The night was cold in the nameless village when the blood drinkers came , like a wave of horror and violence . Those not killed in the initial attack were corralled into a single location . Some were bled dry , their flesh eaten . Some were taken off to be used by their men . Most were both . Ellia watched , reminding herself that she had little power to spare , and that it was not her place to interfere in matters like this . But she wanted to . The children . more than anything , that boiled her blood . She watched for hours . Sun up to sun down . It went on and on . She fought with herself every second . It was what happened to an infant that finally made her snap . She appeared like a storm wind and thunder heralded her appearance . She wore full armor , bright silver wings spread behind her , flaming sword drawn . You who are as savage beasts shall feel the punishment such as you deserve . Those who survive shall never again know the sun ' s warmth . You whose desire for blood drives them so , will forever more thirst for blood , for it shall be the thing which sustains your lives . But know this , in tune you will become but shrunken wraiths , shadows of humanity , unable to sustain rational thought . Your bodies will consume themselves as your need for blood exceeds what even the monsters you shall become can drink . And you shall know agony and terror as you draw your last breaths . So decrees the Goddess of Life . She waved her hand , and the Blood drinkers collapsed . Most died that morning . The disease in their blood hated the sunlight , after all . It took three days for the first to awaken his eyes were bright yellow , the pupils slits . Inhuman . Predatory . The virus had worked better than she ' d expected . He bared his teeth as another stirred . She ' d expected fangs for some reason , but instead the infected had sharp teeth , like a beast should . In the end , maybe three percent survived the infection . The virus would keep insects and animals from feeding on them the infected would smell repulsive to them . Not that it was a danger to anyone who wasn ' t human . She ' d made sure of that . Of course , there was the chance that it could spread to more people . But then , what were the chances that someone would actually drink blood from one of the infected ? 2 to appear to mortals 2 for a virus that makes people into vampires . And I ' m done spending acts for a few turns . I wouldn ' t have done this much if I didn ' t have a positive gainA bit of info on vampires the transformation takes 3 days to complete , during which time they ' ll appear dead . Fresh human blood will keep them more or less lucid . Without a stay supply of blood , they ' ll first lose higher brain function , basically becoming a zombie . After that , the body begins to die . After more than a couple centuries , they ' ll die just from the virus drying them out . It basically mummifies them while they ' re awake . Vampires are , of course , faster and stronger than non infected humans , and have enhanced senses , but can ' t function in sunlight for more than a few seconds , as it kills the virus , which in a fit of self preservation , will consume more of the host ' s blood in order to replicate , causing body temperature to rise to the point where combustion is possible . The only way to become infected is to drink or otherwise allow their blood into a new host ' s body . Vampires have a powerful regenerative factor , but any injury that causes great enough blood loss can be fatal . This is where the stake in the heart idea comes in . Burning the body is simply smart to avoid possible infection . And the virus has about a 5 % survival rate . uRhaegar 1994 usmcadam uGwydionDrys if this interests you