Long time no see, bloodsuckers… And I’m back from Disneyland to tell you a bit more about The Legend Of The First Ones. Or the Ones with no creator.

Anne Rice’s Akasha and Enkil

Akasha (or Akash, Aakaashá, Ākāśa, आकाश) is the Sanskrit word meaning “aether” in both its elemental and metaphysical senses. The name may represent the basis and essence of all things in the material world, the smallest material element created from the astral world, the conception of the cosmos or the Fifth Element. A good name for the first vampire-devil on Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles.

As known as Those Who Must Be Kept, Akasha and Enkil are the progenitors of all vampires who are also regarded as the King and Queen of the Vampires. Originally King Enkil and Queen Akasha of Kemet (now Egypt circa 5,000 BC), became the first vampires when an evil spirit named Amel was able to enter the body of Akasha through a wound and fuse with her flesh. Akasha then turned Enkil into a vampire by drawing out nearly all of his blood and then allowing him to drink nearly all of hers. The term “Those Who Must Be Kept” was coined by the vampire Marius referring to the fact that what befalls Akasha and Enkil also befalls all vampires, if they are injured, so are their children, if they die, so do all vampires.

Actually their blood contains the real “thing”that must be kept, so the power of the first can be passed to others. They are so old that they remain seat and looking like real statues.

In the book The Vampire Lestat it is specifically spelled out that Enkil and Akasha were made into vampires at the same time by a demonic infusion but it is later explained in Queen of the Damned that Akasha made Enkil into a vampire, after she was first made by demonic infusion, in order to save him from the wounds inflicted upon him by citizens of Kemet. At numerous points in the canonical history of Rice’s books, Enkil rises from his throne to defend Akasha from being drained of her powerful blood. Marius rescues Lestat from being destroyed by Enkil after he rises and hits him away while he is drinking from Akasha, despite (or possibly because of) the fact that Akasha appears to have summoned Lestat to her. We see, then, that Enkil is not merely Akasha’s guardian and consort, but that he maintains his own will and emotions, including jealousy….

Akasha was pretty good played by Aaliyah, in the movie The Queen Of The Damned. The movie was sadly Aaliyah’s last big work, after that, she died in an airplane accident.

Vampire: The Masquerade’s Cain and Lilith

In the Hebrew Bible and in the game, Cain and Abel (Hebrew: קין ,הבל, Hevel, Qayin) are two sons of Adam and Eve.

In the Greek New Testament, Cain is referred at least in one translation as “from the evil one”, while others have “of the evil one.” Some interpreters take this to mean that Cain was literally the son of the serpent in the Garden of Eden.  Cain is a crop farmer and his younger brother Abel is a shepherd. Cain is portrayed as sinful, committing the first murder by killing his brother, after God has rejected his offerings of produce but accepted the animal sacrifices brought by Abel. God declares that Cain must sacrifice his most beloved thing, that are not the plantations he has. Facing this declaration, Cain assassinates his own brother, that was supposed to be his most beloved thing. God judges this act as envy and condemns Cain into the eternal darkness with no pleasures and just pain.

Cain starts his journey through the dark world, unable to see the sun, to eat food and to touch the fire. He meets Lilith that is the first wife of Adam and mother of all demons .While in the Land of Nod she encounters another exile, Cain and offers him shelter. She awakens the power in him and is betrayed by Cain for her efforts, who, after leaving her, returns with his descendants to destroy her garden and slaughter her children.

The so-called Dark Mother was exiled from Eden before the creation of Eve, she was the first to taste the fruits of the tree of knowledge. Using her knowledge she created her own gardens, hoping to imitate Eden, she failed in her imitations and still longed for the paradise from which she had been exiled.

Worshiped by the Bahari & Lilitu, Lilith is said to impart her secrets to those who imitate her, choosing to challenge the established order and explore the limits of their own sensations.

The original Book of Nod did not have Lillith cursed in this way, it was her murdering Adam’s wife and children that got her cast out of the light of Eden’s garden, in subsequent books things may have been retconned for game purposes but it was not the original story.

The bulk of Cain’s history is covered in the Book of Nod, theErciyes Fragments, the Lilithian, and the Luciferian. These books conflict on Cain’s motives, but all agree he killed his brotherAbel. Days of Fire describes how Caine gave himself a “gift,” and the gift was delusion. Using this gift, he thought he killed Abel in an act of love when it was really an act of hate. He used this gift to make pride out of shame, which resulted in being outcasted.

