- the strength of ten men (to hunt their prey)
- venom that kills instantly (to give mercy and instantly kill instead of a slow death)
- a thirst for blood (survival. Since they ARE dead/undead, they need blood to continue moving)
- beauty (to lure their prey)
- a longer life span (they live 10,000 years unless they are killed)
there are also things about stereotypical vampires that are not true about mine:
- don't have a reflection-FALSE (they were once human)
- don't show up in pictures- FALSE (above)
- burn in the sunlight - FALSE (just created by humans so they would think they had a fighting chance)
- burned by crosses/churches - FALSE (they existed before the religion did)
- drink human blood - TRUE (but they don't kill them...usually)
- sleep in a coffin- FALSE (once again, existed before the coffin, they sleep in beds. They do need sleep but only 1-2 hours per night (4 for new vampires))
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Interesting! I'm thinking you'll be pretty good in this vampire business. Truth to be told, there are a lot of unpractical myths about vampires. I like how you picked through them and decided on the ones that really would assist their survival. I think you forgot garlic, but that's a myth too, right?
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