Lamia (vampire folklore)

Lamia (Vampire folk lore)
In antient vampiric folklore vampires named themselves Lamia. This seperated the made vampires from the born vampires. The very first vampire to be born was named Maya. She was part of an antient tribe, her herself being hungry for powerdecided to take the babies of her sister, Hecate and in a ceremonial purpose she drained them of their blood, thus becoming immortal. It wasn't long before she realised she had to keep draining blood from the living in order to survive and gain power.

Lamia took blood in order to survive. In order to become immortal they had become not dead or alive, but undead. Their blood contained no oxygen. It was more of a poison and because dead things are idealy not supposed to breath lamia would have to drain blood from a living victim to breathe. They would have to hunt at least twice a day. There was a time though that lamia encountered humans for the first time and the end result was that a human host got bitten and became what we know today as a vampire.

Lamia are easily more defined from humans. They are pale fleshed and have extremely pointed canines. The present a lust for blood when pale skin or veins are sighted even when not hungry. They are unnaturally beautiful at most times and tend to mix with humans in order to feed. They present something that vampires don't possess. They have a special sight that allows them to know others emotions by the way the move and act. Their acute eyesight however has a bad effect on another of their senses, usually making it hard for them to learn. They tend to be quiet and keep to themselves and avoid much interaction with other creatures of both their kind and the human world. They find it hard to keep eye contact with others for fear of what they will see. Lamia have incredible speeds and strengths that no human could ever possess. They are immortal however they can be killed by wood or fire. Even a pencil could send them to their graves. Holy water and garlic have no effect on lamia like they do vampires.

Lamia tend to have very distant personalities. They are constantly daydreaming in a humans eyes. It is a suitable pose that hides the fact they are trying to block out all thoughts of others around them, either that or they are listening intently. They appear dumb when actually they have strong minds that know more then any other eyes have ever seen. They have a second form they ontake that has simliar appearances to that of a gargoyle. They are stony skinned and have a huge wing span. They are well equiped for hunting and can become in a rabid state when hunting, loosing all memory of the hunt in some occasions, sometimes leading to the death of their loved ones.

They tend to be born under the star sign cancer and are thought of to have a wild imagination when, actually, most things they say that seem obscure and completely random are either in code to another lamia or vampire or perfectly true. They are usually named after things of nature like trees, plants and animals. They also have a mysterious sixth sense that allows them to feel their surroundings and see them projected in their minds with eyes closed. They can't be killed by sunlight but as such can be blinded by it. They were made for the night so therefore born with night vision. The moon is bright to them so the sun increasingly so. They would usually complain, despite their shy personalities if the sun was shining on them. It effectively drains their powers and alertness and does strain their acute eyesight.

They are naturally nocternal creatures so walking amongst humans does make them weary, let alone taking on the everyday life of a human. They also have three tribes; Twilight, Sunlight and midnight. Twilight vampires are just good vampires that only drain blood without killing. Sunlight vampires believe that humans and vampires should be in peace so tend to form relationships with humans. Midnight vampires are selfish beings, decendants from Maya that kill when taking blood and take astounding amounts of blood just for power...