Hellsing’s Alucard

Volume 8 presents flashbacks of when he was human. Dracula starts his career by fighting the Ottomans, believing that God does not reward prayer, but instead wants mortals to show their faith visibly. However, when his army is defeated and he is about to be executed, Vlad gives up on God, thinking that God deserted him and so turns his back to God in turn. It is not explicitly shown or stated how he became a vampire, but in one scene he drinks blood from the floor in front of an executioner.

The series mentions the events of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, but deviates at the point of Dracula’s defeat. In Hellsing, he was staked in the heart but not destroyed. It is unknown if he was forced into servitude or was willing, but he became a servant of the Van Helsing family. He, along with a young Walter C. Dornez, were sent to Warsaw, Poland to stop Millennium’s vampire production program.

The Vampyre’s Lord Ruthven

Lord Ruthven appeared as the titular character in the 1819 short story The Vampyre. This had been written in 1816 by Dr. John William Polidori, another acquaintance of Byron’s. It was published in the April 1819 edition of The New Monthly Magazine. The publishers falsely attributed the authorship to Byron. Both Byron and Polidori disputed this attribution.

In the story, a young Englishman Aubrey meets Lord Ruthven, a man of mysterious origins who has entered London society. Aubrey accompanies Ruthven to Rome, but leaves him after Ruthven seduces the daughter of a mutual acquaintance. Aubrey travels to Greece where he becomes attracted to Ianthe, an innkeeper’s daughter. Ianthe tells Aubrey about the legends of the vampire. Ruthven arrives at the scene and shortly thereafter Ianthe is killed by a vampire. Aubrey does not connect Ruthven with the murder and rejoins him in his travels. The pair are attacked by bandits and Ruthven is mortally wounded. Before he dies, Ruthven makes Aubrey swear an oath that he will not mention his death or anything else he knows about Ruthven for a year and a day. Looking back, Aubrey realizes that everyone who Ruthven met ended up suffering.

Aubrey returns to London and is amazed when Ruthven appears shortly thereafter, once again alive. Ruthven reminds Aubrey of his oath to keep his death a secret. Ruthven then begins to seduce Aubrey’s sister while Aubrey, helpless to protect his sister, has a nervous breakdown. Ruthven and Aubrey’s sister are engaged to marry on the day the oath ends. Aubrey writes a letter to his sister revealing Ruthven’s history and dies. The letter does not arrive in time. Ruthven marries Aubrey’s sister, kills her on their wedding night, and escapes. His character is one typical vampire. His character is alluring and sexual, but is also linked with horror and supernatural terror.

Well little bats, thats all for today. Thank you for commenting and reading.

Well, we are going to see some tips for the halloween, this year. Are you going to dress like vampires, aren’t you? First we’ll begin with some makeup tips:

Types of Vampires

The popularity of the vampire image in modern popular culture has lead to a much greater variety in how they look and act from when they first appeared during the 1800s.  Back then, it was pretty universal that vampires were ugly and evil-looking, a far cry from the stylish and sophisticated portrayal that predominates today.

Seriously Undead – Some vampires are more akin to zombies, being more like the walking dead who are up and about for a snack. Discolored skin (bruises and decay), wounds (scratches and scars) and blood running down the chin is a good look for this type of nightcrawler. You can see it on Nosferatu movie, or even the dead Dracula’s children. Underworld? Yeah, they are dead too.

Period clothing – Just how old is your vampire character? The old characters are not always dressed like old one, but you may put some white powder on your face, and outline your eyes with pourple and black eyeliner. It will make you look like Anne Rice’s old vampire description, like marble, like an old statue. Do not forget acting like one. But, if you were the buried vampire, sleeping for centuries you may need something different. You will need normaly long hair, or a wig, use some corn-starch for making “dust” on outfits and hair, that are supposed to be very old for vampires that just climbed out of their crypts. Don’t use baby powder as it turns to paste when it gets moist. Pick up some historical clothes and boots.

Picture and make up by: Atra-in-wonderland

Modern Gothic – Perhaps your vampire keeps up with a more modern style and is fashion-conscious. Club wear or fetish fashions could work for these characters. Long coats, shiny PVC and big boots go well with dark lipstick and fingernail polish. You will look like The Talamasca vampires from the Queen Of Damned’s movie. Not my favourite, anyway.

