Vampires

For an overview about all vampires in Touch of Magic check out the Vampire-category 
Vampires are one of two main supernatural species in Touch of Magic. They are immortal and feed on blood to survive. Depending on the type of blood they choose, they are classified in types. They are known to either form groups or live rather isolated. They have a minimum pressence in society and mostly live in the shadows of the everyday world.
==History==
=== The curse ===
The first vampires were created by magic when they encountered the Ancient Witches. By stealing their cattle and killing it for meat, they antagonized the witches, and in return they were cursed so they could only survive an eternal life by drinking the blood of animals. 
This dozen of 'First Vampires' quickly slimmed down to a handfull, since they either killed each other of died of thirst. Until one of them found the satisfaction of human blood , which made them stronger , faster and better overall. These cursed vampires now became a superior species and they expanded their race as the human blood drinking vampires gave them the venom to humans into vampires. Quickly, some vampires began to group and became more and more powerful and gained in numbers. This main group of vampires was called the First Coven and settled in Scandinavia.
===First Coven===
Around the 14th century , the First Coven ruled most of the countryside of Europe. The first coven mainly targeted small villages, and they were strategic in their recruitment efforts. By this point the First coven was no longer responsible for doing the hard work themselves, and they stayed in their compounds with their loyal followers catering to their wishes.
Soon the newest generation of vampires realized the oversight by the First Coven was decreasing, and they found their independence to found their own groups. Around this time, May Miller started playing with the idea of colonizing America and controlling it with her own army, The Millers. Along with May's followers, many other vampires crossed over to the atlantic ocean, establishing a pressence in both parts of the world.
===Powerstruggle===
Soon a power struggle grew, as May's followers began to grow into the hundreds. May saw an opportunity to overthrow the First Coven, resulting in the death of several of the world's oldest vampires. Those who survived fled from their known compound in Scandinavia and settled on their strategic stronghold in the Dardanian mountains. 
Following the attack, the First Coven started training the first generation of Peacekeepers, who were to enforce the rules that the First Coven had given to the vampire community. The Peacekeepers travelled to America and they killed a large part of May's army in retalliation. May was ordered to stop recruiting her army, but she instead provided a counter offer. May offered up her second daughter as a peace offering, and in exchange she requested she could have political control over her continent. 
==Species==
===Types===
Vampires are classified in several types, distinguished by their nurture. Along with their diet, several other elements play part in separating different types, such as human interaction and fertility.
For more information about their types, check their pages
Type A-vampires
Type B-vampires
Type C-vampires
====Human Food====
*Sticktly Type A vampires usually don't eat human food. They might rarely for keeping up appearence , but usually not willingly.
*Type B vampires despise human food completely and they don't come near restaurants and kitchens. A bright side is that chefs are usually not on their menu because of this.
*Type C vampires are characterised by their preference for human food. If the type C-vampire makes this comitment, it can fill up the need of certain nutrients they'd otherwise would have to get through the blood. Having to consume less animal blood, they improve the ability to interact with humans (see Human interaction)
*Type D vampires are born with both human and vampire-DNA and therefore their bodies need both blood and human food to survive. A Dhampir (or type D vampire) usually doesn't develope any bloodthirst untill the age of 12 , when their fangs are developed. However , it may occur that unborn Dhampirs use blood from their mother to grow and most Dhampirs are given little amounts occasionally to maintain tolerance for blood through childhood.</p>
====Human Interaction====
*Type A vampires tend to have a pressence in society but avoid much human interaction. They are usually the type of families that 'often make family trips' or 'move around the country a lot' in the eyes of the community in order to explain their frequent absence. But in reality they usually stay very much unde the radar.
*Type B vampires are overall anti-social towards humans. They will only interact when them to feed on them. Some exceptions are high-ranked vampireleaders who interact with humans to maintain their power (think of lawyers, realators). Some vampires enjoy a thril that comes with the human party-scene. Clubs and bars are a frequent hunting ground for them, which is where they do interact with humans.
*Type C vampires are specialized by their interaction with human. The lack of any human blood in their system will automatically put the craving for human blood down , which gives them the ability to interact with humans without wanting to slice their neck open. The consequence is that the vampire must maintain a steady amount of human food and animal blood to prevent the bloodthirst from taking over. This can take practise. Vampires who attend schools are usually experienced type C vampires
*Type D vampires are, because of their genetics, born to interact with both humans and other vampires. They are a combination of both species and have no boundries when it comes to human interaction, like the type C vampires have.
====Human Reproduction====
*Type A vampires are not fertile because animal blood contains a nuclei that stops the production of oocytes.
