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The type of vampire allowed in this roleplay is very particular. In this roleplay, vampires are animate corpses that never decayed.

To become a vampire one is either changed or 'born'. The birthing process involved a pure vampire to take an infant that was still-born, consume its blood, and then a few hours later give it back. The pure vampire's body purifies the blood and runs it through the adult's body, and when the infant is filled with all of the blood taken, it is a pure vampire infant. For a human to change, there only need to be an exchange of blood consumption.
A born vampire can age as long as it only drinks from another vampire. Once the person drinks from a human, the aging process stops. The aging process, however, is much slower than that of a human. Some vampires, to get children that are truly related, will search out their former human family. Usually impatience will have the vampires cause a still birth, which is done sometimes by inducing premature labor and results in an underdeveloped or deformed infant.
If the birthing process was used on a living human, it would just result in a lower-rank vampire, just like a change. If the human died first, especially if it was an adult, the birthing process would create a being torn between humanity and vampirism. Consumed blood would feed the vampire side, but also supply the human side. This creates a creature at war with itself, a feral vampire. Feral vampires are hunted for sport, and for the preservation of all vampires.

When a vampire's flesh is exposed to ultra-violet light rays, it smolders; it is similar to a sunburn with a temperature high enough to cause the cells to smoke. In high heat the vampire body won't sweat, but will excrete a foul odor. A vampire can't heal, but has the power to force cells to reconnect. This difference is that when cells are lost, they can't be regained with the exception of the born vampires that have yet to drink from a human. Because of this, vampires are unable to gain muscle mass.

There are some benefits to being a vampire. While they are able to feel, they don't feel pain. With this vampires are able to use their maximum strength at will, and are very difficult to defeat. While there is a worry about not being able to heal, cuts from breaking through glass can seal up. Practice can allow for the abilities of bat transformation and partial transformations such as finders into claws. Vampires are immune to most human diseases, and to creatures of the decomposing process. When their bodies stop aging they have no need to worry about time itself being fatal.

Blood lust doesn't really exist with these vampires, except for the feral ones. It is more of a hunger, just like humans. A person when hungry will get agitated and distracted. Poor nutrition affects cognition. Once hungry enough it will stop hurting, but will eventually be followed by death. A feast after eating nothing or little over a long length of time will cause the person to vomit.

Profiles

username: LillainSaire
character name: Karianne Wilson
character information: Daughter of Fredrick and Patricia Wilson. She is the granddaughter of the current manager of Manor activities. She is still drinking from her parents instead of humans, and is 22 years old, but looks about 8-9 years old. Karianne acts the part of her youthful appearance, but can become serious when it is needed.
Karianne is a little short, even to pass as an 8 year-old. Her body is thin and lean, giving her the appearance of not getting quite enough food. She runs around a lot, like any energetic child. She loves to dress up in dresses, but has a problem with changing into play clothes and wearing shoes.
character history: Raised by parents that live at work, she too quickly picked up on how the manor runs. She enjoys playing with visiting children and doesn't particularly mind being the one to give a grand tour to this group or another. What she does bore of quickly is her lessons of academia and of combat. She is purposefully makes it clear that she has little intention of thinking about being an adult. This exasperates her parents when the tutor comes to them multiple times in a day because Karianne can not be found.