Vampires

**Vampires** are Demon-Undead Dual Type Species. They are demons possessing corpses. They inhabit the Realms of Terror and have taken over Gothjago.

## Overview

**Vampires** are a type of Demon that possesses and enhances Sentient corpses before partially reviving them. The bodies they take over will not decay over time and will last forever, their bodily functions still work as they have a heartbeat and are capable of breeding. They can allow the bodies to look older and through a healthy diet of blood can look younger. They have a functioning brain capable of assimilating memories and skills of the person the demons take over. They are Hemophagic and require frequent consumption of blood to maintain their bodies, They can eat normal food but lack a taste for it and are unable to function without blood. Some of them are known to eat hearts and livers though. They're nocturnal and prefer to sleep in caves, coffins or basements during the day. While sleeping, they grow stiff and catatonic. Some of them keep their eyes open because they lack an urge to close them. However, they are extremely aware of what's happening around them. They need very little sleep, and many prefer to rest and mate during daylight hours. Their physical forms are extremely difficult to destroy, the only way to destroy their physical forms is to behead them and stab them through the heart at the same time. This will cause the bodies to turn to dust. However, the demon cannot be destroyed and will go dormant.

## Appearance

They resemble human beings but their skin is usually reddish in tone. A common misconception is that Vampires have fangs, this is not true. Vampires have long barbed tongues for slurping blood from corpses and living victims.

## Reproduction

### Creation

The Vampires are a type of demon that formed in the Realm of Gothjago as a parasite towards the sentient races that became invasive to the realm following its creation. They require sentient bodies to be active so they find recently deceased bodies and possess them. Vampires cannot possess corpses until their souls have passed on to the Departed Realm, Hell, Underworld or Cursed Realm. Over forty days they enhance the body, the process can be identified by a lack of Rigor Mortis in the hours after death. Vampires are known to possess bodies of people bitten by other vampires, people killed by other vampires through Shrieks or Toxic Breath, Witches, Women who died in child birth, Werewolves, Suicides, or Vampire's sentient subjugates.

### Reproduction

They're known to be sexually active to experience humanoid pleasures. They're known to breed with sentients and other Vampires.

* Half-Vampires, called Dhampir in some cultures, will inherit similar abilities such as shapeshifting, enhanced senses and healing, semi-Immortality, and the ability to detect vampires while they're invisible. If they are destroyed they will pass over to one of the afterlife realms rather than going dormant as Demons.
* Full-Vampires have all the powers of regular vampires. However, they're more powerful and have sentient souls rather than demon souls. If they are destroyed they will pass over to one of the afterlife realms rather than going dormant as Demons.

## Powers

Vampires powers grow stronger over time, some have other powers such as telepathy, telekinesis and Full and Half-Vampires can inherit Elemental Powers.

**Strength:** They're inhumanly strong as they can rip carbon-based life forms apart limb from limb. They prefer to rip bodies apart for blood.

**Stamina:** They're capable of staying active for long periods of time and have enhanced speed. They don't tire easily, However, they will weaken if they don't feed on blood.

**Senses:** They have eyesight, hearing, smell, touch and taste is ten times stronger than Surface-Folk. When dehydrated it will diminish though.

**Hypnosis:** They have enhance hypnotic abilities. They can mesmerize others with a stare which makes most people easy to hypnotize.

**Healing:** They have enhanced healing which will allow them to reattach limbs, replace organs, regrow skin, hair and teeth.

**Invisibility:** They can turn invisible but can still be seen by other Vampires and Half-Vampires through a mirror.

**Animal Control:** They can control animals with telepathic abilities, they can also spread diseases by manipulating microscopic organisms.

**Shrieks and Breath:** They can kill other lifeforms with high shrieks and toxic breath.

**Shapeshifting:** They can transform into animals, over years they will learn more shapeshifting abilities. Their most common forms are Cats and Bats. They are capable of fusing forms.

**Blood Sharing:** They have the ability to form telepathic bonds with sentients by forcing them to drink their blood.

## Weaknesses

**Silver:** Silver will injure Vampires and injuries made by silver weapons will take longer to heal. Vampires have no reflection in silver.

**Garlic:** Vampires hate the smell of garlic and will stay away from it at all costs. They can smell it in the bodies of other lifeforms and will avoid sucking blood if bodies contain large amounts of it. If they ingest it, they will fall into a catatonic state.

**Wooden Stakes:** Vampires stay away from Wooden Stakes and will fall into a catatonic state if they are impaled with one. Like silver, if they are beheaded while they're heart is pierced, they will turn to dust.

**Sunlight:** They dislike sunlight and will stay out of it at all costs. Although they are immune to skin-cancer and sunburn, it is extremely aggravating to their skin and eyes. They prefer to sleep during the days due to ultraviolet radiation.

## Known Vampires

* Dracula
* Marya Zaleska
* Alucard (Half Human)
* Verona
* Aleera
* Marishka
* Lucy Westenra
* Mircalla