Writing a mostly vampire centered story I’m just curious how vampires work in other novels/comics? Like what makes them vampires? Do you have any vampire lore?
I wasn’t sure where to place this question, hope it’s in the right place!
Feel free to add your links as well, cause I love reading anything vampire related 
Jan '23
Feb '23
My vampires will show up later in Gargoyle, and they're super ugly. They're bat-like parasites that feed of haemoglobin, and the less haemoglobin they get, the more monstrous they become.
So... In Vampire Prince
vampires:
-don't age
-are stronger than regular humans and heal ultra fast
-brain damage being exemption here (so vampire hunter tend to aim for the head)
-when they go long enough without blood they weaken, for most their instincts take over before they grow too weak
-can consume regular food, it does nothing to their thirst for blood though, but if they go long enough without it, their bodies will stop processing it at all
-can use magic, but it tends to be very specialised, basically giving each vampire their unique power
-are especially vulnerable to sun and fire but less so with time - a freshly turned one will most likely just burn from going out during daytime, unless they got sired but someone very powerful, then that'd just make them sick
-even most powerful ones can't use their powers during daytime
-at night their fangs grow and their eyes gain a golden glow
hm... are they too op? xD that's probably what happens when you have an oc that's been with you since middle school xD
Don’t know if I can really link my series yet because the vampires have yet to show up (saving them for next season) but essentially they just look like big bats but with arms instead of wings. Maybe they can sprout their bat wings to fly, but I’m still working on the details. They are also just regular people walking around (this world is filled with all kinds of creatures instead of humans).
All of this is subject to change though until I finally do that chapter about the cosplaying super vampires that try to take over Dark Castle. So let’s wait and see.
Ooh, your vampires already seem very intriguing. And they are a bit similar to how my vampires work, except mine are mostly born vampires and not turned, I will definitely check out your comic!
I may or may not have created a world in Cravings where vampires aren't the ones who crave blood, but humans do. As a result, humans created werewolves (with the help of witches) to hunt and harvest vampires.
That makes things pretty complicated when my MC is a werewolf who is still partially human when he transforms. 
This is great timing too! I just released the series this week, lol.
Absolutely! Never thought it made sense that all powerful beings were so limited, lol. And of course that makes it a little complicated when a werewolf/human hybrid falls for a vampire. 
Vampires haven't shown up yet in my story but they will eventually. For my story, a lot of their weaknesses that people believe they have will turn out to be made up so when someone tries using it on them they'll become easy prey. They also do this in hopes people use the wrong weakness on them instead of the correct ones. The good vamps run blood drives and drink the blood if it's about to go bad.
There's a lot of different kinds, strigoi are the most important since it's what our main character is.
Strigoi are to their real folklore equals what FMA is to "real alchemy", in other words, deliberately not true to life.
It's a combination of regional myths and vampiric folklore, which means they're more owly. But more importantly there's no funny business about being undead which was something about the portrayal of vampires I don't like. Their bodies become useful husks for gathering as much energy as possible. I've also never been a huge fan of glamourous or romantic portrayals because I really like the idea of how the change in life style would affect a person.
Their appearance and nature puts them squarely out of the bounds of society. Bloodless skin, a pointed nose and eyes like headlights are too much for the average person. But in addition to that, most if not all of them will have some psychological problem that would keep them from reintegrating, and if not that it's usually their innate behaviors which are at fault.
Desmodans are what most people think of when they hear the word "vampire" in real life, and in the story while they are barely accepted members of society since they can assimilate well enough, their claim as genuine supernatural phenomena is continually dismissed in mainstream discourse. That being said, even though the outspoken few have allowed them to get official acknowledgement, when it gets down on a local level they have a habit of giving themselves an bad reputation and most people just don't want to deal with it.
I like how you have two different types of vampires, the strigoi sound pretty intriguing, consuming flesh as well, I should check out your series! 
My version of them has them being less powerful than the old lore, because they actually wrote some of the lore to help frighten humans into leaving them alone. For example, they don't turn into bats or fly. Because they're altered humans, their appearance is mostly normal. And they're prone to being driven insane by endless serial murder. They can consume normal food but they will continue to feel hunger for blood. A few dabbled in arcane arts in their long lives and thus acquired some almost magic-like abilities.
The vampires in my novel are not that different from the vampires in pop culture. They’re pale, have visible fangs, don’t age, cannot appear in the mirror, can only drink blood and will burn under the sunlight. However, religious symbols don’t work on them, so does garlic and salt. They have superhuman strength, and during full moon, they can even float.
For centuries, they’re not able to procreate, until the creation of Jean-Philippe d’Auvrecher. Since then, it’s believed that the vampires who were made from 1770’s until now can procreate due to human evolution. Their offspring will only age until the parents’ human age. Say the parents (or one of them) turned into a vampire at 35 years old, then their children will grow until 35 years old and then stop aging forever. Unfortunately for Jean-Philippe, his own children cannot procreate. Therefore, he keeps fathering many children to help him build his wealth, which includes Erebus University.
In this university for supernatural and magical beings, vampires are part of the nocturnal students alongside ghouls, incubi, succubi, and some of the shapeshifters. They learn how to be part of human society and how to appear as humanely possible in addition to earning their degree.
If you’d like to meet one of Jean-Philippe’s children, Raoul, you’re more than welcome to visit Erebus University here:
Do you have a link to your series?
