Vampires (Seraph of the End)
Vampires are a species that feature in Seraph of the End.
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History
Vampires (Japanese: 吸血鬼, Hepburn: Kyūketsuki?) were an immortal race of beings that survived by feeding on the blood of humans. Their existence was largely kept a secret and they remained hidden from mankind for countless years.
Eventually, they established their third biggest capital city in Japan with this being Sanguinem.
As people succumbed to the virus, vampires began to emerge into the world where they laid claim to the planet and subjugated the remnants of mankind. Many humans were forced to reside beneath the surface and for their continued protection they were required to donate their blood to their captors.
In time, the only opposing force to the vampires rule was by the Imperial Japanese Demon Army.
Growing resistance from the Japanese Imperial Demon Army led to the Progenitor Council meeting in Japan where Krul Tepes decided to unleash a full scale onslaught on the humans. Thus, the vampires forces gathered in order to hunt down the humans where they came to find their foes had developed weapons capable of killing them.
Overview
In appearance, vampires greatly resembled humans with only a few differences such as their pale white skin, red eyes and pointed ears. Vampires gained sustenance by drinking blood from humans with this nourishing them. They struggled with their instincts and desire to feed on blood. A key advantage they had over humans as their greater durability and the ability to heal from their injuries. Such was their regenerative capabilities that they were able to reattach a lost limb with ease. In fact, powerful vampires were able to survive having their necks snapped and simply put it back in its correct location. Their capacity to heal improved by drinking blood and a vampire that was hungry could not heal their wounds quickly. Weapons that were cursed had the ability of wounding and killing vampires. As vampires, they had the ability to turn a human into a member of their kind. This was achieved by a human drinking the blood of a vampire. After drinking the blood, the human was transformed into an incomplete vampire where they were still partially human and aged as normal. As such, their eye color did not change but had an instinct to feed on blood. In this time, they were able to quench their thirst by drinking the blood of the vampire that turned them but eventually they had to feed on human blood. After drinking human blood, their transformation was complete with their eye color changing to red and the new vampire become immortal where they remained at the age they were turned.
As hemovores, they can only ingest blood and nothing else, and the better the blood tastes, the stronger the urge is to drink that person to death. Additionally, human blood tastes best when that person is at the throes of death. At first, they may originally feel guilty about killing humans and drinking their blood, but they gradually come to consider them nothing but food after decades of feeding on them and watching the humans foolishly wage war with one another and repeat the same mistakes redundantly. There is an order to not drink the blood between vampires who share it, as in between sire and sired vampires yet it seems immoral pleasure can be gained. They can generally resist their thirst for blood for only three days at most before losing control, and consider biting and drinking a human dry to be the greatest pleasure. Vampires can also enjoy drinking vampire blood.
Though possessing powerful regenerative abilities, vampires were noted to be vulnerable to strikes from Cursed Gears. These weapons were designed to impede the healing abilities of a vampire with any wound being permanent until the curse was removed from their bodies. When killed, a vampires bodies turned to ash leaving no remains behind besides their clothes.
Although they have no need to sleep, they are capable of doing so and may partake to take a break from eternity. They typically sleep between early morning and noon. Many vampires sleep in coffins since they were comfortable to vampires and help hide them from sunlight. Anyone who wanted to take a bath can do so although it was not necessary since metabolizing has stopped.
A vampire could transform into a demon by dying. This can seemingly be accomplished by either the vampire being starved of blood until they die and initiate their transformation, or injured to the point that they lose a massive amount of blood, and eventually die from starvation. Upon dying, the vampire will begin releasing a massive amount of energy and a "death wail" - a powerful shriek that only other vampires can hear, screamed at an incredibly high or unique frequency. After the wail, the deceased vampire is to be immediately be reborn as a demon, with their overall power being dependent on how powerful they previously were as a vampire.
Vampires typically band together out of their own self-interest and not out of affection or love for one another, and they have no qualms about killing their own allies once they lose their human feelings. They may choose to sire a human to keep as a companion to ward off the boredom of eternity; however, many show aversion to spreading their curse and may try to use another noble to turn the person they designate. Should they sire a vampire themselves, that vampire will always be much weaker than them in power.
