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Vampires
This is one of the the many things I believe in. So here it is.
Definition of Vampire
1. A preternatural being, commonly believed to be a reanimated corpse, that is said to suck the blood of sleeping persons at night.
2. According to Eastern European folklore, a corpse, animated by an undeparted soul or demon, that periodically leaves the grave and disturbs the
living, until it is exhumed and impaled or burned.
A vampire is a corpse that is not really dead although it retains more its human qualities than a lich or a zombie would. It arises at night to drink
the blood of the living to replenish itself. The word itself originated as the Slavic word obyri or obiri, which evolved into the Bulgarian vampire.
Another word for vampire, nosferatu, comes from the Greek nosophoros, plague-carrier.
Vampires do not always fear light. They can stand sunlight for a short period of time, have pale skin, and grow fangs. Doctors believe there may be a
medical explanation for the proliferation of vampire stories in Eastern Europe. Porphyria (also known as phorphyic hemophelia), a hereditary blood
disease, was once widespread among the aristocracy. Patients were sensitive to light, developed brownish teeth, and had skin lesions. They were often
told to drink blood from other people to replenish their own.
Rabies also causes vampire-like symptoms, insomnia, delirium, and strange behavior. A rabies epidemic occurred in Transylvania around the time of
Dracula, the world's most notorious vampire.
In romanian, they are called, Vampir. Duringthe proccess of becoming a vampire, the people the vampire was closest to in life will get horrible
nightmare's of the creature's return.
And we also happen to have two users that are Vampires, Joe1329 and mina_cullen.
The story of Dracula
Dracula's real name was Vlad (the Impaler), he was called a vampire because of his cruel torturing methods. This includes, impaling citizens as he
ate in front of them. He also held a rich feast, and all that came to it, he made them build a castle for him. Records prove that he was indeed a king
of Romania and that he died, by an opposing army's hands. The enemies of Romania at the time (unsure who). The emperor of the enemy country ordered
his army to bring Vlad's head to him, as proof he was dead. And they did so.
Dracul means Dragon/Demon
Dracula means Son of the Dragon/Demon.
Vlad Tepes III also known as Vlad Draculea, Kazikli Voyvoidawas a ruler of Wallachia for the following terms- 1448, 1456-1462, 1476. he was born
November 8th 1431 in Sighisoara, Transylvania and died at the hands of the Ottoman in December 1476 at Wallachia.
On Easter 1459 he arrested all the boyar families as an act of revenge for the killing of his father. He impaled the older ones on stakes while
forcing the others to march from the capitol to the town of Poenari, some 50 miles away. He then ordered the survivors to build a fortress on the
ruins of an older outpost which overlooked the Arges river.
Vlad became quite known for his cruelty and brutal techniques of punishment; people were often skinned, boiled, decapitated, blinded, strangled,
hanged, burned, roasted, hacked, nailed, buried alive, stabbed and so on. He also liked to cut off noses, ears, sexual organs and limbs. But his all
time favourite form of torture was impalement on stakes, hence the surname of Tepes-meaning the Impaler in Romanian. The Turks even called him
"Kaziglu Bey" - Impaler Prince.
His philosophy on honesty and order was known throughout the land. Almost any crime be it lying and stealing to killing could be punishable by
impalement. This law was so effective that he placed a gold cup in the square, anybody could use this cup to drink from the well but the cup must
remain in the square. The cup was never stolen or removed during Vlads whole reign.
Now this is all that site had on this but I might post some more about this here later.
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| posted on 2-18-09 at 12:27 AM |
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What about psychic vampires? Does anyone have info on them?
I am not crazy - my reality is just different to yours
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ADNOCTUM
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| posted on 2-21-09 at 07:42 PM |
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Isnt there like different demons that are like vampires? i believe that some can also take on the shape of a vampire too. is that right?
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