Chiroptera

Also known as the monster-kin of Vampire, Chiroptera are named thanks to the inhuman and sometimes bat like forms they take. They were one of the immortal blood races originally born well after the War, born to the first acts of inhumanity. They were the ones who let themselves get swallowed by the blood god. Upon being swallowed they would emerge as the blood sated beast, taking on a more inhuman almost wolf or bat like form, but some take the form of lizards or even birds.

They could withstand the sun unlike some of others of the blood races, yet they still hungered after blood and flesh. While most appear as legion, those given the blood of the royalties or even able to regain their true human form are considered stronger than the rest, able to completely manipulate their forms, freely shifting their anatomies instead of doing so weakly.

## Bodies

While appearing as human in their basic form Chiroptera are far from human. They often appear as having bright red eyes with the whites of them being jet black. This will be accompanied by sharp canines replacing all of their teeth and rather pointed ears. This is the most basic of their human appearances, in which they all upon when hiding. This is something they can not hide and often need to wear contacts or something to hide their eyes.

Their bodies contain skin hard as iron which are resistant to extreme flashes of heat or cold, even explosions. While able to resist a grenade in front of them, their skin taking the blast their bones are still easily breakable much like any other creature. Another thing to note is that their bodies need blood in order to sustain transformations and using their blood as a weapon. One such reason is that they are able to rush blood through their body faster, slower, or even causing the blood to boil without harm. This allows them to do things such as gain extremely powerful reaction times or even learn to produce lightning from their bodies at the cost of burning through the blood in their body.

## Monster Form

Upon taking their monster form, those unable to regenerate their true human bodies appear as overly massive creatures standing six to seven feet tall with wolf or bat like heads and massive claws. Their are completely furless and are often seen as having now apparent sexual organs. In these forms the eyes turn completely red, a sort of second lens which filters over the normal eye much like a shark or even types of fish.

When they take on their individual form, the head is much more human like, to the point the cross between human and beast is missing with the regeneration of hair. Their bodies appear in a more human like manner and display their old sexual characteristics but do still do not show the sexual organs. More over the forms have individual traits such as wings, overly large arms, even added muscle to protect the body.

This is different for those who are the kings or queens of the species. They appear as completely human, aside from the teeth and red eyes which never go away for them. Each of them has naturally black finger and toenails for some unknown reason and are born with blood lines across their arms and legs, which center upon the middle of their chest. These lines are able to draw out blood from their body via their pours instead of bloodletting like other Chiroptera.

## Society

Their society is a very simple set up, to which they follow rigidly as it is ingrained even into their blood. Firstly, there are the Royals males and females, those who are directly born from the blood of one of the blood letting immortals. After that their second generation, the children of the Royals also known as the Court who were born able to manipulate their physical forms with ease. Finally, those of the Court who give their blood to others create they actual basic of all the Chiroptera and all those who take the blood of the basic Chiroptera also become basic Chiroptera. It is only those the Royals have children with become Royals and only one a Royal gives their blood to directly can become a member of Court.

## Blood Arts

Blood Arts are the skills to which all Chiroptera can grow into over time, this is the ability to freely manipulate their blood. While not able to give it shape, they can use it for a multitude of skills and abilities which affect them and only them while in combat. Below is a list of all the skills, they are put in order of how they are mastered and the strength needed each Chiroptera to gain to use it, to note, those cut off are those only usable to the Royals.

Regeneration -

When injured a Chiroptera's blood will clot at six to seven times the normal rate, scabbing over in a matter of seconds.

Blood Heat -

At risk of burning their muscles and organs they are able to heat up their blood to let their body reach hundreds of degrees. These heat can be focused in any place or fired out in a single burst.

Blood Thicker -

Having the ability to thicken their blood they are able to harden their bodies to the point they are able to actually able to stop bullets with their bare skin

Blood Jet -

They are able to open small wounds in their body and compress the blood inside of it before firing it out as a jet hundreds of miles per hour that can cut through steel.

Blood Roar-

Forcing the blood through their necks to course they are able to gain the ability to release hypersonic roars to push black objects upwards of hundreds of pounds if not more.

Blood Enforcement-

The power of the Royals which allows them to command all lesser form of Chiroptera, it is built into their DNA which all Chiroptera respond

Blood Endowment-

A rare skill to which the Royals place their blood inside of a much lesser Chiroptera causing their bodies to go through a painful evolution. While it kills most lesser Chiroptera, those who survive end up turning into their fully evolved state.