An upper-class of vampires existed with these being known as the Progenitors (太祖 人祖 始祖 Taiso Hitoso Shiso?, lit. "Great Ancestral Progenitors") that were considered royalty among their kind. They were shown as being stronger than normal vampires and provided superior weaponry. Progenitors were divided into twenty ranks with the lowest numbers possessing a higher ranking. There are twenty ranks for progenitors. The progenitors with the lowest number have the highest rankings. By default, they are extremely powerful and higher ranks even more so. However, progenitors of the same rank are not necessarily equal in power. Sixth Progenitors and above have been sired by the First Progenitor and have the right to attend meetings of the Progenitor Council. It is likely that all vampire monarchs are progenitors of an esteemed lineage.
Leadership of their kind was maintained by the Progenitor Council (上位始祖会, Jōi Shiso-kai?) that consisted of the Progenitor vampires. Progenitors were all members of the vampire nobility with those ranked sixth or higher sitting on the council. Those vampires sired by a Progenitor became nobles and stood above average members of their kind.
Common vampires (共通吸血鬼 Kyōtsū Kyūketsuki?, lit. "Common vampire") tended to be weaker than the higher classes but remain stronger than humans. A common vampire with greater battle prowess had influence similar to a lower-ranked noble.
With regards to humans, vampires scornfully looked down on mortals and tended to refer them as 'livestock'. Prior to the Apocalypse, the vampires were forbidden from interfering in the affairs of the human world and had their existence hidden from mankind. This law became invalid after the Apocalypse when mankind faced a threat to their existence. With their food supply in harm, the vampires moved in to take control of the world and save humans to feed on in the future. At Sanguinem, vampires were forbidden from directly drinking the blood of humans within the city. They allowed to directly drink blood on the surface or on the battlefield. It was said that vampires did not wish to increase their numbers with only progenitors able to turn humans into more of their kind. Vampires were also forbidden from meddling with the Seraph of the End with violators being imprisoned for eternity as punishment for their actions.
In battle, they use their natural abilities as well as different types of weapons. First-class weapons pierce a vampire's hand and drink vampire blood in order to significantly increase their power. Second-class weapons are used by common vampires, and are not as powerful as first-class weapons. The weapons enhance their own physical abilities as well. Higher ranked vampires made use of first-class weapons that drank the blood of their wearer in order to significantly increase their power. Common vampires were relegated to using the weaker second-class weapons though these tended to be stronger than ordinary blades.
Vampires most commonly wear armbands on their left arms to protect themselves from UV light with these capable of taking the form of rings. This allowed them to move under sunlight without harm, although they still dislike it.
They operated safe houses that were designed to keep small human children that were kept as a food source and drained of blood. Vampires made use of standard forms of transportation such as helicopters in order to rapidly move into the field. Vampires had developed a kind of armband that protected them from UV light with these devices capable of being present on a ring. This allowed them to operate in the day without being harmed by sunlight though they still disliked being out in the day. They had also developed machines that were capable of removing curse wounds from their bodies.
Members
- Sika Madu : the First Progenitor responsible for the first six Progenitors.
- Saitō :
- Urd Geales :
- Noya Hienma :
- Ashera Tepes :
- Krul Tepes :
- Lest Karr :
- Nix Parthe :
- Ky Luc :
- Basteya Irclu :
- Ferid Bathory :
- Crowley Eusford :
- Lucal Wesker :
- Chess Belle :
- Horn Skuld :
- Mel Stefano :
- Lacus Welt :
- René Simm :
- Mikaela Hyakuya : a blonde haired male who was formerly a human who was turned into a vampire by Krul Tepes.
Notes
- Vampires were created by Takaya Kagami and Yamato Yamamoto where they featured in the setting of the Seraph of the End universe.
In other media
Television
- In Seraph of the End, Vampires appeared in the setting of the anime television series adaptation.
Appearances
- Seraph of the End:
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