Vampires... Your definition?
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the Noble Dead vampires *except for a couple things
1) they burn in sunlight
2) they drink blood to survive *but they don't need to kill the donor
3) they have to completely drain their pray to turn them into a vampire
4) the turned vampires have to obey their masters' commands but other than that have free will
5) Decapitation will kill them *as will a stake to the heart
6) they can't change into a bat
7) they don't have magic powers. If they can seduce or influence you it's because they spent years practicing.
8) they need permission to enter a house.
9) they burn if they touch garlic or crosses
10) *their bodies are dead and they don't decay as long as they drink blood regularly
11) their personalities remain unchanged, they stay the same person except for the previous 10 things
EDIT: 12) oh and I guess they don't cast reflections any more but I never really cared about that.
1) they burn in sunlight
2) they drink blood to survive *but they don't need to kill the donor
3) they have to completely drain their pray to turn them into a vampire
4) the turned vampires have to obey their masters' commands but other than that have free will
5) Decapitation will kill them *as will a stake to the heart
6) they can't change into a bat
7) they don't have magic powers. If they can seduce or influence you it's because they spent years practicing.
8) they need permission to enter a house.
9) they burn if they touch garlic or crosses
10) *their bodies are dead and they don't decay as long as they drink blood regularly
11) their personalities remain unchanged, they stay the same person except for the previous 10 things
EDIT: 12) oh and I guess they don't cast reflections any more but I never really cared about that.
This. Also, dogs and cats hate them (though wolves seem to quite like them), and they seem to have a bizarre power of hypnosis/mind control over their victims, who enter a pre-vampire state until either killed or turned by the original vampire. Also, shape-shifting, or various tricks to present that illusion, is a power many exhibit. Oh, and stronger and faster than people.FargoDog said:
See: Any vampire post-Dracula
Alternatively, they're closer to being the 'fast zombies' of 28 days later etc..., except actually undead.
Near-mindless creatures, filled with a burning hatred for all things living, with superhuman strength and speed (debatable), that require the blood of the living to survive.
See: Eastern European folk tales, the revenants in Anne Rice's vampire stuff.
a hierarchy, really only in terms of what happens to the resultant victims, high-vampires make victims low-vampires, low-vampires make zombie ghoul things
and dracula is the highest of the high, obviously
aside from that though, I believ in the traditional weaknesses and strengths of vampires ala, Bram Stoker mainly.
and dracula is the highest of the high, obviously
aside from that though, I believ in the traditional weaknesses and strengths of vampires ala, Bram Stoker mainly.
i always perfered the anime Hellsing's vampires, and The Witcher's vampires.
hellsing's: pretty much the whole, sun=dead, garlic=omg i'm dying! steak in heart=oh shi-i'm a pile of ashes now, and humans=food dilly yo. but then they have alucard, kinda hinted at deamon-vampire cross (or some-sort of next lvl vampire/cross breed, from what the anime/manga/ova keeps hinting at) but i did enjoy the twist of diff abilites and the whole mix of organic and robotic vamp's. (how do you like your vampire? organic? non-organic? organic costs more hrm....lol jk XD)
the witcher's: mostly, just your steryo typical vampires you'd find in a video game: hides in caves, only comes out at night, feeds on people, oddly, always naked, go figure
but they also had a high vampire. the high vampire was immune to the sun, but not too much direct exposure, but say, a cloudy day=no problem. garlic/steaks=not a problem anymore, blood=alchohol, no longer needed food to sustain itself. can still die by cutting off the head ofcourse
both alucard from hellsing and the witchers high vampre were immune to silver but i didnt always understand how it effected things, so i'm fine w/ removing the silver element completely.
hellsing's: pretty much the whole, sun=dead, garlic=omg i'm dying! steak in heart=oh shi-i'm a pile of ashes now, and humans=food dilly yo. but then they have alucard, kinda hinted at deamon-vampire cross (or some-sort of next lvl vampire/cross breed, from what the anime/manga/ova keeps hinting at) but i did enjoy the twist of diff abilites and the whole mix of organic and robotic vamp's. (how do you like your vampire? organic? non-organic? organic costs more hrm....lol jk XD)
the witcher's: mostly, just your steryo typical vampires you'd find in a video game: hides in caves, only comes out at night, feeds on people, oddly, always naked, go figure
but they also had a high vampire. the high vampire was immune to the sun, but not too much direct exposure, but say, a cloudy day=no problem. garlic/steaks=not a problem anymore, blood=alchohol, no longer needed food to sustain itself. can still die by cutting off the head ofcourse
both alucard from hellsing and the witchers high vampre were immune to silver
but i didnt always understand how it effected things, so i'm fine w/ removing the silver element completely.
Scary-ass sociopaths that view humans the same way we view cattle. I support both the blindly violent version of vampires, and the calm, seductive types that catch their prey with intelligence. They drink blood, and can be killed by cutting their head off. Everything else is up for debate with me, including the use of holy objects to hold them back. My favourite version of vampires has to be from Peter Watt's Blindsight novel, hence why I share the name and cover as my avatar.
Humanoid bloodsucking parasite that turns their human prey into more of their kind while consuming their blood.
It turns to ash when it comes in contact with strong UV light (like the amount that comes from the sun).
It turns to ash when it comes in contact with strong UV light (like the amount that comes from the sun).
Super strong(Not as strong as a werewolf though)
Super fast(Faster than a human can blink)
Can regenerate(except from specific things such as silver)
Phsychic/magical abilities(Weaker than a demon)
Becomes stronger over time
Immortal
Can summon familiars
*Cannot walk in sunlight
*Cannot enter a building without permission
*Weakened by silver
*Needs blood to survive
Super fast(Faster than a human can blink)
Can regenerate(except from specific things such as silver)
Phsychic/magical abilities(Weaker than a demon)
Becomes stronger over time
Immortal
Can summon familiars
*Cannot walk in sunlight
*Cannot enter a building without permission
*Weakened by silver
*Needs blood to survive
1. They suck blood.
2. They don't roll around in a big pile of glitter every night.
3. They are actually not shit.
2. They don't roll around in a big pile of glitter every night.
3. They are actually not shit.