Even in these modern times, where rational thinking is tested and applied, no human would ever think that vampires truly exist. Though the possibility of vampires really existing has fallen under speculation, now that random murders have been occurring with the victims having bite marks upon them. Do vampires exist? They can't exist, someone obviously is going out of their way to make humanity believe that they do exist. Nevertheless, vampires do exist, and after the vampires almost brought all of humanity to the brink of extinction, certain changes had to be made by the vampires.
There are three classes of vampires, the Purebloods, the mid-level vampires, and the standard vampire.
The Purebloods are the first of the vampire race. Purebloods are born vampires, they have exceptional speed, strength, and regenerative abilities. They like to keep their hands in the pot of power, but not directly hold the pot of power...as they call it. Purebloods are particularly violent, though over the last few centuries they have been able to control their anger. They are unable to retract their fangs, and can feed on other vampires. They also can walk in sunlight...though depending on the pureblood's age, and hereditary, some purebloods have a sensitivity to the sunlight via their eyes. A bite to a human from a pureblood will turn that human into a mid-level vampire, without needing to take blood from their pureblood maker. Most purebloods won't feed on humans, because their bite will definitely turn that human into a vampire. A pureblood must have a human's permission to feed on them, because of this fact. Usually if a pureblood does this it's because the pureblood intends to keep this human within their house as a food source. Pureblood vampires are capable of regenerating all of their organs, in order to kill a pureblood, you must remove their head.
The pureblood children of a pureblood pair, are typically betrothed to other pureblood vampires. This is typically done right after the child's birth. It is not very often that these betrothals are not honored, though they have been broken in the past. Since the pureblood vampires self-govern themselves, they must have the approval of the counsel of purebloods. This counsel is made up of the progenitors of each pureblood house, if the progenitor is no longer alive, the next in line takes their place. In the case of purebloods, a progenitor is made if their line has survived longer than 1000 years. If a pureblood female is married, she is considered to be part of her husbands house...very rarely will pureblood children disobey the head of their house, or the pureblood counsel. If this happens all vampires involved (even vampires of other classes) are brought to justice by the counsel of purebloods.
They were the vampires responsible for bringing humanity to the brink of extinction. A small group of purebloods realized that they were the cause of this, and if they continued on this path, the other vampire classes would have no food source.  In medieval Europe, the pureblood vampires were the noble houses the kings of Europe relied upon...though they only made up approximately 2-5% of the noble houses. They never directly took the seat of power, but always made sure they could remain close enough to retain power of their own. Now in the modern times, though most purebloods still retain titles and lands in Europe, some have spread out all over the world.
Most of the older purebloods, including those on the pureblood counsel, hibernate for a period of time...approximately 200 years or more. They can only be wakened by a member of their own lineage, father, mother, child (usually a male). They do this to allow their lineage to flourish. Consequently, if their lineage is obliterated, the pureblood who is hibernating has no way of been awakened, and will eventually turn to stone as a consequence.

The mid-level vampires consist of humans turned by a pureblood vampire, and children of a mid-level vampire and a pureblood vampire. Though a child of a mid-level vampire and a pureblood is rare, that does not mean it does not occur. Typically, it's usually a female mid-level vampire, and pureblood male. Should the child be permitted to be carried to term, the female mid-level vampire must be offered the blood of the pureblood vampire whom impregnated her, throughout her pregnancy, to allow the child to have the same resistances as their pureblood parent. Just like their pureblood parent, a child of a mid-level vampire and a pureblood, can feed on other vampires, however, they cannot retract their fangs as other mid-level vampires and standard vampires can. Nonetheless, the child of a pureblood and mid-level vampire can walk in day light with little to no sensitivity to sunlight. Other mid-level vampires cannot feed on other vampires if they are over 200 years old. They can also walk in sunlight for short periods of time, as long as they have drank enough blood to do so. A mid-level vampire cannot breed the way purebloods do. Humans made into mid-level vampires are often protective of the pureblood who made them, and will follow the orders of said pureblood without question. All mid-level vampires, when turning humans into vampires, will make a standard vampire. To do so, the mid-level vampire must allow the human to feed on their blood, kill the human and when the human awakens from this death, the human must feed on another human to complete the transformation. Most mid-level vampires do not live longer than 800 years...though there have been a few mid-level vampires that have lived longer, mostly due to being in the service of, or a child of, a pureblood. A child of a pureblood and a mid-level vampire is only capable of regenerating their heart. To kill a child of a pureblood and a mid-level vampire, you must remove their head, just as their pureblood parent. All other mid-level vampires can been kill by removing their heart, though most just remove their head.
Mid-level vampires, including those who have a pureblood parent, cannot hibernate as the purebloods can.

