Vampire

**Vampires** are a ancient species of powerful monsters designed by Eve herself that roam the Earth.

## Overview

### Creation

There are three known categories of vampires; 1. the naturals - people born with the vampire gene which is the most rare, 2. those turned by a pre-existing vampire, and 3. those turned through dark magic by a witch.

#### Birthed

Dracula is the first vampire in existence birthed by the monster goddess Eve countless years ago.

Though it was originally thought to be impossible, some vampires have procreated thereby passing down the vampiric gene unto hybrid offspring. This includes Alucard. Human-Vampire hybrids are referred to as Dhampir's and can reproduce with other species including demons.

The only known pureblood vampire child birthed to two turned vampire parents is; Declan Taranto - though it required extreme magical means.

* The ritual requires the two parental parties to gather in the woods at an exact angle from the moon with a stone mortar/pestle filled with the blood of a virgin human female of mature age and the blood of a "non-innocent" human male. A powerful witch must tap into dark magic and cast an "ugly" spell; "In Unum Edito, Dominus Sae Domina. Cuplas Sino Liberos". A torrent of fire erupts from the mortar before retreating back down. The two vampires must drink the blood elixir and have a 24hr hour window to copulate.

##### Hybrids

As of present information, there is around nine Vampiric hybrids in existence with varying parental sirings indicating that Vampires while, on a general, incapable of procreation with another of their kind is indeed capable of befalling pregnant or impregnating that of another species which include human, psychic, demon and even angels, if one is posessing a human, can impregnate a Dhampir.

Human-Vampire hybrids are referred to as "Dhampirs" and are quite powerful, more so than regular vampires. Their true face appears non-existant but instead feature black veins all over their body and a pale appearance, cold to the touch, with fanged teeth. The most notable is; Alucard.

The most powerful vampiric hybrids are likely Christopher (before his death - Demon/Vampire/Human), Declan Taranto (born 100% vampire with two vampiric parents), Lucas Jones (before his death - Angel/Vampire/Human) and Lorenzo Gilcrest (cursed Vampire/Werewolf - born human). Like vampires, whenever a vampiric hybrid is overwhelmed by powerful feelings which include; extreme hunger, fear, anger, lust, or etc, they reveal a "true face" - a sort of supernatural visage identifying them. However, due to their duo+ nature their faces can vary depending on their mix of species but generally their faces will become pale, and blood rushes into the veins surrounding their eyes, darkening them tremendously. Their canine teeth will lengthen into fangs, giving them a more predatory look to scare off or threaten their prey and to aid them in feeding on humans and animals. For some, the sclera of their eyes also turn blood-red or another colour while for others it remains pearly white.

Lucien Graymark as part psychic also lacks this true form and curiously lacks the standard Vampire-human form as well. Instead, possessing an extra matte black ring around his eyes with his irises turning a flat dark yellow and his pupils/sclera remaining the same.

At times, a being turned into a Vampire may become a hybrid of whatever species they were in life just combined with all the standard vampiric traits. A notable example is; Parker Lockwood who was a mutant witch before turning and Tyler Finn who was a shapeshifting dragon.

#### Turned

The most common way of a human being transitioned into a vampire is for them to be drained of blood and replacing some of it with a preexisting vampire's own blood. The chosen then slumbers with no heart rate for any time between a few hours or a few days where upon awakening need to drink human blood. According to some accounts, it is regarded as a profoundly intimate act for both participants, highly sensual and described as deeper than sex. The act of turning someone can give immediate clear mindedness or soberness.

If the vampire does not complete the full conversion ritual then the human will awaken without being turned but are left with some side effects. For instance, after Alucard tried to turn Dean, the Winchester experienced sweating, exhaustion, and a persistent erection (which caused priapism).

#### Cursed

Magic can be used to substitute other means of turning a human into a vampire through a dangerous dark magic ritual that few witches are capable of performing. The vampires from this curse are seen as more powerful than an ordinary vampire with their strength augmented through witchcraft and one variant utilised the venom of werewolves.

The most well known cursed vampire is Archibald Browning and Lorenzo Gilcrest - though he is also part eclipse wolf.

