Vampirism

Template:Info afflictions Vampirism, also known as the Sanguine Curse, is a Void-spawned blood-curse that has plagued Aloria for hundreds of years. Often seen as a disease and hated by most of Aloria's people, this affliction causes the infected to undergo both physical and mental transformations. Vampirism can be cured by an aggressive and somewhat lengthy process, though many Vampires desperately attempt to avoid being cured, or even seek re-infection. This is caused both by the curse itself changing the thoughts of the infected, but also by the fact that most authorities across Aloria are excessively cruel to Vampires. In the Regalian Empire, being a Vampire is seen as being something unholy—akin to being a Demon. Such creatures are either killed on sight by Vampire hunters or dragged away screaming to imprisonment and isolation. Frequent Vampire executions are held by the faithful, causing most Vampires across the world to live hiding in dark alleys, caves, and sewer tunnels. Indeed, Vampires are considered leeches on society as they feed themselves on the blood of the unwilling and powerless, empowered by darkness and Void Energies. Whole religions have been founded on the idea that Vampirism is the next step in Human advancement (despite the curse also striking non-Humans), and some contract the disease willingly for the powers it grants. Globally, Vampirism is on the rise since the last Great Vampire Wars. Global conflict with the Void Invasion, Imperial wars, and more recently, the Bone Horror Crisis, have all weakened local authorities to the point of breaking. Vampires often follow in the wake of a weary population, feeding and making use of what they can. Vampirism has grown so prolific that among the Regalian Emperor’s close court, some nobles have fallen to the sway of Vampirism, secretly plotting the destruction of the Empire from within. Even far in the north, a Vampire Principality exists in Ellador, the state of Dorkarth entirely inhabited by Vampires and their feeding cattle, seeking to overthrow neighboring Kingdoms.

History of Vampirism

The history of Vampirism is shrouded in mystery, not in the least because most authorities across the world attempt to eradicate any mention of Vampirism in their historical narratives. Historians who research Vampirism certainly exist, but are quickly imprisoned and have their materials burned for being deemed a threat to the state, especially in Regalia, where anything to do with Vampirism or the consumption of blood is taboo. Still, some hidden libraries in Vampire dens, secret categories in Qadir libraries, or the great records of the Dorkarth Princes contain information about the historical events surrounding Vampirism. Many of these sources will easily date the source of Vampirism to around 20 AC, particularly in and around the Kingdom of Hedryll, on the south and western coastlines of the Elladorian continent. The Kingdom of Hedryll enjoyed relative prosperity as opposed to the poverty in the neighboring states. The Dwarven Kingdoms were embroiled in a violent aftermath struggle with the Elves and had the Dakkar looming on the horizon, the western Kingdoms were all but in ruin after the Void Invasion, and the southern states, including the fledgeling Regalian Empire, were all small and internally unstable. Certainly, it could be said that the Kingdom of Hedryll was at the time the dominant Ailor State in existence, it spanned lands miles upon miles apart, and raiding brought in many riches in a post-Elven Empire world where most nations were rebuilding and not focusing on their military like Hedryll had.

The first historical evidence of Vampires is mostly just recorded in the Dorkarth archives, which claim that Vampirism was a blessing given to a group of people who wished to serve the Archdemon (who had incidentally just been defeated). Later scholars have theorized that the Archdemon was indeed responsible for creating Vampirism, but it was not an actual blessing but a curse on Ailorkind, a curse meant to keep the race weak for his inevitable resurrection. These early Vampires were supposedly feral and vile, attacking any and all in sight and infecting the northwestern Hedryll population at a fast pace. Because of the military outward expansion of Hedryll, the local nobles and leaders did not take note of the events until it was already too late. Hedryll villages would more often go completely silent for a while due to a harsh winter or struggle with the local wildlife or other races, but by the time the King sent an investigation as to why the entire province of Dorlan went silent, even the investigator did not return. Fearing another Void Invasion, the King mounted an army and marched north, only to find a rabid population of this province attacking the soldiers. Vampirism rapidly spread as the Kingdom of Hedryll, despite its wealth, was unable to mount a quick counter-response to the plague. For several months, the plague was allowed to spread southwards, though some of the Vampiric hordes simply froze to death in the tundras because of the cold climate. It is said in hindsight, that if Ellador had not frozen over the way it had, that Vampires could have completely overran not only the Hedryll Kingdom, but also the Isldar and the Dwarves in turn. Some have thus speculated that the Isldar Dragon froze this continent intentionally, knowing what would happen 70 years later.

By the time the Hedryll Kingdom was reduced to a small province footnote, the Ailor were finally able to hold off the advance. Reinforcements from the Skaggers in the Regalian Archipelago paid off, giving much needed new warriors who were able to match the feral Vampires in ferocity. Sadly for the Hedryll Kingdom and the Skaggers and indeed the whole Velheim people, these much-needed warriors moving from the Regalian Archipelago to Hedryll meant that Regalia was free to invade the Skagger homelands, which they indeed did. The Skaggers were however invaluable to the Hedryll Kingdom in securing the borders, and allowing a period of peace to descend on the nation as the problem seemed to ebb away. In truth, and according to the Dorkarth archives, the Vampirism plague started changing. The feral Vampires fed off animals almost exclusively, biting Ailor and Nelfin alike, but not truly drinking from them. Overhunting by the feral Vampires in the west of the country eventually led to a shortage of small critters like owls and rabbits that Vampires could catch, forcing what little Vampires continued to exist to feed off the Ailor who remained on the wrong side of Hedryll’s fortifications. This also drastically reduced the rate of infection, as Vampires more often drank the Ailor dry, rather than letting them live and turn into a Vampire themselves. Drinking purely Ailor blood, restored the cognitive capacity of the Vampires, and once again they turned more Human-like. They regained language and skills with tools and eventually started developing sophisticated tactics and structures of their own. This was where the first hierarchies among Vampires formed in around 30 AC.

By 40 AC, the Vampires had unofficially organized among so-called Desprinces, Princely Vampires who were often the oldest and most intelligent of Vampires. As time passed, those with Vampirism experienced blood mutations, the Vampirism in their blood causing their body to change and new abilities to develop. While they were unable to overcome their prime weakness, the Hallowed Lanterns, the Vampires eventually started organizing into proper armies under generals, something that severely complicated the defence tactics used by the Velheimers in Hedryll. By 50 AC, most of the Ailor population had bled dry in the east, and a Vampire army under Desprince Torvald Kurvil managed to breach the Hedryll walls, particularly because Skagger reinforcements had retreated to the Regalian Archipelago to defend their homeland in the Skagger Wars. The sudden flood of Vampires into the Hedryll south coast caused the Kingdom many losses, and they were forced to retreat eastward back to their capital. The capital remained safe, but the period between 55 and 70 AC was a time when the entire coastline of Ellador was lost to the Vampire plague. Finally in 70 AC, a turning point came in the form of the Regalian Empire, which had finally established itself properly as the dominant Archipelago state, sending reinforcements of her own. While the Skaggers were no longer a global force of reckoning, Regalian commanded hordes upon hordes of fresh Levy troops with Regalia’s industrial capacity for weapon and armor production behind them. This heralded a period that is called The Great Vampire Wars or Unspoken Wars among the scholars, notably because any trace of them ever having taken place has been erased from history by successive Emperors who wished to eradicate any knowledge of Vampires in the world.

