Vampires

In Night World, there are two types of vampires: the lamia (lay-me-uh) and the made vampires.

Lamia are the vampires that were born as vampires. Lamia can have children, which would be lamia. They can age and grow like humans, but they are able to stop the aging process if they want to. Once a lamia who has stopped aging decides to start aging again, the aging process will accelerate so their physical appearance will match their true age in a short amount of time.

Made vampires are vampire that were once humans. They had exchanged blood with a lamia or another made vampire. They don't age at all and can't have children. Usually, only humans under the age of 19 will survive the change into a vampire. If a human doesn't get enough blood from the vampire changing them, the will die and become a ghoul. Ghouls only will in life is to kill and eat.

Both lamia and made vampires have to drink blood to survive. Vampire cells are unable to carry oxygen so they must consume a living creature's blood cells. Both lamia and made vampires also have super strength, speed, telepathy, and agility. There telepathy might get stronger if they were a witch before they were turned. They don't get hurt by sunlight (although it does weaken them). They can't turn into bats with the exeption of the original vampire, Maya.

Maya was the first vampire in existence. She was originally a witch, but she wanted to be immortal. To do this, she used powerful magic that involved drinking the blood of babies. The first made vampire was Thierry, who Maya turned against his will. Maya turned him because she wanted him. Maya soon had a son named Red Fern. All vampires are descended from Maya.

Some of the vampire also have some witch blood. The Redfern family does because of a kinship ceremony enacted by Hunter Redfern and Maeve Harman. There is also that some made vampires might trace a witch somewhere in their family, like Poppy North. This usually ends up with a stronger telepathy and some other things.

Some vampires in the books are:

James Rasmussen

Poppy North

Ash Redfern

Rowan Redfern

Kestrel Redfern

Jade Redfern

John Quinn

Thierry Descouedres

Maya

Hunter Redfern

Lily Redfern

Harmed by:

 * Wood
 * Fire

Symbol
The symbol for lamia vampires is a black iris

The symbol for made vampires is a black rose.