### Physiology

Blood is the main component of a vampire's diet, be it human, animal or monster blood. However, the blood cannot come from a dead being as the victim must be alive at the time of consumption otherwise it is poisonous and it's nourishing qualities are reversed - weakening them while emitting a burning sensation. If a vampire fails to regularly drink blood, their body will become severely weakened, and will ultimately desiccate into mummification until they are able to get blood into their system. Although, if the vampire is old and therefore powerful they can go longer without blood compared to younger vampires with newbie vampires possessing the greatest appetite.

Blood (especially human blood) does not only satisfy a vampire's thirst, but it also heightens their supernatural abilities, making them stronger, faster, and able to heal much more quickly than they would after not eating for a significant period of time. The longer a vampire abstains from blood, the more likely the vampire will become feral until they are eventually unable to resist feeding on whomever they come upon. It has been demonstrated that vampire blood, just as with human and animal blood, can be used to revive a vampire who has been desiccated (even if they ordinarily do not partake in the consumption of vampire blood), and it can also help a badly injured vampire heal more quickly if human or animal blood is not available though a Vampire cannot survive on it solely and it cannot be used to complete a vampire's transition. Human blood is most compatible with a vampire's dietary needs, and because of this, the majority of vampires rely on it as their sole food source.

Due to their acute senses, a vampire can detect whether or not a human has recently consumed alcohol or drugs, because their blood tastes unclean and can leave a vampire with a chemical aftertaste. Tequila can make human blood taste "spicy" to vampires.

They are magically preserved in the physical state that they were in when they died, therefore making a vampire's body a freshly dead corpse, though it is reanimated and protected from decay with dark magic. Vampire's bodies remain in the exact same state as they were just prior to their deaths as humans (aside from the injuries or effects of most illnesses that caused their death) from an anatomical standpoint, except when it comes to their supernaturally-enhanced abilities and the addition of the vampire's true face.

The bite of a vampire is so powerful that it can sever the limbs of both animals and humans, as vampires are known for having extremely sharp and strong teeth. After the initial sting of a vampire bite, the vampire saliva, which acts as a muscle relaxant and a euphoric, will dull the pain and may even make the experience pleasurable for the victim.

A vampire has human-like physiology, and their bodies continue to function normally as long as they have a steady diet of human blood; for example, their heart still beats to pump the blood they've consumed through their system to maintain their vitality. Because of this, vampires can eat human food, though it doesn't sustain their life or provide any nutrition like blood does, and their digestive system will continue to process it and produce wastes just as a healthy human does. Because of this, Vampires can even be fertile though not all are with it being a rare occasion when a vampire male is able to reproduce and it is said to be easier with a human. Vampires in general cannot procreate with another vampire as the semen does not fertilise the eggs in a vampire woman's womb. However, with magic this limit may be overcome though it is extremely difficult requiring a complicated ritual and has a one in a million odds of success let alone the child surviving the pregnancy. The only "pure-blood" vampire created this way is Declan Taranto whose strength was stated to rival Dracula's.

When a vampire dies, they will commonly combust into dust and flow away with the wind thus leaving no physical body behind. However, hybrid creatures may leave a corpse and the ALpha Vampire sub-dermally glowed before exploding.

### Nature

Vampires have the capacity to be extremely feral, predatory creatures, and can be more beast-like and savage than their human appearance suggests. They growl, hiss, snarl, and curl their lips back when provoked, baring their fangs as a sign of aggression when faced by a threat. Despite their nature, vampires are also capable of human emotions, such as compassion, love, and self-control. However, it's in a vampire's nature to be violent, and no matter what their morality or kindness, they will almost always resort to such acts if it's necessary for their survival.

Whenever a vampire is overwhelmed by powerful feelings (such as extreme hunger, fear, anger, lust, etc.) their faces become pale, and blood rushes into the veins surrounding their eyes, darkening them tremendously. Their canine teeth will lengthen into fangs, giving them a more predatory look to scare off or threaten their prey and to aid them in feeding on humans and animals. The sclera of their eyes also turn blood-red. However, there are exceptions such as in the case of the Alpha Vampire; his irises shine a dull yellow, sclera turns black, but retains the veins. Human-Vampire hybrids lack such forms but rather have black poison veins appear over their body with their skin turning pale and cold. Lucien Graymark as part psychic also lacks this true form and curiously lacks the standard Vampire-human form as well. Instead, possessing an extra matte black ring around his eyes with his irises turning a flat dark yellow and his pupils/sclera remaining the same. Vampires created through witch magic will bear resemblance to normal vampires with their irises turning blood-red as dark veins appear under their eyes as blood is pumped forcefully through them; in addition, the red veins under their eyes go down further on their face.