Twilight Vampire – You wanna that? Are you a vampire still in high school? REALLY? Ok, I’m desapointed. But, go ahead, it’s your reputation in game. This type of vampire might just prefer to dress in dark but casual styles. Formal wear like tuxedos and long dresses also works well. But, read this first: you will not have a real true vampire look. You will just look like twilight boys. It’s particulary easy, just put some dark makeup around your eyes and over your lips, and then put some casual clothes…. Could you unless use yellow contacts…?

You will need:

• White,  black and gray greasepaint.
• Black eyebrow pencil.
• A light or neutral colored face powder.
• Fake nails.
• Fake fangs.
• Dark eyeshadows.
• Dark lipsticks.
• Dark nail polish.

A vampires skin should have a pale, slightly ashen look. To get this start by mixing a very small amount of gray with a larger amount of white. Using your fingers, apply the greasepaint mixture to all exposed skin, i.e. face, neck, hands, etc., until you they are completely covered and well blended. Don’t over do it, remember, you’re not a clown, be subtle in how you apply the makeup. And be sure you’ll apply it all over you uncovered parts! They do that very often in the twilight movie, and it looks really ugly.

See the face color clearer than the neck? Please, don’t do that.

What you’re looking for is a slightly gaunt look, but not emaciated. Using some gray greasepaint, lightly apply this under the cheek bones, temples and other area’s to give a darker, sunken appearance. Now use a medium sized blending brush to blend these into very subtle shadows.

The eyes are extremely important. Apply black greasepaint to the upper and lower lids. Apply it darker close to the eyelashes and in the hollows around the eyeball. You can press gently with your finger and you will feel the hollow in the skull in which the eyeball rests. Your shadowing should not go beyond it and the outer edges of the shadow should gradient from darker to lighter until they blend softly into the pale flesh color. A quarter-inch eye shadow brush is handy for working around the eyes.

Now apply a light colored powder to all area’s with makeup. It’s important to pat the powder on, if you rub it, it will smear. The powder will absorb into the greasepaint and set it, so apply as much as needed and gently brush off the excess with a large, soft powder brush.

The sinister look of a vampire’s eyebrows is essential to the look. Using a black eyebrow pencil with a sharp edge begin adding very small hair-like lines on the skin in the same direction that the eyebrows grow. The look you are trying to achieve, with the top of the eye brows having a diabolical, sardonic upward slant. You may also use the black eyeliner to color it a bit, on the top and give to your eyebrow a evil look.

Artificial  finger nails can be applied and cut and filed to look almost animal-like. These should be painted to resemble normal nail, but with a yellowish brown tinge. You will want to use translucent nail polish, not opaque. Look for a cheap brand of nail polish, they are usually thinner and you find unusual colors like browns and yellows.

Fake blood:

You will need that, vampires need that. There’s a lot of recipes to create some blood. Some of them are eatable, wich means you can put it on your mouth without any problem.

The eatable fake blood:

Sweetened, Unflavored:

• 1/2 cup white corn syrup
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1/8 to 1/4 cup water
• 15 drops red food coloring
• 1-5 drops blue food coloring

In a bowl, mix together the corn syrup and the corn starch. Add water until the mixture is the consistency of blood.
Mix in food coloring until you achieve the color of blood that you want. Note: If you use blue or green food coloring or one of the neon tints, you can make ‘alien’ or insect blood using this recipe.

Chocolate Flavored:

• corn syrup
• red and blue food coloring
• cocoa powder or chocolate syrup
• corn starch (optional)

Sir red food coloring into the corn syrup until you have a deep red mixture. Add some cocoa powder or chocolate syrup to darken and thicken the fake blood. If the color still isn’t deep enough, add a drop or more of blue food coloring. Stir in a bit of corn starch if you want your blood to be thicker.

Chemical Blood (not edible):

• Potassium Thiocyanate
• Ferric Nitrate
• Two plastic spoons
• stirring rods (can be spoons)
• shot glass
• water
• two containers to put your two part blood in. Should be easy to seal, and easy to carry.
• Paint brush (optional, but recommended)
• dull something to “cut” yourself with

Simply, fill the shotglass, and dump it once into each container.Make SURE to use separate spoons for each! otherwise just the dust will react and color your solutions! (which is not good) and pour over the sink… it’s easier to wash out that way. Take your stir rod (or spoons) and sir until the crystals are completely dissolved. Brown solution is the Ferric Nitrate, Clear is the Potassium Thiocyanate. Using the paint brush, “paint” the clear solution all over the area you want to “cut”. Simply dip your blunt object in the solution, or, apply it to the knife (easiest) I used the stir rods to drop it near the tip. As a general tip, the proper technique to cutting is to press with the tip, then slowly lower the knife until the wet part touches. Slowly drag across skin to “cut”. It also should be noted that it is best to point the wet side away from the camera/person to give a better effect.

