Nothing is True. Everything is Connected.
Author: <span>Nicolaus Meridius</span>

Seven Days of Summer – 2016: July 3rd

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Title: The Circles of My Lives
Author: YanzaDracan
Rating: Pg-13
Summary: A new Vampire realizes what bring a Vampire really means, and battles to accept the circles in his new life while remaining trust to himself.
Author’s Note: Introduction of variety of Clan Members from Oceania Clan
Artist: Taibhrigh

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Seven Days of Summer – 2016: July 1st

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Video Title: Westen Series
Vid Maker: Bj Jones

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Title: Miami Cabana
Author: Bj Jones
Rating: Nc-17
Creative Consultant: Timothy Quinn
Author’s Note: Set some time in the future of this series – Spring 2013
Artist: Taibhrigh

 

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Sylum Inspiration: Thomas Devoe

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Oceania: Member

 

Thomas Devoe grew up in a typical suburban home. He would tell you it isn’t anything special. When he was eighteen he joined the Army and never looked back.

He moved up the ranks quickly, especially with his skill sets heavily in Military Intelligence. When a Nuclear Weapon went off in Russia, he ended up working with Julia Kelly to help retrieve the missing warheads.

Kelly and Devoe try to track the terrorists through an Austrian trucking company which is a front for the Russian Mafia. When the Mafia realizes they are U.S. government agents, they send thugs to kill them. Vertikoff, thinking he can pay them off, is killed. Devoe kills most of the would-be assassins, and he and Kelly escape. Information from the trucking company shows that the nukes are bound for Iran. Spy satellites place the truck in a traffic jam in Dagestan, and Devoe uses a ruse to identify it. The satellite, tracking in real time, is able to verify its license plate.

Stopped at a checkpoint, Kodoroff and his men kill the guards. Devoe then leads a special forces unit to stop them. Denied entry into Russian airspace, one of the helicopters is shot down by a Russian surface-to-air missile battery, but the remaining helicopters are able to locate the truck carrying the warheads. A gunfight ensues in which Kodoroff is killed and the warheads are seized. Interrogation of the surviving member of the group reveals that one warhead was taken by another man.

Further work on the information from the trucking company leads IFOR to a Sarajevo address. Inside is a video cassette of a Yugoslav named Dušan Gavrić. Gavrić disclaims any allegiance in the Yugoslav Wars (“I am a Serb, a Croat, and a Muslim”), but blames other countries for supplying weapons to all sides in the war. Dr. Kelly realizes he intends to bomb a meeting at the UN headquarters in New York City and the city goes into lockdown. Gavrić arrives in Manhattan with the Bosnian diplomatic delegation. A flashback shows that Gavrić wants to avenge the death of his wife and daughter, who were killed in Sarajevo’s Sniper Alley. He and his brother are finally found by the New York Police Department. When his brother is killed by Devoe, a wounded Gavrić is followed into a parochial school and then a small church. Devoe confronts Gavrić, who commits suicide, knowing that the bomb is set to go off in a matter of minutes and cannot be deactivated. With only seconds to spare, Dr. Kelly is able to remove a part of the explosive lens shell of the bomb, preventing the primary explosion from establishing critical mass within the plutonium core. The primary wrecks the church, but the warhead itself does not detonate. Devoe and Kelly both survive with minor injuries.

The two continued to see each other after the incident. And when Thomas got an assignment that would take him undercover for over a year, he knew he had to call it off. It wasn’t fair to her.

Thomas moved from assignments, some of them starting to blend into each other. He met Michael Westen when trying to make a deal with an oil Sheik. The man didn’t trust anyone near his woman, so he had convinced him that he was gay. And he needed a boyfriend. Michael Westen was sent to help him out.

They laughed about the awkward two weeks, but the two got to know each other just not physically and became fast friends, close even. After the Op, he tried to keep in touch with the spy, but lost track of him.

It wasn’t until he was in Australia and ended up with an armful of Julia Kelly that he discovered he had been declared dead from OP. It didn’t help the situation he was in. He was able to get her to know he was in one, and he was proud how hard she worked to play along, but he knew he would have to work to fix the damage.

Everything went south and he found himself laying on the street bleeding out. Julia gave him a second chance.

Throwback Thursday: The Return of Larry by Bj Jones

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Title: The Return of Larry

Author: Bj Jones

Rating: R

Summary: Larry returns at the worst possible moment

Creative Consultant: Timothy Quinn

Artist: Taibhrigh

Author’s Note:  The third Westen story will be coming out during Advent, it would be a very good idea to read The Death of Michael Westen and this one, to catch up.  There were slight adjustments in each to bring up to date with some storyline.

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Fix-it Rant by Bj Jones

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This is why I don’t watch new shows.

