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Statement from Lady Maeva Noctem Aeternus









First off, I want to let everyone know that I was present for the things that occured between said individuals. I keep in the shadows and in turn stay privy to what people say and do even when they may not think I am watching or paying atte...ntion. I digress, let us start at the beginning...Christopher Archer was one of the first members I got close to when I was brought into NA..he was just one of the people you couldnt help but like-however, that friendship with him came with a price that I would soon learn was not worth it. I remember when he first started talking to the underaged female on a website called VampireRave. We were all under the impression she was an adult because she falsified an ID and birth certificate. So in all fairness, no one knew..initially. I am the one that investigated her background further because a woman claiming to be her mother began harrassing our members. I called her school and found out how old she really was-16. Now I understand that in NY that may be the age of consent, but in VA it isnt as far as I know and within our own Community laws as a whole the general rule of thumb is 18. So, I informed Chris of my findings and after he got rather emotional he broke things off with her. Not a day later, and he got back with her in secret. We were informed of this because the harrassment fm his mother increased significantly. She then informed us she had police investigating our House and threatened to have us arrested for promoting their relationship. On top of that, she said if we did not break the two of them up she would have the child's father handle it...mind you, her father was a founding member of the Aryan(sp?) nation, whom would be released from prison soon. Knowing this kind of event could expose our Community as a whole, we pleaded with Chris to break things off...he promised everyone he had and then shortly after claimed he was too depressed and was moving back to Montana...we thought it was odd but he was an odd kind of guy. We then found out after he left that he went to upstate NY to be with her. Not only that, but he started working on building a Vampyric Household with the minor...After all that happened we were waiting for him to return to VA to face tribunal. He came back to VA a year or so later and started to grow close with Night. Rather than him face his tribunal, Night begged to let her take care of the situation..that she knew the laws and would handle it as the Lady of the House should. However, she helped Chris evade his tribunal. When she was told to truly handle the situation yet again she decided her friendship with this individual was more important than her family. We finally got the members of the Court of Septem Civis to set a tribunal date and I was able to coerce Chris to come and save himself from a worse fate. So he came to his tribunal and after deliberation and ample opportunity to defend himself..he admitted to all the charges and accepted his fate without any true remorse whatsoever. During the tribunal it was stated that not only was he exiled but all those that affiliated with him were exiled from the Community as a whole. Night decided to side with him and took Riss and another fledgling with her. Not only did they commit the ultimate betrayal to their Community they left damaged people in their wake and continue to cause problems for other individuals and groups in NY. Not only do I feel many Vampyric lives could have been put on the line, but I am a mother and we have the laws we do for a reason...to protect us from the mundane. If that girl's mother would have followed thru with any of the things she threatened...I could have lost my child. That is enough to make me want justice for their lack of care. Not only that, but Night tried to bribe a silversmith to melt down MY ankh the one I worked and studied hard to obtain...that alone is the ultimate disrespect to anyone of our nature. I have more of a personal issue with Riss, but she burned more than one household in her wake, which doesnt surprise me in the slightest. They are both power hungry mongrels that use sex to work their way to the top. They dont care about laws or traditions, they care about what they can use and manipulate out of anyone that crosses their path. They are quite literally the definition of what we strive NOT to be.

As I’ve been working on writing some entries regarding recent events and revelations, I’ve come to the conclusion that there’s no way I can write just one piece to cover all the issues involved. So I may be posting two or three documents to address different concerns we face. Now, with that being said…



I guess the first area I want to discuss is the huge differences and challenges we face in Septum Civis (Virginia) Vs. Gotham (New York). I will state that I was never a part of the Gotham community. I did not live in NY at the time of its formation, or its heyday. I can’t go on and on about the way things were or should’ve been. All the information I have is second hand from those who were there at the beginning. Even those Elders have differences of opinion as to where it all went wrong. So I’ll go with the info I have from different sources over the years.



The ideas and teachings that later became The Sanguinarium, The Black Veil, and such were not the creations of one man, however one man seems to have taken credit for them. It was Father Sebastian who took these ideas and published them, later marketing them to bigger and broader audiences. Whereas growth in the community can be a good thing, in later years, the community put the almighty dollar above ethics. Some of those who became “Elders” misused their position and people were hurt. Some of those Elders did not enforce the Veil, or flaunted it, and admitted everyone and anyone into their households.



