Vaempire

**Vampires** are undead humanoids that drink blood, and in most renditions, perish in sunlight and possess superhuman strength. This page covers a reinterpretation, called "vaempires".

Vaempires are the half-human descendants of demons that represent death and the dark. They didn't always address themselves as "vaempires" and were a nameless breed, much like their demonic parents, until they accepted and adapted the original word as invented by humans.

On Earth, they're the only link to the supernatural and the most knowledgable about some of the truths concerning life and Earth's history. Because of this, many human scholars take a controversial stance and consider them irreplaceably valuable, while others don't trust them and believe no one should take the word of a human hunter.

Vaempires and their beastly ancestors have an archenemy called Aengels. They are different sides of the same coin, but have long engaged in a competition to surpass their own bodily restrictions for the right to call themselves the most powerful race. Beasts achieved this by adapting the form of a vaempire, while Aengels are held back by many restrictions and have not succeeded at producing an Earth-dwelling race of their own, arguably.

The creatures were conceived on December 19, 2022, but aren't tied to any series or fanfiction and made no official online appearance.

## Origin

> Vaempires are the descendants of beastly spirits and humans, or more specifically, descendants of the stillborn infants that were taken over by their demonic parent.
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> The "beasts" are an otherwise nameless breed of demon that are native to a hidden realm that draws in the escaped souls of living creatures, making their world comparable to the general concept of an afterlife. They are animalistic and of low intelligence, powered by typically negative behaviour like gluttony, jealousy, and violent rage.
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> Beasts and their home have much in common with "Hell", as described in religious writing, but they're not tied to any god, nor judge or engage much with incoming souls. Nevertheless, Earth's souls showed them glimpses of a different existence, which intrigued some enough to telepathically intrude the realm of the living. Most didn't care to play the role of a curious bystander, though, and their temperament made it appetizing to haunt the minds of these foreign creatures, mostly out of jealousy for their happiness; an emotion they couldn't comprehend. Their disembodied taunting caused animals to enter a random frenzy, while humans believed it was Satan.
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> Vaempires came to be thanks to the beasts' curiosity for the living's ability to procreate, which they could not as the representation of death. They were envious of the Aengels and their monopoly on creation, life, yet also the destruction of it -which left the already less powerful demons with even less to brag about.
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> Despite being an animalistic race, they had a sense of pride and did not want to accept second place any longer. They stood on watch and waited for the opportunity to create themselves an exit out of Hell, so they could physically experience this world their archenemies helped built and see the effects it would have on their own being. Whenever a deceased soul arrived, they'd block them entrance, and doing so with hundreds of souls made the spiritual bridge from Hell to Earth become stronger and stay intact long enough to be traversed by a single beast.
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> As spirits do not belong in a living environment, they were not given much time to walk the earth until Hell summoned them back. In areas where it was daytime, the sun's light instantly evaporated the creatures of darkness, erasing even more of them.
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> Adapting a native body could've been the solution to their problem, thus they tried entering the corpse of their respective child. The spirit bonded with the flesh, reanimating the child like nothing happened.
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> The beasts were freed from all boundaries and emotional restrictions, and acquired human intelligence, the kind of which made them nearly on par with the Aengels. They began establishing communities and laws of their own, but soon learned the downside of having an organic body. Their demonic soul was strong and prevented it from rotting, yet was still going through the pains of dying because of their unfamiliarity with food.
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## Behaviour

Vaempires and Aengels are nearly identical in their core. They're shameless, entitled creatures who see no issue with taking a life for no reason. Vaempires are easily angered and choose violence and intimidation to force respect, but are also way more talkative.

The beasts' persuasion skills became greatly enhanced after acquiring a human brain, and they started to understand language and social cues better. This in combination with their mind reading makes it easy for them to take on the role of a genuine friend, though it's almost certainly a facade, as it's hard for them to care about anyone but themselves.

They're mostly loveless beings who only marry and start families with who they perceive to be the strongest. Sometimes a weaker vaempire is claimed out of lust, but expectedly treated like a lower-class citizen by their spouse. Liabilities are killed and thus sent back to Hell.

After beasts took on a human shape, they lost the ability to freely reproduce with any organism, and human beings are the only other creature on Earth that may catch their attention besides themselves. To claim one as a partner is a choice only strong vaempires can safely make, since their mortal lover risks being killed by other vaempires. Fullblood vaempires help beasts still stuck in Hell to ascend (*see: the "Family invitation" ability*), while half-vaempires develop their own soul, thus take away a beast's chance to escape. This is considered an act of treason.

Unlike the first vaempires, beastly spirits nowadays have no control over their Earthy body. Their soul is merely the essence that makes it vaempiric and "alive". The experience of living remains real for them and is very much wanted, though beasts have little say in the matter either way, as the birth of vaempires connected their worlds in a way it was never before; and created a law of nature that automatically sucks them into a developing vaempire child. No "normal" soul is able to bind with this foreign form.

Vaempires have semi-human bodies and thus prefer the blood of humans. It activates their organs during and shortly after drinking, and the feeling of a heartbeat is addictive to many. Some can't stop attacking humans for that feeling of being alive.

It's not mandatory and vaempires can easily sustain themselves on animal blood. Those that wish to engage with humans, like professors and scholars, try to make a habit out of it in order to protect their job and connections. Though vaempires don't see the point in winning the respect of weaker beings, they do wish to leave their mark in history and their story to be immortalized in every way possible.