No not because of the bunnies, that’s inevitable.

No because most of the time I end up wanting to shank the writers.   I could actually go full on rant about the quality of TV and Movies these days and the writers and showrunners who are being paid way to much money for shit … but I’ll hold back.

For now.

Last time a showrunner decided to take out my favorite character … yeah okay, Rory wanted to leave the show, which lets face it was a very smart idea considering the train wreck CSI: Miami became … surprise solar eclipse my ass … oh wait that would be the ranting on stupid ass showrunners and writers.

Sorry I got distracted.

Last time my favorite character died in a stupid premise (because he obviously didn’t learn his lesson about cleaning his gun after he got shot the first time) Sylum was born.

12 Years later, I find myself in a similar predicament.

I’m looking at you Person of Interest.

Don’t get me wrong the actors were amazing, even with the bad premise, they broke your heart – cause they are good at their jobs.  Writers not so much.  And don’t even give me the bullshit that this was always how they intended to end the show.

Bullshit.

Calling it.

Bullshit.

And since I’m usually the one who gets the calls to FIX-IT! after the showrunners fuck up our favorite series … I’m finding myself once again snagging characters and saving them from the stupidity!

Person of Interest – you had so much potential and so much of it was wasted.

Two amazing characters that deserve so much more than they got.  So we gave them tickets for the Sylum Bus.  The dog and detectives snuck on board along with them.   There has also been many AU story ideas running around – The Dragon series already has a few stories posted.  You have no idea how long it’s been since I’ve had other story ideas/series/fics running around – outside of Sylum.

I’m horrified, awed, and buried under fluff.

As for Sylum.  We had the whole timeline figured out, built backgrounds, even wrote their wiki page until one of them decided to kneecap their bio and demanded a different background.  Thank you very much, John Reese.  Take a lesson from Harold who graciously accepted his timeline, then promptly inserted himself into everything he could, via The Machine.

We’ve hinted at some of the story ideas a few times … and I think one of you figured it out.

So let me introduce to you:

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Edmond Dantès – The Count of Monte Cristo … aka John Reese

Remember those wonderful snippets you read over Advent – well most aren’t going to turn out like we expected … cause Count over here kneecapped his storyline and we’ve had to adjust a few of them.

He’s still a Meridius and we all know what Meridii do when they get a tiny thread of a story.  Pointedly looks at Nico – who still hasn’t shut the fuck up in the middle of Clan War… cause only he could pull off a Flashback in a Flashback with added sex.

Just to be an awful tease … their will be a snippet from the first story in the upcoming POI Series during Seven Days.

And for an added bonus – keep an eye out on The General’s Office … I’m really really good with AUs  – no really I am, shocking I know –  expect to see a few new stories in upcoming weeks, in between Clan War, Sylum stories, and trying not to melt in this heat.

Sylum RP: Hot Days of Summer

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Well it’s actually the 2nd Day of Summer.

It’s also hot outside.  Enough to melt even the toughest of Vampires!!!

All are welcome to participate … just keep the conversation in the Character you RP – if you do not have an RP Character – go HERE.

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Nick sits out on the porch, wearing as little as possible.

A cool glass of lemonade in one hand.

Slouched into his seat, practically becoming one with it.

“Are you going to move?”  He heard from somewhere in his vicinity

“Not until winter.”

 

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Welcome to Sylum Clan

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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.

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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 Inspiration: Jake Lonergan

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Jake Lonergan was raised in the frontier lands of Missouri and Kansas. As a boy he saw the stress and violence between the slave and free states. When the war broke out, he found himself defending his home from Quatrill, rather than fighting for the Union.

After the war he fled the area and headed West. His gun skills improved but not his temper. He found himself involved in petty gangs, rustling cattle, robbing stage coaches. When he ran into the James Gang, he had to stop himself from shooting either of the brothers for what they did to his family farm.

He walked away from the gang he was working with and found himself in Redemption. He should’ve stayed with the gang. He ended up hired as Herod’s guard. At first it wasn’t anything special, but he began to realize there was more going on than he thought. Herod’s cruelty saw no ends, and the first time Herod attacked and Fed on him, he knew he had to get out.

When Cort was dragged back into town, the low he thought Herod couldn’t stoop any further, he was horrified at what the Vampire did to Cort. Not able to take anymore, he snuck out of town during the competition.

Ended up in Absolution.

Facing a snotty kid and his old gang.

It was afterwards, he confronted Dolarhyde about what he suspected. Woodrow smirked at him, stating at least he didn’t have to explain it. Jake laughed his ass off when he discovered he was his Mate. Six months later he was Turned. Six months after that they were Mated.