These wars, according to Qadir sources, lasted until 87 AC, when the Regalian and Hedryll forces were finally able to push back the Vampires and isolate them in the original province the plague started. The severe population decline in Hedryll was something the small Kingdom never recovered from, and even though Regalian troops eventually turned away, the Vampire issue in Ellador remained minute even to modern times. This was largely because the more worldly of Desprinces among the Vampires concluded that Ellador was weak and poor in blood substance, and that elsewhere in the world opportunities could be found in richer lands with softer targets. For the next 200 years or so, Vampire fortunes rose and fell over the decades as attempts were made to establish local communities which were quickly snuffed out, especially by the Regalian Empire’s efforts to cleanse the world of what it considered unholy heresy. Vampires eventually started infiltrating the Empire itself, redoubling their efforts on targeting their biggest enemy of all. In present times, most layers of the Empire have been infiltrated by Vampires and Vampire sympathizers, waiting for their time to strike at Regalia’s own weakness and isolation, waiting for a time when they can establish a global Vampire Empire of their own as blessed by the Archdemon.

Vampirism Infection

Some Ancient Vampires become so heavily influenced by their infection that they become a mere shadow of their former selves.

Vampirism Infection happens in a variety of ways (explained on each Bloodline), though commonly occurs from Vampire bites. Vampire bites from any kind of Vampire are infectious (unless they have specifically mutated with the ability to choose not to infect, or have that trait from the Bloodline), and have an infection rate of about 25% as long as the Vampire does not kill the person. What this means is that if a Vampire bites a person, this person must perform a /dice 1 20 to roll for infection, where anything rolled below 6 (so 1 to 5) means the person is infected, unless quick action is taken to counteract the blood plague. A Vampire bite is usually initiated on the neck with the intention of drinking the blood, but a Vampire can bite anywhere, even in the leg or arm if need be, and the infection rate is the same. The infected person is aware of the infection and can feel, for the next 3 days, a burning sensation in their blood. By the second day, they will become paranoid and fearful, seeing enemies everywhere and not trusting even loved ones. By the third day, they will experience a terrible hunger and longing for sustenance, but find no satisfaction in food or drink, instantly puking it out again. By the fourth day, their skin will become hypersensitive to Hallowed Lanterns, and at this point, they have transformed into a Vampire. Other physical traits take another day to set in, but by the fourth day the transformation is complete. For more information about curing a person who has not yet fully turned to become a Vampire, consult the last bullet point on the Curing section. Below is a bullet point to explain the process in a summary.

• Day One, Infection
  • Itching at the wound site, twitchiness, fear of infection, burning sensation in veins
• Day Two, Growth
  • Shaking, cold chills, extreme paranoia, burning sensation in veins
• Day Three, Manifestation
  • A terrible hunger that no food can satisfy, vomiting food instantly, burning sensation in blood
• Day Four, Completion
  • Skin becomes damaged by Hallowed Lanterns; sharpened canines grow, and the Vampire can start drinking and infecting others
• Day Five, Finalization
  • Physical characteristics manifest, abilities and traits are now available

It is very important for Vampires to feed after having been turned; though just after turning, it is not unusual for newly formed Vampires to have some sort of revulsion to feeding on humanoids. Despite this the urge to feed is always present, and if no humanoids can be found, the individual usually resorts to feeding on animals, like cats, birds, and dogs. Doing this, however, turns the person into a Feral Vampire, a process that is very quick (after 2 or 3 feedings) and is reversed at a much slower pace (two weeks of humanoid feeding). Without this initial feeding quickly after turning, a Vampire might go into blood shock, a state where they suffer seizures and become paralyzed and thus slowly die. The longest time any Vampire has lived post turning without feeding has been five days. While the vast majority of Vampires are Ailor, due to the spread of the Blood curse, no race is inherently immune to becoming Vampires, and as such, anyone can be infected. It should however be noted that Vampire abilities tend to block certain race abilities. For reference on what happens per race, consult the table below.

Race	Effect on Racial Abilities
Ailor	Will of Faith no longer works, except if the Character was a Void Worshiper. Additionally. Sanktist and Rettist abilities no longer work.
Sihai	No changes, Sihai are still able to shift between Forms.
Dwarf	No changes.
Qadir	Qadir become unable to use White Cores for their Clockwork, but can still use their Spirit Force.
Songaskia	Songaskians become unable to use World Flow powers, but can still Elder and Ancient Shift.
Altalar	Altalar become unable to use their Rings of Power, though Vallea Body Stat is kept, Tal'Sieth Altalar Martial Skill is kept, and the ring of Ammu-loa remains usable at all times.
Avanthar	Avanthar become unable to use any of their Casts.
Cielothar	Cielothar become unable to use Cielothar Ritualism.
Sihndar	No changes.
Isldar	Isl Zeal defaults to Disloyal Zeal regardless of which Dragon is followed (or not followed). Furthermore, the Isldar can no longer see the Soul Rivers, or use any of Frisit Weave's abilities.
Kathar	No changes.
Yanar	No changes.
Maraya	No changes.
Allar	Allar no longer regenerate their lost limbs or body parts. When cured however, any potentially removed body parts start growing back.
Slizzar	No changes.
Varran	Varran are unable to interface with Living Metal. Any Living Metal near them simply slides off and dissipates.
Orc	No changes.
Url	No changes.
Various Half-Races	Half Races have no special race powers, and as such, Vampirism does not affect them in any way.

OOC Note: Because feeding is not always possible, it usually fine to assume a character has fed on an NPC citizen for day to day rp. This is purely for practicality sake because there aren’t enough players around to constantly feed every Vampire, and because not many players are willing to be fed on (even if they do not have a choice, since it is not covered by maim or kill perms). The only exception to this is Vampires who are imprisoned (who should roleplay out being deprived of blood) and Vampires who have certain Vampiric Mutations which rely specifically on feeding at a specific time, or to trigger a specific ability. In such cases, the feeding must always be done IC and cannot be time skipped (save for situations where the curers are not providing consistent roleplay) or assumed from an NPC. If you suspect a player has not fed off a person but is using a feeding based ability anyway, report them to Lore Staff for God-Rp. Everyone should always keep in mind however that being fed on, or being turned into a Vampire, is not a permission based thing, and should always be roleplayed out for character development sake.

Mental Characteristics of Vampirism

• Constant hunger for blood, desire to feed on non-Vampires, a constant sense of disgust for anything that is not a Vampire as feeding cattle.
• No respect or value for anything holy, any authority, or any person, unless they are part of the Coven. Essentially anything non-Vampire is inferior.
• Love and friendship changes from something unconditional and protective into something more possessive and objective. A Vampire can still love a non-Vampire, but their love takes a different tone of a jealous, "You are my property" attitude. Similarly, in friendships, Vampires become exclusively taking as opposed to giving or taking. A Vampire might still go drinking with their friends, but insist that one of their friends pay for them, as that is the price of friendship with them. They might also attempt to convert their friends and family into being Vampires so that they might enjoy the gift with them.
• Obsession with hedonism, and the ambition to live life the way they want it without any regard for other people, their emotions, or their well being. Vampires hold no respect for monogamy, religion, family, state or culture, instead developing their own Vampiric society of Desprinces, Covens and their feeding cattle and victims.
• Vampires after infection develop a pack mentality, and sometimes even incorporate animistic behaviors while hunting—such as erratic body movements and head gestures, claw scraping, sniffing, growling and stalking.
• Vampires are fully incapable of casting any forms of magic, including parlor magic, and those who are magically inclined lose their magic upon infection.

