During the Felletterusk War of 1385, the Fempiror were assigned into two Orders: the Rastem, which is Felletterusk for wolf, and the Elewo, which is Felletterusk for owl. These two orders had some very simple functions:

Rastem -- these were the foot soldiers of the war. Their job was that of basic infantry: move in, destory, move out. They were skilled in swordplay with minimal emphasis on secrecy or hand-to-hand combat. Close quarters were avoided, and their strength ensured this.

Elewo -- these were the espionage experts of the military. Their job was to seek out information behind enemy lines or carry out covert operations either by theft or assassination. They were highly skilled in hand-to-hand combat, and could disappear without a trace. They typically carried tools to allow them to scale walls or escape unusual situations that the Rastem would never experience.

After the war ended and the Fempiror were left on their own, the Elewo decided to abandon the Felletterusk Empire and live in peace with themselves until a cure was found. The Rastem Order was more divided. The Rastem soldiers who remained loyal to the Empire and to protecting its people in any way possible maintained the Rastem name. Those who were angered by the shunning of their countrymen adopted the name of Tepish, which means bat in Felletterusk.

It was the Tepish who destroyed the Felletterusk Empire and its people before the Rastem knew what was going on. It was also the Tepish who changed their Fempiror creator, Voivode Draculya, into a Fempiror himself as an act of vengeance for what he had done to them for the Empire.

To this end, each of the remaining orders adopted different philosophies of living and acting. The Rastem adopted a code which provides the basis for most Fempiror law as it relates to the human race and the Fempiror's own nature. This code consisted of 4 parts:

1. Do everything in your power to prevent willing transmutation of humans.

2. If willing transmutation occurs, the transmutater will be put to death, and the new Fempiror will be trained as a Rastem to uphold the code.

3. If the new Fempiror will not be trained, then they will be put to service within the Fempiror world where they cannot harm any human unintentionally.

4. Under no circumstances should a new Fempiror be permitted to return to the human world until properly trained and instructed.

Since its implementation, these rules have never changed. There have been additions to them as societal demands have changed and these same additions have been repealed later, but the core of the code remains the same. A true Rastem can easily be identified by their religious dedication to upholding these rules, even in the absence of any other Fempiror. As the oldest Fempiror will say, “It is what will keep humanity alive.”

The Tepish survive within a common interest of revenge. Everything they do is built about this fierce emotion. While there are no firm rules, per se, a certain philosophical congruity can be derived from their words and actions.

• Fempiror were rejected by humanity. Humanity is therefore our enemy.

• We are to always work unceasingly to transmutate or kill our enemy. Transmutation ultimately leads to death either by inability to accept the truth and dying by sun exposure, or by Fempiror sterility.

• We gave our lives to defend our people, our homes, and our families, and in return for this sacrifice, they turned us away when we came home. Since they don’t understand our condition, we will make them understand by bestowing upon them the same fate we accepted for ourselves.

• Upon transmutation of any individual, they will want to return home for the support and comfort of their family. However, since they are different and like the mythical vampire, they will be rejected and feel the pain we feel. We are to remain available to all new converts and accept them into our fold so they can be trained to turn on those who rejected them.

The ultimate goal of the Tepish Order is the death of the human race. They prefer transmutation to immediate death because with life, more agents will be available to transmutate more people. They and the Rastem know that if the world can be transmutated, the human race will experience a slow genocide. It may take several hundred years, but it will happen. This is the reason the Rastem work so hard to prevent transmutation from occurring at all, and why they detain all new transmutatees until they have a full understanding of the depth of their condition.