Talk:Bloodbound, Book 2 Choices/@comment-39332382-20190629182735/@comment-37915141-20190629215803

CyberPrincess Yes, Rheya was exiled to the caves under the city of Mydiea. Gaius was the soldier who escorted her there and cut her binds then gave her the knife. (It's in the first tapestry fragment of book 2, in chapter 2.) Rheya said (in the 3rd fragment) that she found true power there, and the visions MC gets of the knife and the bleeding tree probably show Rheya cutting the tree she gained her power from.

It is only mentioned that Rheya fed on the two men, Gaius and Xenocrates, so I suppose she drained most of their blood then let them drink hers just how Turning in general works in this lore. (It's in the 3rd fragment of book 2, in chapter 4.)

Yes, Gaius was far less powerful than Rheya, and Adrian and Kamilah and whoever Gaius Turned are far less pure than him. [Pure here referring to the dilution of the vampire's blood, the more diluted the less powerful and more prone to becoming Feral. It was explained a while ago, mostly in book 1 chapter 14.]

Rheya did not die by redrinking the blood of the tree, she died by a stake from that tree, according to the legend Adrian mentions. That's why they went to Europe, the tree is somewher there, they just had to see a psychic first because MC can't search the visions herself to see where the tree is so she needs a psychic's help. And Adrian's psychic friend, Serafine happens to reside in Europe. (This is in chapter 6.)

The question about MC being a Bloodkeeper is an interesting one and has been on my mind. Unfortunately, we don't know much about this and I don't really have theories, I'm just waiting to find out more. Perhaps, the second generation vampires (meaning Gaius' progeny) are already not pure enough for a Bloodkeeper's blood to take effect?