Vampires

I managed to find quite a lot of information on the interwebs about vampires- one website seemed overly keen, giving Latin names and talking about them as if they're real (which they're not...?). Anyway, one thing I noticed was the way vampires were percived has changed quite a bit over time. The first folk-tales talked about creatures prowling the night causing mishcief; these then evolved into the blood-sucking demon-like creature we often recognise as the archtypal vampire- basically Dracula. The modern vampires seem to have developed the sexual element and eternal youth bit- hence the over-emphasis on toplessessness and romance in teenage novels like Twilight and TV series like True Blood.

A few examples of the vampires I found:

Blood Vampire: the traditional view of a vampire, they gain energy from drinking blood (must be fresh blood to gain energy, not dead blood).

Homo Wampyrus Draco: Like Count Dracula, have retractable canines and can’t cope for long with sunlight. Most common of the vampires.

Homo Wampyrus Chrioptera: Can transform into vampire bats, very sensitive to sunlight and have pointy ears.

Homo Wampyrus Nosferatu: Are twisted and disfigured as they have fought the virus, obtain blood through stealth and may be able to shape-shift.

Classical vampires are "ageless", meaning their physical bodies do not age, but they can be killed.

Inheritor vampires: the vampire trait will lay dormant until around the age of 13 – 26 when the body releases a chemical which awakens the vampire and begins many physical changes in the body. As a result of this, most look around 19 - 20 years old their whole life. There must be one vampire parent. Inheritor vampires live to around 350-400 years old.