Recipe and video by: instructables

And here a bautiful makeup I found:

Video by: MissChievous

I don’t own the videos or pictures here!

Source: Halloween Online Magazine

And today I bring you some information about Van Helsing… There are a lot of vampire legends in the world, and also a lot of people who hunt those vampires.

Dracula got his own hunter, maybe so famous as he is, Professor Abraham Van Helsing is, probably, the most famous vampire hunter in the whole world.

Created by Bram Stoker, Van Helsing is a Dutch doctor with a wide range of interests and accomplishments, partly attested by the string of letters that follows his name: “M.D., D.Ph., D.Litt., etc.”

In the novel, Van Helsing is called in by his former student, Dr. John Seward, to assist with the mysterious illness of Lucy Westenra. Van Helsing’s friendship with Seward is based in part upon an unknown prior event in which Van Helsing suffered a grievous wound and Seward saved his life by sucking out the gangrene. It is Van Helsing who first realizes that Lucy is the victim of a vampire and he guides Dr. Seward and his friends in their efforts to save Lucy. Van Helsing also appears in the Dracula 2000 Movie and in the The Tomb of Dracula Marvel Comics series, which was based on the characters of Bram Stoker’s novel, but the chronology slightly differs from Bram Stoker’s.

Abraham Van Helsing opened the doors to the creators, and, based on his existence, the other movie directors, writes, artists and producers created thousand of new vampire hunters.

It looks like any famous vampire in the world has his own hunter, except Edward Cullen. Even Lestat has the Talamasca (nor really hunters) to annoy him.

Based on Dracula, Nosferatu is another classic vampire. His hunter is named Professor Bulwer and appears only in a few scenes.

The Hammer movies had created a lot of versions to Van Helsing, sometimes with the same name. One of them is  J. Van Helsing, as seen in The Brides of Dracula. In the series of Hammer Dracula films set in the 1970s, the character of Van Helsing is named Lawrence Van Helsing and is seen in the prologue (set in 1872) of Dracula AD 1972. These movies had Dracula being resurrected in the 1970s only to meet Lawrence’s grandson, Lorrimar Van Helsing, a “different” vampire hunter.

In 2004 Van Helsing became a movie. Hugh Jackman played Gabriel Van Helsing, the eponymous hero of Van Helsing, loosely based on Bram Stoker’s character. The name was changed from “Abraham” to “Gabriel” for two reasons: because the writer/director/producer, Stephen Sommers, did not feel that “Abraham” was an appropriate name for an action hero, and because Universal wanted copyright privileges to the character. The name change is accounted for in the story of the film, in which it is implied that Gabriel Van Helsing is actually the Archangel Gabriel in human form. Gabriel hunts monsters for the Catholic Church, and in the movie is sent to Transylvania to kill Count Dracula. When he arrives, Dracula tells Gabriel that they have already met and have quite a history together.

Normally, the hunters are associated with the church, but this is a Bram Stoker’s stigma.

Abraham Van Helsing has also made a cameo appearance in the Japanese manga Hellsing. The first time he appeared in one of Alucard´s dreams, Van Helsing made many allusions to Dracula when referring to Alucard e.g. “So what are you going to do now, No Life King?”. At the end of this dream, Alucard seems to cry blood. The second time Van Helsing appeared as a silhouette after Alucard transforms into the “Count”, this last one is the most direct reference to the novel in the manga, since this time besides Van Helsing, Alucard mentions Quincey Morris, Arthur Holmwood and Dr. Seward, although, mysteriously, not Jonathan Harker. He appeared for a third time in a flashback showing Alucard’s previous deaths. In the manga series, Alucard’s Master is called Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing, and she owns an organization with her own name, Hellsing.

Name apparitions:

Comics

• The comic book series, The Tomb of Dracula featured Rachel van Helsing, granddaughter of Abraham, as a major member of the principal hunters. Minor characters were Abraham’s wife Elizabeth and his brother Boris.
• In the manga and anime, Hellsing, modern day descendant Integra Hellsing leads a British government strike force against supernatural menaces. The story also includes her father Arthur and uncle Richard.
• The DC comic Night Force features Abraham’s granddaughter Vanessa Van Helsing.
• Sword of Dracula is a comic book with Veronica “Ronnie” Van Helsing.
• Helsing (not to be confused with Hellsing) is a Caliber Comics title about a Samantha Helsing and a John Van Helsing.
• The Vampirella comic books feature father-son vampire hunters Conrad and Adam van Helsing.

