- Lilith
- Godric
- Bill Compton
- Eric Northman
- Pamela Swynford De Beaufort
- Jessica Hamby
- Tara Thornton
- God created the first vampire, Lilith
- Humans, Adam & Eve, were created for her sustenance
- Sentient reanimated corpses that drink blood to survive
- Created many of the vampire myths in order to protect themselves
- In 2006, they revealed their existence to humans
- Can survive on synthetic blood, called True Blood
- Sleep during the day, in coffins
- Garlic is "irritating" to vampires
- Retractable fangs
- Paler complexion
- Cry blood
- Bodies explode into a mass of blood when they die
- Human must be drained of their blood and fed vampire blood
- Vampire and human must then sleep in the ground
- During the transformation, the two "share their essence"
- Until the newborn rises as a vampire the following night
- Newborn and the maker will have a bond, and the progeny must obey maker
- Young vampires cannot resist blood at all
- Eidetic memory
- Enhanced physiology
- Healing factor
- Immortal
- Flight
- Glamour
- Blood heals human wounds and acts like a drug to humans
- Cannot enter a home without an invitation
- Crosses
- Holy water
- No reflection
- Sunlight
- Fire
- Decapitation
- Wooden stake to the heart
- Maker has full control over the vampires they create
- Silver burns and severely weakens them
- If they do not sleep or feed, they experience the "bleeds"
- Hepatitis D, a virus that weakens vampires for about a month
- A semi-religious, clandestine council
- Ultimate authority over all vampires across the globe
- Oversaw matters of both religion & politic
- Gave rulings directly under the Authority
- Rule over entire continents
- Directly under the Magister are the vampire Kings & Queens
- Territories are divided into kingdoms & queendoms
- Under complete reign by their individual monarch
- Has authority over his or her vampire subjects
- Kingdoms are divided into smaller territories called areas
- Overseen by a Sheriff, oldest & most powerful vampire in the area
- Maintain order among vampires & report back to the monarch
- Within areas, a group of vampires living together
- Hierarchy of a vampire nest follows by age, oldest to youngest