I’m not going to get into the argument about weather or not households and the community at large should be open to Otherkin. That’s a whole ‘nother can of worms. What I do take issue with is some households taking in anybody who applies for entry. It might be possible that the house did not define their purpose in the community, or just decided that their purpose was to party, I don’t know. Being a Vampire/ Vampyre in my eyes was always about learning, study, and self improvement. It was a community that didn’t fool around and took seriously the idea of being accountable for your own actions.



That doesn’t mean we don’t go out and have a good time when the time comes for it. As my father always said “When it’s time to work, work. When it’s time to party, party”. Gotham seems to have become the place for everybody who wants to party, not do the work, and even more so criticize those of us who do as fools. I’m not saying that’s true of all of Gotham, however it appears that the gaja have taken over. Many of the Elders have left for greener pastures. From what I’ve seen of it, there might not be anything left to save. Sometimes you have to destroy something in order to save it. Might just be time to let it burn?



In Virginia, Septum Civis was created by necessity (which is the mother of invention). We had a need that was not being met. We saw, time and again, cases of people claiming to be vampires who broke mundane laws, and put the rest of us in danger. In 96 we had to deal with John Bush and the tons of negative press from that situation. All was quiet for a few years, and then other problems showed up.



After Jonathan Barron was almost killed by members of his family, and the unwanted media attention it brought, we decided to cast aside our differences and meet. During this first meeting, it was clear that for us to continue as a united force, dedicated to serving the community (and each other) was the only way that we as a group would survive. We decided that a court would be formed for the sake of settling disputes, so that we would no longer have people resorting to violence to resolve their issues. In Septum Civis, we concentrate on the Vampiric community and the problems there. As much as we would like to involve Otherkin, we can’t help others until our own house is in order. We decided on a set of laws, The Black Veil and our local traditions. At this time, the Council has only exiled two members, one for sexual harassment, and another for breaking mundane law (statutory rape). The main household in the area is Noctem Aeternus (although we are welcome to have others join us).



Within 3 years we have managed to restore positive relations with the Pagan community and be somewhat tolerated within the local Goth community (both suffered in the press due to the actions of irresponsible people not connected to us). Word had gotten out that as a community; we do not tolerate those who break mundane laws. We do background checks, namely to keep out minors, sexual predators, and the media (since they are so damn pesky down here, lol). We also do this to check out those who show up claiming to know “so and so” and what not. Usually one of us will know the person they speak of, and we can reach them to confirm or deny the info. This is one of the advantages of a small community, we can keep in touch.



As much as we would love to have some sort of establishment where we can go and be ourselves, away from the eyes of mundanes, this has yet to be done. All in good time. Right now we are all concentrating how best to serve the community, how to better ourselves and spiritual matters. You can’t help anyone else if your own house is not in order. If you want to be an Elder, you must lead by example. We’re not looking for a bunch of guys living in mom and dad’s basement, and no dayside life. We have people of all walks of life, military, law enforcement, writers, housewives, college kids and retirees. We have people of all religions and spiritual backgrounds. I still ask myself how we draw such a variety of people to our ways and teachings. For me it’s the spirit of community and the drive to serve others, as I feel that is my responsibility as an Elder.







Lady Raven Cadwell (aka Darci)



Co- Reagent of Septum Civis

It’s somewhat difficult for me to put down how exactly Septum Civis was started. I have lived in the area since I was a small child. I grew up here. I knew the politics, the people, and the nightlife. I was a part of the Norfolk coffeehouse crowd since the age of 16. I became a part of the alternative scene around the same time, since everything tended to blend together here. Pagans and Wiccans rubbing shoulders with the Goth crowd, and the occasional Vampire in the mix.







In high school I had a close knit group of friends. Claudia was one of them. She got the nickname from the fact that she was short and looked like she was eight when she was 16. It was unclear if it was diabetes or genetics which caused her to be so short, either way; me and the midget had some fun times.







The Vampire community was something that was deep underground at the time. It was not easy to find. To some extent you had the LARPs and Gamers, but what of the real deal? You heard whispers, rumors, but we never found the people involved. More than likely they were good at hiding in plain sight.







