Vampire

Vampires were created by the Wicked One Akshun’arha when she was disturbed in slumber while split over 13 entities, 10 of which were killed by elves and pious men.
They can come in many different race variants.
== About ==
Disturbed from their rest too early and released without the proper incantations, the three remaining facets of Akshun’arha’s psyche were driven mad, and fell upon the invaders hungrily, glutting themselves on blood in order to restore their shrivelled, desiccated bodies.
The three hosts went their separate ways, fleeing to the farthest reaches of the world, even as the ice retreated, where they created others of their kind through the unnatural curse of the Blood Gift.
What became of the first vampires is unknown, but their foul offspring have remained a blight upon Pannithor ever since.
Near-immortal, barring the destruction of their body they cannot die, and the strongest of their number have even been known to survive burning and dismemberment.
Time and again vampire lords have been slain and their ashes dispersed, only for their corrupt souls to grow a new body in some forgotten crypt.
Preternaturally swift and strong, their bodies are prone to bizarre afflictions. Some cannot cross running water; others burst into flames at the touch of the sun. Many of them carry the stink of the charnel house around with them wherever they go; some are grotesque and bestial; while others are as beautiful as they are evil.
They hunger eternally for blood, and are inclined to terrible cruelty as they search for it. Many of them possess at least a grain of conscience and are tormented by every life they take. Others immerse themselves in savagery only to come to the horrified realisation of what they have become every so often, tormented first by shame and guilt and then by horror as their red thirst reasserts itself. Because of this, many vampires are driven mad.
Vampirism is a curse, though it is often bestowed as a gift.
Despite its many and hideous drawbacks, vampirism exerts a lure even greater than that of necromancy.
Vampires are terrible and glorious creatures, and to the most desperate men and women must appear as gods, above the concerns of humanity.
They are also natural necromancers, their powers stemming from the faint essence of Akshun’arha that flows through their tainted blood. For this reason they are actively courted as often as they are hunted, and often take on human thralls to serve their every whim in return for the merest promise of the Blood Gift.
==Other variants==
Other variants of Vampires are:
Vampire Types	Vampire Types	Vampire Types	Vampire Types
Human 	 	Halfling 	Vanguard
==Gallery==
File:HalflingVampire.webp|Halfling Vampire
File:Vampire Model.png|Vampire Model
File:Vampire-Lord-on-Undead-Dragon2.jpeg|Vampire Riding Winged Wyrm
File:Vampire-on-Undead-Pegasus-corrected.webp|Vampire riding Winged Pegasus
File:Vampire on Horse.jpg|Vampire on Horse
== External Links ==
* Mantic Vault - https://vault.manticgames.com/files/halfling-vampire-stl/
Category:Races of Pannithor
Category:Undead