Vampire Clans

Some bloodlines are more successful than others. Whether because they were created to serve a purpose, or simply adapted to their environment and reached large numbers. Most vampires live in tribes of 3-12, content to live and hunt together. They are often disorganized, hunting whenever they desire with little or no long-term plan.

A Clan however, is when multiple vampire tribes all work together under a central authority. These clans can number in the dozens if not hundreds and control entire regions. They out-hunt and out-perform other vampires, often hunting them down and driving them to extinction.

## Known Clans

###  Dushkari

**Sanguinar Vankari**

These aristocratic vampires are virtually indistinguishable from their parent race when fully fed. They are the oldest and most organized vampire clan in existence, and operate under a feudal monarchy known as the Midnight Aristocracy. They are masters at manipulating mortal societies, and posses the ability to completely turn invisible. They have fully integrated into the mortal society of their homeworld, and thus are virtually impossible to find.

### Vikhrovoi

**Pophoric Strigoi**

Despite their monstrous appearances, the Vikhrovoi are one of the most infamous and successful clans in history. Unlike the other clans, their strain of vampirism is unstable, and often undergoes several stages of mutation as the vampire ages. They are masters of fleshcrafting, capable of shaping the bodies of their victims to better serve their purposes. The Vikhrovoi are responsible for the creation of 'blood cows'; barely sentient creatures with four hearts whose sole purpose is the production of flavored blood.

### Qahtarin

**Vampiris Noimosin**

These mysterious and elusive vampires are masters of magic. They often build blackened wizard towers and surround themselves with skeletal constructs. They are extraordinarily powerful mages, but are mostly content to live within their towers and explore the secrets of the arcane.

### Vranethi

**Dragonis Hemophilia**

 This once great and powerful clan of vampires ruled over their homeworld with a bloody fist. They had successfully blotted out their parent sun and lived in perpetual night. Legend states their pureblood progenitor was originally a red dragon who killed a dreadlord and consumed its blood. Vranethi are both powerful warriors and magic users and are immune to fire. Their empire collapsed into infighting before they achieved star sailing technology, and now they serve as mercenaries for anyone willing to pay.

### Hirani

**Sanguinar Astralis**

The Hirani are a group of vampires with the innate ability to transform into a stream of bats to pierce the Veil and sail out into Wildspace. They have used this ability to spread throughout the stars, raiding and pillaging worlds they come across. These vampries have made a name for themselves as violent marauders, antithetical to civilization. Worse yet, a group of Hirani vampires managed to acquire a voidhelm and formed the raider group known as the Crimson Corsairs. These space pirates roam the stars as vampiric pirates, pillaging world after world for blood and gore.

### Blood-Fang

**Vampiris Lycanar**

The Blood-Fang are degenerated bestial vampires only considered Clan status because of their sheer numbers. The Blood-Fang disease *vampiris lycanar* is capable of reviving dead tissue, and reconstituting infected hosts. A valued mutation to their strain, as many of their victims do not survive the initial attack responsible for infecting them. Blood-Fang vampires often take on wolf-like appearance upon infection, sprouting hair and long claws. They also tend to run on all fours when tracking prey, emit wolf-like howls at night, and are empowered under a full moon.