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About the Vampires in The Loss of Dusk to Dawn and other FAQ:
The Vampires:
These vampires can survive in the sunlight, cross running water, and silver does not burn them. The only sure way to kill a vampire is to put an object all the way through their heart or obliterate that organ. Hence, some rely on using fortified stakes to kill a vampire, but technically bullets would work just as well. The reason that a vampire can survive any other injury save for that, is that a vampire's heart will continue to beat no matter what damage has occurred to other parts of the body. The continuing flow of blood allows a vampire to regenerate from the injuries, though the more serious the wound the longer it will take to heal.
Even though not drinking blood won't kill a vampire, they will eventually be driven insane from starvation and grow very, very weak from lack of proper nutrition. When Blood Blocking first came into existence and vampires began to starve, they would turn on their own kind and to protect themselves, the remaining vampires who could stave off the insanity, were forced to kill the sick.
Vampires can taste blood-related illnesses when they are drinking from a person. A healthy person with a good diet will have better tasting blood than an unhealthy individual with a poor diet. Blood type has nothing to do with it. Neither does being a virgin.
In order to become a vampire, the human must be drained nearly completely, and then be made to drink the blood of the vampire who is to become their Sire. Once enough blood has been exchanged the Sire must then kill the human, allowing the new blood to invade all systems of the body allowing reincarnation as a vampire. It is the action of being killed that under the best circumstances; the human and vampire would talk about being comfortable with this dark bond and mentally prepare for it. However, throughout history most humans do not get this luxury as being made a vampire is out of an act of desperation. Humans who have had their Blood Blocked cannot be made into a vampire. The taste of their blood will make a vampire sick and if they attempt to drink a vampire's blood their body would treat it like a virus.
Once a person is made into a vampire they take on the name of their Sire along with maintaining their own. Sort of like Western marriage naming traditions. However, once this Fledgling makes their own vampire they have the option of either giving them their Sire's name or bestowing their original surname to the former human.
Terms found in this Fanfiction:
Feeder- a human that is responsible for providing blood to vampires. Commonly, they have had their blood Extended.
Blood Extension- a counter measure to blood Blocking, it allows a human's blood cells to multiply at an exaggerated rate, allowing multiple vampires to feed from one human without negative side effects. However, if too much time passes between feedings the human could die.
Blood Blocking - a syrum that makes the blood inedible to vampires. When a vampire drinks the blood of a person who has their blood Blocked they will feel sick. A Blocked person cannot become a vampire.
Praetor- the leader of a coven.
Coven- a group of vampires.
Fledgling - the 'child' of another vampire Example: Leon is Arthur's Fledgling because Arthur turned him into a vampire
Sire - the 'parent' of another vampire
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