In pre-wheel Pangea, vampyrus has differentiated from sapiens—to the impending destruction of both. Rampant hunting and overindulgence of the predator has resulted in scarce population of the prey (the herd). A growing plague of the Crumbling, essentially, vampiric starvation, has taken root in the lower castes of vamp-kind, and rationing has begun. Tribal leaders have asserted strict limits and boundaries on hunting, and poachers are dealt with publicly and violently. But is it enough?