*Type B vampires are not fertile because human blood contains a nuclei that stopts the production of oocytes. Instead, the human blood will cause the creation of a toxic, that can turn others into vampires.
*Type C vampires are not fertile, unless they lower their blood intake to the point where their bodies does start producing oocytes. The possibility of this theory on it's own is also unsure since the only known cases of fertile type C-vampires included some usage of magic.
*Type D vampires are 100% fertile because of their human DNA..
Below are listed all the cases of vampire parents :
* Alyson and Dylan with their adoptive daughter Aylin McKenzie, through legal adoption
* Jason Dawson with Alena , AJ and Amore due to low blood-intake and magic (Payton)
* Seth Dawson with Amanda and Alexis due to low blood-intake and magic (Claire)
* May Miller with Alyssa and Jade due to low blood-intake and magic (Anconi fertility potion)
* Grace Miller with Liam due to low blood-intake and magic (Anconi fertility potion)
* Jared Carrington with Jade due to magic (fertility spell)
* Alyssa Miller with Damien and Daphne due to being a dhampire and being the product of a vampire pregnancy
* Jade Miller with Charlotte, Oliver, June due to low-blood intake, and magic (Pierre + fertility potion)
* Liam Miller with Sophia, due to physically turning human (stripped of maternal vampire DNA)
* Emilia Brown with her daughter, due to magic (Nick + fertility spell)
===Life Stages===
====New Vampires====
New vampires in general are ought a burden and difficult to manage as they need to relearn to use their body physically, and adapt to their enhanced abilities. The only way a new vampire will be successfull is if it's trained amongst others. For this reason larger groups like The Anconi and The Millers have training facilities, as they constantly rotate through recruits. Only 20% of all recruited vampires in groups their size makes it to the point where they are in full control. The other 80% often gets killed off by the vampire who turned them. Neglected training or mentoring can result in dangerous tendencies amongst vampires, and those who do not get eliminated need to be taken down by the Peacekeepers.
====Experienced Vampires====
Experienced vampires will have more self control. They are often able to interact and blend in with humans. The First Coven is notorious for their disguises among the common people. They have mastered the art of camouflage in human interactions flawlessly.
====Dead====
Dead for all vampires occurs one of three ways; 
* Decomposition: usually after a vampire has gone a century without intake of blood, there is no more chance of reviving them. Their bodies will have decomposed beyond the point of life, and those vampires would be considered deceased. Often times a double-measure like staking the heart is still enacted out of precaution.
* Wooden stake through the heart: The heart of a vampire has to be mortally wounded by a wooden stake, preferably of natural orgin. This rebalances the natural origin of magical energy that created the vampire species.
* Vampire toxin: Through magic, a vampire toxin can be created that is lethal for vampires when consumed through blood. Given that its affect requires consumption of live blood, it packs the potential danger that the killer could be severely wounded in the process.
** Payton and Claire Silverstone are the only ones capable of creating this toxin through their magic, and the spell has since been burned so it can not be replicated. May Miller tasked witches of the Hainasoni bloodline to create a similar spell to find a secret way of killing other vampires, but the Hainasoni bloodline was not successfull.
====Cured====
Since vampirism is the result of a magical element added to human biology, it can cancel itself out by genetically mixing the vampire marker with that of a witch. As a result, people who have a vampire parent and a witch/wizard parent have the ability to undo the vampire genetics. In order to do so they would need to access the genetic markers from their magical heritage, and they would most likely need the assistance of another witch or wizard from that bloodline. 
*Liam Miller can be cured by being the child of Grace Miller (a vampire) and Christopher Greene (a wizard). 
**In Liam's case he wasn't cured but instead kept alive by his magical genetics. His vampirism got taken away due to the death of his mom (by a spell May had put on herself and her sireline). In Liam's case this did not result in his death because his magical genetics were no longer suppressed which kept him alive. As a result, Liam is alive because of his magical parentage.
*Alena, Andrew and Amore can be cured by being the children of Jason Dawson (a vampire) and Payton Silverstone (a witch). All children were given the choice to at the age of 16. Payton and Jason's children officially have their double last name, but their grandchildren only cary the names of the genetic markers that are still present. Alena chose to name her children Silverstone when she was cured, Andrew chose to pass down his double name, and Amore chose to name her children Silverstone too when she was cured.
**Andrew considered removing his vampirism when he wanted to start a family, but in the end chose not to. 
**Amore Dawson decided to get rid of her vampirism after she turned 16. Afterwards, she also becomes a permanent resident of the magical dimension which wasn't possible before. Payton channeled the energy from the Silverstone Bloodline to cure Amore.
