Vampires

Vampires are the most prominent supernatural species in *blackhurst*. they are described as unnaturally strong and fast, with virtually impenetrable skin, and a healing factor. they also feed on human blood and are desendant from 5 vampire bloodlines

## how to become a vampire

there are a few ways to become a vampire. the most common method is you consume too much vampire blood. there is no real reason you would consume vampire blood if you are a mortal, unless you are trying to become a vampire. but it happens. if you overdose on vampire blood, you go into a septic shock like state as vampires are dead. this can last anywhere from a day to a week, but you're body cannot fight off the blood cells trying to evolve its host. because of the septic like systems, you die, if you're body accepts the cells and the transfer, you will turn over 1-7 days. if not you die in 1-7 days. there is no way to tell if you are dying or turning. this is called phasing., or converting. it has roughly a 70% success rate

- another way to turn is to die with vampire blood in your system. if you're body accepts the transfer quickly enough, you will turn. it has a 40% success rate depending how much blood you have digested.

- another way is to be born into a vampire bloodline if one parent is a vampire, and is still in a human life time, they can conceive a dhampir. if a vampire and a vampire conceive it is a vetamortal. but they are very rare as most of the time immortality is chosen of mortal genes and the baby stops developing and has to be aborted or miscarried. a child conceived by a vampire who is older a human life time by human or another is even rarer and we have had no cases so far in the series of this conception.

- another vampire who is fertile are sires. anyone who is a sire is naturally fertile to ensure the sire of a vampire bloodline continues.

- the last way to become a vampire is the immortality spell. it has only been successfully preformed creating the originals 2000 years ago.

## how to kill a vampire

vampires can only die through significant head trauma. its most common to behead them another way is multiple gun shots to the head. blunt force trama or anything to deprive the brain of oxygen for more than 10 hours

sunlight will kill a vampire who is not in the lumeein sire line, or sireline is not chanelling the lummein sireline. it can be prevented with wearing a aparagon diamond as vampires are dead and not meant to be there. a paragon diamond is perfect so the sun accepts them

if a vampire is staked with rose, ash or hawthorn they fall into a deep sleep that they do not wake until it is removed from theyre heart they can rot to the bone but theyre brain wont so its a good way to put a vampire down without killing them.

if a fire is started with the fore mentioned wood, a vampire can die in it, with the exeption of sires. the smoke of these fires is sufficating and toxic to them

## vampire 'chain of being'

**Original vampires**

originals are stronger, faster, more accelerated healing than any other vampires. they share all 5 sireline strengths with only they're own sirelines weakness. they, like sires can compel any creatures, and are fertile.

known originals:

- Chase Orrsen

- Isobel Sorren

- Eirik

- Maddox Bard

- Amara McCarthy

**Demi sires**

with skills and abilities to all most match an Original, these are the children of 2 sires or an original and a sire of the same sire line. the only known Demi sire was Aurelia, daughter of original Maddox and his sire wife Bethann, both of the Saepio bloodline.

known Demi Sires:

- Aurelia Bard

**vampire sires**

Sires are the descendants of originals. if they die without having a child who carries the Sire Gene, all vampires of that bloodline die. Sires, like originals can channel each other, allowing ie. a lepidus vampire to walk in the sun if they're sire is channelling a Lumeian vampire. they have also have less than but almost as demi sire or originals

- Ash Riveraux

- Morana Soloman

- lucius Allden

- Despiona Soloman

- Richard Fletcher

- Kehli Riveraux

-silas Fauline

- cyra faline

- Eva Soloman (temporarily sue to mothers resurrection)

- Raven Fletcher-Lyelaw

- Melina Fletcher

**vetamortal (once turned)**

due to theyre immortal genes, a vetamortal is stronger than they're vampire cosions because they where always strong. neither parent could have passed on human fragility so they are known as purebloods.

- Raven Fletcher-Lyelaw

- Eva Soloman

**vampires**

vampires are strong fast and immortal but no match for an original, demi sire and it comes close to a young vampire sire

known vampires:

-Valeria Mason-Dean

- Teresa Von Tatum

- Jesse Westwalker

- Charles Aradime

- Beatrix Mtoffen

- Elizabeth Aradime

- Sean Shepard

- Sophia Kandinsky

- James Kandinsky

- Natasha brandillia

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**dhampir (unturned)**

- Elvera Von Tatum

- Grayson Von Tatum