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[bloodspring]

Hello. My name is Louis, and it’s been about a month since my arrival.

This is something I’ve been curious about since arriving, so I’d like to gauge the current community:

Are you, do you know, or have you ever known a vampire?

If so, I’d like to learn as much as possible about the vampires from your worlds. While one might have in mind a vampire they would call “stereotypical,” that is undeniably a relative label, and it interests me just how widely the differences can range under what may very well now be called an umbrella term.

For example: My race goes by the name “revenants.” For all intents and purposes, I would still classify us as vampires, as we are immortals sustained by drinking blood—but perhaps you might think other criteria more appropriate for determining whether or not one falls into the vampire category? I welcome any challenges or elaboration.

Some further questions for consideration:

• Do your vampires have fangs? Powers, abilities?
• What kind of blood do they drink? How often? How do they feed?
• What does a vampire’s immortality look like to you?
• Are vampires well-embedded in your world’s history, or are they more recent?
• What relationships do you or they have with non-vampires?
• How have other vampires adapted since coming to this world? Are there any particular hindrances you or they encounter?

These are just a few to prompt discussion, but don’t feel limited to these questions only. This is meant to serve as a collaborative gathering of information.

As all of this may be a sensitive or even unpleasant topic for some, I want to offer full transparency from my side of things, and welcome anonymous responses should anyone wish to protect their identity. Please share as much or as little as you’d like, and feel free to ask if there’s anything you’d want to know of me, as well.

Thank you for reading.

Comments

[bloodspring]

[He can't mind the bluntness, when he has his moments of it too. Plus, he'd essentially just debuted on the internet with "Hello, I'm a vampire," so...]

It was a hasty plan, and a desperate measure. The earliest revenants were revived soldiers, meant to protect the rest of humanity. But they had no way of predicting the severity of the bloodthirst, and it wasn't long until they couldn't supply enough donated blood... which resulted in blood being taken by force. Those meant to save the humans either turned on them, or starved, which transformed them into the Lost. At that point, attacking others was no longer a choice. Just instinct.

So, yes, I need to drink blood to survive. But I had never preyed on a human, nor do I ever intend to. By the time I awoke as a revenant there existed a blood substitute that grew like fruit, and that became an invaluable resource to us.

[spectralsnipe]

[Faust wasn't asking about the blood because he was judging, he was mostly just curious.]

I see. From what I've always heard the Sarkaz vampires are pretty similarly bloodthirsty, but people always make it sound like it's more of a choice than instinct. But I don't necessarily buy into that sort of fearmongering.

Will that be a problem now that you're here?

[bloodspring]

It's a good habit to keep a discerning eye until you're sure of what you've seen for yourself.

[... Technically, it already has been a problem, thanks to the Sanguis moon. He's working on figuring out how to prevent that from happening again.]

I have a steady supply of blood pills to act as a daily supplement. It appears to be a common enough product here, given that there are other vampires or blood-drinkers in this world.

[spectralsnipe]

I see. That's good then.

[bloodspring]

Thanks for the concern.

Any last questions?

[spectralsnipe]

No.