Origin:

- Lucien Castle was viciously tortured for something Klaus had done;
- He stabbed Klaus, causing the vampire's blood to drip into his own wounds
- Healed, he assumed that he was now a vampire & went afther his attacker
- He was killed, awoke in transition, fed on a human & became the first Vampire

Description:

Reanimated human corpses who feed on the blood of the living

Highlights:

- The growth of the species led to several attempts to end them
- Weapons like stake-shooting guns & vervain grenades were made to stop them
- Experience sensations & feelings much more intensely than humans
- Some become Rippers: extremely feral, predatory savage & beast like;
- Those can be controlled if they avoid human blood, feed only off animals
- Sire Bond: new vampire unconditionally obeys their sire;
- Happens if they have romantic feeling for them before being turned

Physiology:

- Looked human but also had a true face:
- Their sclera is blood-red
- Dark veins under their eyes
- Retractable Fangs
- Body desiccates when they die
- Blood is the main component of a vampire's diet

Reproduction:

- Humans must die with Vampire blood in their system
- Awaken in transition, neither truly living nor truly dead
- Must then consume human blood within the next 24 hours, or they will die
- Transition is complete, once they drink the blood

Abilities:

- Can turn their humanity on & off
- Enhanced Physiology
- Healing Factor
- Mind compulsion
- Limited Telepathy
- Don t age
- Blood heals human wounds

Weaknesses:

- Mummify if they abstain from blood
- Can t enter a home without an invitation
- Vervain
- The Cure
- Magic

Fatal:

- Decapitation
- Fire
- Heart Extraction
- A werewolf s bite
- If an Original dies, all their bloodline will slowly perish as well
- Sunlight
- Wood stabbed through their heart