Vampires.

Post » Sat Feb 19, 2011 1:45 am

Hello everyone. I just wanted to ask something, I do not follow lore much but I wanted to know about vampires since I play one. So if anyone could direct me to a link that contains information or enlighten me on that matter I'd appreciate it. Like who was the first vampire (If known) what major things the vampires did and such. Thanks in advance.
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Lyndsey Bird
 
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Post » Sat Feb 19, 2011 4:23 am

http://www.imperial-library.info/fsg/xanarticle1.shtml
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Post » Sat Feb 19, 2011 8:02 am

Vampires are humanoids afflicted with Vampirism. It is commonly believed that Molag Bal created the first vampires, though his method differs depending on who is telling the story. There are many different clans of Vampires all over Tamriel, though in Cyrodill, only one clan exists. Vampires on Nirn are not undead, though a vampire that feeds often can live for thousands of years, effectively cheating death.

Vampires are the result of the disease Porphyric Hemophilia, which can infect most humans and mer. An infected person has approximately three days to cure themselves, or they risk becoming a vampire themselves. Vampires on Tamriel exhibit many of the weaknesses assigned to their kind in oral traditions, including an aversion to sunlight, a potentially fatal reaction to garlic, and an inability to gain nourishment through normal foodstuffs. Instead, vampires must find a living victim, usually another human, and feed on their blood at least once every few days.

Vampires are not strictly a race of themselves; rather, there are vampiric forms of nearly all other sentient races. A vampire's skin will be pale compared to living members of their race, due to the lack of circulation. Vampires also tend to develop red eyes (or white eyes in the case of Khajiit), and their canine teeth will sharpen into fangs. Vampiric humans are stronger and faster than living humans, though they also develop a weakness to fire. Overall, however, vampires that feed regularly can pass as living mortals indefinitely, as seen by Janus Hassildor, Count Skingrad.

The bulk of the vampires that are encountered across Cyrodiil are vampiric forms of some other character class. A vampire, upon undeath, maintains the class he or she had been as a living being. Vampires conform strictly to their class, as can be seen by their choices of weapons, magic, and armor in combat. Extremely old and powerful vampires may also mature into one of two unique vampiric classes, the Matriarch and Patriarch
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