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Vrykolaka

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Overview

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Vrykolakas are vampire dire wolf and a relative to the Hellhound. Unlike a Hellhound that collect souls, Vrykolakas enjoy sucking the prana (life force) out of organic and living, but are notorious for blood-sucking. They also enjoy feeding off the emotions of others depending on the purpose.

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Kanji |ヴィコラカス

Romaji | Vu~ikorakasu

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Additional Information

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Primary Ability | Vampire Magic (Prana)

Located In | N/A


Description

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A Vrykolaka is a vampiric dire wolf often shown with black up their nose and from their forehead and ears to the tips of their tail while they have a cream color on their muzzle, legs, chest, and underbelly. They often have sharpened black claws and notable canines. They have webbed, bat-wings for ears as well and complete red eyes with no pupils.

When angered, a Vrykolaka has the ability to morph into a monstrous vaewolf, a half-vampire and half-wolf that walks on two legs. It's a man-beast with glowing, red eyes and uncontrollable urges to suck life force, emotions, or memories from a living being.


Habitat

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Vrykolakas that are feral and undomesticated are often found living in dark parts of forests, but many can be found among urban areas as they enjoy being around fresh and immediate sources of food. As Vrykolakas have been domesticated over the years, many more can be found under the care of humans.


History

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Vrykolakas have been known to be used in wars as executioners. They would be tamed for the soul purpose of delivering a fate worse than death, whether it be feeding on the memories of their opponents, sucking out their emotions, or sucking out their life force. They were notably used in the Cabria War on the side of the Gohra Army.

In the present-day, Vrykolakas have been used as pets and even protectors to a fault. While they still have a thirst for prana, supplements have been made to sate their thirst. Some owners have a strong bond with their Vrykolakas and even allow them to feed a little on their life force, but that is only the result of trust. Once a Vrykolaka has a taste of a subject's prana, they have the ability to grow addicted to it and can track down their food source no matter how great the distance.


Magic and Abilities

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Vampire Magic (Prana)

Like Vampire Magic, those with the prana version of this Magic are able to paralyze their enemies with sustained eye contact. However, a Vrykolaka also has the ability to paralyze with a single bite. Unlike the stereotypical vampire, they do not feed through physical contact. They feed once in direct vicinity of their victim, though must keep eye contact. They feed in only four distinct types of ways.

**It should be noted Vampire Magic in any form is not considered Black Magic for it does not involve any Curse Power.

Tantra

Vrykolakas can feed off the sexual energy they sense in living things. However, it is noted many Vrykolakas finds this type of feeding quite distasteful and hard to come by.

Emoto

Vrykolakas can feed off the emotions, but only emotions that are at the surface. Any emotions that suppressed cannot be reached unless a Vrykolaka is extremely powerful. Most Vrykolakas enjoy feeding off of anger or love and magizoologists are under the assumption that "love" to a Vrykolaka tastes sweet while "anger" tastes hot and spicy. The effect to the victim can turn them completely emotionless, but still functional or if might just make them drowsy.

Retina

Vrykolakas can feed off certain memories, preferably strong ones tied to emotion. There are only two side effects known of this type of feeding. Sometimes, victims only gain short-term memory loss in which they might remember those memories or might forget them forever, but remain unaffected. Should a Vrykolaka continuous suck out memories, the victim is then left in an amnesiac state wherein there is no hope of them recovering their memories. Vrykolakas are able to return memories, but at the cost of them losing Magic.

Prana

Vrykolakas can feed off the direct life-force of a human or creature, though at the cost of addiction. Vrykolakas have the ability to even suck the life-force out of nature itself, though this method of feeding has become extinct.

Transformation Magic: Vrykolakas only portrayed true skills of Transformation Magic during the Cabria War when they were forced to turn into monstrous vaewolves.

Enhanced Smell: Vrykolakas, like many canines, have an enhanced sense of smell. While sensitive to scents, they are more in-tune with the scent of a life-force, emotions, and even memories.

Enhanced Hearing: Vrykolakas, like many canines, have enhanced hearing.

Enhanced Stamina: Vrykolakas can gain more stamina the more prana they consume.

Enhanced Speed: Vrykolakas have an impressive speed.

Enhanced Durability: Vrykolakas have quire resilient bodies, making them ideal war dogs.


Trivia

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—Bluenote Stinger was soldier in the Gohra Army during the Cabria War as well.

—The name "Vrykolakas" come from the Greek and Slavic folklore as the undead vampire wolf people become after a death due to a heretical life, an excommunication, a burial in unholy ground, or eating the meat of a sheep which had been wounded by a wolf or a werewolf.