Things stayed that way for a few years. We got out of high school and not soon after, the shit hit the fan. It was around 96 or 97 when John C. Bush got busted for statutory rape. This in and of itself wasn’t newsworthy, however the fact that he was a LARPer, who used “The Masquerade” as an excuse to form some sort of “Vampyric family” and try to get underage girls in his bed. Well, that was news, especially in a small minded, conservative area (televangelist Pat Roberson’s 700 club is within spitting distance). The coffeehouse I frequented had become part of an investigation, and the undercover cops stuck out like a sore thumb. The local press (or should I call them tabloids) didn’t bother to differentiate the difference between the Goth community and the Vampyric community, lumping both together. This unfortunately caused a lot of bad blood for many years. Anything and everything Vampyric went underground. It was difficult even for the Goths to get anywhere for a club night since no venue wanted the attention.







It took a couple of years for that to die down. I spent time in my college years mining the internet for information on the Vampyre community. There wasn’t much, but finally I found some information on the Sanguinarium. I was skeptical, but decided to read the teachings and make an informed decision when I was done.



In the meantime Claudia had died due to kidney failure. Her death was a great loss to all of those in the coffeehouse culture. In many ways, she was our Kitra. She was able to get many different groups to work together who otherwise wouldn’t speak to each other. She may have died, however it is said that her ghost haunted the coffeehouse and some people. I know she haunted me, and my dreams.







So I don’t drag this out for a long time, a few years later, the Goth scene had gown big enough for two club nights in the area. One on Tuesdays at The Wave, a gay bar that welcomed our business, the other was at Jillian’s at Waterside. One of those nights at Jillian’s, I was sitting on the balcony with a few of my friends. It was a warm night and I had a sense that something was coming in on the wind. I wasn’t sure what or who it was. I just knew something or someone was coming.







In walks a tall, skinny Puerto Rican wearing a set of fangs and a D’Drennan ankh. I had only seen it online, and from what I knew, the Sanguinarium was mostly centered in NY. So I figured the worst I could do was ignore this person, why not talk to him? Find out if he is one of ours, or just some gamer who knows where to shop. He introduced himself as Ryu, and we talked for a time. He spoke of Father Vincent, whose name I had heard in passing (always in a good way). We spoke of other things, various people we knew, and what not.







We spent a couple of months gathering at local coffee shops having discussions on various topics. Ryu spoke of his household Noctem Aeternus, and their teachings. I was able to send a friend of mine to him when he was seeking information and a teacher. Ryu and I discussed a general respect for the Black Veil and the need for some local laws to head off another John Bush problem. A lot of innocent people had been hurt, and the Va. Beach police had been sued for civil rights violations as a result of the investigation.







One cop in particular, Don Rimer, seemed determined to destroy anybody involved in the Vampyric community. He was convinced that all vampires were devil worshipping pedophiles who were going to come after your kids. A couple of years later he was charged with 2 counts of assaulting a female officer. He retired and the charges were dropped. Virginia Beach was always known as a good old boys club, so I was not surprised when one of their star detectives with 20 years on the force got a sweetheart deal.







Since then Don has spent the last few years giving lectures and seminars on “Occult Crime”, mostly to the fundy church crowd (which there is a lot of in Va), and occasionally to law enforcement. He’s been debunked by members of the local Pagan community and other law enforcement officers (Google “The Cycle Continues” by Kerr Cuhulain for more info on Don’s shenanigans) . The Lanning Report is another resource that completely contradicts Don’s silliness. He makes grand statements with no facts to back them up, such as “Occult Crime is growing” and “the Church of Satan is growing faster than ever”. Most of the time people don’t question these statements and when pressed, Don whips out a wild emotional statement such as “have you ever had a dead kid in your arms?” It would be easy to ignore this guy if it were not for the fact that innocent people have been hurt by his actions. Don is a fanatic who spreads ignorance and fear and makes no bones about it.







Eventually the inevitable happened. Someone who claimed to be a vampire was almost murdered by his household, at the behest of an ex lover. He survived, worked with the police and testified against his attackers. Some of those who attacked him got a deal to testify against the ringleader, Teresa Davidson. She is now serving 50 years in prison (she is appealing the case). The victim in this case, Jonathan Barron, continued to work with Don Rimer, and I have reason to believe he was a paid informant (I have no evidence to back that up, however I find it interesting what the police know about the community when we don’t speak with them).