**Alena considered removing her vampirism after she turned 16 but eventually chose not to. When she was 25 she changed her mind as she wanted the ability to age when she wanted to start a family. Payton channelled the energy from the Silverstone Bloodline to cure Alena.
*Amanda and Alexis can be cured by being the children of Seth Dawson (a vampire) and Claire Silverstone (a witch). They were both given the choice to at the age of 16. 
**Amanda decided to get rid of her vampirism after she accidentally killed the father of her unborn child. Amanda's son Elliot Silverstone carries both genetic markers because he was already conceived at the time. Claire channeled the energy from the Greene Bloodline because she felt a stronger connection to it, and she cured Amanda immediatly after she gave birth.
**Alexis Dawson decided not to remove her vampirism at age 16 because of her relationship with Damien Saphire, who is half-vampire himself. 
***Claire offered to bound the powers of Alexis' daughters Tessa and Kennedy when Alexis expressed a desire to teach her children how to handle vampirism in his childhood. Tessa and Kennedy did not gain their magical abilities until age 18 and 16 respectively. They do not possess extensive magical powers, only limited basic abilities, and therefore they rely on their vampire abilities more.
*Emberle can be cured by being the child of Emilia Brown (a vampire) and Nick Thornton (a wizard). 
**When given the choice at age 16 she decided to keep her vampirism to honor the relationship between Emilia and Alyssa, who eventually gave her mother the ability to have a child resulting in Emberle's existence. Emberle would be able to have future children because the ability is genetically passed on.
=== Politics ===
===Laws===
Several laws have been drawn up to protect the species from a civil war. The Anconi oversees these laws being followed and executes the punishments if they are broken. Laws are decided upon by the vampire community in a meeting held once in a decade.
* A vampire can not kill another vampire 
** Addendum to this law was made active, to protect vampires acting in self-defense. This argument is however very hard to prove, and rarely aknowledged.
* A vampire can not turn more than 10 people within one year.
** The Anconi enforces this rule strongly with other groups, but themselves have enacted a waterfall effect to ensure the stabile growth of their forces.
===Territories===
====North-American Continent====
The North-American Continent knows four significant divides. The Millers control everything west of the Mississippi river up to the Great Lakes and Ontario. Illinois and Wisconsin are grey areas, but technically free territory. They along with several other states form a buffer between other territories. Most notable is Lake Winnipeg (and the province of Manitoba) which acts as a buffer between The Millers and the Dawsons.
The Dawsons territory in the north fades into free territory, and in the south at the Oregon/California border, extended horizontally untill the border with the buffer states, also bordering territory of the independent vampires with Nebraska. Wyoming, Denver and Nebraska are considered a grey area. as a meeting point of three territories.
The Eureka's control most of the south except Texas and anything geographically above it. They also control northern mexico, up until Monterrey.
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* Red = The Millers
* Dark red = Free territory (buffer states)
* Orange = Free territory (The Independent Vampires)
* Green = The Dawsons
* Blue = The Eurekas
* Yellow = Mexican groups
* Grey = Free territory
====African Continent====
* TBA
* TBA
* TBA
==== South-American Continent ====
* TBA
* TBA
==Known Vampires==
Click here to see all known vampires.
===Bloodlines===
Costa Gianopoulos, member of the First Coven.
*May Miller : Turned by Gosta, went on to create her own group
**Jason Dawson (née Carrington) : Turned by May Miller , joined her group but stepped out and joined the Dawsons. Co-creates new Miller-coven : Miller 2.0
***Annabeth (Beth) Raleigh : Turned by Jason but left behind. Joins several groups before chosing seclusion. Joins The Millers 2.0 as an advisor.
***Ava Carrington
***Alena Dawson (undirectly)
***Andrew Dawson (undirectly)
***Amore Dawson (undirectly)
**Darcy Dunville
**Jared Carrington : Turned by May Miller , joined her group. Became her mate and remained that 'till death , although he was seen hanging around other groups too.
**Thomas Chamberlaine : Turned by May Miller , joined her group. He is responsible for the creation of the majority of the Miller army.