A standard vampire is considered the weakest, however, they are the most numerous, and generally stay together in groups. They cannot feed on other vampires. They can retract their fangs when they are not needed. Most purebloods vampires won't feed on a standard vampire, since they consider these vampires to be 'junk' food...providing little to no sustenance....for them to feed on a standard vampire, they would require all of the standard vampire's blood. Usually, if a pureblood does feed on a standard vampire, it's to send a message to the group that vampire belongs to...as punishment issued by the pureblood counsel...or simply because that pureblood can.
A standard vampire cannot walk in daylight for any reason, and generally depends on humans they have compelled for protection during the day, or a mid-level vampire whom has agreed to ensure their protection. Most humans whom have reported being bitten by a vampire, have been fed on by a standard vampire. By far, the standard vampire is the easiest to kill...being staked in the heart, or having their heart removed is enough to kill a standard vampire, since they are not able to regenerate their hearts.

All vampires are capable of compelling humans, though purebloods are the only ones whom can compel lesser vampires...though purebloods often do not have to resort to such tactics. Most vampires do not need to use a weapon, though they can if they need to. Since weapons don't typically harm other vampires, most see no need to use them, or own them. All vampires are capable of healing from any injury with sufficient feeding, or being offered the blood of a pureblooded vampire.


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Name: Valentina Bernhardt
Age: looks to be 26, but is over 1000 years old
Gender: female
Vampire Class: Pureblood
Family Origins: Valentina is the matriarch of the Bernhardt purebloods whom originate from Germany. Her husbands name was Bergen Bernhardt (deceased)
Details: Valentina carries an air of nobility around her. She has tranquil blue eyes, and long wavy black hair. She typically wears dresses, and is quite fond of the color red. She can be kind, and is usually quite calm in face of turmoil. Though this does not discourage her from being as violent as any other pureblood her age.
Back Story: Valentina and her husband were nobels in medieval Europe. After the death of her husband, Valentina moved her and her entire house to North America, where she heads a large firm of lawyers. Valentina has never thought of re-marrying after her husband's death, though her children have urged her to do so. She is also a member of the pureblood counsel.

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Name: Katia Bernhardt
Age: looks to be 18, but is nearly 300 years old
Gender: female
Vampire Class: pureblood
Family Origins: daughter of Valentina (mother) and Bergen (father), she is the youngest of their children
Details: Katia has green eyes, and carries the same air of nobility that her mother carries. She also has long black hair, though she usually keeps it in a braid. Like her mother Katia is partial to dresses. She is implusive, but extremely intelligent, and intends on following in her mother's footsteps. Though she is betrothed, this doesn't seem to hinder her in any sense, considering that she has never met her betrothed.
Back Story: Katia is the youngest child of Valentina and Bergen, born shortly before her father was killed. She never knew her father, and often resents her elder siblings for this.

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Name: Eclipse
Age: 113
Gender: Male
Vampire Class: Pureblood
Family Origins: The son of Leigh Devere and Ema Devere (Formerly Ema Vasquez) and elder twin to Equinox.
Details: Eclipse is a no-nonsense man; the clear heir to the estate and all associated businesses. Resents his brother's carefreeness, as it caused the pressure of carrying on the family affairs by himself.

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Name: Equinox
Age: 113
Gender: Male
Vampire Class: Pureblood
Family Origins: The son of Leigh Devere and Ema Devere (Formerly Ema Vasquez) and younger twin to Eclipse.
Details: Equinox solely enjoys the company of women. He has met many other pureblood women, but is far past the age to marry, according to his parents. He has one servant, Anna, whom he cares for. She was turned into a mid-level by him, and now shares a strong bond with him.

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Name: Anna Nihaus
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Vampire Class: Mid-level
Details: Servant to Equinox. Holds strong feelings for him beyond the normal connection between a mid-level and their converter.