Bloodline Mutations

Vampirism knows a number of bloodlines that divide the Vampires over certain sub-cultures. These Bloodlines all have certain origins, and are usually perpetuated by one Vampire infecting another and recruiting them into their Bloodline. A Bloodline infection is permanent, meaning if someone was infected by a von Kërle Bloodline, even if they were cured and re-infected by someone from the Zikiel Bloodline, they still become von Kërle. Every Bloodline has access to 10 Mutations, but only 4 Mutations can be chosen. Any Vampire can at any age or any time gain Mutations, and doing so does not cost Proficiency Points. Simply not adding any Mutations is allowed too, Mutations are not mandatory. If a Vampire is cured, their Mutations are lost (where applicable). If the character is re-infected, the exact same Mutations are re-activated. Some Mutations have special rules, please refer to the Special Bloodline Mutation Rules to make sure you read all the information before making any choices. If you need further help, please consult with Lore Staff.

Alais Bloodline

The Alais Bloodline are Vampires who formed out of the high society infiltrating and mingling Vampires. Their traits are mostly aimed at subversion, avoiding detection, and being able to function within high society without easily being discovered, or even remain noble themselves and thrive in the many masquerade balls and festivities.

Alais Bloodline Common Traits
Alais Vampire eyes do not appear red, and turn red during feeding only. Alais Vampire teeth do not appear normally, but extend shortly before feeding. Alais Vampire skin and eye sockets do not change while they are infected. Alais Vampires are not affected by Hallowed Lanterns, but their presence does cause notable anxiety. Alais Vampires have normal weakness to Holy Water. Alais Vampires can still drink and eat normal produce. They can also reproduce, giving birth to normal children. Alais Vampires have no reflection in mirrors, but are inversely also immune to abberrant detection mechanisms (such as Witchblood). Alais Vampires are hard capped to Body Stat 15 = Athletic Body Shape. Alais Vampires cannot infect others with their bite. Infection only occurs through drinking a cup of their blood.
Mutation Name	Power Type	Range	Description
Crimson Graces	Passive	-	For any action performed involving Rogue Skill Proficiency (such as theft, quick fingers, slight of hand), when detected or having failed a /dice roll, the Character may perform another /dice roll as a form of saving graces from failure. If this roll fails however, there cannot be another roll.
Crimson Cloaking	Mind Ability	-	Can activate a form of bodily camouflage while moving around which requires +10 Perception Proficiency to see through. Standing still turns this camouflage into perfect invisibility, but any movement will still knock the Character out of the effect, and they still produce sound and heat.
Crimson Curse	Mind Ability	Direct Touch	This can be performed one of two ways, either by a "tap" or "slap", or by constant Direct Touch. A single tap will cause the person's Proficiencies to all be reset to 0 for exactly 1 minute, after which this ability cannot affect them for another hour. Constant Direct Touch makes the Proficiencies set to 0 while the touch is maintained. After touch is broken, the effect lingers for a minute, before not affecting them again for an hour. This effect cannot stack, be reset by touching again, or having another Vampire's Crimson Curse affect them.
Crimson Silence	Passive	-	Items held (like Clockwork or weapons) and stationary items used (like doors and hatches) do not produce any sound when used by the Vampire. Furthermore, the Vampire does not produce audible footsteps on any surfaces.
Crimson Guiding	Mind Ability	Direct Touch	The Vampire can give a victim a strong urge or suggestive feeling by placing their hand on their shoulder and muttering or whispering the instruction or feeling to them. This transferal of instruction is not perceived by the victim, but others within hearing distance can see the movement and whispering or muttering, or even hear it if they are in close enough range. This instruction lapses from the memory from the victim, who is unable to explain why they feel a certain way, or have an urge to do something.
Crimson Aging	Passive	-	The Character becomes immortal and does not visually age (though damage and harm can still kill them). Age over 150 years old requires an Ancient Character Special Permission. Furthermore, from the moment immortality is gained, the Proficiency gain rate is changed. For every year aged (where a Character would normally gain 1 point per year) while this mutation is active, the Character only gains 0.25 Proficiency points per year. This does not round up or down, even if a character has 44.75 Proficiency, this is counted as 44, not 45.
Crimson Dressage	Passive	-	The Vampire is able to change the appearance of their clothing, add, or remove clothing magically and instantly, either with an aesthetic magical transformation, or simply instantly. This change can also alter the fabric, texture, color, or patterns on worn clothing. Clothing that is magically produced dissipates as soon as it leaves the body of the Vampire.
Crimson Hostage	Passive	Direct Touch	Those fed upon gain the Crimson Hostage trait, which makes them strongly inclined to prevent the Vampire from being harmed, caught or cured, for up to 72 hours after having been fed upon. This effect cannot be cured aside from time-out.
Crimson Guile	Mind Ability	Eye Contact	The Vampire appears beguiling and beautiful, entrancing even, but only while making direct eye contact. This only works for as long as the victim continues to make eye contact, but as soon as they do, it is hard for them to break away from it. While in this trance, the person who looks the Vampire in the eyes becomes unaware of what other actions the Vampire is engaging in, essentially gaining tunnel vision on the Vampire's eyes.
Crimson Reflection	Instant Ability	-	The Character can change superificial appearance aspects about themselves: Change color of their hair, change the color of their eyes (does not work while feeding), remove or add facial scars or freckles, change the skin lightness/darkness, the length of their hair including the texture (curliness, straightness, waveiness). Any Instant Ability cancel or counter resets the Vampire's appearance to normal.

Barghest Bloodline

The Barghest Bloodline hails from the border regions of Ostyria, where it is believed that the Barghest Vampires are Ailor affected by Void mutations to appear like the hunting hounds they used in the woods of the Hinterlands. The Barghest Vampires often work best in large groups, as their Mutations are specifically geared towards helping one another and themselves.

