The Blood Omen Vampires: Abdun

Ok, so Abdun are not actually #vampires... yet. They are humans who hang around in vampire clubs. Sometimes they are #Goths or #Emos, sometimes just regular-looking people. They all want more. They want to stay young, to be stronger and better than normal humans. Some want to be #blood drinkers, some just want to feel /  be special. Some want to be darker, dangerous, feared, loved. Some want power. Some just want to be companions for the Llamia- to help them to exist.

In the Blood Omen Saga we meet all kinds of Abdun (male) and Abdun'i (female), but we don't really find out about their world until Book 4. 

how the deal works

When a #Llamia agrees to take on an Abdun'i (usually one at a time) and his Coven-leader agrees with his choice, a contract is signed and a ceremony performed. The Abdun'i promises to be loyal to her Llamia Master (Mestre) and his Coven, to keep his secrets, to continue working her day job or studying- continue living as normal and not making other humans suspicious. She cannot have boyfriends or have an extensive social life outside the vampire world.

Her Mestre will financially help to support her and will protect her. In exchange she must give him blood whenever he asks. He won't usually drink enough blood to hurt her. 

The tradition is to leave the Abdun'i marked (not heal the bite marks). This is for their own protection- a sign to other vampires that she is 'owned' and protected and so untouchable. By tradition a Llamia has the right to kill another vampire who drinks from his Abdun. In the modern world, however, many Llamia do not leave their Abdun'i marked- it is left to the personal choice of each Llamia-Abdun'i couple.

The Llamia-Abdun relationship is not always sexual. Sometimes the Abdun will be the same gender as the Llamia but they will be friends, not lovers (as in the case of Charlotte and her Abdun'i Emma).

At any point a Llamia or Abdun'i can end a contract, but the Abdun'i will have her memory wiped.

At any point the Llamia and Abdun'i, by both agreeing, can decide to end the contract by the Llamia Turning her into his Aluka, if his Coven and Coven-leader also agree. There is a welcoming ceremony and the Abdun'i is Turned by her Mestre. The Aluka would then usually live as part of her Mestre's Coven, although it is also now common for Aluka to live in other Covens or with groups of other Aluka. 

As Aluka do not have the powers of Llamia (see here), it is safer for them to keep close contact with their Llamia Mestre if they do not live with him. The bond between a Mestre and Aluka is strong. She is no longer his slave but she must respect and obey him. If she does not, by tradition he can break the bond, refuse her his protection or (in extreme cases) kill her.

Would YOU be an Abdun?