Vampires

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**Vampires,** also known as Cambions or Bloodsuckers, are a race of half human, half demon beings that feed on blood in order to retain their power.

## History

The history of the vampires began on a dark night in Romania. A lowly village woman, Vanya, was washing some clothes when she was approached by an incredibly handsome man. Little did Vanya know that this man was actually the Demon Lord Purson. Purson effortlessly courted and seduced Vanya, getting into bed with her. After a long and passionate night of love making, Purson bit Vanya on the neck and drained her of blood. As she laid dying on the bed, Purson suddenly felt remourseful for her and gave her a new life by giving her a small fraction of his power. This power was enough to transform her into a Cambion, a human/demon hybrid. Purson, before leaving, explained to her that she would need to feed on the blood of humans in order to retain this power and so she did. She would bite and turn many different humans, eventually creating the entire vampire species. Many vampires would come to revere her and some would even worship her like a goddess.

## Characteristics

For the most part, vampires look like regular humans. Or at least until night falls. After the night falls, they change slightly. Their skin becomes pale, their ears become pointed slightly, their eyes glow a purple-like color, and their teeth turn into sharp fangs.

## Powers

* **Blood Empowerment:** Through the drinking of human blood, vampires are able to access their unique half-demon abilities.
	+ **Immortality:** Vampires are an immortal race, having lived throughout the ages. They cannot age and do not die from natural causes.
	+ **Supernatural Strength**: Vampires are far superior in strength to humans. They can snap an ordinary human's neck with little effort.
	+ **Supernatural Speed**: Vampires are incredibly fast. When they run, they appear as fast moving blurs and it's difficult to keep track of them.
	+ **Supernatural Senses**: A vampire's senses are far superior to that of a human's. They're capable of smell blood from up to a mile away and have excellent hearing.
		- **Night Vision**: Vampires are able to see clearly in the dark.
	+ **Supernatural Durability**: Vampires are far more durable than humans. It takes immense force to actually hurt a vampire.
	+ **Supernatural Agility**: Vampires have excellent agility and are very good at dodging oncoming attacks.
	+ **Supernatural Stamina**: Vampires do not tire out easily. They do not need sleep nor do they require human food or drink for sustenance.
	+ **Regenerative Healing**: Vampires are able to heal any wounds they get in a matter of minutes. This process can be disrupted however.
* **Night Empowerment:** A vampire's powers are weakened during the day but become much more powerful at night. This is because Purson, the demon who helped make the vampire race, is considered Demon Lord of the Night.
* **Shapeshifting:** Vampires are able to shapeshift and take on different forms like wolves, bats, a writhing mass of tentacles, and a bat-like creature form.
	+ **Partial Shapeshifting**: Vampires are able to partially shapeshift their teeth into fangs. They can also make their ears become slightly pointed.
* **Telepathy:** Vampires can mentally communicate with each other through their thoughts. They can also do this to humans.
* **Dream Walking:** Vampires are capable of mentally accessing and interacting with a human's dreams.
* **Mind Control**: A vampire can psychically make a human do their bidding as long as they can maintain eye contact with the human.
* **Weather Manipulation (limited)**: Vampires can manipulate the weather to a limited degree. They can summon rain showers and thunderstorms but that's about it.
* **Seduction**: All vampires are masters at seducing humans.
* **Venomous Bite**: If a vampire bites a human and injects them with vampiric venom then that human shall become a vampire as well. The venom corrupts the human soul, making the human a half demon as a result.

## Weaknesses

Even though vampires have a wide array of supernatural gifts, they are not completely invincible. Their weaknesses include:

* **Wooden Stake:** A wooden stake, especially one that has been blessed with holy water, can kill a vampire so long as the stake is plunged into their heart.
* **Holy Water and Crosses**: Holy water and crosses can repel and wound a vampire.
* **Sunlight**: While it does not kill them, the light of the sun greatly weakens a vampire's abilities.
* **Demon Trapping Rune**: Due to their half-demon nature, vampires can temporarily be trapped in the Demon Trapping Rune.
* **Werewolves:** While they don't hate each other as much now, werewolves are capable of bringing down vampires. Werewolves are one of the few species that can actually match vampires in phyiscal strength.
* **Magic**: Magic, such as spells and archaic runes, are able to hurt, trap, and in some cases kill vampires.
* **Higher Beings**: Higher beings like deities, angels, demons, and the Primordials can easily hurt and/or kill vampires.

## Trivia

* Due to their wide array of supernatural abilties, vampires are considered one of the strongest races in the Hallows Universe.