Bestiarium #6 Vampires. (Patreon)

Among the wild-footed rabble (also known as the common people), there is a perception that they are the same as incubi and succubi. I declare with full responsibility that this statement is false and ,moreover, dangerous. Oh yes, like the succubuses they come mainly under the cover of the dark, like the succubuses they take complete control of the weak mind, but unlike succubuses they drink your blood. Blood is the only substance that keep these creatures of the total decay. And they lust it to prolong their unlife. That’s why I find it's inappropriate to use in relation to these creatures overly romanticized term ‘vampires’. Bloodsuckers is the only name for them. Nothing would stop them on their disgusting trail – they would play dreadful things with you mind, to get, what they thirst for. No garlic, no rowan will help you. Only the strong will and righteous way of live, and of course brave and skillful witch hunter may save if not your mortal body, but soul.

The other thing that makes this creatures so disgusting is that they are capable to spread their curse to the masses. No one bite wouldn’t make you a vampire – bloodsucking isn’t rabies, it is only their way of meal. But if bites are repeated regularly and moreover are accompanied by special abhorrent ritual, your soul will be poisoned and you you'll be one of them. And then I'll come for you.

Abraham van Helsing “Treatise on vampirology”.