***Nora Rhodes: Turned by Thomas Chamberlaine, was trained by the Dawsons, joined the Millers (against free will)
**Alyssa Miller (undirectly): Biologically born as a half-human , officially became a vampire and joined the Millers (officially , practically she spended more time with the Dawsons). Creates new Miller-coven: Miller 2.0
***Alyson McKenzie : Turned by Alyssa Miller , joined the Dawsons.
***Dylan McKenzie : Turned by Alyssa Miller , joined the Dawsons
****Nate Dawson : Turrned by Dylan McKenzie , joined the Dawsons
****Lauren Dawson : Turned by Dylan McKenzie , joined the Dawsons
***Damien Saphire (undirectly) 
**Jade Miller (undirectly) : Biologically born as a vampire , was raised and trained by the Anconi , officially joined them , crossed them over to join the Millers 2.0
*Grace Miller : Turned by Gosta Gianopulos,founded her own group along with her sister
**Liam Greene (undirectly) : Biologicaly born as half-human and half-vampire , officially became a vampire and joined the Millers. Left the Millers due to becoming human
***Antoine Blanchard : Turned by Liam Greene , joined the Millers , stepped out of the Millers , joined again (against own will) , remained with the Millers 2.0 (with free will)
***Maria Delgado : Turned by Liam Greene , joined the Millers , stepped out of the Milles , joined again (against own will) , remained with the Millers 2.0 (with free will)
*James Dawson : Turned by First Coven , founded own coven : The Dawsons
**Elisabeth Dawson : Turned by James Dawson , joined the Dawsons
**Seth Dawson (née Delaine) : Turned by James Dawson , joined the Dawsons
***Morgan Cahill: Turned by Seth out of mercy, risking his own dietary restraints. Joins Chris' team of fighting vampires in Portland.
***Amanda Delaine: Hallucination of Seth turned into a real human. Seth turns her in an attempt to stop the stop the natural process of tharatonkinesis which is undoing the life that was created. Amanda gets turned into a vampire willingly, to have more time with her brother.
****Killian McGregor
***Amanda Dawson (undirectly)
***Alexis Dawson (undirecly)
**Lynn Sullivan : Turned by James Dawson, chose seclusion, joined the Dawsons
*Juliette Hamilton: Turned by first coven , Co-founded The Travellers.
**Mason Whittmore : Turned by Julie , attempted to join the Millers , (chose) seclusion , joins Millers 2.0
***Finn Mitchell: Turned by Mason Whittmore, joined the Millers because of Grace, joined the Millers 2.0, became part of the personal guard (Justin's personal body guard)
**Matt O'Connell : Turned by Julie , joined the Millers , helped founding and joined Millers 2.0
***Lola Wilson
****Scott Hayes
****Brandon Adams
***Meghan Combs: Turned by Matt O'Connell, joined the Millers to clean up the mess, joins Millers 2.0, becomes member of the personal guards
***Ingrid Clearwater: Turned by Matt O'Connell, joined the Millers, joined the Millers 2.0, became the personal doctor of Alyssa Miller
***Skye Moreno
**** Kayla Manning
**Ivy Woods : Turned by Julie Dawson , joined Dawson Group , stepped out & chose seclusion (with Tom)
***Tom Wayland : Turned by Ivy Woods , (chose) seclusion (with Ivy)
****Maya Richards
****Austin Sinclair
***Melissa Foster
***Chuck Foster
**Aria Woods : Turned by Julie Dawson , became secluded when Julie and John died.
** Mia Campo
*** Kyle Dunbar
** Jake Campo
*John Hamilton : Turned by first coven , co-founded The Travellers
*Vincent Taylor : Turned by first coven , started own group
**Cordelia Taylor
**Andrea Williams
**Emilia Brown: Turned by Vincent, seclusion, joined the Millers, joined the Millers 2.0, became personal assistant to Alyssa Miller.
*Cassie Davenport : Turned by first coven
Unknown member of the First Coven.
* Frey Waldor, turned by Jim and joined The Anconi.
** Constance Wilkes
*** [[Jeremy Lichmann
** Jensen Whitfield
Unknown member of the First Coven
** Julian Price
** Pearl Price
** Lindsey Price
*** Dante Benito
** Nina Ward
** Riccardo Nickleby
* Demitria Barbos
** Erin Coulson
*** Teagan Yamashiro
** Elliot Hannigan
* Wade Nielsen
===Active Groups===
AnconiLogo.jpg|The Anconi (unknown amount of vampires, rumoured to be close to 1000)
Millers.png|The Millers (427 vampires at the time of dissolution)
Miller 2.0.png|The Millers 2.0 (61 vampires)
Dawson sigil.jpg|The Dawsons (6 vampires)
Blue-grunge-background.jpg|The Eurekas (6 vampires officially, but their true number is unknown))
Beveled indented squares seamless wallpaper background forest green.jpg|The Travellers 8 vampires at their peak, currently desolved)
Sigil.jpg|The Independent Vampires Unknown amount, they gave up their right for a seat on the council and as such are ranked lowest.
Trebles.jpg|The Trebles
No Picture|Hermanos Del Sangre
No Picture|TBA Russian Group
No Picture|TBA Asian Group
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