Vampire

Facts

 * Have fangs
 * Cannot go into direct sunlight
 * Dead Vampire bodies don't react like normal corpses, so establishing Time of Death etc is more difficult
 * Vampires don't tend to wake until full dark, unless they are quite powerful
 * Sometimes when asleep, a Vampire will still have a pulse or heartbeat
 * If a vampire bites a human, they can have limited control over that human
 * Normal vampire bites can be purified with holy water, usually this is over a period of several days, but it is extremely painful
 * Most vampires try to hide their coffins, but some like Nikolaos and Jean Claude, dont (Nikolaos out of arrogance, Jean Claude out of strategy)
 * A human who is turned by more than one vampire will rise as a revenant
 * Vampires can be created instantly (with one bite) if the vampire is strong enough
 * Becoming a vampire will not automatically turn you beautiful, no matter how much Twilight tells you it will...
 * Vampire's retain any pre-existing traits you had as a human, i.e. twitches, addictions etc
 * Vampires are legal in the US, but not most other countries (since two years before The Laughing Corpse)
 * America was the first country to legalise vampirism
 * If an executioner kills a vampire without a death warrant, then it is illegal
 * Vampires are citizens, pay taxes, abide by human laws etc
 * It's being debated in courts etc about whether things, such as staking a vampire is murder, or if inheritance etc is affected in terms of vampirism
 * Can move faster than humans
 * Are stronger than humans
 * Can use mind tricks to trick humans by making eye contact etc
 * Some have special powers, depending on their bloodlines
 * Newer vampires still seem human, after a while however they can learn to move silently or fly etc
 * Masters have strong ties to people they sire
 * Masters can have human a servant and an animal to call
 * Most masters have a specific animal they can control
 * Silver won't kill a vampire, but it can slow them down
 * Can heal themselves faster than humans, however silver will slow the healing down to human speed
 * Holy Water will burn them
 * If a blessed holy item is held by a true believer then it will light up when a vampire is present, it can glow to brighter than the sun
 * Other metaphysical creatures have some immunity to Vampire powers
 * When a vampire feeds on a human they can pass for human for a while (as they steal heat and warmth from their meal) otherwise they tend to feel clammy and cold
 * A vampire cannot drink a human dry, as their stomachs cannot hold that much blood, but a human can bleed out if a Vampire punctures them
 * A vampire's saliva has an anti-coagulant in it to stop the wound from healing over
 * Vampires can take blood from anywhere on a human body
 * Animal blood isn't good enough to sustain a vampire
 * Vampires eat breath mints to mask the smell of blood
 * A group of vampires is called a Kiss
 * Can give marks to humans to make them into human servants
 * It's illegal to kill a vampire without a warrant

How to make a Vampire
Basically to make a vampire you need the following ingredients:
 * One Human
 * One Vampire
 * 3 bites within a short period of time
 * 3 nights of rest
 * DONE!

When a vampire is being bound to a master (either after being sired by him or joining his kiss) he, or his human servant can bind them using variations of the following chant:

"Blood of my Blood,

Flesh of my Flesh,

Two minds with but one body,

two souls melded as one"

This is also used with human Servants during a part of their creation etc

How to kill a Vampire
The following ways are known to kill vampires:
 * Vampires are highly flammable, so fire will burn them to a cinder
 * Removing the heart and the head, and separating them
 * Take the ashes of a burnt vampire, and sprinkle them into a river
 * If a vampire does not feed properly, then they will slowly rot away