### Human Awareness of Vampires/Human attitude to Humans

Vampires generally coexist with humans due to their shared origins and appearances. Humans are mostly oblivious to the existence of vampires, which makes it easier for vampires to co-mingle with their human cohorts without detection or exposure. Most of the few people who do know about vampires have either been killed to ensure their silence.

Attitudes of vampires towards humans vary from individual to individual. Some see humans as simply food, servants, and/or entertainment, while others feel compassion for humans, remembering their lives before becoming vampires and not wanting to cause any more harm to them than necessary, and even regarding certain humans as close friends, lovers, or family. In general, vampires are known to see humans as less compared to themselves and ultimately regard their lives as being essentially insignificant, as humans are mortal whereas vampires live forever.

Only a handful of humans are aware of the existence of literal vampires. In history, there were periods of time where vampires were not so secret, but as of the 21st century, the majority of humans regard vampires as superstition, fiction, and myth, which is how most vampires prefer it to be, as it makes it easier for them to move through the world without detection. However, groups of humans largely families have passed down knowledge of vampires and weapons to combat them as well as a mission to hunt them down. One such notable organisation of hunters is the men of letters.

### Cure

Vampirism is rarely curable, with the only known cure being a potion recorded in a journal by an ancestor of the Campbell Family of hunters. The ritual calls for the blood of the new vampire's sire, and will not work if the subject has fed on human blood thus completing transition. Other known ingredients include garlic and sage. The reversion is painful including seizures, fainting, and possible bleeding from the nose, but no secondary effects are retained.

### Powers

* **Superhuman Strength:** Vampires possess significantly increased levels of physical strength compared to that of normal humans which grows the older and more powerful they get with the Alpha Vampire's strength being superior to even angels taking numerous demons to restrain him while weakened.
* **Superhuman Speed:** Vampires can move at extraordinary levels of speed in short bursts, leaving trace images of their movement that are hard to read with the human eye. This speed can reach a point where it is so high that it is nearly indistinguishable from teleportation. Younger to middle aged vampires tend to appear as a vibrating blur in motion.
* **Super Agility:** They have superhuman agility as they can move, jump very high, climb, and run incredibly fast without difficulty or exhaustion.
* **Siring:** All Vampires are capable of converting a human and a few other species which surprisingly includes a dragon human into a vampire. They do this by draining their body of blood and feeding the person some of their own blood. The chosen then slumbers with no heart rate for any time between a few hours or a few days where upon awakening need to drink human blood.
	+ **Sire Bond:** Although rare among them, some of vampire kind can form sire bonds with their progeny gaining other abilities usually related to unbreakable loyalty/control.
* **Super Senses:** Vampires have extremely keen senses of hearing, sight, smell, and taste that far exceed those of humans and werewolves as well as other monsters. They can hear whispered conversations, even ones in far of buildings and on phones, though most vampires typically learn how to tune out most ambient noises when it's not necessary to hear them. John Winchester once warned Sam and Dean that, "Once a vampire has your scent, it's for life." Vampires can also smell blood from several meters away, and see in total darkness.
* **Super Durability:** Vampires can take a great amount of physical damage without being slowed down. Even vampires who have been shot with wooden bullets, which have a weakening effect on vampires, have been seen to continue fighting so long as they were not shot in the heart or the head.
* **Healing Factor:** Vampires recover tissue from any form of physical damage to their bodies within seconds to minutes, though they still feel the pain of a wound before it heals. Vampires cannot grow back body parts, though they can reattach the severed limb with some effort.
* **Immortality:** They possess an eternal lifespan being unging and incapable of dying a mortal death.
* **Fangs:** Vampires possess a set of retractable fangs that are superhumanly strong and can rip open a human's neck and leave huge bite marks on the corpse of the victim it has fed on.
* **Super Stamina:** Despite their hunger, vampires don't tire easily. Dean, who was at that time a new vampire who had yet to complete the transition, took on an entire nest of over twenty other vampires, in a fight to the death, and emerged almost unfazed.
* **Stealth:** Most vampires are inhumanly stealthy being able to sneak up upon victims with them not even making a sound.

