to be a priestess of the light -- but she will use the vamps as tools to build the world she wants to see.
> In one of the feedback shows Chris suggested that she would > disaprove of some of the decisions that Malcolm makes. Do > they share
the same goals and differ only in their executions?
For the most part, that's true. Malcolm is a true believer in the ethos of Lilith, though, which states that vampires help to strengthen the human species by acting as the top predator in the food chain. Malcolm believes that he's not just making the world better, but that he's making humanity itself better through natural selection.
> If they really do
disagree that much why does she leave him > as leader of the Syndicate in
metamor? How close an eye does she keep on him? Where is her court?
Talia has given Malcolm a large amount of leeway. She can't afford to micromanage him because she has too many other concerns to worry about. That said, she IS taking some steps to rein in his excesses. She has to do so subtly, though, behind the scenes, so as not to disrupt the balance of power in her court. The feudal mindset says that the queen should not interfere in the internal affairs of her vassals unless they are engaged in gross misconduct, so she tries to live by that principle -- or at least to keep up the appearance of it, for the court's sake.
Talia's court is located in Elderwood in the province of Mirador. She also has a large estate in the Arctic Territories east of Taikroisa, but she works mostly out of the Elderwood campus for the comfort of her human staff.
> If she does find out he has gone against her wishes will > she come to metamor to punish him?
Possibly, but it's more likely that she'll pull strings from behind the scenes to bring him back into line -- or remove him, if she finds his behavior particularly noxious.
> Outside of Metamor are their any other organisations apart > from the Syndicate that Talia controls?
The Syndicate is the collective term for Talia's entire corporate empire. She owns hundreds of companies, large and small, in countless areas of interest and in dozens of countries. Most of these companies are controlled through big holding companies, much like the keiretsu business model followed by Mitsubishi, Toyota, Fujitsu and other large Japanese conglomerates (or like Virgin Group and Berkshire Hathaway in the western world). Each of her princes controls one of these conglomerates, and she owns one directly as well. There is nothing on paper to tie any of these keiretsu to any of the others; only the blood bonds between the princes and the queen ensure that they continue to operate in pursuit of her interests.
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What are Talia's ultimate goals for the Vampires?
In one of the feedback shows Chris suggested that she would disaprove of some of the decisions that Malcolm makes? Do they share the same goals and differ only in their executions? If they really do disagree that much why does she leave him as leader of the Syndicate in metamor? How close an eye does she keep on him? Where is her court?
If she does find out he has gone against her wishes will she come to metamor to punish him?
Outside of Metamor are their any other organisations apart from the Syndicate that Talia controls?
> What are Talia's ultimate goals for the Vampires?
Talia wants a world that is peaceful and orderly, without wars, ethnic and religious strife, etc. She wants everyone to be united in a clear hierarchy where each person is responsible to someone above them and responsible *for* the people below them. Masters should care for their servants well and servants should obey their masters faithfully. The world she has in mind is an idealized picture of feudalism -- not surprising, since she herself was the product of a feudal society.
Talia doesn't trust any of the other fallen deities to be the one on top in this scenario. She *would* trust Kyia, but Kyia doesn't want the job, and she allows her subjects more freedom than Talia thinks is wise. Because of this, Talia believes that the only way to get the world she wants is if she's the one in charge of it. She realized centuries ago that open military conquest would never lead to the world she wanted, so now she uses the vampires to build a worldwide shadow-society whose loyalties supercede loyalty to tribe or nationality. She doesn't like vampirism -- the vampires are creatures of darkness, and Talia was raised to be a priestess of the light -- but she will use the vamps as tools to build the world she wants to see.
> In one of the feedback shows Chris suggested that she would
> disaprove of some of the decisions that Malcolm makes. Do
> they share
the same goals and differ only in their executions?
For the most part, that's true. Malcolm is a true believer in the ethos of Lilith, though, which states that vampires help to strengthen the human species by acting as the top predator in the food chain. Malcolm believes that he's not just making the world better, but that he's making humanity itself better through natural selection.
> If they really do
disagree that much why does she leave him
> as leader of the Syndicate in
metamor? How close an eye does she keep on him? Where is her court?
Talia has given Malcolm a large amount of leeway. She can't afford to micromanage him because she has too many other concerns to worry about. That said, she IS taking some steps to rein in his excesses. She has to do so subtly, though, behind the scenes, so as not to disrupt the balance of power in her court. The feudal mindset says that the queen should not interfere in the internal affairs of her vassals unless they are engaged in gross misconduct, so she tries to live by that principle -- or at least to keep up the appearance of it, for the court's sake.
Talia's court is located in Elderwood in the province of Mirador. She also has a large estate in the Arctic Territories east of Taikroisa, but she works mostly out of the Elderwood campus for the comfort of her human staff.
> If she does find out he has gone against her wishes will
> she come to metamor to punish him?
Possibly, but it's more likely that she'll pull strings from behind the scenes to bring him back into line -- or remove him, if she finds his behavior particularly noxious.
> Outside of Metamor are their any other organisations apart
> from the Syndicate that Talia controls?
The Syndicate is the collective term for Talia's entire corporate empire. She owns hundreds of companies, large and small, in countless areas of interest and in dozens of countries. Most of these companies are controlled through big holding companies, much like the keiretsu business model followed by Mitsubishi, Toyota, Fujitsu and other large Japanese conglomerates (or like Virgin Group and Berkshire Hathaway in the western world). Each of her princes controls one of these conglomerates, and she owns one directly as well. There is nothing on paper to tie any of these keiretsu to any of the others; only the blood bonds between the princes and the queen ensure that they continue to operate in pursuit of her interests.
"Zombie guards, seize him!" Tell me that's not fun to say.