Vampirism

okay so we have two gods, Abenacht (primordial being of the night), and Aspinisia (divine goddess of the lifeblood)

then we got a guy named Polidori.

this guy did a cardinal Bad Thing, which is being generally shitty and disrespectful to beings that have power over him. homeboy did a LOT of serial murders under cover of night

Abenacht, who is a chill dude, like. the night is calm and covering. hes chill. sees this and is like "oh shit dude. what the fuck, like. dude bro, what the hell??? right in front of my peaceful moonlight??? NOT cool."

and Aspinisia, who is LESS CHILL, sees reckless murder (wasting her lifeblood and her energy), sees this and gets Righteously Angry

Aspinisia and Abenacht collaborate, and visit this guy in the physical realm, beat the shit out of him, and curse him with "Aeterna sanguinem" (the dramatic name was Aspinisia's choice)

which means he can now only exist under cover of night, anything else renders him frail and sickly, his body rotting under sunlight

and he must learn to appreciate his lifeblood, and must now life his pitiful life as a lecher, always scraping for blood as he rots eternally

however, Polidori, who is an asshole, decides "yeah no thats NOT gonna fly" so he ends up attacking livestock and humans for their blood, and figures out he can live off of that

thus birthing the vampire as we know it

some notes:

Polidori just so happened to be allergic to garlic

Polidori was famously antsy. gets scared of his own reflection, almost

Polidori evuntally dies because he ate garlic soup and died of an allergic reaction, but the spread curse of Aeterna sanguinem was already out there and cant go away

meanwhile the way the spread works is that the power level obtained from the curse and the physical changes to the afflicted's body depend on the existing magical power of the newly afflicted

i.e, Lady Dimitrescu is 9'11 because she already had existing magical powers, so she probably got a shitton of height from Mother Miranda afflicting her

other minor vamp powers developed from generations of vampires, mostly learned shit, include:

Mesmerize: continued eye contact allows a vampire to basically forcibly gaslight/hypnotize someone into believing something

Superstrength: speaks for itself

Shadow Step: they dont turn into bats but they can leap a gap in a single bound with a shadow teleport

Blood Thinning: if a vamp doesnt drink blood they kinda uh. deteroriate

enhanced senses: speaks for itself

Blood Knowledge: if you drink someone dry and kill them completely you kinda. learn everything about them?

List of known Vampires

 * Polidori
 * Alcina Dimitrescu
 * Cassandra Dimitrescu
 * Bela Dimitrescu
 * Daniela Dimitrescu