Vampires

A  is a creature of the night. They are not evil creatures like in horror movies but are usually nice people who need to drink blood to live. They don't resemble most of what we know about fictional vampires. They die if exposed in the sun for too long and they drink blood. They don't drink you clean, unlike their distant cousins, the Vampaneze with whom they are enemies. They can stay in the sun for a few hours, they can run very fast (called flitting) but only for short periods of time. Their skin and nails (their nails are longish and clawlike) are stronger then humans. They DO NOT have sharp fangs like all legends state. Mostly because they don't suck the the blood from the neck. They put the lonely human to sleep, make a small cut on their body, pop out a vain, drink, seal the wound up with their saliva and their done. They have great stamina and can smell greatly much like a wolf. They don't have superhuman healing but their saliva does. If they spit on a wound it would heal very fast. However they can be killed by things that kill humans, like any missile weapons but it takes a lot to do so. Garlic and holy water don't effect them as most legends state. The vampires live by a system of vampiric years, basically since a full fleged vampire lives one year for every ten years if you are in your vampiric tewnties then you are two hundred years old, etc.

Powers

 * The ability to Flit.
 * Super Strength.
 * Tougher than humans.
 * Tough teeth and nails.
 * Telepathy.
 * Can heal cuts with spit

Culture
They believe in Paradise, which is vampire heaven. They do not use missile weapons like guns, bows, crossbows, etc. They fight physically in hand to hand combat by using many medieval weapons such as swords, maces, spears, axes etc. They feel that they are in a way related to wolves. This might be why they will be poisoned if they drink cat blood. If a vampire wanted to become a vampire general or to prove themselves, they go through the Trials of Death. the vampire goes through a long series of test to go trough, each one more deadly than the last. If they aren't able to complete their trials, which means they probaly died in the trials, but if not they are killed by being dropped in a pit where they are impaled by spikes. When they are to die of old age, they feel it nobler to die in a battle or to go to the chamber of death(I can't remember what it's exact name was).

Leadership
The vampires have a base in a mountain they call Vampire Mountain. They have leaders called Vampire Princes, who run the vampire clan. Vampire princes get their title when they add their blood to the Stone of Blood and are nominated by the other vampire generals. The vampire princes can also sentence vampires to death, if they brake the clans sacred laws or does something very dishonerable. such as Kurda Smahlt who betrayed his clan by letting in vamapneze into vampire mountain. He was therefore killed by being dropped in the pit of stakes with his back facing down, which is a very horrible punishment to die amongst the vampire clan.

Half-Vampires
Half-Vampires are young Vampires who are unexperienced and are in training.

In the Books
Half-Vampires are unable to flit and do not have the power to heal wounds with their saliva. They are able to walk around in the day and not get injured by the sun light.

In the Movie
Half-Vampires are to flit, unlike the books, and heal wounds with their saliva, also unlike the books. They can still come out during the day.

Known Half-Vampires

 * Darren Shan
 * Darius Shan