POWERS OF VAMPIRES

Immortality

Vampires do not age, except on some occasions when they have been deprived of blood for extended periods of time. However, the vampire will be rejuvenated when as soon as he gets fresh blood supply. Most of the vampire's powers increase over the centuries with age and experience.  These centuries-spanning creatures may eventually become Vampire Regents or Elders, who are capable of even greater feats than the common vampire. Dracula is considered as the Master of all Vampires but it is unsure if he was the first vampire on earth. Contamination The vampire as a negative image of the Christ - that gave his blood to save men, Nosferatu gives blood to corrupt souls and propagate evil. The Vampire is self-sufficient and despite the attraction he may provoke, seems to exist beyond “sexuality”.  His mission is to multiply and give rise to a new age on earth where humans will loose their supremacy in the global food chain. Invulnarability Vampires have remarkable recuperative powers and cannot be harmed by conventional weapons. They are also immune to all forms of human diseases and illnesses. Only when moving about during the day or when resting in his coffin, the vampire is somewhat vulnerable and subject to physical harm. Bullets and ordinary knives provide only momentary distractions, as the vampire can heal from such injuries within seconds. Moreover, the vampire does not feel pain from such conventional attacks. They can only be harmed by weapons made of the purest silver and even then, their supernatural restorative abilities allow them to recover very quickly. Under optimum conditions (i.e. - when they have been feeding regularly), vampires never physically get tired. SuperHuman Strength Most vampires acquire superhuman strength anywhere from three to five times as great as they had in their mortal lives. Moreover, a vampire’s speed, agility, and reflexes are up to five times as great as they had in their mortal lives. All vampires possess acute hearing (equivalent to that of a wolf) and night vision, enabling them to see with better than 20/20 perceptibility in total darkness. As a vampire grows "older" over the years its strength can increase, and the strength level of Vampire Regents can be 10 - 20 times stronger than they were in their mortal lives. Dracula is described as having the strength of twenty strong men. Shapeshifter The vampire may command several animal creatures such as the wolf, the rat, the fox, the owl, the bat and the moth and is also able to assume the form of a wolf or a bat and possibly any of the other animals subject to his command (spiders, weasels, cats, ravens, scorpions…) while retaining their own intelligence. Some of the more powerful vampires or Vampire Regents are able to transform into a bat of human proportions. The vampire may also transform himself into a mist or dust cloud drifting in the air through only the oldest and most powerful vampires or Vampire Regents are known to assume such forms. The vampire may alter his size within certain limits, becoming either larger or smaller so that he can easily go out from his grave or coffin . The vampire may climb walls much like a large insect. He may climb normally or with his head toward the ground much like a spider. Vampires can often take away a person's voice, strength, and beauty. This might be an imaginative extrapolation of the old Romanian belief that "live vampires" (*strigoi vii*) or persons born destined to become undead vampires (*strigoi morti*), developed the power while still alive to rob vitality or appearances from other living beings and to transfer them to another being, sometimes themselves. Montague Summers also wrote in “The Vampire in Europe” that the Romanian vampire had the abilility "to gather the 'power' of beauty, which he sold for money, and here in fact we have the regular love charms. These female vampires are generally of a dry burning skin and a notably florid complexion. The men are bald and distinguished by peculiarly piercing eyes." Hypnotic Mind Control Much like the snake and the bird, the vampire can control the will of humans through a form of hypnotic, even to the point of inducing a catatonic state and amnesia. This power explains why victims often have no memory of being attacked. This hypnotic control can be conveyed either verbally or telepathically, depending on the power of the vampire. Powerful vampires and Vampire Regents need only to catch the gaze of their intended victim for a few seconds, through stronger minds require more time to mesmerize. Victims bitten by a vampire are much easier to control, requiring little - if any - concentration from the host-vampire.