Movies

• Dracula 3000 features Captain Abraham Van Helsing (played by Casper Van Dien), a descendent of the original Van Helsing and the captain of a spacefaring salvage ship. A twist is that this Van Helsing is killed unceremoniously by Dracula mid-film.
• Hammer Films’ Dracula series features a whole dynasty of Van Helsings: “J.” (equivalent to Abraham); Lawrence, older than J., relationship unspecified; J.’s son Leyland, Lawrence’s grandson Lorrimar, and Lorrimar’s granddaughter Jessica. Peter Cushing played J. in Horror of Dracula (1958), The Brides of Dracula (1960). Lawrence in a brief opening segment of Dracula AD 1972 (1972), and Lorrimar in Dracula AD 1972, The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1974) and The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974); Robin Stewart played Leyland in The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires; and Jessica was played first by Stephanie Beacham in Dracula AD 1972, then by Joanna Lumley in The Satanic Rites of Dracula.
• In the Disney movie Mom’s Got a Date with a Vampire, Malachi Van Helsing is hunting the vampire Dimitri, who is preying on the mother of the main characters.
• In the comedy movie Love at First Bite, Dracula falls in love, and Jeffrey Rosenberg, grandson of Fritz Van Helsing tries to kill him.
• 2004 direct to video film The Adventures of Young Van Helsing depicts Abraham Van Helsing’s great grand son Michael saving the world from Simon Magus.
• The 2006 film Bram Stoker’s Dracula’s Curse features a character named Jacob Van Helsing, who is inferred to be a descendant of the original Van Helsing, although this is never actually stated outright.
• 2004 film Van Helsing starring Hugh Jackman as Gabriel Van Helsing.
• 2005 film Way of the Vampire starring Rhett Glies as Dr. Abraham Van Helsing.^[2]
• 2009 film Stan Helsing is a satire comedic film revolving around the descendant of Abraham Van Helsing.

Television

• A humorous British TV series, Young Dracula, featured Mr. Eric Van Helsing — presumably the descendant of his more famous predecessor, though with none of his competence — trying to exterminate Count Dracula and his children, who had been chased out of Transylvania by an angry mob and were now living in rural Wales. Eric lives in a travel trailer with his son Jonathan. There are also references made to previous Van Helsing vampire slayers, such as Manly, Porphyria, Abraham III and Norris.
• The 2009 ITV series Demons follows a modern-day teenage descendant of Van Helsing.
• In Tales of the Slayer story “House of the Vampire”, part of an unofficial series of short stories based on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Peter Van Helsing (cousin to Abraham) is a Watcher (an advisor and trainer of vampire Slayers.) Within the Buffy canon, Dracula is a real vampire but a charlatan and Van Helsing is unmentioned.
• The TV series Angel (TV series), a spin off of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series) following the exploits of Buffy Summers’s vampire paramour Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) prominently features a 18th century human vampire-hunting antagonist, based on Van Helsing and named Daniel Holtz who relentlessly tracks Angel across Europe in order to avenge the death of his wife and children.

Books and Stories

• The short story Abraham’s Boys by Joe Hill is about the retired Abraham Van Helsing and his two sons, and how he passes along his knowledge to them. The story is included in the anthology The many faces of Van Helsing.
• The short story “Immortal Hunters” by Suz deMello features John Van Helsing as a reluctant vampire.
• According to The Vampire Hunter’s Handbook, Abraham was not the first Van Helsing to encounter vampires. The book is supposedly written by Raphael Van Helsing in the eighteenth century. It has also been prequeled by The Demon Hunter’s Handbook by Abelard Van Helsing (sixteenth century) and The Dragon Hunter’s Handbook by Adelia Vin Helsin (fourteenth century). The supposed writers refer to each other (in the cases where it makes sense) and other Van Helsings.
• Similar to the above mentioned handbooks is Vampyre: The Terrifying Lost Journal which is written by Mary-Jane Knight but credited to dr Cornelius Van Helsing. The book implies that Cornelius is the brother of Abraham.
• Young Dracula by Michael Lawrence mentions a farmer named Dweeb van Helsing.

Audiobooks

• Faith – The Van Helsing Chronicles is a German series of audiobooks by Simeon Hrissonmallis.^[3] The main character is Faith van Helsing, daughter of Adam and Melissa van Helsing. Other van Helsings mentioned include Michael, John and Samuel.

