Vampyre Terms

Ahsturx nohtrum (n) Private guard with license to kill who is appointed to his or her position by the king.

Ahvenge (v) Act of mortal retribution, carried out typically by a male loved one.

Awakening: The moment in which a vampire realizes his true nature.

Banes: The mythical weaknesses of a vampire such as, holy water, garlic, and crucifixes, etc.

Black Dagger Brotherhood (pr.n) Highly trained vampire warriors who protect their species against the Lessenings Society. As a result of selective breeding within the reach, Brothers possess immense physical and mental strength, as well as rapid healing capabilities. They are not siblings for the most part, and are inducted into the Brother hood upon nomination by the Brothers. Aggressive, self-reliant, and secretive by nature, they exist apart from civilian, having little contact with members of the other classes except when they need to feed. They are the subjects of legend and the objects of reverence within the vampiric world. They may be killed by the most serious of wounds, e.g, a gunshot or stab to the heart, etc.

Blood-Fetishist: Blood fetishists don't necessarily consume blood. They just have a very strong attraction to the sight, smell or taste of it. Very often blood is linked to sexual acts.

Bloodletting: The act of getting blood, mostly through cutting.

Bloodline: A family lineage of vampyres.

Bloodplay: Blood is used in sexual play.

Blood slave (n) Male or female vampire who has been subjugated to serve the blood needs o another. The practice of keeping blood slaves has recently been outlawed.

The Chosen (n) Female vampires who have been bred to serve the Scribe Virgin. They are considered members of aristocracy, though they are spiritually rather than temporally focused. They have little or no interaction with males, bu can be mated to Brothers at the Scribe Virgin's direction to propagate their class. Some have the ability to prognosticate. In the past, they were used to meet the blood needs of unmated members of the Brotherhood, and that practice has been reinstated by the Brothers.

Classical Vampirism: A term that describes the type of vampire very similar to those known from Stoker's writings. Usually a classical vampire has been turned by an older vampire. Some theories divide them into two categories: A category ONE vampire has a very extended life span of more than 150 years. A categorized TWO vampire has a normal lifespan like any human.

Cohntehst(n) Conflict between two males competing for the right to be a females mate.

Donor: Someone who gives blood of their own free will, or out of a desire to do so.

Ehros (pr.n) A Chosen trained in the matter of sexual acts.

Exhile dhoble (pr.n) The evil or cursed twin, the one born second.

Feeding: This term refers to the intake of energy of some kind by a vampyre

First Family (pr.n) The king and queen of the vampires and any children they have.

Haematomania: A strong psychological craving for blood.

Haematophilia: An erotic attraction to the taste, sight, or smell of blood.

Hellren (n) Male vampire who has mated to a female. Males may take more than one famale as mate. (only if he has a death wish)

Hunter: A hunter seeks to harm or even kill a vampyre.

Immortal: In the original sense this means incapable of dying.

Inheritor: A classification for vampyres, who are born that way and have inherited this "illness" from one of their ancestors. Most European vampires are inheritors.

Leahdyre (n) A person of power and influence.

Leelan (adj) A term of endearment loosely translated as "dearest one."

Lheage (n) A term of respect used by a sexual submissive to refer to her dominant.

Mahmen (n) Mother. Used both as an identifier and a term of affection.

Mentor: Usually an older vampyre who works as a "guide" for a newly awakened one.

Nalla (n.f) or Nallum (n.m) Beloved.

Needing period (n) Female vampire's time of fertility, generally lasting for two days accompanied by intense sexual cravings. Occurs approximately five years after a females transition and then once a decade thereafter. All males respond to some degree if they are around a female in her need. It can be a dangerous time, with conflicts and fights breaking out between competing males, particularly if the female is not mated.

Newling (n)A virgin.

Renfield Syndrome: Named for the fly-eating maniac in Dracula, a mental disorder where the afflicted seeks to increase his/her own power by accumulating lives.

Sanguinarian: Derived from the Latin word 'sanguineus', which means bloodthirsty.

Sexual Vampirism: A relatively rare variety of vampirism that feeds primarily from sexual energy.

Shellan (n) Female vampire who has been mated to a male. Females generally do not take more than one mate due to the highly territorial nature of bonded males.

Sire: A very literary term meaning someone who is responsible for turning someone into a vampyre.

Thirst: The craving to drink.

Turn: To make someone a vampyre.