Vampire Necklet — Includes other chip-embedded weapons and devices such as chip-embedded Arrowheads — First appears in Angels' Blood.
Introduction[]
A Vampire Necklet is a device for capturing, taming, and transporting vampires—used by Guild Hunters on the hunt for rogues to return them to their contracted angel masters.[1] The special weapons were a hunter's sole advantage against stronger, faster opponents.[2]
About[]
What[]
- Device for arresting and controlling vampires[1]
- Various chip-embedded weapons and tools
How it Works[]
- Embedded with a control chip that short-circuited a vampire s neural processes, leaving the target open to suggestion.[1]
- The chip emitted some kind of an electromagnetic field that temporarily short-circuited a vampire's neural processes, leaving the target open to suggestion
- They can't act without a direct comand from the hunter who put it on them. [3]
Effects[]
Control Chip[]
- Fatal Flaw: Old, very powerful vampires are capable of throwing off the effects of a control chip—a secret hunters had died to protect. [4] [2]
- The chips were closely regulated for a reason—vampires didn't want to spend their lives looking over their shoulders.[2]
- Chip-embedded weapons were illegal to use outside of an official Guild hunt.[2]
Advantages / Disadvantages[]
- had to get closer to her targets compared to the arrows with chips
- no chance of missing and hitting an innocent bystander
- Before the inception of the chip-embedded devices, vampire hunting had been a lot more deadly—even baby vamps could tear a human apart
Agreed Protocol[]
- Necklet would go with the vampire in exchanges, then returned to the Guild at the end destination.[1]
Other Details[]
- Muting of the vampire was a side effect of the neural straitjacket created by the necklet [1]
Associated Characters, Groups, Places, Objects, etc.[]
Events in the Series[]
This section may have spoilers. Think of the book title as a "Spoiler Warning" if you haven’t read it yet.
1. Angels' Blood[]
In the first scene of the series, Elena Deveraux uses them to captures a rogue vampire to return to Mr. Ebose.[1]
2. Archangel's Kiss[]
Now that Elena has wings, they have become a liability in close combat. Which means she won't be able to use the necklets in hunting anymore. She will have to switch to using the crossbow to chip vamps.[2]
3. Archangel's Consort[]
4. Archangel's Blade[]
5. Archangel's Storm[]
6. Archangel's Legion[]
7. Archangel's Shadows[]
See Also[]
Book References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Angels' Blood, ch. 1 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ "Angels' Judgmemt", ch. 1
- ↑ Angels' Blood, Book 1, ch. 19
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