¶_Vampirism_¶(吸血鬼)

Vampires are creatures that appear exclusively after a human has contracted vampirism, or is born into a vampire family. These undead creatures possess immense strength, speed, agility, and intelligence, making escape from them nearly impossible. However, they are self-aware and may be subject to some form of culture.
•Types of vampires.
In the modern world, there are two types of vampires - urban and 'forest', or they are also called wild, which is not entirely appropriate.
•What types of vampire ghosts exist?
Vampires always have pale skin, a cold body, no heartbeat (unless they've fed blood), and red eyes. However, vampires are smart enough to hide this—they wear sunglasses and apply sunscreen to exposed skin to prevent sunburn (though they can go without sunscreen if they've reached a high enough level and are long-lived).
•How to kill a vampire?
As is well known, a vampire cannot die from hunger, cold, disease, or serious wounds (unless the wounds were inflicted on silver or the vampire is so strong that silver doesn't affect it at all). So how do you kill a vampire? If the vampire is weak and only recently born or reincarnated, they can be killed by the following methods: fire, holy water, crosses, silver weapons, aspen stakes, and sunlight. All of these can save the vampire, but against older vampires, these methods either only weaken and stun the vampire, or the vampire doesn't react to them at all.
Vampires also know almost everything, as they can communicate with cockroaches, flies, rats, cats, and birds, even lizards and snakes. So, what can you hide from them? A vampire can literally call a cockroach, for example, and, by holding it to their ear, hear what it has discovered, etc.

Urban vampires are those vampires who decided to move to the city and found something interesting about it. These vampires typically adapt quickly to the people, culture, and society around them. Unlike "forest" vampires, urban vampires don't drink much blood; a small blood packet in the morning is enough to get their "engine" started, and then they can safely eat human food.
•Are city vampires dangerous?
A vampire's danger depends on their lifestyle, condition, and culture, just like with humans, but attacking humans at night is rare for this type of vampire. Urban vampires are usually comfortable transforming and can even form friendships, families, and so on. Where do they get their blood bags? It's simple. They can either obtain it through a hospital acquaintance for the purpose of a "recipe," taking blood from a donor, or harvesting blood from animal flesh (these are rare cases).
•How do vampires hide their identity?
Urban vampires aren't afraid of sunlight as long as it doesn't reach their eyes, which is why they wear sunglasses and tell everyone they know about weak blood vessels, allergies, and so on. Because urban vampires are so rare, no one in their circles bothers to think twice about them, simply believing them. But these vampires have a hard time with documents... They're forced to invent something, falsifying them and pretending they're copies, then claiming the original was lost and creating new documents from these 'copies.' Technology? That's even easier. These vampires understand technology quite well and can even blog, edit, and draw. You'd be more likely to think of them as a tired student than an urban vampire.

Forest vampires are classic vampires that live outside cities, in forests and forgotten villages. These vampires are cruel and drink primarily human blood, much more than urban vampires. Although they drink a lot of blood, they can also feed on regular food, just like urban vampires.
•Types of 'forest' vampires.
In this case, there are two types of vampires - counts and ordinary ones.
Counts are powerful vampires who control large numbers of vampires. They live in castles and are dressed more formally than others.
Common vampires are weaker vampires, but they are still quite dangerous. They can be subservient to counts or independent individuals. They live either in the count's castle—if they are servants—or in old houses, caves, and villages—if they are independent individuals.
•The danger of vampires for people.
Forest vampires are extremely bloodthirsty and unforgiving of anyone's mistakes, killing their victims quickly and without regret. They may speak or abandon their victims if this type of vampire becomes bored and wants to toy with their prey, but the victim ultimately dies.

•Vampirism is a condition in which a person becomes a vampire after being bitten by another vampire.
How can you contract vampirism? Vampirism occurs exclusively when a vampire bites its victim in the neck without severing the pharynx or larynx, leaving only two puncture wounds on the neck near the artery.
•Stages of vampirism:
Stage 1 – If a vampire bite kills a person, they skip all stages except the last. If the person survives, they don't understand what happened and only notice two small puncture wounds on their neck, noticeable weakness, and a slight tingling sensation in the area of ​​the bite. Stage 100 lasts from 2 to 3 hours.
Stage 2: The person turns pale, their blood pressure drops to critical levels, such as 70/40 BP, the body becomes increasingly weak, and the sufferer experiences headaches, a constant bitterness in the throat, and a stabbing pain. This stage lasts from 12 to 24 hours. It's also possible to cure a person of vampirism at this stage.
Stage 3: The person stops eating and drinking, hunger and thirst disappear, the heartbeat stops, consciousness becomes clouded, the head spins, and the gums near the fangs itch and bleed. During this stage, the person feels better, the weakness subsides, and it is also during this stage that the person gradually begins to disappear from reflections (both mirrors and other reflective surfaces). This stage lasts from one to two days.
Stage 4: If a person dies or has not yet been vaccinated against vampirism, they fully transform into a vampire. Their skin becomes pale, their physical strength, stamina, and speed are increased, their irises turn red, and they experience unnatural fangs that are much larger than before, as well as a strange sore throat and a thirst for blood. If a person was dead when they were infected with vampirism, they emerge from the grave with no memory of their past life.

Depending on the age and strength of the vampire, his abilities also depend.
•The most basic abilities of EVERY vampire: Physical strength, agility, speed, endurance, intelligence and regeneration of minor wounds.
•Ability of vampires of average power in addition to the basic abilities: transformation into a bat, excellent hearing, weak hypnosis, stronger regeneration than the basic one, immunity to church objects and prayers (holy water, crosses, etc.), immunity to cold and heat (but not to fire), the ability to know everything, meaning the ability to hear information from mice, rats, cockroaches, spiders, cats, etc.
•Abilities of the most powerful vampires, taking into account basic and average abilities: strong hypnosis, immunity to fire (not charmed), partial or full immunity to silver and aspen, telepathy and movement of objects without touching.
But despite all the abilities of vampires, there is one anti-ability that prevents vampires from killing a person, and this ability works for all vampires - a vampire cannot enter a house without an invitation, no one knows why, either because of politeness, or because of something else...

Vampire hunters come in all shapes and sizes, and they don't all look like people who kill vampires. No, outside of their work, they can be ordinary people with their own lives and work at other jobs. However, vampire hunters rarely live to be 40 years old.
•Types of hunters.
There are three types of vampire hunters: organizational, social, and individual.
Organizational hunters are hunters who are provided with basic weapons and essential items by vampire-extermination organizations. These organizations are secretive, and NO ordinary civilians know about them or believe them. These hunters typically hunt urban vampires, despite the fact that urban vampires are relatively harmless.
Social hunters are cooperative hunters with 5-6 members per social group. These hunters kill "forest" vampires and provide their own weapons and anti-vampire remedies. Social hunters are found only in villages and hamlets, which are often attacked by "forest" vampires of varying strengths.
Solitary hunters are ordinary, solitary hunters who, like social hunters, kill "forest" vampires. However, these hunters work alone and usually prefer not to talk about their hunts or their activities. These hunters either work with a specific goal in mind or, for a fee, hunt a specific vampire. Like social hunters, they also provide their own weapons and anti-vampire remedies.

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