There are relatively few who prefer an animal diet or openly kill, as the majority agrees that taking the middle ground is the most logical option. Besides the occasional animal, vaempires like to trick their victims into coming with them with their best attempt at appearing human, using make-up and fake dentures. They hide their true cause of death, hoping to continue leading a strifeless life amongst their gullible prey.

Many vaempiric families also abuse desperate low-income/homeless humans by hiring them as staff in their house. Humanity as a whole is not aware people voluntarily play food dispenser, as the wages of those involved also includes hush money. In an odd twist, these gruesome situations most commonly lead to vaempires falling in love with their servant, if only because of the fact human blood makes them feel best and they're attracted to the human body. Naturally, their life of abuse does not make servants eager to return those feelings, an insult that rarely gets a happy ending and more often leads to a new job vacancy hitting the newspaper or the internet.

Because natural light comes with so many risks and drawbacks, vaempires sleep during the day. Besides turning in to ash, just being in a room lit up by sunlight turns their vision blurry and overexposed, and the mere presence of the sun outside greatly exhausts them.

Vaempires have inherited the war between beasts and Aengels with pride, but unlike their ancestors, they don't have the restraint not to attack one on sight. They quite foolishly believe their small evolutionary step made them have a chance at defeating them, as long as their numbers are large enough. With that in mind, vaempires aren't quick to choose a solitary life and risk being on their own in case an Aengel shows up. They form "houses" and multiple households may reside in one huge mansion.

Though vaempires prepare themselves as if they're in an active battle, Aengels rarely descend and don't pay them any mind when they do, unless they're actively chased down and harm is attempted upon them.

It's nearly impossible to come across the same Aengel twice, but there have been persistent vaempires who've made an Aengel's visit to Earth consistently unpleasant. Though Aengels cannot be harmed and vaempires are no more of a threat than a fruit fly, they have no patience for being interrupted and will apply needlessly cruel punishments, one of them being the creation of the crossbreed.

## Appearance

Vaempires look human, but have bleak, low-contrast skin, a full set of fangs, pointed nails, and their eyes a light, faded colour.

Though a matter of personal preference; they are considered conventionally attractive and will draw the attention of the common person. Some humans may still see something's off and choose not to approach, which requires vaempires to make use of their highly developed charms and social skills.

Those who enjoy a more elaborate hunt and don't want to risk worsening their kind's standing with humans use beauty products to hide the dimmed colour of their skin and eyes.

## Abilities

Vaempires possess a few supernatural powers and traits:

Vaempire skin doesn't feel pain or temperature differences very well.
 Animal senses
Vaempires can smell and hear fairly well, comparable to a dog.
 Minor regeneration
It will take seconds for a small wound to heal, but serious damage will require additional medical assistance for this ability to activate.
 Mind reading
Vaempires can read the minds of humans. It's an ability they can turn on or off. It doesn't work on animals and other supernatural creatures, including themselves, as they assumedly have no thoughts/deep thinking process.
 Hellbound
Regardless if they're born, made, or choose to live a flawlessly divine existence, a vaempire's soul is marked for Hell and will be sent back to their home of origin when they die. Half-vaempires and crossbreeds may be an exception.
 Concealed curse of death
Vaempires, unlike their beastly ancestors, can touch and engage with people just fine, but still call upon their instadeath properties. Living things that (fully) enter their body will die, making vaempires not susceptible to illness or parasites, but also renders females unable to have children with human males.
 Adoption
Vaempires can choose to turn any living creature into one of them. The vaempire needs to drain the target of their blood and not let go until the body has resuscitated itself, which may take at least half an hour, but also isn't a guaranteed success.
Because of this, it's an ability that's not commonly used. Most attempts are between consenting parties or performed by a lonely vaempire lost in infatuation for a mortal.
Born vaempires age slowly -taking on the shape of a child for hundreds of years while mentally already an adult- until the moment puberty has officially ended. This differs per person. A vaempire continues ageing again if they quit drinking blood, which is a tactic some willingly use if they wish to have a more mature appearance.
 Family invitation
When a vaempire is born or created, a beast is automatically freed and sent into this deceased, empty body, reanimating it. This doesn't always work with made vaempires, as these bodies are of regular mortals who are not related to the beasts of old.
By keeping one's fangs inside the target long enough, the body can be made barely compatible, since a vaempire's DNA is being spread throughout it this way.
A vaempire's soul is a creature by itself that does not belong on Earth, and unlike the first vaempires, the bodies of vaempires today are dead from fertilization to birth; so never had a soul to lose. Their warped, foreign existence causes them to edge on the border of real and non-existent.
 Defective
In the end, vaempires are (half-)human corpses powered by spirits from Hell. Their organs are practically human, but not used, nor needed. Their soul takes care of the necessary elements, like keeping the skin moisturized enough to maintain a youthful appearance, but other than that, vaempires don't breathe, sweat, or produce any kind of bodily odour.
The blood they consume enters their bloodstream, opposed to stomach, and with no other forms of food and drink they care for, vaempires do not produce bodily waste and lack a lavatory in their home.

## See also

* Beast (Ancestors/unevolved form)
* Aengel (Archenemies)
* Aebomination (Aengel-vaempire crossbreed)