Clan Adrasteia

## Profile

### Other names:

* Shield of Nightingale
* The Strongest Vampire Clan

### Affiliations:

* Clan Alucard
* Clan Fulger
* Clan Scarlett
* Clan Snow

### Abilities:

* Geokinesis
* Monster Physiology

## Members

### Current Members:

* Walter Adrasteia
* Rose Adrasteia
* Dorothy
* Alexa
* Judith
* Martha
* Juliet
* Anrietha

**Clan Adrsteia** is one of the current five Vampire Count clans appointed by the Vampire King, Vlad Tepes. It is currently lead by Countess Eleanor Adrasteia, and is the clan responsible for military defense.

The first of Adrasteia is said to be a Dragon Rider which makes the main line which Eleanor Adrasteia belongs to as a descendent of Dragon Rider.

## Description

The Adrasteia Clan, located in the West, is responsible for military defense. They are the king's shield. They are a strong warrior clan specializing in the art of warfare. Despite holding an important position like this, their Clan is located in a very remote area, and they are very far from the royal capital.

Few know why this Clan is so far removed from civilization, but as part of the Four Counts, they are highly respected by the entire Vampire community.

## Hybrids' Ritual

Clan Adrasteia's first generation of vampires used a ritual to merge the blood of monsters and vampires to create a hybrid between the two races. Unlike werewolves and vampires, monsters have a high adaptability in their genes, and because of this adaptability that's even superior to that of humans, the blood easily joined with the blood of vampires creating a balanced hybrid. However the success rate of this ritual is only 5% and failure means death.

However not every member of clan Adrasteia receive the same ritual, only the main clan members receive it. The rest of the clan receive a diluted version of the clan's main members' ritual. This ritual doesn't allow them to be as strong as the clan's main members neither does it allow them to transform into a full monster however they can still morph parts of their bodies and they still have a stronger bodies compared to Vlad's line of vampires.

### Ritual's Rules & Requirements

The ritual is quite easy to do but there are some rules that must be followed and requirements that must be followed.

1. A vampire can only go through the ritual once in their lifetime.
2. The vampire must hunt down a monster and use that monster as his bloodline change fuel.
3. The ritual must only be performed by members of Clan Adrasteia and the existence of this ritual must remain a secret. A vampire sign a soul pact and swear an oath to keep the ritual secret, only the head of Clan Adrasteia has the right to disclose this information.
4. If the ritual is performed by a member outside Clan Adrasteia, that member must immediately unite in some way with the clan, either by marriage or becoming a member of the clan.
5. The ritual has several levels of effect and only the full effect should be used if the vampire is competent enough to survive otherwise a diluted version of the ritual is used.

## Laws

Clan Adrasteia follows a matriarchal government, from their inception to the present day, like the other three Count clans; Fulger, Scarlett, Snow—they have been led by women only. Only Clan Alucard, with a male leader is the exception. Because of this, the laws governing the four territories were more 'convenient' for women, so they had more privileges than men. An example of this differences in law is in the territory of Agnes. Men who committed heinous crimes were condemned to work in mines for all eternity, they were offered a minimal amount of blood, and they'd work like machines, literally. If the sentenced vampires, didn;t want to work, they are quickly burned on Agnes' approval. The woman simply wasn't kind enough to allow these kinds of scum to live, but unlike Scathach, who quickly eliminated them, she tried to use them to death. Similar punishments applied in the territory of Clan Fulger and Clan Adrasteia.

Consequently, the four territories led by the countesses were the ones with the most 'peace'. Owing to the four countesses' lack of patience. Whenever a vampire has committed a heinous crime, they are either sentenced to death immediately, or were condemned to forced labor for eternity. Because of this, the criminalization rate in the four territories was extremely low.

However, these kinds of punishment doesn't exist for women. Which meant if a female vampire kidnapped a vampire and fucked him to death, they wouldn't be held accountable. They would only be put to death if they preyed on vampire children, but if it were to be done to an adult vampire, then it was considered as legal. However, to be considered an adult vampire, the individual needed to be at least 500 years old. Hence, female vampires almost never experience punishments, skewing vampire society's favor towards women.

## Abilities

* **Geokinesis:** The ability to manipulate the earth element and cause earthquakes.
* **Monster Physiology:** Because of their unique bloodline, Clan Adrasteia's members have a monster like physiology which grants them with unique abilities and powers to kill immortals. Every member of the clan has a different physiology with different abilities but they all share the ability to kill immortals.
	+ **Unique Energy:** A type of energy that allow Adrastias to kill immortals.
	+ **Monster Transformation:** Members of Clan Adrasteia can transform into full or partial monster. In this form, there power increase by several folds.
	+ **Enhanced Physical Attributes:** Clan Adrasteia's members are physically stronger, faster, more agile, more durable than normal vampires, their durability and physical strength are equal to werewolves'. They also have stronger sense than normal vampires. Only Vampires from Victor's bloodline can rival Clan Adrasteia's members.
	+ **Immunity To Nightingale's Monsters' Flesh & Blood:** Because of their unique bloodline, Clan Adrasteia members have a complete immunity to nightingale's monsters' flesh and blood. In fact their blood is their regular food.
	+ **Mutated Vampire Count Transformation (Monster Transformation):** Because of their ritual, Clan Adrasteia's members' count form mutated to take more monstrous form.

## Known members

* Eleanor Adrasteia (Clan Leader)
* Rose Adrasteia
* Walter Adrasteia
* Alexa
* Anrietha
* Dorothy
* Judith
* Martha

## Trivia

* Because of the dangerous terrain where Clan Adrasteia is located in—an isolated forest filled with demonic beasts, none of their enemies has even considered of usurping their clan's title. Since in their opinion, such a dangerous environment filled to the brim with demonic beasts is not worth their investment. After all, no one wants a territory that is enclosed by powerful creatures.
* At Chapter 820 Victor officially took the entirety of the clan be a part of his faction and be a part of Clan Alucard with agreement of Vlad Tepes.

## References

1. ↑ chapter 722
2. ↑ Chapter 99
3. ↑ Chapter 478
4. ↑ Chapter 479
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Chapter 259
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Chapter 326
7. ↑ Chapter 443
8. ↑ Chapter 454