Vampaneze

The Vampaneze are a group of purple skinned, red eyed relatives of the Vampires.

Creation
The Vampires and Vampaneze were, at first, all Vampires. Then, along came Desmond Tiny and instated Vampire Princes to lead all of the other Vampires. A few Vampires didn't like this and this, on top of the fact that they wanted to kill those they drunk from, led them to leave the Vampires forever.

Later Years
Many years after the split, there was peace between the Vampires and Vampaneze. This was stirred when Mr. Tiny came along again and gave the Vampaneze the Coffin of Fire. This, when the correct person stepped in, would show the true leader of the Vampaneze. If they weren't leader, they perished. Although the Vampaneze didn't like leadership, they wanted to win the upcoming war as stated by Mr. Tiny.

The War of the Scars
Word spread around to the Vampires telling them that the coffin had chosen a leader. This led to Mr. Tiny telling the Vampires to hunt the lord down. He also told the Vampaneze to protect the lord and made the prime protector Gannen Harst. He had to travel everywhere with the lord.

Towards the climax of the war, Steve, the Vampaneze Lord, ended up killed by Darren Shan and much later, the war was coming to a close as both sides discussed a treaty.

Powers
Like Vampires, Vampaneze have a range of very similar powers:
 * The ability to flit.
 * The ability to heal wounds with saliva.
 * Super strength.

Description
Vampaneze have purple skin and red eyes as a result of drinking lots of blood. They are usually as sane as Vampires and fight with honor, just like them. They hate leadership but will accept it if it means the end of them although they do it grudgingly.

Half Vampaneze
Half Vampaneze do not have the same powers as full Vampaneze. They can not flit and can not heal wounds wit saliva. They also do not get purple skin and red eyes until they have drunken a lot of blood so new Vampaneze are generally normal colored.

Known Vampaneze

 * Steve Leonard (half-Vampaneze)
 * R.V. (half-Vampaneze)
 * Gannen Harst
 * Murlough

In the Movie
The Vampaneze are similar to the books in the film.

Powers
They have the same powers in the film as in the books. They may be missing one or two as they haven't been seen.
 * The ability to flit.
 * Super strength.

Half Vampaneze
Half Vampaneze are very similar but they can flit. They may also have the ability to heal spit but this is unseen but, since Half Vampires can, it is assumed that they can to.

Biography
Many Vampaneze fought in a war that ends the truce between Vampires and Vampaneze. Murlough was one of them and he was killed in the war. It also seems that they have an initiation ceremony for new Vampaneze.

Known Vampaneze

 * Murlough
 * Steve Leonard (half Vampaneze)

Movies

 * Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant