Vampires - TSC

Origin
Vampires are also known as the Children of the Night, or Night Children. They are humans affected by a demon disease. However, their bodies no longer function and are thus considered "undead".

In 1444 A.D., the Greater Demon Hecate was summoned. When a sacrifice was offered to Hecate of many prisoners, the Greater Demon transformed Vlad III (the current ruler of Wallachia, what is now Romania) and much of his court into the first vampires.

To become a vampire, a human must have drank vampire blood, and have had a vampire drink their blood. The human must die, and then crawl their way out of the earth. A newly made vampire requires much blood in the 24 hours following their Turn, otherwise they shall fade and die.

Abilities

 * speed
 * strength
 * grace
 * enhanced senses
 * fast healing

Weaknesses

 * sunlight
 * certain vampires, known as "daylighters" are capable of being in the sun without consequence
 * the only known cause of this abnormality is the consumption of shadowhunter blood, or perhaps only that with a high concentrate of angel blood
 * holy water
 * commonly blessed materials
 * this differs from vampire to vampire, depending on what they believed in in life: a previously Jewish vampire will not be repelled by crusifixes, and an aetheistic vampire may have no problems with any symbol of religion
 * silver
 * wooden stake to the heart
 * the wood of an oak tree is most commonly used
 * bleeding dry
 * decapitation