This is my own take on the species, which is very different from the traditional concept of vampires and is more of a fantasy take on it.
I welcome (and encourage) ocs inspired by this! Hell you can even have them be in the same world, I just ask you give some form of credit, maybe tag me as well! I would love love love to see it ^.^
Nyx and Lark are vampires, but they work very differently in my world. All vampires drink blood and are at least partly bat. They are believed to be cursed by a god to be immortal, with their only weaknesses being silver, the sun, and wooden stakes.
They can still starve, though they can’t die from it. Rather, their body slowly decays to the thinnest and weakest any mortal could be without dying. Same goes for bleeding out and physical injuries.
Injuries heal fast, unless starving, in which case it slows down tremendously, and even the smallest of wounds can take months or even years to heal.
Vampires have 3 main forms, being their human form (a disguise, usually used to hide and hunt in human settlements), their true form - a monster form that changes vampire to vampire; Always bat, but sometimes mixed with other species, different body types, etc. for example, Nyx is a bat, but has feathered wings and almost a Wyvern-like bodytype. Their third form is a mixture of the two and in most cases their preferred form.
Nyx’s preferred form is humanoid, with large fluffy bat ears, a nose-leaf like that of a bat rather than a human one, and replacing arms; large feathered wings with taloned hands.
Every form has retractable fangs, able to slip back into the gums to blend in with humans. In humanoid form, they are generally kept hidden until needed, but can be tempted out by the smell of blood.
Vampires are also believed to have been cursed to feed off human blood, as anything else doesn’t have the same healing properties and isn’t healthy for a full diet- still it isn’t rare to find vampires who drink primarily animal blood as a substitute and are weakened by it.
