Vampire

Vampires, or vampyres, were parasitic, long-lived creatures who inhabited countless worlds across the universe and beyond. The original vampires were the Great Vampires of the Dark Times, who were emanations of the Yssgaroth, which was potentially an individual entity, although others thought of the Yssgaroth as a species or a phenomenon. The lesser vampires of later ages, a form of Mal'akh, descended from, and served, the Great Vampires. They "reproduced" by infecting other life forms with their "Yssgaroth taints", turning them into undead vampires, and subsisted on blood. As they often use other species bodies as a physical form, they were considered hybrids and in general looked down by other, "purer" demon species. Though undead, they required mammalian blood to maintain their health.
Vampirism was a phase that almost every inhabited planet went through. Because of this, there were several vampiric species who called themselves names other than "vampire". These included Necrobiologicals, Mal'akh, Haemovores, Gelezen, and Plasmavores. 
== Biology ==
=== Appearance ===
The Appearance of a vampire can vary greatly, depending on sub-species, or what species their body is. Some Vampires for instance, had pale skin and fangs, and aged rapidly to the point of death when their creator, the King Vampire, was destroyed. others are very tall, skeletal, with glowing red eyes in a dead-white face. Most however are mostly identical to normal humans, with the exception of paler skin and Fangs.
=== Infection of others ===
To create a vampire, blood exchange was needed. Victims of vampire attacks did not turn into vampires unless they consumed the sire's blood when near death after being fed on by said vampire. If the vampire drained all of the victim's blood, the victim would simply die. A human who imbibed vampire blood when not at the point of death would usually not change.