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== Traits == | == Traits == | ||
Vampires are classically [[undead]] creatures with a need to feed on the blood (or sometimes life force) of other living creatures (generally [[Human]]s). In modern depictions, vampires resemble human beings enough to easily pass for human, with the exception of having extended canine teeth for skin puncturing. Other common traits of vampires include | Vampires are classically [[undead]] creatures with a need to feed on the blood (or sometimes life force) of other living creatures (generally [[Human]]s). In modern depictions, vampires resemble human beings enough to easily pass for human, with the exception of having extended canine teeth for skin puncturing. Other common traits of vampires include the following: | ||
*Vulnerability to sunlight, holy icons, and garlic | |||
*High levels of durability (often a vampire can only be destroyed by decapitation or putting a stake through its heart) | |||
*Superhuman strength and agility | |||
*Inability to enter a house that they have not been invited into | |||
*Lack of a reflection | |||
*[[shapeshifter|Shape-shifting]] | |||
* Hunger: Vampires need to feed on blood, usually human blood. How often they require it varies, but going without usually has consequences like increasingly psychotic behavior, increasingly dead appearance, and physical disabilities. | |||
Specific attributes vary from depiction to depiction. Those who are killed by vampiric feeding activities often become vampires themselves, although they normally have some factor to prevent exponential growth of the vampire population. In some more recent depictions, vampires are the result of a mutagenic [[virus]] rather than supernatural forces. | |||
In modern depictions, the primary means of vampire predation is as a sort of ambush predator, using charm, sex appeal and social graces to lure human prey into an appropriate setting before striking. | In modern depictions, the primary means of vampire predation is as a sort of ambush predator, using charm, sex appeal and social graces to lure human prey into an appropriate setting before striking. | ||
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**Dracula | **Dracula | ||
**Vampires in ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' | **Vampires in ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' | ||
**Otto Chriek, | **Otto Chriek, Lady Margolotta and Salicia von Humpeding from ''[[Discworld]]'' | ||
*Virus Vampires | *Virus Vampires | ||
**Vampires in the 2010 film ''Daybreakers'' | **Vampires in the 2010 film ''Daybreakers'' | ||
**Vampires in ''Blade'' | **Vampires in ''Blade'' | ||
*Alien Variants | *Alien Variants | ||
** The ardat-yakshi in ''[[Mass Effect]]'' are [[asari]] with a genetic abnormality that causes them to kill anyone with whom they mate. While painful for the victim, the process is intoxicating for the ardat-yakshi and also increases their [[ | ** The ardat-yakshi in ''[[Mass Effect]]'' are [[asari]] with a genetic abnormality that causes them to kill anyone with whom they mate. While painful for the victim, the process is intoxicating for the ardat-yakshi and also increases their [[biotic]] abilities. | ||
** [[Wraith]]: The Wraith from [[Stargate]] have many vampiric traits. | ** [[Wraith]]: The Wraith from [[Stargate]] have many vampiric traits. | ||
[[Category: Fantasy]] | [[Category: Fantasy]] | ||
[[Category: Monsters]] | |||
Latest revision as of 13:41, 10 January 2024
Vampires are blood-drinking creatures based on monsters described in Slavic mythology.
Traits
Vampires are classically undead creatures with a need to feed on the blood (or sometimes life force) of other living creatures (generally Humans). In modern depictions, vampires resemble human beings enough to easily pass for human, with the exception of having extended canine teeth for skin puncturing. Other common traits of vampires include the following:
- Vulnerability to sunlight, holy icons, and garlic
- High levels of durability (often a vampire can only be destroyed by decapitation or putting a stake through its heart)
- Superhuman strength and agility
- Inability to enter a house that they have not been invited into
- Lack of a reflection
- Shape-shifting
- Hunger: Vampires need to feed on blood, usually human blood. How often they require it varies, but going without usually has consequences like increasingly psychotic behavior, increasingly dead appearance, and physical disabilities.
Specific attributes vary from depiction to depiction. Those who are killed by vampiric feeding activities often become vampires themselves, although they normally have some factor to prevent exponential growth of the vampire population. In some more recent depictions, vampires are the result of a mutagenic virus rather than supernatural forces.
In modern depictions, the primary means of vampire predation is as a sort of ambush predator, using charm, sex appeal and social graces to lure human prey into an appropriate setting before striking.
Examples of Vampires in fiction
- Supernatural Vampires
- Dracula
- Vampires in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Otto Chriek, Lady Margolotta and Salicia von Humpeding from Discworld
- Virus Vampires
- Vampires in the 2010 film Daybreakers
- Vampires in Blade
- Alien Variants
- The ardat-yakshi in Mass Effect are asari with a genetic abnormality that causes them to kill anyone with whom they mate. While painful for the victim, the process is intoxicating for the ardat-yakshi and also increases their biotic abilities.
- Wraith: The Wraith from Stargate have many vampiric traits.