Barghest Bloodline Common Traits
Barghest Vampire eyes do not appear red, but turn red during feeding, as well as when they see or smell blood. Barghest Vampire teeth appear at all times, but are not very noticeable. Barghest Vampire skin turns more pale and eye sockets turn more reddened. Barghest Vampires are affected by Hallowed Lanterns, scorching and singing their skin. Barghest Vampires have normal weakness to Holy Water. Barghest Vampires can still drink and eat normal produce. They can also reproduce, giving birth to Vampire Broods. Barghest Vampires can change their head only into that of a Black Wolf with red eyes and sharp teeth, as well as track the smell of blood. This head counts as a Beast Transformation. Barghest Vampires are hard capped to Body Stat 25 = Ripped Body Shape. Barghest Vampires can infect others with their bite. Infection can also occur by drinking a cup of their blood.
Mutation Name	Power Type	Range	Description
Wald Obscuring	Channel Ability	30 Blocks	The Vampire can channel this ability for 5 seconds, after which they sink into a pool of black smoke and immediately re-appear in their target location. This location must be seen, and re-materializing takes 3 seconds, during which they are vulnerable. The exit location has shadow particles forming the moment they activate the channel, and the exiting procedure also produces ghostly noises.
Wald Hunting	Instant Ability	Emote Distance	The Vampire can shoot a crimson red tether to a target, which does not miss, but also does not hurt or constrain them in any way. When the tether hits, the Vampire can yank the tether once, which will cause them to be launched at the person with high speed, or whatever their location was when the yank was performed.
Wald Familiar	Instant Ability	Emote Distance	The Vampire gains a tattoo on their back of a large bat. They can summon a bat familiar from this tattoo (which will appear regardless of clothing or armor covering the tattoo). This bat is about the size of a small dog, and has a reprehensible tail, able to carry small objects, as well as harass someone else with its sharp claws and fangs. This familiar can be killed, after which it cannot be summoned for another hour.
Wald Kinship	Channel Ability	Emote Distance	The Vampire can activate a painful heartburn on themselves (which is not sufficient enough to cripple them or immobilize them, but certainly makes moving painful and combat impossible). While this effect is active, a single other Vampire of choice gains large bat-like wings with claws on the tips that can be used to scratch foes. Additionally, these wings allow the Vampire to jump twice as high, and use the wings to rapidly move over horizontal surfaces. The wings do not grant flight. The wings must be given in Emote Distance, but the target Vampire can then leave Emote Distance as long as they remain within Viewing Distance of the Vampire using the Channel. As soon as the Channel is broken, the wings disappear.
Wald Howling	Channel Ability	Emote Distance	The Vampire can sing the song of Rigor Mortis, a ghostly wail of Vampiric Lore. Those considered allies to the Vampire with Sing Emote distance (> is used to sing) gain increased endurance and toughness (their skin becomes as tough as leather armor), and take only half damage from Holy Water. This song must be kept up to keep the effect active.
Wald Glamoring	Mind Ability	Daytime Only	Vampires with this trait have a glamour version of themselves that they can activate but only while the sun is out. In this glamour form, their skin and eye sockets appear normal, the Vampire looks exceptionally beautiful/handsome to those who look upon them, and their teeth only extend during feeding. Additionally, while in glamour, the Vampire does not infect others with their Bloodline.
Wald Packthirst	Passive	Emote Distance	Vampires with this trait do not need to directly feed. Instead, while another Vampire within distance is feeding on someone, they gain proxy feeding, as if they were feeding themselves. This passive can be used perpetually to satiate the Vampire without ever needing to drink actual blood.
Wald Darkening	Passive	-	Vampires with this trait are able to have perfect night and darkness vision, able to discern people and objects even in pure and complete black darkness. Darkness illusions and Magic that would obscure vision however still affects them.
Wald Reading	Mind Ability	Emote distance	Vampires with this ability can read the emotional state of a person, as well as detect a lie by focusing their eyes on their aura. Their aura becomes visible, showing a color corresponding to their mood, and whether a statement was a lie or a truth is shown in the form of a smiling or crying mask above their head, smiling for a lie and crying for the truth. This lie detection mechanism can only be used directly after the statement has made. While this ability is used, the irises of the Vampire give off a single flash of redness before fading back to their original color.
Wald Lightseeking	Instant Ability	Emote Distance	Vampires with this ability are able to produce bright flashes in their hands (used to light up a room, or temporarily confuse a foe by obscuring their vision) and can can also absorb the light in an area the size of a room or a hallway (only works indoors), creating complete and perfect darkness there-in.

von Kërle Bloodline

Von Kërle Vampires hail from the Calemberg cities and dark-walds, the high-military high-class realms of the Regalian Empire. Here, the von Kërle adapted by having Mutations that expedited their military victory over those who would hunt them, but invariably also became weaker to Vampire hunting tools as they surrendered themselves more to the Void.

von Kërle Bloodline Common Traits
von Kërle Vampire eyes appear red at all times, but their eye whites only turn black during feeding. von Kërle Vampire teeth appear at all times, and are noticeable. von Kërle Vampire skin turns more pale and eye sockets turn more reddened. von Kërle Vampires are affected by Hallowed Lanterns, scorching and singing their skin, while also disabling any active Mutations and Transformations. von Kërle Vampires have normal weakness to Holy Water. von Kërle Vampires cannot drink or eat, these substance turn to ash in their mouths. They also cannot reproduce. von Kërle gain +5 Proficiency in whatever weapon they wield at any given time. von Kërle Vampires are hard capped to Body Stat 30 = Muscular Body Shape. von Kërle Vampires can infect others with their bite. Infection can also occur by drinking a cup of their blood.
Mutation Name	Power Type	Range	Description
Harlord Protection	Instant Ability	2 Blocks	For every wound made on the Vampire, if the Vampire hits/cuts/pierces their victim, they can “draw” the blood out to heal a wound on themselves, a wound for a wound essentially. This does however close the wound on the victim and stop their bleeding (but not heal internal damage)
Harlord Varghul	Beast Transformation	.	Can shift to beast form. Beast form increases Body Form to one stage higher (limited by race constraints). It additionally contorts the face of the Vampire to be more bat-like, with longer ears, a snarled bat-like nose and larger brow bones with no eyebrows, as well as larger teeth. Skin turns midnight-blue while spikes form on the spine, and the legs turn digit-grade with claws on the feet.
Harlord Chasing	Instant ability	Emote Distance	The Vampire gains bat-like wings that appear only for a single jump, allowing them to jump up to a maximum of Emote Distance at rapid speed. This ability takes a few seconds to charge up the jump, and the wings disappear immediately after. This ability can only be used three times per hour.
Harlord Voidening	Passive		The Vampire has the ability to grow horns, either facing forward smaller horns, or curling ram-like horns to the back, or both at the same time. They are also able to have a forked tongue, and a thin non-prehensile tail. Their skin can also turn considerably more gray, but not so gray that the original color is lost. Any of these mutations can occur in any combination, or none at all. It is up to personal aesthetic choices.
Harlord Bloodening	Instant ability	-	The Vampire can Blood Sing a weapon by cutting their own hand and then crystallizing the blood mist drawn from it. This takes several seconds to manifest. The wound will continue to bleed, but the Vampire can return the weapon to mist form, return the blood to their hand, and seal the sound in the process. The weapon will not disappear when lit by a Hallowed Lantern, but will fracture when hit by Holy Water.
Harlord Stonewall	Passive	-	The Vampire becomes immune to all other Vampire abilities that are classified as Mind Ability. This trait also makes the Vampire immune to any of the Ancient Vampire's Mind Ability Mutations.
Harlord Blackstrike	Passive	-	The Vampire's finger and toe nails thicken and turn black, while also sharpening and growing much faster. These can be used to leave nasty scratches and scrapes that feel very painful, and adds +5 Unarmed Proficiency to the Vampire.
Harlord Drawling	Passive	-	The Vampire is completely immune to toxins, poisons or acids, not affecting either their organs or skin in any way, shape, or form.
Harlord Darkening	Passive	-	Vampires with this trait are able to have perfect night and darkness vision, able to discern people and objects even in pure and complete black darkness. Darkness illusions and Magic that would obscure vision however still affects them.
Harlord Elementing	Passive	-	Vampires with this trait are immune to environmental temperature damage, as well as the need to breathe oxygen or water depth. They are immune to freezing damage and extreme heat (fire still burns them, as do the Hallowed Lanterns), no longer need to breathe, and are able to resist extreme depth pressures.

Shilôt Bloodline

Shilôt Vampires hail from the wine-producing lands of Vixhall and Ithania, melding well with high society there, but particularly honing their crafts through drinks and partying to disguise them being a Vampire and create an army of thirsty cattle that come to them.

