Vampires

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Vampyr are a divergent evolution of man. They evolved around the same time as humans for a common ancestor. Vampyr were cave dwellers that lived underground. They rarely came out except at night.

Vampyr started off as cannabilistic, feeding of blood and meat from animals and each other. They mostly fed off of each other's blood, but on rare occasions would eat a living person.

Due to their not living the underground, their bodies never developed proper protection from UV and sunlight. This causes their skin to boil and blister the longer they are exposed and eventually die.

Vampyr were very ritiualistic and dabbled in black magic to become better. Not fully realizing what they were doing, they cursed themselves to be strong and resilent, but the need to feed off of lesser beings. Feeding off each other would not surfice.

They left the underground and encounter humans, that their blood enabled them to have the nourishment they needed, and found (under specific circumstances) to be able to turn the humans into monsters like themselves. They named them Vampire, which meant "son of" in their language. Vampyr mean "Father".

Vampires need to feed because they're anemic. What this means is that their body doesn't produce iron in the blood stream. Iron is important as it carries oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body for fuel. Without it, a body could not operate.

More than that, when someone transforms into a vampire, their bones lose its marrow and becomes more solid. This has the added affect of being stronger, while at the same time, means they cannot produce new blood.

For these two reasons, is why Vampires must feed. To get new blood for their bodies to operate, and to get iron to give their body energy. Vampire blood is called Essence. Vampirism is basically a virus that attacks cells that feed off the iron and creates the Essence, which enables rapid healing and other vampire abilities.

While Vampires are technically dead (since they don't produce their own blood), Vampyrs are technically alive as they still produce blood. However, they are also anemic and must feed to get iron. But because they produce their own blood, they live longer than Vampires. But they must still feed. Since they have bone marrow, they are technically weaker than Vampires physically, but have natual mind control over Vampires.

In order to turn someone, a Vampire must drain a humans blood. Not completely though. The exact amount is very finite and often hard to determine based on body size. Generally they must drain between 70% - 80% of blood. They then force the human to drink vampire essence in order to turn them.

The reason for this, is that it bypasses their immune system. If Vampire blood is given to a human in small quantities, the immune system would fight against the foreign invader and kill it. In that time, it would act as a steroid, super chaging the body with quick healing and other vampire abilities. In a larger dose, it would be too much for the body and they would die.

If you drain a body higher than 80%, there wouldn't be enough blood to regenerate the body back to life and they would die because of too little blood for the Essence to feed off of, and they would die from severe blood loss.

Now you might think, a human can turn themselves into a vampire, they draid their body 70% of blood and then drink vampire blood. They would fail. This is because there is a second component to the feed. The essence is the byproduct of absorbing the iron. The second componenet that starts this process is the virus. This is spread through the saliva of the vampire.

Vampyrs don't have to work so hard to turn a human. Their bite contains their own essence and the virus and one bite can turn someone, even if a small amount is taken. Vampyrs tend to feed off of Vampires in their own house as they don't leave the protection of the Vampires. A vampire considers it a great honor to be fed off of by a Vampyr. If a Vampyr does feed off a human, they are generally drained 90% - 100%.

Daygar, which are mutant vampires are 60% human. They still produce blood and are not anemic, and have the virus that produces the Essence. They however cannot turn a human, despite the saliva and attempting to do so would kill a human because their blood is mostly human. However, Daygar can feed off of Vampires to gain their Essence.

Dhampire are mostly vampire, despite being born. They are not considered Pureblood. They are very similar to Vampyr, in that they produce blood, but they have only a small amount of iron in their blood. They still need to feed, but not as much as Vampires. They can turn Humans, but only into Vampires, not into Dhampires

Vampyr, Vampires, and Dhampire can't die from lack of blood. Their bodies just slow down and go into a coma, this is where the myth of them turning into statues originates.

Vampyrs are able to reproduce other Vampyrs, but it is rare and requires a mix of sex, feeding, and magic to accomplish. Vampire males still have sperm and can mate with human females, but female Vampires cannot have babies. Dhampires are very much the same as Vampires, except that females can still have children. Since only 1% of children born of a Vampire father become Dhampires, much is unknown about them, but it is beieved that if a male & female Dhampire mate, it would create a Vampyr.

Daygar are unable to mate and once they become Daygar, both males and females are sterile.