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Name:Draven Vlad Dracul
Age:582
Gender:Male
Vampire Class: Pureblood
Family Origins/County: Transylvania; House of Drăculești. (Hooray for Vlad the impaler and the orderr of dracul! )
Details:Part of the family that when at war would drink our adversaries blood, after they had fallen, no eternal life for enemies.
Back Story:will probably make it up as I go along. Also will post pic later. Can't RP much due to schedule.

Valentina entered the law firm, followed by a mid-level vampire posing as her assistant. She had a calm expression on her face, as she passed the humans whom worked in the firm. They greeted her kindly, and seemed to be relieved upon seeing her calm expression...Valentina merely smiled gently in retort, as she made her way to the top floor, which were reserved for her, and a small handful of other mid-level vampires, and occasionally her daughter, Katia.
"Mrs. Bernhardt?" Valentina's mid-level vampire assistant spoke, as the pair entered her office.
"What is it?" Valentina asked calmly.
"It seems we have a small issue with some standard vampires not keeping their blood lust in check." The assistant replied. "It appears the counsel have lost their patience with this group."
"I'll have Katia deal with it." Valentina replied. "It's time she understood the responsibilities we have to our race."

Lustful eyes illuminate in the shadow of a dark musty cabin. *Beep* The monitor sounds at a rapid rate. *Beep* It sounds, as the bones begin to shake. *Beep* As blood begins to drip, An inhale of oxygen, Activating old lungs. An exhale releasing all the dust. *Beep* The sound of the heart regulating at a normal pace. The lack of strength disabled him from moving. As the conversation from outside the room started.

"How is our 'Patient'?" Said a gentle voice of a lady. "Heart Rate is normal, Pulse is okay. I think he'll be fine." Responded a fearful voice of a male. "Do you think he remembers anything, He's been dead for over 200 years." The gentle voice returned. "He is our only hope. We haven't much of a choice." Said the male. "Draven, Has no choice but to help us. We awakened him."

Draven, Pondered. "Me, a... Slave, to... What?" He was slowly regenerating flesh, bringing back his old appearance. Inch by inch, it would take some time, but he'll look human eventually. "Wh-Where am I?" Was the only question left to be answered. It was only a matter of time for his strength to come back, however, there were precautions for such.

A door opened, and a lady entered. Draven thought it was the one previously talking outside his door. With just enough energy gathered Draven managed 3 words. "Where Am I?" Was all he could say. The lady clearly thrown aback yelped out. "We're going to need assistance in here!"

She ran to the side of Dravens cold metal bed, and Put restraints down on his arms. As the 3 other male that entered did the same. "I'm sorry! We must do this! You're too much of a threat to not be contained. Please understand!"

OOT: Shini, Would you like to create a character to be involved in this plot?

Name: Saraphis (surname unknown)
Age: well over 3000 years old
Gender: female
Vampire Class: pureblood
Family Origins/County: unknown for the most part.
Details: Saraphis has long white hair, and blood red eyes. She typically wears robes of some kind or dresses. She detests modern clothing, and refuses to wear them. She is rather vicious, and often relishes in hunting other vampires. Since the counsel has forced her to keep mid-level vampires as a source of sustenance, she does not get to relish the hunt as often as she would like. Though to satisfy this, the mid-level vampires she was forced to keep, try to indulge this for her.
Back Story: Saraphis is one of the oldest, known living pureblood vampires. It is unknown if she has any living children left, and if she does, she has not said so, nor does she seem to have any contact with them. After her last awakening, the vampire counsel forced Saraphis to keep mid-level vampires in her household as a source of sustenance. Though she detests this, she has complied thus far...though the mid-level vampires in her charge do not seem to live longer than 300 years, simply because she gets bored of them after awhile.