Shilôt Bloodline Common Traits
Shilôt Vampire eyes only redden during feeding, while their eye whites never turn black. Shilôt Vampire teeth appear at all times, but are barely noticeable. Shilôt Vampire skin turns more pale and eye sockets turn more reddened. Shilôt Vampires are affected by Hallowed Lanterns, scorching and singing their skin. Shilôt Vampires have normal weakness to Holy Water. Shilôt Vampires can drink and eat normally. They can also reproduce to create normal children. Shilôt gain +10 Food and Drinks Sciences Proficiency Shilôt Vampires are hard capped to Body Stat 15 = Athletic Body Shape. Shilôt Vampires cannot infect others with a bite. Only drinking a cup of pure blood of theirs will turn others.
Mutation Name	Power Type	Range	Description
Vinteaar Providing	Instant Ability	Direct Touch	Can summon succulent foods and drinks, but must sacrifice something to make it in matter. For example mud can be used to create a medium rare steak perfectly seared. The food remains food throughout ingestion, but the Vampire can turn it back to its original substance with the flick of a hand (not allowed to be made out of harmful materials). If the Vampire does not change the material back, it remains perfect in the way it was made however, and tastes delicious.
Vinteaar Hallowing	Channel Ability	Emote Distance	Can “bend” the light of any Hallowed Lanterns in the area away from them. This can only be done with at least one hand free, and directed at the lantern (both hands can bend two individual lanterns). This allows them to turn the lantern forcibly to any other direction, regardless of the strength of the user.
Vinteaar Stasis	Instant Ability	-	The Vampire can crystallize in form as if hardened wine, turning into a dark red wine and then hardening. This crystalline form can be upheld for years, does not cause the Vampire to age, or take harm from anything. After 5 years, the substance turns gray and stone-like, essentially disguising the Vampire as a statue. The Vampire remains aware of the passage of time, but not so sentient aware that they would be bored out of their mind. The Vampire does not gain Proficiency Points while in this statue form. Characters that have survived beyond 150 years this way still require an Ancient Character Special Permission.
Vinteaar Aging	Passive	-	The Character becomes immortal and does not visually age (though damage and harm can still kill them). Age over 150 years old requires an Ancient Character Special Permission. Furthermore, from the moment immortality is gained, the Proficiency gain rate is changed. For every year aged (where a Character would normally gain 1 point per year) while this mutation is active, the Character only gains 0.25 Proficiency points per year. This does not round up or down, even if a character has 44.75 Proficiency, this is counted as 44, not 45.
Vinteaar Elegance	Mind Ability	-	Victims feel no pain while being fed on, and even become unaware that they are being fed on, forgetting that a moment ago the Vampire sank teeth into them. They will only become vaguely aware that something intimate happened between the Vampire and them, but are unable to remember precisely what.
Vinteaar Lingua	Passive	-	A Vampire with this trait is able to understand any spoken non-Ancient and non-Forgotten language, and read any such language from written form, while understanding it in their native tongue. They can however not speak any of it back to the source.
Vinteaar Thickening	Mind Ability	-	The Vampire can add a few drops of their own blood to any drink, turning said drink addictive. The persons drinking the drink will be unaware why it is addictive, but feel an intense urge to drink more of it, and have withdrawal symptoms if they are denied.
Vinteaar Drawling	Mind Ability	-	Vampires with this trait are able to throw drinks containing their blood into the face of others (either by throwing a vial, or tossing the contents of a bottle directly). If the liquid hits them in the face in any quantity, they become incredibly drunk for several minutes. This effect does not stack and wears off like normal drunken-ness.
Vinteaar Addicting	Mind Ability	-	The Vampire can give another Vampire a specific blood addiction by mentally targeting a person while brewing a drink, and then having them ingest it, or applying a decent quantity of it directly to their skin or soak into their clothes. This Vampire will become addicted to the blood of that specific person, and hunt and find satisfaction from drinking that specific person alone. This effect lasts for a week.
Vinteaar Draughting	Mind Ability	-	The Vampire is able to brew a tonic that when drunk by anyone else, turns the Vampire completely invisible to that person for the next 48 hours.

Doughall Bloodline

The Doughall Vampires were Vampires who originally lived in the caves of Gallovia, but later mingled with the people, commonly becoming the physically "strong" Vampires among the Bloodlines. The Doughall developed means to change with the seasons, and are inherently shape shifters.

Doughall Bloodline Common Traits
Doughall Vampire eyes only redden during feeding, while their eye whites never turn black. Doughall Vampire teeth appear at all times, but resemble sabertooth more than sharp canines, and are very noticeable. Doughall Vampire skin is not affected, but eye sockets do turn more reddened. Doughall Vampires are affected by Hallowed Lanterns, scorching and singing their skin. Doughall Vampires have normal weakness to Holy Water. Doughall Vampires can drink and eat normally. They can also reproduce to create Vampire Broods. Doughall can reverse the Beast Transformation of another person by looking at them, but only one person, and only while in viewing distance. Doughall Vampires are hard capped to Body Stat 45 = Strongman Body Shape. Doughall Vampires can infect others with a bite. They can also infect by having someone drink their blood.
Mutation Name	Power Type	Range	Description
Mountain Lord	Passive	-	When all Body Stat calculations are done, add enough Body Stat to get the number up to a maximum of 45. If this number is already 45 or higher, this Mutation gives +5 Unarmed Combat Proficiency instead.
Mountain Hardening	Passive	-	When feeding, the Vampire's skin turns to actual stone, and they become both immovable by others as well as immune to harm from any source except Magic. As soon as the Vampire's teeth release from their victim, their skin returns to normal and mobility is restored.
Mountain Winters	Beast Transformation	-	Winter form - transform to increase Body Shape to one level higher than character’s Body Shape (breaking Racial limits), grow fur on shoulders/lower arms, back, chest, neck and facial hair. Teeth become larger, and blackened claws develop on the hands.
Mountain Autumns	Beast Transformation	-	Autumn form - transform to decrease Body Shape to one level lower than character’s Body Shape, and grow fur on lower arms and legs. Legs temporarily mutate to digitigrade legs and the character gains a wolf-tail, allowing them to sprint like a canine on all fours, faster than a Varran.
Mountain Summers	Beast Transformation	-	Summer form - transform to decrease Body Shape to one level lower than character’s Body Shape, growing scales on the arms, neck and legs, and gills on the neck while ears turn into webbed fins. The character can breathe underwater and swim at high speeds, while also leaping in and out of water at speed.
Mountain Springs	Beast Transformation	-	Spring form - transform to gain goat-like facial features (snout, eyes), hooved feet and digitigrade legs. Arms become covered in vines and roots that when aimed at a person, cause all manner of wispy energies to fly towards them and “prick and hurt” them in similar manner to a Qadir shardbow.
Mountain Mists	Mind Ability	-	Can create a mist in an emote radius around the Vampire that lasts 5 minutes, and allows the Vampire to remain camouflaged while inside it (taking 10+ Perception to see through it). Anyone inside this mist constantly hears cries of loved ones. The mist cannot be replaced for 5 minutes after use.
Mountain Healing	Instant Ability	-	Can heal individual wounds (like a stab or gash) from a person (including self) at the cost of one level of Body Shape per wound, for a total of 1 week. Removing another wound by sacrificing another Body Shape after already performed resets the timer. This can also remove internal wounds, but not bring back lost body parts.
Mountain Seasons	Instant Ability	Direct Touch	Can forcibly change the race of another person for 72 hours. This ability can only be used on one person at a time, but can be cancelled early, even remotely. While forcing a race change, victim cannot access either their natural or new-race racial traits or abilities. Character design remains consistent onto the new race where applicable.
Mountain Shifting	Passive	-	The Vampire can meld into stone materials/surfaces to hide. They can however be dug out and not move around while hidden, so generally this ability is only recommended while on the run and after turning a corner while no-one is looking. It is practically instant, and cannot be countered or prevented.

Zikiel Bloodline

Zikiel Vampires are commonly referred to as the Lich Vampires. While not the same as Undead Vampires, they are more magically-inclined than other bloodlines. They scour the world looking for more Magical Knowledge to add to their collection, encountering (and countering) Mages as they go.