Seven Days of Summer 2016: Check In

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It’s June 13th … I should be seeing stories or art from those who are working on Seven Days by the 15th.

So I’m sending a call out to those participating in Seven Days!

This will give me time to look it over, and make notes/comments.  If anything needs to be adjusted to fit in canon, there will still be time to adjust.  At this time we’ll start working on getting a story banner made for the fic.

All fic and art need to be finished and to me by June 25th – no later than June 28th.  I’ll need the time to set up the posts on the blog for Seven Days.

If you can’t make the deadline, please contact me now so we can discuss.  Please be honest – I’ll need some time to come up with a replacement if necessary.

If you have any questions – contact me or reply to this post.

Sylum Inspiration: Julia Kelly

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Oceania: Member

 

Julia Kelly was raised in New York, and her parents made sure she had a good education and sent her to an esteemed Catholic School. She graduated, went to Harvard and got her degree in Nuclear Physics.  She works with the UN, dealing with countries who are seeking Nuclear Power or have it.

When a Russian General steals decommissioned Warheads and sets off an explosions in Chelyabinsk, Russia, she’s called in to help Thomas Devoe, Military Intelligence, to find the missing warheads.

Kelly and Devoe try to track the terrorists through an Austrian trucking company, which is a front for the Russian Mafia. When the Mafia realizes they are U.S. government agents, they send thugs to kill them. Vertikoff, thinking he can pay them off, is killed. Devoe kills most of the would-be assassins, and he and Kelly escape. Information from the trucking company shows that the nukes are bound for Iran. Spy satellites place the truck in a traffic jam in Dagestan, and Devoe uses a ruse to identify it. The satellite, tracking in real time, is able to verify its license plate.

Stopped at a checkpoint, Kodoroff and his men kill the guards. Devoe then leads a special forces unit to stop them. Denied entry into Russian airspace, one of the helicopters is shot down by a Russian surface-to-air missile battery, but the remaining helicopters are able to locate the truck carrying the warheads. A gunfight ensues in which Kodoroff is killed and the warheads are seized. Interrogation of the surviving member of the group reveals that one warhead was taken by another man.

Further work on the information from the trucking company leads IFOR to a Sarajevo address. Inside is a video cassette of a Yugoslav named Dušan Gavrić. Gavrić disclaims any allegiance in the Yugoslav Wars, but blames other countries for supplying weapons to all sides in the war. Dr. Kelly realizes he intends to bomb a meeting at the UN headquarters in New York City and the city goes into lockdown. Gavrić arrives in Manhattan with the Bosnian diplomatic delegation. A flashback shows that Gavrić wants to avenge the death of his wife and daughter, who were killed in Sarajevo’s Sniper Alley. He and his brother are finally found by the New York Police Department. When his brother is killed by Devoe, a wounded Gavrić is followed into a parochial school and then a small church. Devoe confronts Gavrić, who commits suicide, knowing that the bomb is set to go off in a matter of minutes and cannot be deactivated. With only seconds to spare, Dr. Kelly is able to remove a part of the explosive lens shell of the bomb, preventing the primary explosion from establishing critical mass within the plutonium core. The primary wrecks the church, but the warhead itself does not detonate. Devoe and Kelly both survive with minor injuries.

After the mission the two stay close. They dated for a while, but when Thomas was pulled to go in a deep undercover mission, they separated.

Julia continued to work for the UN and gave lectures about security and disarmament all over the world. When she traveled to Australia she had not expected for her life to change.

During the conference she met Edward Courtney. She thought he was handsome and kind. It wasn’t long before she entered a relationship with him. After staying the night, she discovered that he was a Priest. Horrified that the Nuns from her school were right that she was going to hell, she fled only to come back demanding to know what he meant by ‘I was a Vampire before a Priest and knew I would a have a Mate’ then fled again. She ended up at Confession, but found herself returning back to Cort.

She demanded answers to a lot of questions.

Six months later she was Turned and they Bonded.

In Memoriam

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As many of you have likely heard about the mass shooting at Pulse a well known gay club in Orlando, Florida.  At last count it was 52 dead, another 50 wounded.

My heart goes out to those who have lost loved ones, and prayers for those who were killed.

This act of terror and hate against the LGBTQ community hits home for Sylum as this series even though fictional is part of the LGBTQ Community.

There are many who would like to help but not sure how.

There is a Go Fund Me Page set up to help the victims of the shooting – Go Here

Give Blood.  If in Orlando, look for places to go to.  For those outside the area, check with the Red Cross for more information.

Give to other LGBTQ Charities and Foundations.  One I can vouch for is the LGBT Center in LA.

If you have other charities (US and/or International) that would be good – please reply we’ll add them to the list.

As always we’ll stand strong.

Love conquers Hate.