[Poruku]

Many centuries ago, Huggessoa created the Vampires as we know them on Sigrogana. To this day, they lurk in the night. And although vampires are generally tolerated in G6 society, most commonfolk still see them as inherently evil.


On the flip side, Korvara is a land untouched by vampirism... Well... At least, until now...

Korvara Vampirism

Completely unrelated to G6 vampires, a new epidemic has recently struck the island of Korvara. Though they have gone unnoticed for a few years now, the urban legends are starting to become strikingly real, and many people swear they're real. The citizens of the 4 nations swear they've had a friend or a cousin fall victim to a peculiar creature- a monster in human guise, that prowls the night and feeds on the innocents!

But how did they come to exist? Well, the legend goes like this...

Vampirism is a curse. A magical disease that is transmitted by blood. However, the first vampire was born from something known as the Original Curse. This event is only a theory, but it's said that a powerful artifact of the ruins known as the Blood Tear was found in an expedition, and returned secretly to a rich benefactor who was sponsoring the mission. After he was obsessed with the item for a while, it eventually fused with him, and fundamentally changed his being.

The artefact is said to have an insatiable thirst for blood, acting as a sort of symbiotic parasite. It requests blood, and in exchange, will grant power and everything the soul desires...

From that point, the curse of vampirism could be spread by having the host's blood get drank by a new candidate. Though at first it was a closed-off cabal, the curse has spread to many new members, and eventually was passed around without oversight from the original chosen. The first Vampires were careful to blend in with society and avoid drawing suspicion, but now that the curse is out into the wide world, the best that Vampires can do is hope that nobody will find out about their true nature... Tainted by a trace of the original curse, their bodies have changed in an imperceptible but fundamental way. Even far detached from the artifact, the curse remains, impossible to remove as it is now a part of their soul.

THE RACE

Korvara Vampires are born by performing a ritual where an individual person drinks the blood of an existing vampire.

Like Huggessoan vampires, they harbor a weakness to light and holy weaponry due to their soul which is tainted by a curse similar to undeath.

They can eat food, but prefer to drink blood. Without drinking any blood, they may become increasingly irritable and even violent, going on a rampage if they get a taste after not having any for a long time. However, some vampires can survive without blood for long periods of time.

Korvara vampires are not immortal, but their life is prolonged roughly twofold. By drinking blood regularly, it can even go in the hundreds of years, but never drinking blood will slightly reduce their lifespan compared to their normal race.

They gain power from drinking blood as they can absorb the focus from it.

MECHANICALLY

Differences from Huggessoa Vampire:
- These vampires do not turn into mist upon death.
- They don't need to be killed with a holy weapon to properly die.
- They aren't immortal, instead they only have an unnaturally long life.