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Grammar and Excessive foul language:
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Poetry/Short Stories
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Vampire Discussions
Aquilus.net does not endorse nor support any of the following actions/claims when discussing real vampires or vampirism:

-Physical immortality.
-The act of being “turned/sired/embraced” by another “vampire” through the transmission of blood.
-Physical growth of elongated fangs.
-Piercing of the flesh via the mouth/fangs.
-Violent acts of attack of any human/animal for the consumption of blood.
-Mythological associations with destruction of one’s self by sunlight, garlic, holy water, crucifixes, etcetera; ancestral claims to the mythological/legendary Dracula, Vlad Tepes, Elizabeth Bathory, or any fictional characters from films, books and/or games.
-Exceptional traits such as: transformation into mists/vapors/bats, absence of pulse, and/or increased physical strength beyond that of legitimate human capacity.
-Vampire vs. Lycan wars
- Consumption of raw meat or dead animal blood. This is entirely dangerous and can be fatal.
- Self feeding. Some individuals have been known to do this to satiate cravings. If you are deficit in energy, there is no benefit to be gained by consuming your own blood.



Otherkin, Therian, Werecreature
We are not an Otherkin site. We deal specifically with Vampires and Vampirism. We do not allow discussions on Otherkin or Therians, etc.. in our forums, simply for the fact that we do not have enough knowledge on these topics.


Suicide, Self Harm, Self Mutilation, Cutting
We do not allow any form of discussions on suicide, self harm, self mutilation or cutting. These are all topics that require professional guidance and help. Posting on these subjects will get your posts/topics deleted immediately and you will be contacted by an admin and given a warning. If it continues or theres an argument on the subject, you will lose your posting privileges for 14 days. We urge you to seek out help. Here are some valuable links that we feel will be of great service to you.
http://www.palace.net/~llama/psych/injury.html
http://www.nshn.co.uk/
http://www.selfinjury.com/


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Adult links and jokes or posts of a mature nature, including illegal substances.
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Do not discuss illegal substances in any of the forums (drugs, pot, speed, heroin, cocaine, or others).

Access to other forums
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Responding to a topic
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Forum issues, Member issues, Account issues
If at any time you have a question about your account, the forum, or another member is causing you to feel uncomfortable, please contact an admin immediately, so we can help you or take care of the problem and work something out with you. We are not mind readers and don't always catch everything. So bringing something to our attention is always a wise thing to do. Your information will remain anonymous.


Modified 7-12-08

I'm bumping this up for a reminder to our new members. We are not like some other sites where we encourage or entertain mythical aspects of real vampires such as immortality or turning/embracing. We are a real vampire site, however, when we use the term "real vampire" we are referring to humans with an energy deficiency! Not something from outer space, or some being who has a virus, or some mythical powers.

Anyone found hinting at the thought of physical immortality or embracing, turning or non-mortal vampires, will immediately get their posts deleted! And possibly be banned for not following policy. We will not entertain any type of mythical ideas when it comes to real vampirism. Nor will we entertain ideas such as a the V5 virus.

If you want believe in such things, then possibly this not the site for you. Which is perfectly fine, there are sites out there that will entertain those ideas, where you may fit in better. However, this site will never be one of those sites and it's considered rude for you to try and force those ideas on to us. We simply will not argue this, we'll just delete your post and be done with it.

Please review our rules below:

Aquilus.net does not endorse nor support any of the following actions/claims when discussing real vampires or vampirism:

-Physical immortality.
-The act of being “turned/sired/embraced” by another “vampire” through the transmission of blood.
-Physical growth of elongated fangs.
-Piercing of the flesh via the mouth/fangs.
-Violent acts of attack of any human/animal for the consumption of blood.
-Mythological associations with destruction of one’s self by sunlight, garlic, holy water, crucifixes, etcetera; ancestral claims to the mythological/legendary Dracula, Vlad Tepes, Elizabeth Bathory, or any fictional characters from films, books and/or games.
-Exceptional traits such as: transformation into mists/vapors/bats, absence of pulse, and/or increased physical strength beyond that of legitimate human capacity.
-Vampire vs. Lycan wars
- Consumption of raw meat or dead animal blood. This is entirely dangerous and can be fatal.
- Self feeding. Some individuals have been known to do this to satiate cravings. If you are deficit in energy, there is no benefit to be gained by consuming your own blood.

Also, I would like to remind our new members about this rule:

Otherkin, Therian, Werecreature
We are not an Otherkin site. We deal specifically with Vampires and Vampirism. We do not allow discussions on Otherkin or Therian, etc.. in our forums, simply for the fact that we do not have enough knowledge on these topics.

This Otherkin rule simply means, do not discuss it on our boards.

(Please note: These rules apply throughout the site, not just the forum!)