Nosferite

Twisted by dark influences that seep from the very soil of Cainaan, the Nosferites stalk the night seeking stranglers who have walked too far away from the roads. With their elongated arms they grasp their victims, digging deep into their flesh with their sharp nails. Once the victim is secured, they hold their prey over their open wide maws and start to squeeze until all the blood has poured out.

Basic Information

Anatomy

The nosferites are a breed of degenerate undead creatures, barely resembling their once living selves. Their hairless bodies are pale grey. Their veiny arms are as long as an adult man, with sharp long nails at the end of each finger. Their legs and lower torsos have almost atrophied away, dangling behind them as they pull themselves forward over the ground. They have deep sunken red eyes with black rings around them, and two sharp fang-like front teeth.

Ecology and Habitats

The nosferites are found in the dark forests of Cainaan, forced to live far away from civilisation by the still-sane vampires protecting their flocks. They form packs of four to six nosferites, and stalk together searching for prey during the night. During the day they seek shelter from the sun in various caves and tunnels, lest they burn away to ash.

Biological Cycle

The nosferites were once fledglings, turned into vampires without participating in the Feast of the Scarlet Wine and somehow still allowed to continue their existence in banishment. This is usually done by either forcing vampirism upon themselves or by a sire who does not care for the rules of the vampire community. The recently turned vampire does not gain any of the privileges allotted to official vampires such as access to a stable supply of blood, and instead has the live off vermin and barely conscious peasants that they catch from their hiding places. This impure blood slowly turns them insane, and as their condition worsens they turn into a nosferite.

Additional Information

Perception and Sensory Capabilities

The nosferite's abominable form is despised by the very light itself, and their mere presence causes torches and candles to flicker out, as if to flee from the creature. The nosferites for their part try to avoid standing in large artificial lights, and back away from it when they can. When they are forced to stand in it, and no longer have anywhere to flee to the nosferites enter a killing frenzy, which only stops when the sun takes them out at dawn.

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