Regency Shuffle At SAVA

Following Lunah Valur Eir’s shock resignation from House Valur and from her position as Praetor to the Regent of the SAVA some weeks after announcing the closure of Coven d’Eir, a new successor has been appointed to the position of Praetor.

Seraphim Valur Nereza, also of the late Coven d’Eir and previously serving as Secretary to the Regency, today assumed the role of Praetor.

Another housemate of the erstwhile Coven d’Eir, Dagan Valur Nightalon, has assumed the role of Secretary to the Regency.

The Regency of the SAVA now consists of Octarine Valur (Regent), Kay Valur Vakir (Praetor), Seraphim Valur Nereza (Praetor) and Dagan Valur Nightalon (Secretary).

Congratulations to the new appointments!

Due to inactivity, the social Orders formed last year as committees to address social functions within the SAVA have been nullified. SAVA members will be encouraged to participate in group activities or projects on an ‘as needed’ basis.

The Magenta Dragon – by Christina Engela

Most in the South African Vampyre community who have done a little research into the history will know that this community’s recorded history began in May 2010 with the foundation of House Valur. Most will know that the community only began growing and taking form with the founding of the South African Vampyre Alliance (SAVA) in June 2011, but little if anything is known about the community in the time before that.

Sometimes though, one finds little gems that shine a new light on what we already know. This being the case, we examine the recollections of one of the community’s earliest builders from before 2010. Also, we will examine the initial overlap of Vampyre culture with other subcultures and societies at the time – in this case, South African Pagan culture. We will also examine the role played by vampyric Pagans in laying the groundwork for the growth and formation of the VC independently of the Pagan community in SA – and the important role these events played in the subsequent relationship between the Pagan and Vampyre communities. First, a little background.

House Valur Announcement: Consolidation Into Family

[It is my honor and pleasure to share this here – Val]

As of today, members of the esteemed House Valur will act as one family within the Vampyre Community.

In what is hoped to be the first example of its kind in the South African Vampyre Community, the House membership will consolidate its VC-related assets into one grouping, creating something not unlike a conventional family structure, and harking also after similar House/Coven structures abroad.

2015, A Year Of Change & Growth

With each new year, SAVA continues to change and grow from strength to strength. Starting the new year off with a bang, we can see that 2015 will be no different!

Among the changes already apparent very early in 2015, we see a resignation and several promotions, and the likely announcement of imminent Senatorial elections.

Taking The SAVC To New Heights – by Lunah Valur Eir

The Voices of the Vampire Community – better known as the VVC, has again added new members from South Africa to its membership.

Solidarity – by Kay Valkir Noctem

These last couple of weeks in the Vampyre community have been difficult for some of our members, who have experienced everything from unemployment and personal health problems to death of friends and relatives and the loss of beloved pets. I would say it has been a particularly hard few weeks for a large percentage of our SAVA members.

The Storm: An Account – by Kay Valkir Noctem

Sitting here in the lodge I work at two days after a huge violent storm ripped through my town, I am bored due to there being no power, cell phone signal or working telephone lines.  We are powerless and out of communication – but I am thankful to be alive. 

Announcement: House Carpe Noctem – by Kay Valkir

Today I am happy to announce the opening of my own group under the Ilyatha Halo, called House Carpe Noctem. [This House will be seeking new members in the Ilyatha Halo (Mpumalanga province). Interested parties to contact Kay Valkir with inquiries.]

Who are they really? – Kay Valkir

It’s time for the next episode in the SA Vampyre News series of interviews, the purpose of which is to introduce some members of the SA Vampyre Alliance (SAVA) to other local Vampyres and to our friends in the local community. The idea took form on the Facebook group “Friends of the SA Vampire”. In the fourth interview in the series “Who are they really”, we’ll be interviewing Kay Valkir

Ronin At Heart, Ronin No More, by Kay Valkir

By Kay Valkir, Ilyatha Halo: Every journey has a beginning, this is mine. When I discovered I was a Vampyre I was quite shocked, afraid, confused and inevitably lonely. So the first thing I did was desperately search all over wap sites (as I could only access internet via my phone at the time) and found a so called true Vampyre forum site (which I shall not name), obviously I had to join.