Saraphis stalked a mid-level vampire, she was forced to keep in her household by the vampire counsel. Though she was the oldest of the counsel, and variability the strongest, she complied with this. She knew in time, the counsel would loose their patience with her, and would either force more impositions on her, or find away to rid themselves of her.
Saraphis' red eyes seemed to glow softly in the winter moonlight. "Found you." She whispered, as she vanished from where she stood, this was followed by a sharp yelp in the near distance.
"Ma'am, you must stop killing them when you're bored of them." A male mid-level vampire spoke to Saraphis.
Saraphis straightened her stance, her chin, and part of her neck, soaked in the blood of the mid-level female vampire she had just killed. "After awhile their blood starts to taste rancid." She spoke in a harsh tone. "You really don't want to be responsible for any illness wrought from drinking bad blood; do you?" This was of course not true...it was mere preference more than anything else.
"No Ma'am." The male mid-level vampire retorted promptly.
"That's what I thought." Saraphis smiled faintly, as she motioned for the mid-level vampire to step closer to her. The mid-level vampire complied, though he was obviously shaken. Saraphis took the towel the vampire was holding, and cleaned the blood from her face and neck. "Someday, I'll teach you how to hunt properly."
"Ma'am, the counsel has requested your presence again." The mid-level vampire spoke.
"I'm aware of what they want, and what their concerns are." Saraphis stated flatly, as she handed the towel to the vampire. "Have someone clean up this mess." She ordered.
"Yes Ma'am."

Name: Talon
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Vampire Class: Mid Level
Family Origins/County: Unknown
Details: Has short, black hair, azure eyes, that turn red whenever he thirsts, stands at about 5'9", has a long scar on the left side of his face, like someone ran a knife down it.
Back Story: A victim of a pureblood vampire attacking a random stranger, he's only been a vampire for a short time, and knows nothing of what's going on. The sunlight has been a curse for him, and the thirst for blood has been driving him mad. He knows nothing of what is going on.

During the night, in a torn up brown duster, walked a young man with pale skin, shaking heavily, as if he was suffering from a withdraw of some sort. There were still marks on his wrists, and his necks from an attack days before, and he knew not what was going on right now, so he simply continued walking.

Draven began to shake violently, in an attempt to break the straps. However, As they loosened up the lady simply shouted. "Sedative!" almost releasing his right arm, He was then injected. He stopped shaking to survey what had happened. And his already weakend state was amplified. His vision became extremely blurry and hearing distorted. It slowly calmed him down but never knocked him out. In a very silent muttering he said. "Wh-Who, A-are You W-Working, For?"

The lady shook her head and simply stated. "That's confidential, I'm sorry. For now remain calm, And nothing bad will happen to you. I promise, We need you, We know you're the strongest of your kind, at least. That we know of, You were related to The Dracul family. And conquered many lands. Just wait, the boss will be in soon. Promise."

Suddenly a phone began to ring, awaiting for someone to answer.

Valentina had summoned her daughter to her office at the law firm. Katia walked confidently to the elevator, followed by a male mid-level vampire. The pair stepped off the elevator, met by the mid-level vampire whom posed as Valentina's assistant.
"Where is she?" Katia asked the female mid-level vampire.
"In her office." She replied.
Katia walked by the woman, and straight to her mother's office. "You are sending me to kill lowly standard vampires?!"
Valentina looked up from her work, and tilted her head slightly. "Yes." She replied calmly. "You are more than old enough to be involved in counsel affairs."
Katia rolled her eyes, and folded her arms.
"Katia." Valentina raised her voice slightly.
"I will carry the order out." Katia said reluctantly.
"Good." Valentina rose from her chair. "Consequently, you only need to find the leader of this group and kill them." Valentina spoke. "That should be enough to send them a message to keep their hunger in check."
Katia unfolded her arms, then left Valentina's office. It was nearly dusk, if she started now, she could have this standard vampire killed before the morning.

Talon fell to his knees in an alley way, his body out of energy. He simply sat there, his eyes red, starving, not knowing what it was that was happening to him.

As Katia left the law firm, followed by the male mid-level vampire, she spotted something quite peculiar...a man...presumably a homeless man of a sort, sitting in the ally across the street. Normally, she would think nothing of this, however, this man appeared to be covered in bite marks...vampire bite marks. Katia turned to the male mid-level vampire, who appeared to have had come to the same conclusion, and nodded her head once. The pair then vanished, and reappeared in the alleyway, towering over the noticeably new vampire.
"Where is your master?" Katia demanded, as the male mid-level vampire picked up the man, and pinned him to the wall.

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Saraphis walked into the home provided by the vampire counsel, and sighed heavily. "Honestly, these people really don't ever give up on the pomp and ceremony; do they?" Saraphis looked at the male mid-level vampire. "Shall we inquire about our project?" She asked.
"There should be some progress. I'll make the call Ma'am." The male mid-level vampire bowed his head once, and left to carry out his mistress' wishes.

