Vampire

Vampires are a species that inhabits the world of Nelere.

## Biology and Characteristics

Vampires are a humanoid species that have a diet consisting exclusively of blood. Their general appearance consist of pointed ears, slit eyes, and sharp canines. They are built and specialized in magic, as magic takes up their very core.

Vampires are made from flesh, bone and a special magical smoke that allows them to move and reproduce. Vampires do have a heart that replenishes the smoke and what keeps them alive. However, the heart needs blood to function, and as vampires do not have blood of their own they have to seek out creatures and drain them entirely of blood. Humanoid species are the best for gaining blood, but vampires can drink from anything. They just need enough to fuel the heart which is around the amount of blood a normal human has. The blood lasts them around a month before they need to drink again. If you cut a vampire instead of blood, smoke could come out of the wound. Vampires also have heightened senses, and they lose control at the sent of blood.

Because they have no blood, their skin tones tend to be desaturated and grayish, they are naturally very cold (similarly to a corpse) because of this, but don't be fooled, as vampires are not undead creatures. Vampires have long and sharp canine teeth that allow them to draw and suck blood from their prey effectively, their fangs can also eject venom into their pray that can make the pray a vampire as well but that's more a thing vampires in advanced blood magic can do. Vampires can also grow their claws really quickly for combat and retract them when unneeded.

When a vampire turns to 1000 years of age they can access their bat form and transform from normal to a bat at will, which is helpful for hunting smaller pray and finding shelter. It also makes for quick transport. All vampires babies look somewhat bat-like at birth but those features tend to slowly fade out of their normal forms.

Vampires are nocturnal and hunt at night, because direct daylight will burn them alive to ashes as their skin is highly vulnerable to the suns light, because they need to hunt during the night only they have perfect night vision. This has earned them the nickname of "creatures of the night". However they can bypass burning in daylight by turning into bats, but that would only last for 8 hours.

They also do not cast a shadow or appear in mirrors, this was magically developed for stealth in their kills, but they can see their reflection in water. They cannot enter houses uninvited, so vampires have to be more charismatic in their hunting.

Vampires are weak to iron, sunlight, a wooden stake to the heart, and they are allergic to garlic though it's not deadly it can still make them heavily ill. Vampires also usually sleep on the ceiling, but some sleep in coffin-like beds to keep out the sun during the day.

## Known Vampires

* Akulan
* Atonia
* Cherri
* Dawn
* Dynami
* Hiavana
* Imagus
* Phobos
* Plasma
* Revera
* Spinner
* Umbra
* Wisp

## Trivia

### Conceptualization and origin

* Vampires are based off of the vampires of popular folklore!

### Curiosities

* Red is the most common eye color for vampires.