( My words Not my Regents The reason why this happened to Jonathan Barron, He Raped a 12 yr old girl and her Mother went to the members of his house...Back to my Regents work )



Once I learned what happened, I had no choice but to shake my head. I’m an elder in this area, and because the crime itself happened not far from where I live, I should’ve stepped in. I was too wrapped up in my dayside life, paying bills and moving in to my first home, to know what was going on in my own backyard. As an elder, I had a responsibility to the others in my community to look out for it, to offer help to others when they were in need, and give guidance and advice when asked. I failed to do that, and I was ashamed that I had let the community down.



I felt that the only way for me and the other elders in the community to make this right was to come together as a group and set down some basic rules, structure, so that when we had a problem or dispute in the community, it could be dealt with inside the community. So I called together all the households and elders (including Lord Ryu and Lord Ramirez) and after long talks, we came away with an agreement. We agreed that we would follow the Veil, form a court, much like the rabbinical courts within the Jewish community. The elders would hear various disputes, such as breaking the Veil or other local traditions. We also made it clear that we would not tolerate breaking mundane law. Doing so brought too much attention to us and endangered others. If we had reason to believe that a serious breach of mundane law occurred, the court would contact law enforcement and hand over the offender to them.







Sometime later Jonathan was later exiled by the council for sexual harassment of a female member of his house. It appears that later on he attempted to stab Ryu at a local haven, and the establishment banned him from the premises. Rumor has it he might be moving to Florida to establish a household there.







Even with all of that, we’ve managed to show others that we have a system that works. If someone has a grievance against another, and said issue cannot be worked out between the two, they are welcome to bring it to the council and be heard. Whereas there have been a few minor disputes, most have been worked out on their own. Over the years, word of this court and how we work has headed off a few issues before they became a problem. This in and of itself is an accomplishment. Septum Civis is in an area that has a lot of transient people, usually in the military. It’s not hard for someone to come in, claim to be the king of all vampires (or other such silliness), and try to get in some girl’s pants. Now they know, if they drop names, we can usually call the people in question and find out if it’s true. Yes, we do background checks, namely to keep out minors, sexual predators, and the media. Rumor has it that local law enforcement has investigated us, and thus far not found anything to charge anyone with. Hopefully they will know that we don’t want problems, we want to fix them.







Lady Raven Cadwell (aka Darci)



Co-Reagent of Septum Civis

Our dear friend Sangi (Sanguinarius of Sanguinarius.org) is in the hospital on life support due to a very serious life-threatening heart condition. Please send out your thoughts, prayers, candles to her, whatever is appropriate. I know many of you belong to healing circles and/or are gifted in healing. Please do what you can. Sangi has given tons of herself to our community, let's give her back all the positive healing power we can possibly muster.

Merticus Stevens





In some parts it used to mean you bought them a bus or train ticket and sent them packing out of your area/territory/halo/vicinity/burrow/region/city/state/insert place or simply precluded them from attending community sponsored events, et.... al. Then there is the entire sin nomine/nameless/prohibited/watch list/otherwise loathed and detested individuals who crossed the community in such a way that their names were not to be mentioned again in hopes of being forgotten and a lesson to others to avoid such behaviors. Of course the NYC community is a different animal from other parts of the country/world

Read from the bottom up



















Mystique Dreams saysTo: The House of Noctem Aeter... (thehouseofnoctemaeternus@myspace.com)oh please..





get over yourself.. LMFAO







----------------- Original Message -----------------

From: The House of Noctem Aeternus (thehouseofnoctemaeternus@myspace.com)

To: Here comes TrOuBle. (519459215)

Date: Nov 18, 2010 7:43 PM

Subject: Re: Re: [Type Subject Here]





You have no clue to whom you speak to childe. This is not your father..... you and the other exiles are dead to us....leave us be...... ----------------- Original Message ----------------- From: Mystique Dreams To: The House of Noctem Aeternus Date: Sat, Nov 13, 2010 7:15 am Subject: Re: Re: [Type Subject Here]



Lmfao. This is funny a true vampyre.so now I'm being questioned on my truth. Didn't realize that I had to be in a house to b a " true vampyre". Then again I don't need recognition from u. Haha



-- Original Message --







Do not contact us you are dead to us........

Nor were you that important to us true vampyres.





----------------- Original Message -----------------

From: Mystique Dreams

To: The House of Noctem Aeternus

Date: Thu, Nov 11, 2010 2:31 am

Subject: [Type Subject Here]









Since I don't have a VR account. How come my pics not up with the exiles???? What do I gotta do 2 get up there, seriously u got everyone else except 4 me... U rele suck!!! I was tryin 2 get up there.