Talon was freaking out, "What's going on here, I don't know what's happening, some freak attacked me a few days ago!" He had seen them vanish and pin him, "What are you people, how could you do that? What the hell is happening!!!" He was crying out in fear.

Katia sighed heavily. "He's too new." She stated flatly. Then motioned to the mid-level vampire to hold his head against the wall, so she could inspect the bites.
The male mid-level vampire complied, holding the seemingly homeless man's head against the wall.
"Don't struggle, or I'll kill you; understand?" Katia instructed firmly to the 'homeless man'.

Talon nodded, "Okay....okay......I'll just stay still.....please don't kill me......."

Katia looked at the wounds, and placed her index and middle fingers over the bite marks. "This is the work of a negligent pureblood." She looked at the male mid-level vampire. "Drop him." She ordered to the male mid-level vampire.
He nodded his head and dropped the 'homeless man' on the ground.
Katia pulled out a knife, and cut her hand, offering her bleeding hand to the new vampire. "Drink this." She instructed to him. "If you don't, you'll go mad with hunger, and I won't be killing more vampires than I need to. This is a new dress."

Talon looked her in the eyes, "Why would I need to drink blood, what do you mean when you say 'pureblood', what is going on? What's this thirst?"

Katia leaned forward slightly. "In our world, we are afford few privileges, drink what's being offered to you, and be grateful." She ordered. "You'll learn all you need to know, I assure you. You'll follow me, understand. Drinking my blood puts you and I in a pact. I'm saving your life, when I should be killing you...since your master seems to have neglected you wantingly." Katia looked to her mid-level male companion. "You were made by someone like me. I am a pureblood vampire. I assume you were once human, since you don't seem to know what is happening to you right now. But for now, start by drinking my blood, and I will make sure you have your answers; agreed?"

Talon heard her words, and couldn't believe what he was hearing, but as he focused in upon her wrist more and more, he surrendered to the thirst, placing his mouth onto it, and sucking up the blood that seeped from her wound. When he had drunk just enough to return himself to coherent thought, he quickly pulled away, ashamed of what he had just done, "Why did I just do that....I couldn't control myself...."

"What did you expect?" Katia asked, as she pulled her hand away from the new vampire...her hand healing almost immediately. "For now, you will follow me on my task." She said, then turned to the male mid-level vampire. "Find the leader, and call me with his location."
"Yes, mistress Bernhardt." The male mid-level vampire bowed slightly to Katia, then vanished.
Katia folded her arms. "You have a name; don't you?" She asked.

Talon crossed his arms, "No harm in telling you I guess. My name's Talon. That's it, no family name, just that, can I ask your name, or am I gonna have to lick your boots or something for that, cause I won't do it."

Katia tilted her head slightly as she raised her brow. "You have a lot to learn, Talon." Katia stated firmly, as if she was scolding a child. "First things first, I'm a pureblood vampire...kind of the nobility of our kind. You are a mid-level vampire...no more than a food source for a pureblood, since our bites turn humans into what you are now." She stepped closer to Talon. "The pureblood that bit you, intended for you to die...possibly from madness of your thirst, or your cursed conscience." Katia stopped only a foot from Talon. "My fangs are sharper, I am stronger than you, faster than you, and can kill you with ease. You best learn to kiss the boots of any pureblood in your presence, especially one whom saved your pathetic existence. Understand?"

Talon decided to finally stand up for himself, "Miss, I don't know who you think you are, but I was born with basic human rights, and those rights include not bowing down to anyone. We are all born equally, we are all given a chance to succeed in life, and under no circumstances am I going to bow down and kiss your freaking feet. You can beat me, but there's nothing you can do to me that hasn't already been done!" He had a look of ferocity and hunger in his eyes.

With one swift movement, Katia buried her hand in Talon's abdomen, and reached for his heart, gripping it her hand. "You are no longer human." Katia whispered in Talon's ear. "You obey the laws set forth by the vampire counsel. You have no rights unless they are bestowed upon you by the vampire counsel. So tell me, if you wish to bare your pathetic lowly fangs ate me, let me know, and I'll remove your heart now."