Nobility (Vampire Hunter D)
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| − | The Nobility | + | The Nobility (Japanese: 貴族, Hepburn: Kizoku) were a race of [[Vampire|vampires]] that inhabited the [[Earth]]. |
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| + | For a long time, the vampires had predicted that humanity would end up destroying themselves and made preparations. They contacted others of their kind around the world in order to work together. In secret, they had developed a hidden super-power source in hidden fallout shelters of their own design that also contained the machinery needed to help rebuild the world. Then, in [[1999]], full-scale nuclear war erupted amongst the human race with major cities destroyed and those not being killed instantly exposed to intense radiation. The scale of destruction was to the point that mankind was unable to rebuild and only a few survived as civilisation regressed to the Middle Ages as they lived in the ruins of their world. | ||
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| + | Within 2,000 years, the vampires rebuilt the world using their knowledge of sorcery and super-science with them subjugating humanity. | ||
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| + | However, within five short millennia, this period would come to an end. | ||
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| + | Around 5,127 years ago, the decline of the vampire race began to affect their species. The Nobility had also constructed the '''Frontier Center for Calculation''' where they conducted top secret experiments at this facility to prevent this fate. However, their science had already come to the conclusion that their decline was inevitable. To them, this unavoidable decline also meant eventual extinction. Looking to avoid this fate, this site began trying to genetically combine humans with the Nobility. These experiments were conducted in secret in one area of the Frontier as most of the Nobility found it repulsive to even consider such a thing and detested the thought of mixing with humans. Ultimately, the opposing faction involved in the experiments was destroyed and those privy to the secrets fled the ruins that were abandoned for the few thousand years. | ||
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| + | The repeated uprisings by mankind led to the Nobility engaging in dozens of armistices with the humans. Each of these times of peace were only maintained for a short period. | ||
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| + | Overtime, the vampires eventually lost the enthusiasm and the desire to maintain the transportation networks they had once established. The decline of the Nobility also led to a similar decrease in the number of monstrous beasts that inhabited the world. | ||
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| + | By 12,090 A.D., the Nobility seemingly existed to only terrorise humans on the Frontier. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
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| + | Despite what was known, there were a great many mysteries from a biological standpoint that remained on how the metabolisms of the Nobility worked. | ||
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| + | The sleeping patterns of vampires were the opposite when compared to humans namely that they tended to be awake at night whilst they slept in the day. | ||
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| + | Vampires dealt with their victims in two different ways. They either drained all the blood from their prey in one feeding and left a corpse. Alternatively, they could engage in repeated feedings that could turn a person into a companion. The latter depended on whether the Noble took a liking of their victim. Sometimes, a person joined the ranks of the vampires from a single bite whilst others were bitten across months only to die in the end. | ||
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| + | When mating with humans, the genes of the respective races came into conflict with one another. Generally, it was the physiological traits of the Noble parent that proved dominant within the dhampir offspring's body. Generally, they inherited nearly half the strength, sight, hearing, and other physical advantages of a true vampire. Their greatest advantage over a Noble though was their adaptability. Similar to their vampire parents, dhampirs craved sleep by day and wanted to be awake at night. However, it was entirely possible for dhampirs to follow the tendencies of their human genes and live like mortals thus allowing them to operate in the day. Though able to resist their fundamental biological urges, operating in daylight severely degraded a dhampir’s condition. Their biorhythms fell off sharply after midnight with it reaching its nadir at noon. Direct sunlight could also burn their skin to the point where even the gentlest breeze was pure agony. In some cases, their skin might even blister like a third-degree burn with them also facing ebbing biorhythms brought fatigue, nausea, thirst, and numbing exhaustion. Fewer than one in ten dhampirs could withstand the onslaught of midday without experiencing such punishments on their body. | ||
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| + | The powers of a Noble grew over the passing years. | ||
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| + | Other abilities available to them included cryptesthesia, the black arts and psychic abilities. These talents could be used to help divine the future. | ||
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| + | Those humans that became prey to a Noble were typically isolated in their respective village or town until the vampire was defeated. If not destroyed, the victim was driven out of the settlement or even killed. This was custom because if the vampire was stopped from feeding on their preferred victim then they went into a rage and would attack anyone in the settlement. Some towns and villages were even noted to had been destroyed in such a manner. | ||
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| + | All the true Nobility in the world were united under the thousand '''Greater Nobility''', the seven kings, and the legendary dark lord who rules them all. | ||