Be carefull Dracula… He is right behind you.

I’m going to show you some interessant things today. I’ll talk about baby bats, ooor… Vampire Children.

There are many many many histories about children that become vampires. I guess the most famous of them is Claudia, from Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles, so i’ll beging with her.

Claudia is one of the main characters in Interview with the Vampire (book and movie), the first and most successful novel in the Anne Rice’s series, and makes appearances in five of the subsequent novels; specifically, The Vampire Lestat, The Queen of the Damned, The Tale of the Body Thief, The Vampire Armand, and finally Merrick.

Claudia (her last name is never given) was a young girl who lived in the poor, plague-ravaged quarters of 18th century New Orleans. She lost both of her parents to the plague, and is first introduced as a crying child around five years old in her house, next to her mother’s dead body. She is small and delicately shaped, with golden ringlets for hair and pale skin. She is found by Louis de Pointe du Lac, the protagonist of Interview with the Vampire, and begs him to “wake” her mother. Louis instead feeds on her, much to his self-disgust, and her life is temporarily saved by Lestat de Lioncourt.

Claudia is taken to the vampires’ townhouse in the heart of New Orleans, and there she is turned into a vampire by Lestat. Lestat tells her that she is his and Louis’ “daughter” and that now that she is in their family, Louis will not leave them. Though Louis is at first horrified at the thought of a vampire child (and indeed he accuses Lestat of condemning Claudia to hell), he and Claudia become very attached, and the three form a vampiric “family” for decades.

In the 1994 film adaptation of Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles, Claudia is portrayed by Kirsten Dunst. Dunst was ten years old at the time of filming, so that the producers could have an actress that could actually play the five-year-old immortal. Makeup and film tricks were used to make Dunst look younger for the role. The screenplay was written by Anne Rice, so there were no major differences between Claudia’s role in the novel and the film.

In the short-lived Broadway show Lestat: The Musical, Claudia was portrayed by Allison Fischer. She was given two solos: “I Want More,” her plea to Lestat and Louis that she is sick of being a sweet little girl, unmasking her dormant desire to hunt, and “I’ll Never Have That Chance,” a somber lament sung when she realizes she will never grow up and will remain trapped within a child’s body for eternity.

Louis, Lestat and Claudia all have non-speaking cameo appearances in Innovation Comics adaptation of Rice’s vampire short story “The Master of Rampling Gate,” illustrated by Colleen Doran.

In other ways, “Vampire Children” in the medicine, means “children with xeroderma pigmentosum”. This is a genetic disease with such extraordinary sensitivity to sunlight that ordinary sun exposure results in the development of skin cancer at a very early age. Children with xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) can only play outdoors safely after nightfall.

Another vampire children are Ralphie and Danny Glick from Salem’s Lot. They were brothers and Ralphie was the first victim of the vampire Kurt Barlow and his human sentinel Richard Straker. When Ralphie and Danny were returning home from their friend‘s house the boys are separated and Ralphie goes missing. Shortly afterwards Danny becomes sick and doctors fear he might have tuberculous. What’s happening to Danny is much worse than tuberculous, Danny is being visited by his little brother who is now a member of the recently undead. It’s not long before Ralphie finishes Danny off and he becomes a vampire as well.  Ralphie and Danny Glick were first played by Ronnie Scribner and Brad Savage in the 1979 version and Zac Richmond and Andre de Vanny in the 2004 remake.

Eli from Let the Right One In. Eli is a child vampire who befriends a lonely misfit boy named Oskar when she and her ‘guardian’ move into his apartment complex. At first Eli tells Oskar that they cannot be friends but Eli feels drawn to the boy and eventually tells him that she is a vampire. Oskar doesn’t mind that his new friend is a vampire and as the two become close Eli encourages Oskar to stand up for himself against the bullies that torment him. Eli relies on her guardian Hakan to obtain blood for her but when he fails he disfigures himself in order to not be identified and traced back to Eli. Eli has a difficult time obtaining blood for herself and when Oskar attacks one of his tormenters and the rest of the bullies go after him in retaliation Eli and Oskar skip town hoping to start a new life together. Eli is played by Lina  Leandersson.

