Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Friday, 20 Nov 1992 11:26:42 CST
From: <U16244@uicvm.uic.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.vampyres
Subject: Re: any info. on vamps

In article <92325.011432IO71245@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>, IO71245@MAINE.MAINE.EDU (Matt)
says:
>
>I'm looking for information on vampires that
>anyone might have around. I need it for short
>shories that I write and i'm sick of all the
>Rice info. that i have. i'll also take any
>ideas that you might have for a new breed.
>i'm trying to develop one.
>Jamey Stevens

Greetings.  Ever since Douglas Wojtowicz, the originator of the u16244 postings
lent me his password to his account, I have been on the computer posting
messages, first to alt.horror.werewolves to give my personal experiences with
the subjects of their postings, and at his insistence, today, I write to you
fine folks.  Allow me to intreoduce myself.  I am Terrence Wilcze.

For those of you having problems with the pronounciation of my last name,
it is Vil-cheh.  Two syllables.  Douglas, even though he is Polish, and
pronounces my last name like a true professional, felt that a half-translation
of my last name would be better for dramatic purposes in his quite entertaining
writings.

As to the Anne Rice novels, she does manage to have several facts straight
about the existence and origins of one particular breed of vampires that was
called into existence in Sumerian, Babylonian, or Egyptian society. (I would
not know, I am not a historian, and the Osirans, as they call themselves,
often debate amongst themselves as to their land of origin.) However,
the actual origins, with two original vampires, and the involvement of an
ectoplasmic entity (the only way to truly explain the possessing demon),
are correct.

My particular race, as Doug had speculated, is more related to many battles
over the years with the many races of true dragons.  Beings who have shared
the blood of true dragons through various battles have been quite prolific
through history, although most were not able to transfer their gift, or never
thought to.  Beings such as Giglamesh, Heracles, Sampson, Beowolf, and
many minor mythic gods themselves, were beings who shared blood with slain
dragons.  Unfortunately, the origin of my race occurred when a noble
ancient warrior did battle with a species of nocturnal dragon and won, at
the cost of his sanity and humanity.  Whereas others became demi-gods, he
became a bloodthirsty predator, gaining the awesome abilities of the dragon-
the ability to metamorphosize into other forms (No, we can't change into a
swarm of rats.  But we can summon and control most nocturnal animals,
except felines.), minor psionics- enough telekinesis to pop open locks,
touch range telepathy and the ability to induce sleep and accelerate healing
(few vampires need to kill, it's just that some are insane enough or
twisted enough to want to kill- these I've faced several times).

There is also a breed of cursed being- creatures transformed into predators,
and so laden down with weaknesses and madness and so devoted to death and
destruction that it seems that they almost willingly face others in battle
to be destroyed.  However, this curse is akin to a plague, all those who are
bitten and killed become equally horrendous monsters.  These creatures
usually get themselves destroyed by one means or another.

It is interesting to note that Osirans are vulnerable to sunlight and fire,
while my particular breed is vulnerable to running water, salt crystals,
and salt water.  Salt crystals actually don't kill, but they're like tacks.
Burial in a salt flat or a mound of rock salt will probably send me into a
state of traumatic coma, or perhaps death.  All I know is that several
of my breed who were dispatched by a werewolf friend of mine in a mound
of rock salt, haven't been seen from again.

As to the amount of blood needed, it's only about a pint a week in terms
of nutrition, although the rush gotten from a sexual encounter involving
feeding may be addicitive enough to require far more.

I have had one hand almost completely torn away by just placing it under a
tap, and the pain was akin to a blowtorch put to it.  Fortunately, my
regenerative abilities enabled me to recover after a year or so.

Needless to say, I felt phantom pain for the entire year, perhaps because of
the fact that water does not destroy the sentience behind the vampire,
but merely destroys the body.  That's the only thing that keeps me
from jumping into a river and dying.  Direct sunlight and impalement will
send us into regenerative comas, usually ones that dissapate once the
offending substance is removed, and it's not necessarily wood or silver
that hurts, but unless we're nailed deep through the heart, we won't go
down.

Well, I must leave.  It looks like rain out, and I hate rain.  It hurts.

Terrence Wilcze, vampire.
writing through the account of...
Douglas P. Wojtowicz.
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