#### The "Old Powers"

Vampires of a certain age or power level may possess additional abilities that newer and more common vampires are incapable of.

This includes; creating fog, haze, and mist from nothing, and then return the weather to normal later, talk to and control animals including birds, mind control humans and other lesser supernaturals which includes erasing or altering memories as well as dream walking.

Dracula as the first vampire and the only one sired by Eve holds great power with unique abilities normal vampires are incapable of producing. This includes a further degree of invulnerability, a more powerful connection to Eve, some psychic skills, and a sire-bond.

Some vampires may even be capable of independent flight thereby defying gravity. Some vampires even if they are comparatively young also possess unique sense of self-control.

### Weaknesses

1. Higher Beings - Mid-high tier demons can kill them as well as angels, leviathans, nephilim, cambions, primordial or cosmic entities, and etc.
2. Sunlight (for most)
3. Silver - Weapons made of silver can harm Vampires with them taking longer to heal. Mirrors with a backing made of silver prevent a Vampire's reflection from being seen.
4. Animal Blood - Animal blood, while somewhat satisfying a vampire's hunger and sustaining their undead life, will make the vampire considerably weaker than they would be if they had drank human blood, causing their physical abilities to be inferior to a human-blood-consuming vampire, making them heal much more slowly.
5. Broken Neck - Breaking a vampire's neck will not kill them, but it will render in a death-like state for varying amounts of time, depending on the diet and age of the person in question.
6. Vampire Cure
7. Decapitation - Dismembering or manually removing the head of a vampire will result in an instant and permanent death.
8. Fire - Vampires are highly flammable and sensitive to fire, and will quickly burn and die from it if the flames are not extinguished in time.
9. Heart Removal - Extracting the heart from a vampire's body will result in instant death
10. Cannot enter private property owned by the living unless strictly invited in by a member of the house.
11. Witchcraft
12. Sunlight - UV rays will burn a vampire and through prolonged contact result in death with them combusting into flames. However, this weakness can be overlooked through magical means, drinking angel or fairy blood, or by being a hybrid.
13. Dead Man's blood
14. Werewolf venom - The venom from a werewolf or werewolf hybrid is extremely lethal to vampires. It acts as an poison of sorts that will enter the bloodstream and deliver the toxin throughout the body, producing discomfort and weakness, developing uncontrollable hunger that progresses to delusions, hallucinations, rabid rage, and dementia, culminating in death.
15. Wood - If a vampire is stabbed through the heart with a wooden stake will result in death whereupon they combust into flames for unknown reasons.
16. The Colt - the Alpha Vampire was killed with the colt with his death being similar to a Demon.

## Trivia

* Vampires can become ghosts or spirits within the veil. They are also "banned" from heaven with their souls going to Hell upon death, however, there may be some exceptions.
* Many vampires over the course of their long life study magic in numerous forms becoming proficient spell casters.
* Vampires are incapable of drinking the blood of demons or even humans with demonic genes as the infernal energy burns their throat upon contact. Curiously, they are capable of drinking angel blood with it having the effect of granting them the power to walk in the daylight.
* It's often insinuated that most vampires have some enhanced sex appeal or ability largely due to decades if not centuries of practice. Dean once stated that a "taste of awesome vampire sex" would make one instantly fall obsessed with them.
* Curiously, the term Vampires also serve as a disambiguation for anyone who has the powers of a Vampire and the curse that comes with it as Lorenzo Gilcrest, was turned using the orginal version of the Augmented Vampire Curse that invoked a number of pagan deities to bless and curse his body while also beseeching a demon, is referred to as a Vampire and appears to have all the standard abilities seeing as he was capable of passing on the Vampire curse to others in the same way turned vampires can.