Vampire

A **vampire**, or ***Vamp*** for short, is a race of bloodsucking monsters that are once human, except for their Alpha. They have been encountered by Milo Savile, Janet Dell, Hammond Dale, Oliver Tran, and many other monster hunters; however, it has been stated that encountering a vampire is very rare as humans have hunted them to near-extinction although due to their ability to reproduce by only vampirization (the transference of vampiric blood), there only needs to be only one of them to repopulate.

All vampires originate from the Alpha Vampire, the first of their kind. Vampires are also one of the most recurring supernatural creatures in *Primordials*. Milo Savile calls them ‘nightwalkers’ based on a young adult vampire novel he read before encountering real vampires with his team and mentor.

## Characteristics

The most consistent trait of vampires is that they live forever. Also, their eyes have black sclerae with bloody red irises which glow in the dark and/or when experiencing strong emotions. Their diet is only human blood because in it is the living soul which gives them power and vitality, otherwise their bodies become a husk resembling ghouls. Vampires must keep their victims alive or else their blood becomes toxic to them. Some have been shown to live off of human blood through donated blood bags because they do not wish to harm humans. They have four retractable canines which monster hunters use to identify them once they are dead. When it comes to mating, vampires, except for their Alpha, are strictly monogamous and mate for life. Their skin is paler than when they were humans, and they are described by many hunters as “cold and clammy” to the touch.

* Type of Hierarchy
* Reproduction
* Cure

Vampires, much like humans, are typically organized in groups called **nests**, with four to twelve vampires residing in each with a mate for life. Some vampires, however, prefer to live solitary lives but with no problem interacting with their own kind. The younger or newer members of the nest do the hunting for their elders, bringing humans to fed on for days or even weeks. Each nest has a leader, typically the oldest vampire and most often the one who turned the others. According to Oliver Tran, when vampires are created, they reliant on their maker for blood and thus have no choice but to follow them, coming to see them as their source of life to the point that they can think of their leader, maker, or elders as a god. Sometimes, the nest leader can come to believe in it too; however, all vampires see the Alpha Vampire as their “mother” and revere her as such.

According to Kira, while vampires may hunt alone or in small nests, if you scratch the surface, they are all connected from the lowest drone to the Alpha Vampire herself. They also share amongst themselves things like intelligence and victims as a form of courtesy and social bonding.

Vampirism is spread by the ingestion of vampire blood or by its direct introduction to human bloodstream. These are currently the only possible methods of infection (tactile contact with both The One and Death is unlikely after the events of *A New Beginning*; also, monster hunters have had vampiric blood splashed on their faces without becoming vampires themselves. It seems that vampiric blood is ineffective when entering any orifice, pores, or broken skin. Also, in terms of ingestion, there seems to be a minimal amount of vampiric blood needed to cause the transformation since sometimes vampiric blood could get on the lips, enter into the mouth, mix with saliva, and involuntarily swallowed. These limits are beneficial for monster hunters because killing vampires is often a gory and messy procedure, and Oliver Tran said, “Sometimes the change is fast, sometimes it slow, just depends on the person.”

When becoming a fledgling to their vampiric creator, they are always confused, disoriented, and thirsty. This is especially true when adjusting to the overwhelmingly sharp senses and sensitivity to light. Bloodlust sets in immediately upon becoming a vampire, and usually drives newly turned vampires into a killing spree. They inevitably seek the one who changed them, known as their maker or ‘parent’, and will usually accept them as their leader. Most of the vampires shown in *Primordials* develop or are integrated into a hive mind mentality. These newly turned vampires are still partially human until they drink their first blood.

Vampirism is near-impossible to cure, with the only known method being a potion created by taking the blood of the fledgling vampire’s creator, dead or alive, followed by garlic, sage, and being boiled for two minutes until it has a brownish hue. This cure, however, does not work once the fledgling vampire tastes human blood for the first time, making the transformation permanent.
Once the cure is swallowed, the reversion is so painful that one loses consciousness for two days before becoming human again and having little to no secondary effects. For example, one transformed vampire retained all his memories before reverting back to humanity. The cure does not require the vampire who turned a person to be alive for it to work, though most monster hunters do not take any chances and just kill the vampiric creator and take their blood to make the cure for those transformed but not yet becoming full vampires.

This technique was used on Oliver Tran, Milo Savile, and the Newsons.