Sylum Clan

Nothing is True. Everything is Connected.
Sylum Clan
Sylum Information16
Featured

Welcome to Sylum Clan

wallpaper_manor

Hello!  Welcome to Sylum!

Recently we’ve had newbies and some poor souls that have stumbled onto Sylum with no idea what the crazy is all about.  I figured it was time to do a ‘Sticky Post‘ to help all those who wander into the Manor, navigate around this vast universe.

So here we go.

***

If you’re new here, welcome!!  You’ve just been recommended to this vast multi-story universe, and you likely have no idea where to go or what to do.

Well first off.

Fact: Vampires exists.

Second.

Welcome to Sylum Clan.

A multi-layered, character driven storyverse.

Inspiration for the first story that effectively launched this concept, was the death of Timothy ‘Speed’ Speedle from the Television Series CSI: Miami.

His implausible and much mourned demise, led to the premise that you can’t kill someone if they’re already dead.

This quite literally immortalized him, birthing the first story Kiss of Death, and the rest just kept on growing, sprawling  across more than 7,000 years of unexpected history, and on into the future.

A few things you should know, so you can’t say we didn’t warn you *grins*.  There are 3 Major Story Arcs, and hundreds of Supplemental Stories.  These stories expand across 13 Clans, 7 Kin Clans, and showcase over 1200 Characters.

We just hit our 15th Anniversary in 2020!

For further information:

Read more“Welcome to Sylum Clan”

 # # #
Sylum Music0

Sylum Song of the Month: January

 

Though I no longer use Spotify – I figured it would be fun to do a Sylum Song of the Month.

Basically a song or piece of music that has been inspiring to stories or just feels like Sylum.

You can always – reply with one of your favorite so can add to playlists 🙂

 

 #
Character Introduction / Tallikut Clan0

Sylum Inspiration: Jack Reacher

Tallikut: Hunter

 

Jack Reacher was born on a military base in Berlin, on 29 October 1960.  Jack’s mother Josephine Moutier Reacher (née Moutier) was a French national, making Jack fluent in French from an early age.

After being shunted around the world, growing up on U.S. military bases as his father Stan was deployed, he gained an education in basic survival as well as an education that allowed him to enter the United States Military Academy at West Point. Graduating from West Point, Reacher worked to achieve the ranks of 2nd Lieutenant, 1st Lieutenant, Captain, and Major including an intervening demotion from Major to Captain in 1990 during his tenure in the Military Police. During his 13 years of service, his achievements were recognised in the form of citations and awards including the Silver Star, the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Soldier’s Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Bronze Star, and a second Silver Star and Purple Heart for wounds sustained in the bombing of the U.S. Marine Corps barracks in Beirut in 1983.

Among his formal qualifications Reacher is fluently bilingual in English and French, passable in Spanish, outstanding on all man-portable weaponry, and beyond outstanding at hand-to-hand combat, Reacher describing himself as a brawler, his fighting is akin to a thrown chainsaw with the motor running.

He left the service, only to be pulled back into it, after 9/11.  Reacher continues to work as an Investigator, despite now starting to reach retirement age.  He’s mostly a loner, no wife or family, and doesn’t have an online footprint.  Even for the Military there are times he’s hard to track.

While following a suspected killer, he ended up in Chicago working with Detective Vecchio to bring in the suspect.  In the process of saving Vecchio he was wounded, it would seem his age was starting to show.  Vecchio approached him in the hospital about another option.

 

 # #
Sylum Trivia0

Sylum Trivia – Answer: January 2026

Question: Name the Mates of the characters we replaced with Sam Heughan

Answer: 

Peter Quill – Agular/Callum

Joshua Faraday – David/Paul

Jack Ryan – Marco

Owen Grady – No Mate

Jacob Frye – No Mate

Duncan – MacBeth/Leto

There’s a them with this one 🙂

Since no one answered … will just add one of these guys to my list.

 #
Spring Fling: 2026 / Sylum Events0

Spring Fling 2026 – Reminder Sign Ups

Reminder!! You know you want to join in on the fun!

Spring Fling is to showcase Artwork, Fanmixes, Videos, and Aesthetics.  No stories for Spring Fling those are showcased for Seven Days and Advent!

