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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 7:51 am
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:42 pm
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Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 9:32 pm
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Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 11:02 pm
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Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 9:11 pm
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Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 11:27 am
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Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 8:47 pm
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In Maggie Shayne's "Wings of the Night" series, vampires are originally humans born with an antigen in their blood called the "Belladonna Antigen", the vampires call them "The Chosen". This makes them somewhat weaker and they die younger than normal people... usually before 28, sometimes later. (Which explains why they are all young in appearance.) Other vampires can sense humans born with the antigen and are driven to protect them... some have a stronger bond with a particular human whom they are connected to even over distances (not always soul mates - so it's not always a romantic connection, but more familial). A vampire can transform a Chosen by draining them and then giving them their blood in return, but normal humans can't be turned. They suffer from the typical sun syndrome, but they're pretty much forced to fall asleep at dawn... sort of like they're drugged. The good news is, any damage they took before the sleep will be healed and gone by nightfall. They bleed a lot if wounded and can die from blood-loss.
Laurell K. Hamilton's "Anita Blake" series is pretty much classic vampire... but the stronger vampires connect to a particular animal which they can call upon... lycanthropes (were-animals) of their animal are bound to them and must obey them. A strong vampire can also bond with a particular lycan and a necromancer to form a triad-like power.
And last but not least of my favs - Sherrilyn Kenyon's vampires fall in a couple of categories... They were formed, according to Greek Mythology. Apollo created a race that lived on Atlantis called the Appolites, all fair-haired and beautiful. The jealous queen of the Apollites killed one of Apollo's mistresses and her son when she was only 27 so he cursed their entire race to be forced to live on each others' blood and die by their 27th birthday. He also banned them from the sun completely. To escape this early death, some Apollites bite humans and steal their souls. A human whose soul was stolen can't pass on to the afterlife and will be doomed to remain a shade - a wandering spirit neither seen nor heard - on the mortal plane. These soul-stealers are now called Daemons and need to constantly steal souls to survive. The battle Daemons, Artemis - sister of Apollo - confronted warriors at the moment of their tragic deaths and offered the revenge on their murder in return for their service to her. She takes their soul and marks them with a double bow & arrow tattoo. They can no longer walk in sunlight unless heavily protected and they need blood to survive (which they mainly get from blood-banks). When they do take from a human, they only take a little and all the human gets is an orgasm. They are called Dark-Hunters and their super abilities vary. A Dark-Hunter can be made human if someone who loves them unconditionally were to ask Ash (head Hunter) for their soul. Then they would have to stab their beloved Hunter with a stake in the heart until he's near death and place the soul back into their body with their own hands... which, by the way, burns like Hell. Only someone of pure heart and true love can accomplish this task.
I've read more vamp books than this, but these are my top three.
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Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 11:08 am
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Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 4:19 pm
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