Familiar

## Information

A familiar is a vampire's companion. Think of it like a little pet. They do whatever their masters wish for. Their life force is now linked together with yours. But some stronger familiars do have a will of their own. So do not confuse that with complete control. Just because their life is linked with yours does not mean it will do what you say. However, it does mean that they will do everything in their power to protect you. Usually...

If a familiar dies, it doesn't really die either. It turns back to black mist and returns to its contract form or location. A dead familiar is just temporarily out of use as it takes a while for it to reform, and later on it can be used again. The only way to kill a familiar is to kill its owner. Usually, a marking, or an item of some sort can be used to keep this on your person.

Familiars are, in a way, not of this world. Or you can even go as far as to say not of this universe. The vampires from time to time are able to bring these familiars from their universe into our own.

While this is a type of contract that is usually only formed when they agree to help each other, they tend to only attach themselves to the strong. You see, most of the time, the main goal of the familiar is to stay in this world, but they also have their own wishes. Over time, perhaps a natural bond will be created and they forgo these wishes, but at the start they are a picky strange type, if they believe that their master can no longer satisfy their desires or wishes, they will attempt to kill the owner. They would rather die than be with someone so weak.

Because of this, a special rule was put in place. Only the vampire leaders as well as their successors are able to have a familiar. Over the years we learnt more and more to make it less dangerous, so in truth perhaps more vampires could have familiars as well, but now it has become a tradition to only allow the leaders and their successors to have them.

The vampire world is deeply connected with the familiar's world and often opens up rifts sending them into ours. Just as not all vampires are able to have familiars not all familiars can form contracts either. We still do not yet know what allows them to evolve.

Only vampire descendants and vampire leaders are permitted to have a familiar. They would often be separated from the main school most of the time, as there were different things to teach and learn. And one of the first tasks is usually asking them to seek out and find their own familiar.

Some descendants would naturally come across familiars as they grew up, or families would even risk forming a contract with them at a young age. Although this method was more dangerous, and had a higher chance of the familiar killing its partner. If the contract was successfully formed they had more time to form a stronger bond.

For those who have not successfully been able to capture, or perhaps just weren't able to subdue a familiar, we will be trying to form a contract using this, a summoning circle (*A square black mat that was one square meter in size, and appeared to have a strange circle drawn on it in red. The circle had even more circles drawn inside overlapping each other and strange patterns going throughout.*). When using this it will allow the bridge between our world and the familiar world to form a connection. Everything has already been prepared beforehand and a single drop of blood from the one wanting to perform the summon is all you need. Once that is inserted, we will then start the contract bonding process.

When dropping your blood onto the summoning circle, it will show your desires and wants, sending them through to the other world. Those interested will come rushing forward at once, and the first one to arrive will form a contract. Unfortunately, the vampire has no choice. The familiars that are out here and have been in our world have had time to adapt, they understand human ways more and are more likely to be powerful. There is also the chance to choose which familiar you want based on your own skills. Besides, the stronger familiars would like to know more about you than just your blood. Sometimes familiars have other factors that they are looking for, we still do not understand everything about them. If I'm honest, it is unlikely when summoning a familiar this way, that a strong one will appear. It is more likely that it will attract the desperate ones that wish to leave that place.

* **A familiar was able to sense those that it might be well in tuned with and will actively go out to seek one.**
* A familiar is not everything. There are plenty of vampires that make it to a higher level even without a familiar.

With the weaker familiars, it would be harder for them to disobey in the first place.

There is actually nothing you can do in your power to forcefully summon your familiar. They have a mind of their own, they aren't crazy animals like beasts, but they are intelligent things. If they chose to not come out and help you, then that is completely up to them. Therefore, relying on communication with is closed form. Visuals, sounds, and all sorts can sometimes deter you from hearing your familiar. With time you will get better at this and you will be able to communicate with them without this. Usually, when one is to communicate with their familiars, they still appear in their mind in their closed form. Getting them to show you their true form is something different altogether. But it's up to you to make it talk to you. It will be pretty hard to find out its desires if you are unable to speak to each other. Perhaps this will take sometime, maybe a few days, maybe a week or even a few months.

With the link in place, even though familiars couldn't technically die as long as their partner was alive, they could still feel part of the pain and loss.

Although only descedants and family leaders were allowed familiars, it wasn't such a big deal if another vampire had one. There were times when out that a familiar would become attached to a certain vampire, and they couldn't exactly say it was their fault.

The familiars, they come from the same universe and work with each other. There are 4 kings in the familiar world. The Boneclaw is their "Undead King". A black cat named Ovinnik is a king. Ovinnik is Leo’s familiar. A black horse named Dunluck is another king and is Oscar’s familiar after he became a Dullahan. The last king is a black turtle with a purple shell named Genbu.

### Terms

* Closed Form: The form it takes before it is summoned. Ex: Earring, marking, collar etc...

## List of Familiars

1. ↑ Chapter 398
2. ↑ Chapter 411
3. ↑ Chapter 412
4. ↑ Chapter 413
5. ↑ Chapter 414
6. ↑ Chapter 415
7. ↑ Chapter 416
8. ↑ Chapter 417