Races: Vampires

Vampires live in the cold and dark Earth’s climate zone, on the edge of
the glaciers covering most of the southern hemisphere. In the decades after the
Catastrophe, during which their race was forged, they were forced to live as
predators in order to deal with a very serious anemia caused by radiations.
They consuming massive amounts of raw meat that to date sees them mark by other
races like bloodthirsty ‘beasts’, that’s an idea each vampire tends to
encourage despite their eating habits have been gradually refined.

All of this has left indelible signs on their bodies. They have
emaciated bodies, pale and heat-sensitive skin, that is subject to sunburns.
The eyes, often rimmed by purple shades, look shiny black due to a constantly
expanded and larger than normal pupil, that allowed them to safely and quickly
move in the eternal dark. Irises, almost completely missing, are very pale both
to allow greater sensitivity to the feeble flashes of light and to further
improve the night vision. Lips, having a characteristic bright red, are the
only hint of liveliness on their marble faces and they usually have black and
shiny hair.

In spite of what is appearance, the blood, that is their ally and source
of life, provides them strength, speed and a temper that would not seem to
belong to them. They can alter their blood flow and metabolism to improve their
performances by increasing strength, speed and endurance. They may use the*Powers of
Blood* to also alter
their facial features and to secure a stronger bit, in fact the mouth,
apparently similar to that of the other humanoid races of the*Third Era*,
is actually equipped with dental arches, each provided with twenty slightly
sharp teeth with sharp edges. Under the influence of the blood they can distort
their faces and make both mandible and maxilla much more pronounced in order to
sink into the victims’ flesh and to achieve, with speed and accuracy, the major
blood vessels.

The brotherhood uniting them is something transcendental. Their way of
securing life for themselves by drinking blood from the victims, makes them
foreign to all the other races and therefore this isolates them. Closed within
their matriarchal society, they are introverted and suspicious, they feel anger
and resentment against those who aren’t vampire, translating these feelings in
a sense of superiority that elevates them above everything and everyone. They
consider themselves the only race worthy to dominate and the survival, of both
themselves and their own race, it is the only thing that matters.

They love theatricality and theirs their parallelism between their way
of life and the one of the notorious ‘vampires’ of horror stories of the *Old World*, for which they deliberately name. The myth
of Lilith, with all its facets and dating back to the *First Era* of
the world, is the cornerstone of their society. They are fascinated by the
mysticism that include her as the first female vampire, in charge their race
there is *Liliana The
First*, *The Lady of
the Vampires* from
which even their Capital is named: *Lilian*.
Regardless of the flow of time, someone like Liliana has always been and will
be in charge of the vampire forces.

Lilian, the capital, is a jewel of the past that came back to life and
that cuddle all its inhabitants with elegant avenues and Victorian squares that
glow in the dark, cloaked by the violet light of the street lamps. The *Keel*, a perennial mass of dark and stormy clouds,
covers the skies of their region as a protective mother with their puppies,
cradling vampires and filling every foreigner’s  heart with awe and
anxiety.

They became skilled in the manufacture of weapons with blades made using
obsidian, a volcanic glass they find at the edge of their territory and that,
treated with radiations, they make very hard and durable. The same material is
also used for building restores in their cities. Firearms and all they need,
which cannot be found within their borders, are purchased through secret trades
with*Salks* and smuggling.

They prefer warm clothing that can protect from the wind like biker leathers,
coats, furs and leather jackets. Perfectly identified with the vampires of
fantasy stories, they prefer theatrically dark colors and gothic lines. In
their voyages far from the darkness of their lands, they always come with
sunglasses having black lenses, that provide shelter from the discomforts of
excessively bright light and they hide the very black eyes so they can interact
with other races under the guise of Humans.

Vampires are used to exchange a greeting that is hoping for the best
only for the members of their own race, while it has a sinister and gloomy
meaning if it’s aimed at anyone ‘May the *Keel* always overhang you’, needless to say,
this make every vampire amused and proud.

**OTHER RACES:**

- Damas

- Graunt

- Humans

- Salk

- Tamiara