As you adjust to your new condition, you watch as your dominus increasingly convinces himself of the righteousness of his authority over the city and its denizens. Finally, one day in June, he announces to you that he is claiming the title of quaestor for himself. Something of an empty title, when you are the only other vampire in the city, but the declaration seems important to him. To reflect this claim, he demands that you address him as Don Villanueva e Itamaraca…as though your calling him so will make it more true.
Were his authority confirmed by the governor, the title would grant him the authority to accept and deny residence in the city to other vampires. The governor, who reputedly resides in Savannah, is a high-ranking vampire in the Society; she appoints quaestors to administer the cities of her province.
Since he has claimed the title, rather than having been appointed to it, Villanueva exists in constant fear that some new vampire will arrive bearing the blessings of the governor.
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