Zikiel Bloodline Common Traits
Zikiel Vampire eyes are icy blue with gray eye whites. The eyes do not turn red at any point, but start glowing when feeding. Zikiel Vampire teeth appear at all times, and are noticeable. Zikiel Vampire skin becomes lighter, sometimes even turning white, and eye sockets turn more reddened. Zikiel Vampires are affected by Hallowed Lanterns, scorching and singing their skin. Zikiel Vampires have normal weakness to Holy Water. Zikiel Vampires cannot drink and eat, these things turning to ash in their mouths. They also cannot reproduce. Zikiel Vampires have "three lives". Each time they die, one of their arms is replaced by a ghostly arm. The third time they die, it is permanent. The Vampire (if dying) revives in a safe location like a crypt or cave away from where they died. Once a Zikiel Vampire has "died" once, they can no longer be cured. Zikiel Vampires are hard capped to Body Stat 15 = Toned Body Shape. Zikiel Vampires can infect others with a bite. They can also infect by having someone drink their blood.
Mutation Name	Power Type	Range	Description
Haunting Lich	Mythic Transformation	-	The Vampire can assume the form of a skeletal lich, transforming them into a skeletal body with wispy eyes. They are able to levitate off the ground by a foot and change clothing into mage-inspired robes while in lich form, reverting back to normal instantly. Wounds transfer between forms.
Haunting Dragons	Passive	-	Vampires with this trait become completely immune to all Witchblood abilities.
Haunting Aging	Passive	-	The Character becomes immortal but does visually age (though damage and harm can still kill them). Age over 150 years old requires an Ancient Character Special Permission. Furthermore, from the moment immortality is gained, the Proficiency gain rate is changed. For every year aged (where a Character would normally gain 1 point per year) while this mutation is active, the Character only gains 0.25 Proficiency points per year. This does not round up or down, even if a character has 44.75 Proficiency, this is counted as 44, not 45.
Haunting Deflecting	Passive	-	The Vampire has the ability to deflect Magic in the same way that Mages can, able to deflect incoming spells. Deflection casts are performed as emotes, after which a /roll 1 20 is done. If the roll is above 5, the spell is deflected and rendered harmless by a deflection cast. Deflection cast requires the Vampire to have both hands free and not already engaged in casting or fighting. It works by waving their hand in a half-circle motion as if to “slap” away the incoming spell
Haunting Scent	Instant Ability	10 blocks	This trait allows the Vampire to place a glyph ward on the forehead of a person by pointing a finger at them from close range. This glyph is always visible, glowing in blue. While the ward is active (for 72 hours), the Vampire can track them wherever they go. This glyph cannot be removed beyond a time-out.
Haunting Chains	Instant Ability	Emote Distance	With this ability, the Vampire is able to form two ghostly chains, one on each arm (usually around their forearm). They are able to send out this chain towards a person, which will then attach to their torso. This chain does not miss, and acts like a Magical spell (and can as such also be deflected by those who are able to use Mage Deflect). When attached, the victim cannot run away anymore, and the Vampire can pull the chain towards them to slowly drag their victim closer. If the chain is broken for any reason, the person can freely move again. While a chain is attached, the Vampire cannot free their hand to do anything else, unless they choose to break the chain.
Haunting Wards	Channel Ability	Direct Touch	The Vampire has the capacity to make and destroy Mage Wards with the same rules as Mages. Contact Lore Staff for more information on how to produce and break Mage Wards. Specific written rule information can also be found on the Special Permission Repository (found on the Special Permission Application Thread), second page, under the individual Linked Mage Documents.
Haunting Staving	Passive	-	The Vampire becomes immune to any type of Mind Ability as well as all forms of Alchemy induced hallucinations or illusions, except from other Vampire Mind Abilities.
Haunting Severing	Mind Ability	Direct Touch	The Vampire is able to place a glyph at the back of a person's neck which severs their emotions and emotional connections to other people for 1 week, thus rendering them without a conscience, love, and friendship for others. These glyphs act as a kind of possession, and can be cured with any type of exorcism.
Haunting Seeking	Channel Ability	Emote Distance	Can “bend” the light of any Hallowed Lanterns in the area away from them. This can only be done with at least one hand free and directed at the lantern (both hands can bend two individual lanterns). This allows them to turn the lantern forcibly to any other direction, regardless of the strength of the user.

Dorkarth Bloodline

Dorkarth Vampires were the first of the Vampire broods, the original Bloodline created by the Princes of Dorkarth in Ellador. Their line continues in their descendants now, spreading across the world as they continue to do the work started by their Princes and to destroy the Regalian Empire.

Dorkarth Bloodline Common Traits
Dorkarth Vampire eyes are always red but without black eye whites. Dorkarth Vampire teeth appear at all times, and are noticeable. Dorkarth Vampire skin becomes lighter, sometimes even turning white, and eye sockets turn more reddened. Dorkarth Vampires are affected by Hallowed Lanterns, scorching and singing their skin. Dorkarth Vampires have normal weakness to Holy Water. Dorkarth Vampires cannot drink and eat, these things turning to ash in their mouths. They can reproduce, giving birth to Vampire Broods. Dorkarth Vampires can be infected at any age (even below 18) and can consume any source of blood, even animals, undead, or other Vampires, and be satiated. Dorkarth Vampires are hard capped to Body Stat 30 = Muscular Body Shape. Dorkarth Vampires can infect others with a bite. They can also infect by having someone drink their blood.
Mutation Name	Power Type	Range	Description
Auld Warding	Channel Ability	Direct Touch	The Vampire has the capacity to make and destroy Mage Wards with the same rules as Mages, . Contact Lore Staff for more information on how to produce and break Mage Wards. Specific written rule information can also be found on the Special Permission Repository (found on the Special Permission Application Thread), second page, under the individual Linked Mage Documents.
Auld Steeling	Passive	-	The Vampire becomes immune to any type of Mind Ability as well as all forms of Alchemy induced hallucinations or illusions, except from other Vampire Mind Abilities.
Auld Shielding	Instant Ability	-	The Vampire can summon a shield in their shielding arm the size of a heater shield. When an enemy hits the heater shield with their weapon, their weapon becomes insanely hot to the touch, not so much hat it blisters their skin, but incredibly uncomfortable (lowering their weapon Proficiency by 5 points), for 5 minutes, before slowly cooling again. If they hit the shield again within the 5 minute period of the first effect, the effect is doubled and lasts for a total of 10 minutes, but then the victim becomes immune from receiving the effect again for an hour.
Auld Aging	Passive	-	The Character becomes immortal and does not visually age (though damage and harm can still kill them). Age over 150 years old requires an Ancient Character Special Permission. Furthermore, from the moment immortality is gained, the Proficiency gain rate is changed. For every year aged (where a Character would normally gain 1 point per year) while this mutation is active, the Character only gains 0.25 Proficiency points per year. This does not round up or down, even if a character has 44.75 Proficiency, this is counted as 44, not 45.
Auld Darkening	Passive	-	Vampires with this trait are able to have perfect night and darkness vision, able to discern people and objects even in pure and complete black darkness. Darkness illusions and Magic that would obscure vision however still affects them.
Auld Mending	Instant Ability	2 Blocks	When wounded, the Vampire can hit, cut, or pierce their victim, then “draw” out the blood out to heal a wound on themselves of equal severity to the one inflicted on their victim. This ability cannot be used on others or used to heal internal bleeding.
Auld Hexing	Mind Ability	Direct Touch	The Vampire can give a victim a strong urge or suggestive feeling by placing their hand on their shoulder and muttering or whispering the instruction or feeling to them. This transferal of instruction is not perceived by the victim, but others within hearing distance can see the movement and whispering or muttering, or even hear it if they are in close enough range. This instruction lapses from the memory from the victim, who is unable to explain why they feel a certain way, or have an urge to do something.
Auld Severing	Mind Ability	Direct Touch	The Vampire is able to place a glyph at the back of a person's neck which severs their emotions and emotional connections to other people for 1 week, thus rendering them without a conscience, love, and friendship for others. These glyphs act as a kind of possession, and can be cured with any type of exorcism.
Auld Mists	Mind Ability	-	Can create a mist in an emote radius around the Vampire that lasts 5 minutes, and allows the Vampire to remain camouflaged while inside it (taking 10+ Perception to see through it). Anyone inside this mist constantly hears cries of loved ones. The mist cannot be replaced for 5 minutes after use.
Auld Grasping	Passive	-	The Vampire's finger and toe nails thicken and turn black, while also sharpening and growing much faster. These can be used to leave nasty scratches and scrapes that feel very painful, and adds +5 Unarmed Proficiency to the Vampire.

