.......When the night awakens and
smothers the dying day, eyes of the unlife crackle with darkness.The ravens
sing their song of death for they come.....from the cold....from the dark.....dead
who chose to live among the living......forever keeping alive the darkest
of fears........while harvesting the seeds of sorrow...........Vampyres
in the myst
.........out from ruins once possessed fallen city,living
death..........not dead which eternal lie stranger eons death may die.........drain
you of your sanity face the thing that should not be...........Metallica
Chapter One: In the beginning
Through out the trailing time of history the legend
of the vampire has always been cast in shadow...The origins of the kindred
can be traced back at least 3000 years to the mystical time of the ancient
Egyptians....where the worship of the dead was ritually represented by stained
ceremonies in which the acolytes gave sacrifice to a god-like divinity known
as the Ka.......a dark sinister bird that represented the flight of the
soul at the moment of death.These *dead* who lived in their own world...came
to plague those who walked in the light and even brought them back into
the void of the unknown...stealing their souls,to fullfill their needs of
the underworld.....Vampires have long haunted the nights of many an ancient
place....in Mesopotamia(the lands between the Tigris and Euphrates river
valleys).....in ancient Greece....and China(the chiang-shih).....Bulgaria
and the Slavic regions among many other........Who amidst us can really
say how long the stalkers of darkness have spread their wings of terror
throughout time.......for as i see it they have been here forever..............
Chapter Two:Types
of Vampyres
Predator: The predator is of course
the most feared of the vampire lineage....known for the love of the hunt....and
the shadows of the night.....the smell of fear and lonliness bring them
out, the hunger vavenous within their blackened hearts.....and are usually
broken down into two sub-categories *dwellers*(whom have some kind of residence...castle,tomb,apartment..)
and *watchers*(whom are one with the darkside of nature in her forests,jungles,swamps
and such).But no matter which 9 out of 10 ten times death is imminent....very
varely do they feed to transform another into the decay of sadness..
Psychic:
The psychic though not as bloodlusting is as equally as dangerous as any....a
victim can be drained of youth,hope and love to feed the desires and needs
of this cunning creature of darkness...they will come to you through eye
contact(once direct eye contact is established their soulessness will eat
away at your will)....they will invade the dreams of sleep..where they are
at their most dangerous while seated inside the circle of seven...and the
physical touch(hand holding,lovemaking, or any other emotional action)from
which the essence of being can be raped from the mind......death does not
always play a factor in this hunt...though victims are usally left weakened
and fatigued....or comatose.....most wish for death as a release........
Symbiotic:The
symbiotic is one of the more alluring types of vampires to be found...there
are no victims only those who wish to give the life of blood for the return
of the same ....to enjoy the company of another while feasting..the emotional
and spiritual energies derived from this is the sustanece of the symbiotic......
These are the three main types of vampires
but one must remember that many others are born from within these groups
to be lead down a yet discovered path of blood and isolation...as they become
known through my wanderings of the underworld they will be scribed onto
these pages.....
Clans within the lineage:(as
told by the Masquerade)
Nosferatu: Known
as the oldest of clans, deep wisdom especially in alchemy...distorted features
are always present...very deadly once reverted to the savage state....
Venture: Powerfull
in business and money....most assume posistion of high rankings...
Toriador: Artists,poets,
and musicians make up this clan....the beautiful undead.......
Bruja: Have ties
within organized crime....no love for humans....spin webs of deceit...
Gangrel: Street wise...looked
down upon by other clans..but true to each...
Assamite: Assasins.....not
only can shapeshift but has the ability to be chameleon like in nature..(change
the color of skin or shape)
All of the above are shapeshifters.....
Primogen: The single leader of a clan....ruled
over by a Prince
For more information on various
types of vampires from around the world...you can visit Vampires A to Z.......
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