Manananggal

A manananggal during her transformation

The manananggal is a type of vampire from the Ammurun Tribe that is closely related to the bruxa, predominantly found in tropical regions. However, mananangals possess enhanced agility, speed, and power compared to their bruxa counterparts, making them formidable adversaries even for seasoned witchers.

## Physiology

They are often camouflaged in different societies as young women who claim to be of elven descent ( *"Hence its great beauty, hair, and eyes so characteristic"* ) But have dark blue hair which can be confused with black in certain lights.

**Mananangals** do have the unique feature of their torso detaching from the bottom half of their humanoid disguise kept aloft by their leathery bat wings.

## Abilities

* **Vampire Physiology**:
	+ **Manananggal Physiology**: As a **Mananaggal**, it has the abilities and traits of one.
		- **Blood Consumption**: **Manananggals** have the power to gain power from blood usually by ingestion.
			* **Blood Absorption**: **Manananggals** have the power to absorb blood to temporarily increase their abilities.
			* **Blood Empowerment**: **Manananggals** possess the power to gain strength from the ingestion of blood.
		- **Body Separation**: **Manananggals** have the ability to detach their upper body from the waist and levitate it via their wings.
		- **Longevity**: **Manananggals** possess an extended lifespan, allowing them to live longer than a normal human; as a result of their species.
		- **Natural Weaponry**: As a vampire and a highly advanced predatory species vampires including the **Manananggal** has the power to utilize weapons that are a natural part of one's own body.
			* **Claw Retraction**: The **Mananaggal** possesses claws that are a foot and a half long, which are easily capable of piercing flesh and deflecting iron.
			* **Fang Retraction**: The **Mananaggal** possesses long and sharp retractable fangs for biting and feeding.
				+ **Powerful Bite**: The **Mananaggal** have an incredibly powerful bite easily able to pierce flesh and access blood.
			* **Supernatural Condition**: A **Mananaggal** possesses capabilities, attributes and aspects drastically beyond what is naturally possible for a human.
				+ **Supernatural Agility**: A **Manananggal** is more agile than a Bruxa.
				+ **Supernatural Lifeforce**: As a **Mananaggal** is considered to be one of the higher tiered Higher Vampires, they have amazing lifeforce capacity, they possess massive reserves of life energy, which also acts as a reliable power source that aids in their longevity, power, stamina, vitality, and healing capabilities, allowing them to withstand and survive even the most strenuous and life-threatening circumstances though they are not as invincible as True Higher Vampires there is still a considerable amount of damage or lethality that must be inflicted on them to ensure their termination.
				+ **Supernatural Senses**: A **Mananaggal** possesses sense drastically beyond what is naturally possible for a human.
					- **Bloodsense**: The **Mananaggal** can sense the presence of blood in any living subject.
					- **Supernatural Hearing**: The **Mananaggal** possesses a sense of hearing drastically beyond what is naturally possible for a human.
					- **Supernatural Smell**: The **Mananaggal** have an amazing sense of smell. They are able to smell blood from a mile away.
					- **Supernatural Vision**: The **Mananaggal** possesses a sense of sight drastically beyond what is naturally possible for a human.
						* **Blood Flow Vision**: The **Mananaggal** can see the flow of blood of any living being through their body.
				+ **Supernatural Speed**: A **Manananggal** is faster than a Bruxa.
				+ **Supernatural Strength**: A **Manananggal** is stronger than a Bruxa.
				+ **Predator Instinct**: A **Mananaggal** possesses instinct akin to that of a highly predatory creature, allowing them to become masters of assassinating, hunting, manipulating, planning and tracking.
				+ **Wallcrawling**: A **Mananaggal** can fasten onto and climb vertical and horizontal surfaces without falling.
			* **Prehensile Tongue**: **Manananggals** can use their tongue to grasp and manipulate objects.
			* **Wing Manifestation**: A **Manananggal** in its natural form has a pair of leathery bat-like wings that protrude from its back allowing it to fly.
	+ **Otherworldly Language**: The **Mananaggal** naturally speak the Vampire language which sounds to humans as a silent, shrill, and sickening inhuman language.
		- **Psionic Inundation via Singing**: A Manananggal is capable of overloading a target's mind by singing.

## Weaknesses

### Light of the Full Moon

**Manananggals** can be killed if they are exposed too long to the light of the Full Moon.

### Lower Torso

Special mixtures that are deadly to the **Manananggal** can be applied to the severed part of the **Manananggal's** lower half poisoning it and perhaps killing it if the top half is weakened as well.

## Behaviors

Like their distant relatives, the bruxas, the **Manananggals** sing in their native language, especially after drinking blood and before they begin to devour the body of their prey.

## **Harvestable Parts**

### Vampire Saliva

The saliva of vampires is an alchemical ingredient of the Sol family as such can be used for potions and processing into the alchemical substance known as Pure Sol.

### Vampire Teeth

The teeth (particularly the fangs) of vampires is an alchemical ingredient of the Caelum family as such can be used for potions and processing into the alchemical substance known as Pure Caelum.

### Wing Membrane

The wing membrane of vampires is an alchemical ingredient of the Rebis family as such can be used for potions and processing into the alchemical substance known as Pure Rebis.

## Notable manananggals

* Nayeli
* Elina
* Teoxitia
* Maryam
* Citlalmina
* Visayan
* Centehua
* Moyole

## Trivia

* Manananggals are based in their mythological counterpart : *Manananggal*.
* They are always female, they reproduce in a similar way as the dryads.
* Within the classification of vampires, they are in higher grades.