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| + | As a species, the Nobility were said to have an underlying spark to live that was far less tenacious than that of a human. | ||
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| + | Vampire Hunters have their own special techniques of identifying and classifying the Nobility. | ||
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| + | Such guard beasts were descended from the original demons and magical monstrosities propagated by the Nobility where after generations passing numerous mutations and new species had been born. Unlike the vast majority of the artificially created beasts the Nobility, most varieties of pixies were exceptionally amiable. | ||
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| + | They could manipulate the weather freely and interstellar travel was achieved through hulking matter-conversion rockets. Even the Nobility’s golden age of science was unable to unravel the mysteries of their unique biology. | ||
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| + | For reasons unknown, the Nobility had chosen to share their genetic engineering expertise with the human race. Thus, hereditary diseases were a thing of the past with even the names of the diseases being no longer remembered by humanity. | ||
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| + | They had embedded a dozen weather controllers beneath seven continents that maintained heat and humidity levels all year round. Occasionally, violent thunderstorms or blizzards that was written into the controller's programs in order to provide some unpredictable seasons. | ||
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| + | A great many castles had been built by the Nobility in the Frontier region, all of them for the express purpose of providing a base from which they could rule over the mortals. The Nobility usually chose a spot on high ground to build their castles, so they might look down and see the humans below them. | ||
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| + | All seven continents had a web of super-speed highways with the centre being an automated cyber-city known as the '''Capital'''. It was the product of cutting-edge scientific technology. | ||
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| + | The Nobles government in the Capital constructed special defensive structures at strategic locations along their transportation network. These were known as '''Shelters''' that possessed a special steel plating that was only a fraction of an inch thick yet could withstand a direct hit from a small nuclear device. In addition, there was a vast array of defensive mechanisms to dispose of any attackers. The most important feature though was that there was no evident point of entry | ||
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| + | Space exploration had been achieved by the Nobility with exploration parties having left their footprints on a number of planets outside the solar system such as Altair and Spica. | ||
==Members== | ==Members== | ||
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*'''Carmilla''' : | *'''Carmilla''' : | ||
*'''Noble Greylancer''' : | *'''Noble Greylancer''' : | ||
| − | *'''Magnus Lee''' : | + | *'''Magnus Lee''' : a male Noble holding the title of Count and territory in the Frontier with him being over 10,000 years old. |
*'''Meier Link''' : | *'''Meier Link''' : | ||
*'''General Gaskell''' : | *'''General Gaskell''' : | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
*The Nobility were created by Hideyuki Kikuchi where they featured in the setting of Vampire Hunter D. | *The Nobility were created by Hideyuki Kikuchi where they featured in the setting of Vampire Hunter D. | ||
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| + | ==In other media== | ||
| + | ===Films=== | ||
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| + | ===Video games=== | ||
==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
Revision as of 14:21, 20 August 2022
The Nobiliy are a vampire civilisation that features in Vampire Hunter D.
Contents |
History
The Nobility (Japanese: 貴族, Hepburn: Kizoku) were a race of vampires that inhabited the Earth.
For a long time, the vampires had predicted that humanity would end up destroying themselves and made preparations. They contacted others of their kind around the world in order to work together. In secret, they had developed a hidden super-power source in hidden fallout shelters of their own design that also contained the machinery needed to help rebuild the world. Then, in 1999, full-scale nuclear war erupted amongst the human race with major cities destroyed and those not being killed instantly exposed to intense radiation. The scale of destruction was to the point that mankind was unable to rebuild and only a few survived as civilisation regressed to the Middle Ages as they lived in the ruins of their world.
Within 2,000 years, the vampires rebuilt the world using their knowledge of sorcery and super-science with them subjugating humanity.
However, within five short millennia, this period would come to an end.
Around 5,127 years ago, the decline of the vampire race began to affect their species. The Nobility had also constructed the Frontier Center for Calculation where they conducted top secret experiments at this facility to prevent this fate. However, their science had already come to the conclusion that their decline was inevitable. To them, this unavoidable decline also meant eventual extinction. Looking to avoid this fate, this site began trying to genetically combine humans with the Nobility. These experiments were conducted in secret in one area of the Frontier as most of the Nobility found it repulsive to even consider such a thing and detested the thought of mixing with humans. Ultimately, the opposing faction involved in the experiments was destroyed and those privy to the secrets fled the ruins that were abandoned for the few thousand years.
The repeated uprisings by mankind led to the Nobility engaging in dozens of armistices with the humans. Each of these times of peace were only maintained for a short period.
Overtime, the vampires eventually lost the enthusiasm and the desire to maintain the transportation networks they had once established. The decline of the Nobility also led to a similar decrease in the number of monstrous beasts that inhabited the world.
