Vampires

**Vampires** are a race of supernatural humanoids who are locked in a seemingly eternal and violent conflict against humanity since their emergence in distant past in *Vampire in the Garden*.

## Characterictics

### Physical Appearance

Vampires virtually resemble human in many ways apart from white hair and eyes as well as distinctive fangs. But either at will or under intense emotions, their skin turned grayish as their visage became more bat-like (large pointy ears for further optimizing their already sharper hearing, prominent snout, and pupils that glow in red) and their arms morphed into bat-like wings.

### Biology

Vampires possess superhuman attributes such as enhanced strength, speed, durability (an arrow at the neck only infuriated Fine), regeneration, and acute sense. The last forced humanity to erase music and related aspects of their culture in paranoia over alerting these creatures ever since the war between both species, though nowadays it became more and more of means to oppress civilians and neutral parties under the reign of increasingly brutal human government who involved in such conflict.

A vampire's saliva contains mutagenic pathogen or chemical which, upon introduced into a person's bloodstream via bite, will turn them into another vampire. The mutation seemed to be irreversible, as human soldiers are ordered to kill one of their own who unfortunate to be bitten.

Although they can consume regular meals and beverages with little to no issue, it must be noted that their digestive system more optimized for attaining sustenance from blood hence they need the latter to survive (although it's unknown if it is specific to this or they can drink animal blood). Not consuming blood for too long would result in heightened aggression and urge to attack any nearby humans.

While a force to be reckon with, vampires nonetheless have some weaknesses. Exposure to ultraviolet light, be it from direct exposure to sunlight and specialized lamps such as mobile and stationed variants deployed by Central can weaken at best and ignite their skin at worst. Severe injury at the heart, decapitation, and explosions proved to be sufficient to kill one.

### Unnamed Drug

Just as Central and the humans developed more destructive weapons in its war against its enemies such as powered mechs, the vampires and its allies developed a drug which administered through a specialized syringe. Consisted of red and blue unidentified compounds (the red one being in larger amount), it further enhances the user's combat abilities at the cost of becoming an out-of-control, humanoid white and red gargoyle-like creature and dying due to rapid cell degradation.

## Culture

Unlike other vampires who live in slums of ruined towns and villages, those who happened to be part of affluential communities such as the royal vampire city adopted Baroque-inspired architecture and retain instruments and other forms of culture that Central strictly banned such as modern instruments like flutes, violins, cellos, pianos, clarinets. Other prominent aspects of said cultures included movies and paintings. Unfortunately, as a result of exterminating humanity at large, blood has become scarce for those outside rich vampire districts (such as farms and the split city).

## Trivia

* Despite their regeneration supposedly provide resistance to contaminants (viruses, diseases, and most poisons or toxins), certain ailments still impair them somewhat.
* It's unclear whether vampires being biological or supernatural species, or even somewhere between. Considering the extent of hostility between both races, vampires seemed to prefer to keep their roots to themselves just as Central Force certainly deemed attempting to delve into such topic a taboo as much as figuring out the way for them to coexist peacefully, even if the endeavour not necessarily open up to such possibility.

## Gallery

Concept art of vampire mutated by the drugA vampire mutated via. unnamed drug as featured in Vampire in the Garden Collectible Cards by UCOLLEX. In this card, his mutation is referred as Stage 2A vampire in their bat form as featured in Vampire in the Garden Collectible Cards by UCOLLEX.An unnamed skinny Vampire bandit by UCOLLEXNormal Vampires as featured in Vampire in the Garden Collectible Cards by UCOLLEX.An unnamed Vampire prisoner by UCOLLEX