Crimson Witches

Crimson Witches are a special kind of Kathar Vampire which adheres to its own rules. Consult the Kathar page for more information. Crimson Witches have access to the following Mutations.

Crimson Witches Bloodline Common Traits
Crimson Witches eyes are always red with black eye whites. Crimson Witches teeth appear at all times, and are noticeable. Crimson Witches are not affected by Hallowed Lanterns. Crimson Witches have normal weakness to Holy Water. Crimson Witches can eat and drink normally. Reproducing with Kathar births more Crimson Witches. Reproducing with other races produces Vampire Broods. Crimson Witches have a number of special rules. Consult the Kathar page for specifics. This is not a curable Vampire Bloodline. Crimson Witches cannot infect others in any way.
Mutation Name	Power Type	Range	Description
Witch's Lands	Channel Ability	-	Crimson Witches with this trait can stand on any surface (upside down or sideways) as if it was the floor, seamlessly walking and jumping between them. This ability acts as a Channel ability, but does not require focus or the Crimson Witches to not be engaging in any other actions, it can simply be cancelled as a Channel Ability.
Witch's Luster	Mind Ability	Direct Touch	Crimson Witches can choose to mind-slave an intimate partner. This person must already be an intimate partner or lover, otherwise the ability does not work. While under its effects, the victim cannot abandon or betray the Crimson Witch, and always acts to defend or protect them, also following their orders, as long as they do not cause self-harm or put the victim in exceptional danger.
Witch's Dance	Instant Ability	-	Every three minutes, the Witch is able to activate a movement sequence that phases them in and out of existence, turning them ethereal, partially placing them in the Void. This makes them immune to non-Magical attacks for several seconds.
Witch's Harping	Beast Transformation	-	The Crimson Witch's arms turn into feathered wings, their legs into bird-like legs with sharp claws, and their body is covered in crimson feathers, save for their head which remains normal. While in this form, the Crimson Witch is able to fly-hover 5 feet off the ground (but not actually take flight), and use their legs and feet to claw at foes.
Witch's Steeling	Passive	-	The Crimson Witch is immune to any kind of Mind Ability, save for Vampire Mind Abilities. This immunity also extends to Alchemy induced hallucinations or illusions.
Witch's Master	Passive	-	A Crimson Witch can identify a specif person as a Master in a ritual, which binds them to their safety. If their master is in any form of harm or risk of harm, they can "sense" this peril, and are drawn to their Master, wherever they are. A Master cannot be an intimate partner or lover, or someone under the effects of Witch's Luster. The ritual must be performed again if a Master-Witch relationship is broken.

Ancient Vampire Mutations

Ancient Vampires are the most venerable and long living Vampires who have, through their long age, developed unique Mutations. Not all old Vampires develop these Mutations, considering longevity exists among other races also, therefore not all are guaranteed to become powerful Ancient Vampires. Ancient Vampirism requires a Special Permission to play. For the specific rules on Special Permission applications, consult the Special Permission section on the Forums, under Roleplay/Regalia Applications.

Ancient Bloodline Bonus Traits
Ancient Bloodlines work differently than other Bloodlines. Ancient Bloodline is specifically a Special Permission that stacks on top of existing Bloodlines. Ancient Bloodline Vampires have permanent red eyes and black eye whites, as well as long canine Vampire teeth. Ancient Bloodline Vampires have normal weakness to Holy Water and Hallowed Lanterns. Ancient Bloodline Vampires cannot stand other Ancient Bloodline Vampires, being drawn to compete with them over who can control the most Vampires. Ancient Bloodline Vampires may choose one single Kinship Ability. Ancient Bloodline Vampires may choose one single Instant Ability. Ancient Bloodline Vampires may choose up to two Kinship Passives. Ancient Bloodline Vampires automatically have Immortality and no visual aging. An Ancient Character Special Permission is included in Ancient Bloodline Permissions.
Mutation Name	Power Type	Range	Description
Ancient Pact	Kinship Ability	Direct Touch	Allows the Ancient Vampire to offer his blood in ritual to another Vampire. If the Vampire accepts and vocalizes their will to surrender their free will to the Ancient Vampire, then the Ancient Vampire mind-slaves them, while also giving them all their Kinship Passive Mutations in return.
Ancient Summoning	Kinship Ability	Emote Distance	Allows the Ancient Vampire to establish a non-mind slave based relation with other Vampires as their Kin. This allows the Ancient Vampire to create a summoning portal which will teleport in up to 2 Kin Vampires who accepted to become part of the Ancient Vampire's Coven regardless of where they are (but they cannot be teleported out of the Regalian Prison due to the Mage Stone).
Ancient Host	Kinship Ability	-	Allows the Ancient Vampire to establish a throne (must be inside a house or region in Regalia). While seated in this throne, they can transfer their consciousness to another member of their Kin in their Coven, Vampires who accepted to become their minions. While inside, the Ancient Vampire transfers all their Normal Bloodline Mutations (so not the Ancient Mutations) onto the host, doubling the effect if the Vampire they are transferring into already has some of these traits. While their conscience is inside another Vampire, they can speak through them and see and hear through them (best to stand in OOC behind them with an OOC Name).
Ancient Blood Armor	Kinship Passive	-	Allows the Vampire to summon a swirling set of blood armor that keeps moving and mending. Damage done to the armor self-repairs within 10 seconds of the damage having been inflicted on the armor (but does not cure the wounds underneath). This armor is equivalent to half-plate and does not come with a helmet over cover for the legs.
Ancient Blood Leap	Kinship Passive	-	Allows the Vampire to instantly "blink" to a target victim, as long as they have drawn their blood in some way (a cut or gash or even pierce). This blink is near instant, and only works while their victim is within viewing distance. This puts them proportionally at the same orientation to the victim as they were before they teleported, but 3 feet away from them.
Ancient Steeling	Kinship Passive	-	Allows the Vampire to become immune to any type of Mind Ability, even from other Vampires, as well as Alchemy induced hallucinations and illusions.
Ancient Mists	Instant Ability	10x10 Blocks	The Vampire is able to deploy a 10x10 Blocks field of knee-high black mist. Those standing inside this mist (save for the Ancient Vampire and their Kin) will suffer suffocation while standing inside this mist, if they do not have at least +10 Perception Training Proficiency (which allows them to use breathing pockets in the imperfect coverage) or 45 Body Stat, which allows them enough brute force to out-bulldoze the effect on the move. Those who do not have either however are not unable to fight or leave, they just can no longer breathe and start gasping for air. This mist cannot move and remains for 5 minutes, not being able to be re-cast while the mist is still active, and the same length of duration after.
Ancient Drawing	Instant Ability	Emote Distance	The Vampire is able to summon a crimson blood staff, and jam it into the ground with both hands. This staff is then immobilized in place, and radiates a field of intense pain that only affects Witchbloods in Emote Distance from where it was cast. This effect remains active for up to an hour, or until the staff is smashed (it has the same durability as wood). This ability can only be used once per conflict-scene location.
Ancient Porting	Instant Ability	Direct Touch	The Vampire is able to produce a portal on a wall by smearing their blood on it, thus creating a portal directly linking their current location with their "home" location for their coven (a base or house). This portal allows themselves and their Kin to pass through, and one additional non-Kin to pass through. As soon as one non-Kin person has passed through, the portal snaps shut (unless that person was held/dragged/carried by a Kin or the Ancient Vampire themselves, though the Portal will still not accept other non-Kin to pass the moment one has gone through. The portal can otherwise only be closed by the Vampire with the snip of their fingers on either side, the ability cannot be used in the Regalian Prison or Palace, and only works one-way, meaning from their casting location to their home location.

