If you have come here looking for a black cloaked, fanged, shadowy figure who lurks in shadows because they can only come out at night and turn to dust in daylight, who is burned by holy water and repelled by garlic, then you are going to be a bit disappointed.

I am a vampyre, but I don't drink blood. Well, that is not entirely true. I have tasted blood and I like it, I have felt the power in it and I have tasted the essence of The Thirst. What i have not done is become dependent on it.

There is a school of thought that all vampyres can either feed on blood or energy as, at the end of the day, it is the life force that is taken either way. This may or may not be true but most vampyres have travelled more or less exclusively down one road or the other. Either they are sanguinarian, in that they feed on blood or they are psychic, in that they feed from the pure energy.

Vampyres are not afraid of the sun, although many including myself are very sensitive to the sun, burn easily, have senstiive skin and do not like bright sunlight, prefering the night.

Vampyres are not burned by holy water and do not run a mile from garlic.....I LOVE the stuff.

Oh, and you cannot be turned into a vampyre,,,,either you are or you aren't. You are born that way, will live that way and will die that way,

Vampyres are not superhuman although it would seem that their hair and nails grow more quickly than a human's and are stronger, also their eyes tend to change colour with mood or phase of the moon. THey are generally more sensitive to energy and are usually empathetic and psychic.

Well, that's a start. I am sure that others will post with more information and if anyone has any questions we will all try our best to answer them.

Not exactly on topic, but not completely off topic either.

Garlic hates me. Loathes me with a passion, one taste and I am very ill indeed, so in that respect I am a typical vampire.

The only thing wrong with that is........I am not a vampire, I am a were!

Darkness.

you're just a crazy mixed up kit arent you

I know there are many Vampires who believe you are not a TRUE Vampire unless you drink human blood, and many humans who believe that all Vampires must drink their blood in order to live.
To both of these sets of people I say there are better things in the universe to feed on than humans, be it their blood or their energy. The blood of a human is often tainted with various chemicals, both naturally and artificially induced. Most illegal drugs (and a lot of the legal ones, alcohol, nicotine etc) spend a long time in the blood stream. If you can think of how a smokers hair and clothes smell, IMAGINE how their blood would taste!!! And unless their diet is top notch you will also be imbibing their fatty deposits and their cholesterol. Any infections they have or deficiencies in their blood or tissue make-up will also be transferred to you when you feed.
For Psi feeders you must think of how 'balanced' and 'stable' your would be donor is emotionally. Often their feelings and emotions act like poison to a Vampire, effecting their moods, their digestion and health and general wellbeing. Creating moodswings, euphoria, depression, hunger, aggression, along with lust, fear and many others. Carried to you in amongst their energy it is almost impossible to filter it all out.
This is one of the reasons why Vampires could never be the heartless, thoughtless, careless slaughterers of the masses that most humans believe them to be, who will kill and feed from any human they come across. For the sake of their own health and self preservation such actions would make no sense. They would be potentially putting themselves in great danger every time they fed.
We must all choose our sources of energy with great care. Feeding is, of course, a necessary part of our lives both kin and non kin. Think before you feed. Do you know where your food has been before it got to you?
Psi feeding from natural energy sources is the cleanest, safest method of giving your body the energy it needs. Trees, the elements, (storms in particular), waterfalls, rivers, the ocean, and even sunshine if done with care, can all provide safe, clean energy. These sources provide energy in abundance and it is free for everyone to take and use.

Just one final thing.
I do not look down on anyone for the way the live, or feed. If blood drinking is your way, then that is that, and probably nothing I can say will persuade you otherwise. But take great pains to ensure that your blood food is the purest it can be, and that your 'donor' can be trusted. No-one wants to catch a disease when all they went out for is a quick snack. Please remember, blood poisoning and food poisoning CAN be one and the same for some.

Sound advice.

It is also some that I think many Kin would do well to read.
I know we don't generally drink blood although some of the weres do get a bloodlust of a sort but the rest of the information about Psy feeding is very relevant.
Also worth noting is that any Meat the weres eat should be from similarly trustworthy sources.
Lots of weres eat semi cooked and raw meats so are vulnerable to similar things that the vampires come across (antibiotics and CJD and others).
I will do some reasearch and add a post to the Weres section about meat sources.

Of course if you know about this kind of thing and can add something please do.

Zygo

I like my flesh well cooked personally, but still usually only buy the organic stuff. It's about the best, and the safest, if you cannot catch your own that is.

Wish I could be more help.
Good luck with your search.

I am wondering if there is a way to split this topic so that the information could be put somewhere easier to access?

I think it might be good to have just an info section? Or is there one already and I missed it?

An information section sounds like a really good idea to me.

And Elvin if there is one already and you missed it, I did too.

Alright you don't have to ask me twice.

One information section coming up. That would be a great place to put the Myth Buster posts too.
Excellent, I'm so glad I thought of it.

Erm..You thought of it?

When was that Lady C.? Or was that something else I missed?

Still whoever thought of it, (come on Elvin and take a bow.) it is a really good idea.

Shade that was a really good post about feeding you made.
I have learned a lot, and I have a lot to learn so I'm grateful.

Dea.