hello! a quick question about turning into a vampire: does the transformation "fix" a person's body ie restore sight, ability to walk etc, or are any past "permanent" changes or conditions etc permanent even in vampirism?
Hi love! This is a great question! So, no, turning into a vampire wouldn't restore someone's sight or ability to walk, but it also wouldn't make any past changes or conditions necessarily permanent either unless the conditions were permanent before death. To turn, a person would need to have vampire blood in their system, and V can heal a lot of injuries, so if someone, for instance, dies with V in their system, having been stabbed, they'd wake up as a vampire without any scarring, appearing completely normal. But if they had scars as a human before ingesting V and turning, they'd still have those scars as a vampire, but would be unable to gain any new scars from future injuries, as their advanced healing would prevent future scarring. So, if someone were blind and was turned, they'd likely still be blind after turning (depending on the reasoning for their blindness/condition). If they had something like retinitis pigmentosa, for example, their level of sight would likely be preserved at the point of turning, given that vampires' incredible healing abilities might prevent any more photoreceptors from breaking down, but they would still be as legally blind as they were upon dying.
As for someone who might not be able to walk, however, at Lunar Cove, Vampires aren't actually dead. They're the undead. They died temporarily, but when they complete their transition, they are very much alive. They have a heartbeat, they have blood flowing through their body, their hair can grow, etc. So, the Vampire could undergo physical therapy to try to relearn to walk again as a human might. It would really just depend on the condition that would be preventing them from walking, etc. But let us know if you have any more questions!