Kindred



An immortal race cursed into the shadows, the Kindred are undead beings. Once human, they survived the embrace and now consume blood for their eternal life, never to see the sunlight again.

Creation
By surviving a process known as the embrace, which is where a human's body is drained of blood and replaced with the blood of a Kindred. The human's life force is drained, leading to a painful and agonising death. The blood given to them by their sire (the Kindred who drains and offers their blood) is then responsible for giving life to the newly deceased corpse. This process turns the deceased human into a feral animal. Without the correct guidence they may rely solely on their instincts, becoming mindless and uncontrollable. Should they choose to follow the guidence of their sire, the newborn Kindred may gain control of their instincts and become a predator to mankind.

Physical Description
The Kindred appear mostly as they did as a Mortal, but once they become a Vampire they are unable to alter their appearance through time or other means. Kindred who have inherited a bloodline may find their appearance altered slightly to become accustomed to the source of that bloodline, for example a Vampire may find their physical appearance to become disfigured and hideous due to the founder of their bloodline having been disfigured.

Features
The charisma of a Kindred member is dependant on how starved they are of blood. If they haven't eaten for a long period of time or they choose to live off of animals or those who lay at the bottom of society, then they will become gaunt and pale. They will appear disfigured as their veins begin to pop out from the surface of their skin. Overall a starved Vampire will look severely unhealthy and emit an oder of rotting flesh, causing their charisma to be severely affected by their starvation.

Powers and Abilities
After being Embraced, a Mortal will begin to grow in strength compared to their Mortal body due to the potency of their Sire's blood which now courses through their veins. As a Vampire ages they need less blood to sustain themselves, a young or newly made Vampire require feeding every day whilst Vampire's with a higher bloody potency are able to last weeks without feeding. Additional increase of their blood potency furthers their strength and regeneration. When a Vampire's blood becomes highly potent there is a chance of founding their own bloodline if they have not inherited one from their Sire. The powers gained from this advancement is dependant on the bloodline that is founded.

Dark Gifts
As Kindred age and the potency of their blood increases, they may learn to use the gifts that have been founded by older Kindred of the same bloodline. Once discovered they are passed down to those they embrace forming a bloodline, it is then up to the founder of these Gifts to decide whether or not to form a clan. So that they can keep control over these rare powers and the Kindred who posses them.

Sunlight
Exposure to sunlight will cause Kindred to feel ill. However, so long as they have blood in their body they are able to survive without bursting into flames. The longer they remain exposed to the sunlight, the quicker the blood in their system is depleted.

Fire
Unlike sunlight, fire is a direct risk to the Kindred. Their undead bodies offer no protection against fire and should their skin catch fire, it will quickly spread.

Starvation
Blood can be consumed quickly if a vampire isn't careful. Their strength is directly related to the amount of blood in their body. Because the blood in their body is the only source of quintessence, should they be completely starved of it, they'll be reduced to a lifeless husk.

Necromancy
Due to no longer being members of the living, the Kindred are susceptible to Necromancy as much as any other corpse. Though a Kindred's age is a factor in their resistance against Necromancy, only the first few generations of Kindred will be able to resist these effects.

Myths

 * It is rumoured that the first Kindred was inflicted with Vamprism by some kind of Demonic entity. Should there be no signs of any Kindred, then maybe they're hiding or there is the possibility that the entity has yet to create the first Kindred.
 * Because of the origin of Vamprism, it can be pressumed that it has a similar weakness to faith and the divine. However, whether this is true or not remains to be seen.