  • Aesthetics
  • Artwork
    • Digital (wallpapers, designs specific for phones/tablets)
    • Memes (make something up that fits Sylum)
    • Original (draw, paint then scan or take a picture)
  • Fanmix (make a playlist of songs for your favorite character, pairing or clan)
  • Fanvids (you don’t have to make a hollywood production, can do a slide show set to music)

What do you need to do to participate?

You will need to sign up and state what your interested in doing

How do I sign up?

There are two ways to sign up!

  • Email: sylumclan@gmail.com – put SPRING FLING in Subject and let us know what your interested in doing
  • Reply to this Post: Just hit reply with what your interested in doing and contact info for us to get a hold of you.

Sign Ups close January 31st.  If we do not get your request, by the 31st it will not be included.

Is there a deadline of when the Art/Video/Fanmix needs to be Finished?

Yes!

  • Posts will be made through March on the blog for participants can check in.
  • All art/videos/fanmixs will need to finished and emailed to (sylumclan@gmail.com) by March 28th.  For those who have drawn something for Spring Fling – please scan to jpg and send via email.
  • Spring Fling will start April 5th.

I have questions?

  • Drop a reply to this post or on any of the ‘Check-In Posts’ with a “FLAIL” *HELP” with contact info and we’ll get back to you.
  • Email: sylumclan@gmail.com
 # #
State of the Clan3

State of the Clan: 2026

 

Let’s be honest.  The decade hasn’t been the best.  I’m not sure where 2025 even went, but I can tell you – I still didn’t get any writing done.

Did you know this is the 11th year I’ve been posting – State of the Clan.  I went to look back at some older ones and was shocked at how many there were.

So here we are again.  Another year.

Starting off with some serious conversations, then we’ll get to the fun stuff

Read more“State of the Clan: 2026”

 #
Camelot Clan / Character Introduction1

Sylum Inspiration: Master David

Camelot: Member

 

David doesn’t talk about his time before he was handed over to Lord Beringar.  His family line is from Scotland, and that is about all he’ll say.

He was given to Hugh in a card game when he was 15 years old.  Hugh took him under his protection, and with help from Cadfael explained that he wasn’t needed to warm his bed.

After Cadfael ‘died’, and the three returned to Camelot, David began to flourish under the tutleage of the Clan.  He soon became friends with Harold who taught him about the pleasure of sex, instead of the power play he had been under.

It was through his friendship with Harold and John, he decided to use his knowledge to help others.  But to do this, he needed to be Turned so he went to the only man he ever saw as a father.

 

 # #
Spring Fling: 20261

Spring Fling 2026 – Sign ups

 

Spring Fling is to showcase Artwork, Fanmixes, Videos, and Aesthetics.  No stories for Spring Fling those are showcased for Seven Days and Advent!

  • Aesthetics
  • Artwork
    • Digital (wallpapers, designs specific for phones/tablets)
    • Memes (make something up that fits Sylum)
    • Original (draw, paint then scan or take a picture)
  • Fanmix (make a playlist of songs for your favorite character, pairing or clan)
  • Fanvids (you don’t have to make a hollywood production, can do a slide show set to music)

What do you need to do to participate?

You will need to sign up and state what your interested in doing

How do I sign up?

There are two ways to sign up!

  • Email: sylumclan@gmail.com – put SPRING FLING in Subject and let us know what your interested in doing
  • Reply to this Post: Just hit reply with what your interested in doing and contact info for us to get a hold of you.

Sign Ups close January 31st.  If we do not get your request, by the 31st it will not be included.

Is there a deadline of when the Art/Video/Fanmix needs to be Finished?

Yes!

  • Posts will be made through March on the blog for participants can check in.
  • All art/videos/fanmixs will need to finished and emailed to (sylumclan@gmail.com) by March 28th.  For those who have drawn something for Spring Fling – please scan to jpg and send via email.
  • Spring Fling will start April 5th.

I have questions?

  • Drop a reply to this post or on any of the ‘Check-In Posts’ with a “FLAIL” *HELP” with contact info and we’ll get back to you.
  • Email: sylumclan@gmail.com
 # #