Saya and Diva are also vampire children from the anime Blood +.  They were  “born” in 1833 from one of two cocoon-like objects taken from the belly of a vampire-mummy named chiropteran, the other cocoon containing her sister Diva. Both are kept at the “Zoo” by Joel Goldschmidt, where Saya is treated as his daughter and Diva, who is left nameless, is confined to a tower. Saya does not learn about Diva’s existence until 1863, when she hears Diva singing and finds her locked in a room at the top of the tower. Saya then names her Diva. In 1870, Amshel purchases a twelve-year old boy named Hagi from his parents to become Saya’s companion and friend. During a birthday party for Joel, Saya releases Diva so that she can sing for Joel. Diva, however, slaughters everyone in the Goldschmidt house while Saya and Hagi are out looking for Joel’s favorite flower. Recognizing that Diva is a monster, Saya spends her periods of activity hunting Diva to try to kill her, her chevaliers, and any chiropterans they have created.

Renesmee Carlie Cullen is a half vampire born on September 10, 2006. Conceived and carried by Bella Swan in the Twilight Series, she is an hybrid, and a member of the Olympic Coven. She is the daughter of Edward Cullen and Bella Swan, and the imprintee of Jacob Black. Renesmee’s paternal grandparents are Edward and Elizabeth Masen. She is the granddaughter of Charlie Swan and Renee Dwyer, as well as the adoptive granddaughter of Carlisle and Esme Cullen. She is also the adoptive niece of Jasper and Rosalie Hale and Alice and Emmett Cullen.

And no more hybrids for me. So, this is a little bit information about the Vampire Children. I hope you enjoy it.

Source: Vampires

So, to honor FIFA’s worldcup, I’ll try to write an article about Vampires and Soccer. But, as you all can imagine, this is kinda difficult to me. I was googling some words, and I found this:

The young fashion designers Maurizio Modica and Pierfrancesco Gigliotti decided to create a new fashion design associating Football and the Twilight series. The results? Oh well, what do you think?

They launched the collection for Frankie Morello and brought models dressed as high school vampires and gave them some soccer balls and other acessories to go up on the cat walk. This collection is up to 2010 and 2011′s autumn and winter on Milan’s fashion week. “The collection is inspired in soccer, but with the Twilight atmosphere” says Maurizio Modica. So that’s it… Ok, maybe I liked some clothes of this crazy collection. And you?

Source: webluxe

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Today I’ll show you some vampire poetry. There are many many many writers that use vampire as their main theme… And also poets. Charles Baudelaire… Actually my favorite one, wrote “Le Vampire” on the year ov 1857 on his collection “Les Fleurs Du Mal”.

Charles Pierre Baudelaire was born in Paris, France in 1821. He published in1857 his first and most famous volume of poems, Les Fleurs du mal (The Flowers of Evil), originally titled Les Limbes. In this volume, you can find a poem named “Le Vampire“:

Le Vampire

Toi qui, comme un coup de couteau,
Dans mon coeur plaintif es entrée;
Toi qui, forte comme un troupeau
De démons, vins, folle et parée,

De mon esprit humilié
Faire ton lit et ton domaine;
— Infâme à qui je suis lié
Comme le forçat à la chaîne,

Comme au jeu le joueur têtu,
Comme à la bouteille l’ivrogne,
Comme aux vermines la charogne
— Maudite, maudite sois-tu!

J’ai prié le glaive rapide
De conquérir ma liberté,
Et j’ai dit au poison perfide
De secourir ma lâcheté.

Hélas! le poison et le glaive
M’ont pris en dédain et m’ont dit:
«Tu n’es pas digne qu’on t’enlève
À ton esclavage maudit,

Imbécile! — de son empire
Si nos efforts te délivraient,
Tes baisers ressusciteraient
Le cadavre de ton vampire!»

— Charles Baudelaire

The Vampire

You who, like the stab of a knife,
Entered my plaintive heart;
You who, strong as a herd
Of demons, came, ardent and adorned,

To make your bed and your domain
Of my humiliated mind
— Infamous bitch to whom I’m bound
Like the convict to his chain,

Like the stubborn gambler to the game,
Like the drunkard to his wine,
Like the maggots to the corpse,
— Accurst, accurst be you!

I begged the swift poniard
To gain for me my liberty,
I asked perfidious poison
To give aid to my cowardice.

Alas! both poison and the knife
Contemptuously said to me:
“You do not deserve to be freed
From your accursed slavery,

Fool! — if from her domination
Our efforts could deliver you,
Your kisses would resuscitate
The cadaver of your vampire!”

— Translated by: William Aggeler, The Flowers of Evil (Fresno, CA: Academy Library Guild, 1954)

Oh well, the text is pretty beautiful.