By 12,090 A.D., the Nobility seemingly existed to only terrorise humans on the Frontier.
Overview
Despite what was known, there were a great many mysteries from a biological standpoint that remained on how the metabolisms of the Nobility worked.
The sleeping patterns of vampires were the opposite when compared to humans namely that they tended to be awake at night whilst they slept in the day.
Vampires dealt with their victims in two different ways. They either drained all the blood from their prey in one feeding and left a corpse. Alternatively, they could engage in repeated feedings that could turn a person into a companion. The latter depended on whether the Noble took a liking of their victim. Sometimes, a person joined the ranks of the vampires from a single bite whilst others were bitten across months only to die in the end.
When mating with humans, the genes of the respective races came into conflict with one another. Generally, it was the physiological traits of the Noble parent that proved dominant within the dhampir offspring's body. Generally, they inherited nearly half the strength, sight, hearing, and other physical advantages of a true vampire. Their greatest advantage over a Noble though was their adaptability. Similar to their vampire parents, dhampirs craved sleep by day and wanted to be awake at night. However, it was entirely possible for dhampirs to follow the tendencies of their human genes and live like mortals thus allowing them to operate in the day. Though able to resist their fundamental biological urges, operating in daylight severely degraded a dhampir’s condition. Their biorhythms fell off sharply after midnight with it reaching its nadir at noon. Direct sunlight could also burn their skin to the point where even the gentlest breeze was pure agony. In some cases, their skin might even blister like a third-degree burn with them also facing ebbing biorhythms brought fatigue, nausea, thirst, and numbing exhaustion. Fewer than one in ten dhampirs could withstand the onslaught of midday without experiencing such punishments on their body.
The powers of a Noble grew over the passing years.
Other abilities available to them included cryptesthesia, the black arts and psychic abilities. These talents could be used to help divine the future.
Those humans that became prey to a Noble were typically isolated in their respective village or town until the vampire was defeated. If not destroyed, the victim was driven out of the settlement or even killed. This was custom because if the vampire was stopped from feeding on their preferred victim then they went into a rage and would attack anyone in the settlement. Some towns and villages were even noted to had been destroyed in such a manner.
All the true Nobility in the world were united under the thousand Greater Nobility, the seven kings, and the legendary dark lord who rules them all.
As a species, the Nobility were said to have an underlying spark to live that was far less tenacious than that of a human.
Vampire Hunters have their own special techniques of identifying and classifying the Nobility.
Such guard beasts were descended from the original demons and magical monstrosities propagated by the Nobility where after generations passing numerous mutations and new species had been born. Unlike the vast majority of the artificially created beasts the Nobility, most varieties of pixies were exceptionally amiable.
They could manipulate the weather freely and interstellar travel was achieved through hulking matter-conversion rockets. Even the Nobility’s golden age of science was unable to unravel the mysteries of their unique biology.
For reasons unknown, the Nobility had chosen to share their genetic engineering expertise with the human race. Thus, hereditary diseases were a thing of the past with even the names of the diseases being no longer remembered by humanity.
They had embedded a dozen weather controllers beneath seven continents that maintained heat and humidity levels all year round. Occasionally, violent thunderstorms or blizzards that was written into the controller's programs in order to provide some unpredictable seasons.
A great many castles had been built by the Nobility in the Frontier region, all of them for the express purpose of providing a base from which they could rule over the mortals. The Nobility usually chose a spot on high ground to build their castles, so they might look down and see the humans below them.
All seven continents had a web of super-speed highways with the centre being an automated cyber-city known as the Capital. It was the product of cutting-edge scientific technology.
The Nobles government in the Capital constructed special defensive structures at strategic locations along their transportation network. These were known as Shelters that possessed a special steel plating that was only a fraction of an inch thick yet could withstand a direct hit from a small nuclear device. In addition, there was a vast array of defensive mechanisms to dispose of any attackers. The most important feature though was that there was no evident point of entry
Space exploration had been achieved by the Nobility with exploration parties having left their footprints on a number of planets outside the solar system such as Altair and Spica.
Members
- Sacred Ancestor :
- Lawrence Valcua :
- Carmilla :
- Noble Greylancer :
- Magnus Lee : a male Noble holding the title of Count and territory in the Frontier with him being over 10,000 years old.
- Meier Link :
- General Gaskell :
Notes
- The Nobility were created by Hideyuki Kikuchi where they featured in the setting of Vampire Hunter D.
In other media
Films
Video games
Appearances
- Vampire Hunter D:
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