Vampire Brood

Vampire Brood are the offspring of a Vampire who can produce offspring through their mutations, and are as such considered to be half-Vampires. They retain some Vampiric traits while never being able to become full Vampires. Indeed, Vampire Brood cannot be infected with Vampirism and always retain their traits independently. Vampire Broods appear just like regular people, except that their irises are always crimson red, even when not feeding. Vampire Brood can however eat normally or drink blood, which grants them specific advantages. When consuming Blood, Vampire Brood experience a rush of adrenaline as their blood circulation speeds up and they gain a boost of energy (This feeding must always be done IC, and does not infect anyone with Vampirism). This boost lasts for about an hour, and gives them increased running speed as well as heightened senses such as smell, sight, hearing, and reduces their stamina wear from exhaustion by half. Vampire Broods are not classified as actual Vampires, though their red eyes obviously stand out. Particularly in Regalia, no laws currently exist that discriminate against Vampire Brood, and many organizations in fact feel that Vampire Brood are just victims of ravenous Vampires. In practice though, many of the Vampire Brood experience fear and revulsion in their direction because of their eyes and what they can do, even if they have never tasted blood.

Protection against Infection

The most common form of protection used against Vampiric infection is a so called Faith bangle. A Faith bangle is a fairly commonly acquired item, like a clothing pin of Estel worship, a Reverend-blessed Unionist eye chain, a Shambala sun disk necklace, an Old Gods willow belt, or any other form of religious accessory that has been blessed by the varying holy men and women belonging to those religions. Why these so called Faith Bangles work is unknown, though some scholars assume that Vampire powers are repulsed by Holiness, or faith of the religions of Aloria, and as such, provide protections against infection. This bangle can be worn anywhere as long as it touches the skin of the person wearing it. When a Vampire seizes a person wearing a bangle, they can still feed from the person, but the person is guaranteed not to turn into a Vampire. A few minutes after the feeding, the bangle will start to shake and feel hot to the touch, before it simply dissolves. This dissolving marks the fact that it has worked, as the Vampiric infection is absorbed into the holy object instead, which destroys both. After the Faith bangle has destroyed an infection once, it cannot be re-used within 72 hours. While such an item can be worn within 72 hours after the first one broke, it will not protect against infection and be useless until that period is over. After the third day is over, Faith Bangle protection is restored and a person can be protected from infection. The only religions this does not apply to, is Void Worship or the Slizzar Faith.

Curing of Vampirism

Vampirism is not incurable, but the process is slow and extremely painful—especially for those who engage in the curing process. Vampires can only be cured through a complicated process of bloodletting and further actions which can only be performed if certain conditions are met. The first difficult act, is the capture of a Vampire. Vampires are notoriously difficult to capture, especially older ones and those who possess mutations. Eventually, such Vampires are brought to clinics which have cleansing basements: specific facilities set up with the means to cure Vampires and hold them imprisoned for the duration of such a cleansing period. A Vampire which is about to be cured is first strapped to a bed of sorts. This is usually a very sturdy table, though metal tables have also been used for particularly big and old Vampires, as they might have the strength to break wooden tables. Once strapped down, the process may begin as described below:

• First Day (1/2) The Vampire must undergo bloodletting, just enough to the point where the Vampire does not die, but enough to the point where the Vampire passes in and out of consciousness. Before this point, the Vampire will (unless knocked unconscious) violently thrash and attempt to escape. Any Vampire’s worst fear is being turned back into a non-Vampire, and they will resist with all their might to avoid it. This process is needed to purge the Vampire’s surplus blood supply and weaken them for the next steps.
• First Day (2/2), when the Vampire has largely been drained, they must be kept awake while strapped to the bed. In this stage, the Vampire will usually plead, attempt to guilt trip the healers into feeding them, crying out to their masters or other attempts to bribe or force their captors to release or feed them. This process is needed to purge the Vampire’s hunger. This step should only be time skipped if no one is available to roleplay with the Vampire strapped to the bed.
• Second Day (1/2) When the Vampire is extremely hungry, the next step is to cryostim an injection into their arm and provide a blood transfusion of Hallowed blood, which is Unionist blessed vial of blood. It is important that the blood is injected into the bloodstream, not consumed through the mouth.
• Second Day (2/2) When the Vampire has had a transfusion of Url blood and said blood is allowed to do its work for a few hours, they must have the curse be expelled with a heat sweat. This heat sweat is set on by putting a small stove with a bowl of Holy Water under the bed of the Vampire, and then igniting, causing vapor of Holy Water to flow around the bed. The Vapor is of a low enough dose that it does not hurt the Vampire permanently (though the pain still feels like torture), but causes remnant Blood Curse to expel through sweating. There is a fail rate possible here. This process usually lasts until well after dark.
• Third Morning The person must be fed with sanctified bread (bread made by any regular baker, who instead of using regular water for the dough, uses Holy Water). At this point, the person is largely no longer a Vampire, but the final feeding of regular food which is sanctified clears the internals of any remnant blood substance that was being used for sustenance, and allows for the first passage of proper food. This process is successful after 2 hours (sanctified bread passes much faster if the person is being cured of Vampirism), if the person has the urge to visit the toilet. If this is not the case, this step must be repeated once every 2 hours until they do. When the person properly passes their bowels, the curing is successful. It is important that captors make sure actual bowel clearance takes place. If it does not, the curing was only partially successful, and the Vampire may jump on one of the captors when led to the latrines, causing a complete reversion with just a single bite, forcing them to start all over again, and cure the captor also.
• Curing a person who has not yet fully turned If the person has been infected but not yet fully turned (thus only on the first, second or third day after infection) the cure for a person who has not yet fully turned into a Vampire is fairly straightforward. A tonic of dried Hallowed blood crystals must be drank in the morning when the sun is up. The person will experience periodic twitches, and in some rare cases, seizures, but after 12 hours, the infection will be stopped, and the person will not turn into a Vampire.

After curing, any and all Vampires (even if not yet fully turned) will suffer post curing sickness, which involves lethargy, weakness and anxiety for 2 weeks. All ex-Vampire, unless they had not yet turned, or were a holy devout person before being turned, will always have a nagging desire in the back of their mind to desire to turn into a Vampire again. They are however unable to turn back into a vampire for another 2 full weeks after their curing.

OOC Note: It is extremely important that the curing process is roleplayed out where possible. If your character is however imprisoned by the Violet Guard (or another government institution) where consistent roleplay is difficult, it is permitted to request a time-skip. The post-curing sickness must be roleplayed out in all cases.

Trivia

• All Vampires gain sharpened canine teeth when infected, capable of easily breaking the skin to feed.
• Contrary to folklore, Vampires are fully able to walk in sunlight without pain or burning. However, many choose not to, and find great comfort in the shadows.

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Accreditation
Writers MonMarty Processors HydraLana, Bagley, Eccetra	Last Editor Eccetra on 07/18/2019.

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