Kallikantzaros (Greek Mythology)/Apex Predator GX

## Summary

The myth of the vampiric creature kallikantzaros is specific to the Aegean, Crete, and Messenia regions of Greece. When a child is conceived on the Day of the Annunci�ation (March 25), a holy day, that exactly nine months later on Christmas Day (December 25) or anytime during the Feast of Saturnalia (De�cember 17–23), a kallikantzaros child will be born. If the child is not immediately bound up in GARLIC and straw and then held over a fire until its toes are blackened, it will quickly develop into this type of vampiric creature. It will have black skin, fangs, horns, hooves, a tail, talons, or any combination of animal parts. In the Greek lan�guage, kallikantzaros translates to mean “beautiful centaur.” Once a year, starting on the winter solstice and then every night for the next sixteen days, the vampire is free to roam the world doing evil. By day it will hide in an underground lair away from the lethal rays of the sun. By night, it will “RIDE” people, much the same way that the ALP of Ger�man folklore does, stealing their sexual energy. It is also blamed for put�ting out hearth fires, urinating on the food stores, and sawing away at the roots of the Tree of the World.

## **Information**:

**Name**: Kallikantzaros

**Age**: At least Thousands of Years old

**Gender**: Varies (Mostly Males)

**Source**: Mythology

**Power Level**: At least **4-B**, likely **High 3-A**, possibly **2-C**

**Classification**: Christmas Vampires, Destroyers of Worlds

**Notable Abilities**: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Natural Weaponry (Sharp teeth and claws), Enhanced Senses (Have enhanced hearing, sense of smell, and sight), Stealth Mastery, Immortality (Type 1), Blood and Life Force Absorption

**Energy Capacity**: At least **Multi-System Scale**, likely **Endlessly Cosmic**, possibly **Universe Scale** (It is believed that Kallikantzaroi stay underground, sawing the trunk of the world tree which held up and supported the universe for thousands of years so that it will collapse, with its destruction threatening to make all of creation and everything that had ever come before to cease to exist, as well as to cause everything to revert back into Chaos, the Primordial void of disorder that preceded the creation of the universe.)

**Speed Level**: At least **Superhuman** (Casually moves on par with athletic humans)

**Strength Level**: **Unknown**

**Resilience Level**: At least **Multi-System Scale**, likely **Endlessly Cosmic**, possibly **Universe Scale** (They can withstand the force behind their blows). Regeneration makes them very hard to kill

* **Resistances**: Unknown

**Arsenal**:

* **Standard**: Their teeth and claws

**Intelligence**: **Below Average** (Not very intelligent.)

**Weaknesses**: The lethal rays of the sun and any direct exposure will kill it, as will throwing it into a bonfire. It will only willingly count as high as two, but if it can be tricked into count�ing to three, a holy number, it will combust into flames. Placing a colander or a knotted ball of string on the doorstep will prevent it from enter�ing one’s home, as it is compelled to count the holes in the colander and untie the knots. The idea of this is to occupy its attention long enough for the sun to rise and destroy it. The sound of church bells or Christmas carols will drive it away. Burning a handful of SALT and an old shoe in the fireplace will keep it from en�tering one’s home through the chimney, as the smell of these objects burning will keep it at bay. Also, hanging the jaw of a pig on the door or over the chimney will ward it off as well.

**Stamina**: **Incredibly High**. (They're cutting the world tree all the year without apparent rest. And the cycle starts all over again each year)

**Range**: **Standard Melee Range**

**Environment**: Varies, Comes from Forests near towns

**Feats**:

* They can cut and damage the trunk of the world tree, although due to sheer size it requires effort from various werewolves to cut it down.

## References

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kallikantzaros
2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World\_tree