So… In 1857, Baudelaire wrote another one named “Metamorphisis of a Vampire“:

“When she drained me of my very marrow, and cold
And weak, I turned to give her one more kiss-behold,
There at my side was nothing but a hideous
Putrescent thing, all faceless and exuding pus.”

-Fragment of Metamorphosis of a Vampire” – Charles Baudelaire

Our next one was wrotten in 1748 by Heinrich August Ossenfelder. He brought up one of the first works of art to touch upon the subject is the short German poem Der Vampir (The Vampire), where the theme already has strong erotic overtones: a man whose love is rejected by a respectable and pious maiden threatens to pay her a nightly visit, drink her blood by giving her the seductive kiss of the vampire and thus prove her that his teaching is better than her mother’s Christianity.

Der Vampir

Mein liebes Mägdchen glaubet
Beständig steif und feste,
An die gegebnen Lehren
Der immer frommen Mutter;
Als Völker an der Theyse
An tödtliche Vampiere
Heyduckisch feste glauben.
Nun warte nur Christianchen,
Du willst mich gar nicht lieben;
Ich will mich an dir rächen,
Und heute in Tockayer
Zu einem Vampir trinken.
Und wenn du sanfte schlummerst,
Von deinen schönen Wangen
Den frischen Purpur saugen.
Alsdenn wirst du erschrecken,
Wenn ich dich werde küssen
Und als ein Vampir küssen:
Wenn du dann recht erzitterst
Und matt in meine Arme,
Gleich einer Todten sinkest
Alsdenn will ich dich fragen,
Sind meine Lehren besser,
Als deiner guten Mutter?

- Heinrich August Ossenfelder

The Vampire

My dear young maiden clingeth
Unbending, fast and firm
To all the long-held teaching
Of a mother ever true;
As in vampires unmortal
Folk on the Theyse’s portal
Heyduck-like do believe.
But my Christine thou dost dally,
And wilt my loving parry
Till I myself avenging
To a vampire’s health a-drinking
Him toast in pale tockay.

And as softly thou art sleeping
To thee shall I come creeping
And thy life’s blood drain away.
And so shalt thou be trembling
For thus shall I be kissing
And death’s threshold thou’ it be crossing
With fear, in my cold arms.
And last shall I thee question
Compared to such instruction
What are a mother’s charms?

Furthermore, there have been a number of tales about a dead person returning from the grave to visit his/her beloved or spouse and bring them death in one way or another, the narrative poem Lenore (1773) by Gottfried August Bürger being a notable 18th century example.

“Loud snorted the horse as he plunged and reared,
And the sparks were scattered round: -
What man shall say if he vanished away,
Or sank in the gaping ground?
Groans from the earth and shrieks in the air!
Howling and wailing everywhere!
Half dead, half living, the soul of Lenore
Fought as it never had fought before.”

-Gottfried August Bürger

One of Gottfried’s lines in Lenore poem is Denn die Toten reiten schnell (“For the dead travel fast”) and it was to be quoted in Bram Stoker’s classic Dracula.

“n the carriage, Harker notes:

A later German poem exploring the same subject with a prominent vampiric element was The Bride of Corinth (1797) by Goethe,

a story about a young woman who returns from the grave to seek her betrothed:

“From my grave to wander I am forced
Still to seek the God’s long server’d link,
Still to love the bridegroom I have lost,
And the lifeblood of his heart to drink.”

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Another one from Goethe is “Skeleton Dance”, which is not really about vampires, but undeads, that’s why I’m not going to mention it here. So, now Robert Southey He was born on August 12th 1774 and was an English poet of the Romantic school, one of the so-called “Lake Poets”, and Poet Laureate for 30 years from 1813 to his death in 1843. He wrote in 1081 the poem named

“Thalaba the Destroyer“:

“Her very lineaments,..and such as death
Had changed them, livid cheeks, and lips of blue;
But in her eyes there dwelt
Brightness more terrible
Than all the loathsomeness of death.
“Still art thou living, wretch?”
In hollow tones she cried to Thalaba;
“And must I nightly leave my grave
To tell thee, still in vain,
God hath abandon’d thee?”

-Robert Southey

Let us not forget Lord Byron! Oh yeah, his name is almost as cool as Vlad III, The Impaler (OH GOD.) Byron wrote in his epic poem The Giaour (1813) the traditional folkloric conception of the vampire as a being damned to suck the blood and destroy the life of its nearest relations:

But first, on earth as vampire sent,
Thy corse shall from its tomb be rent:
Then ghastly haunt thy native place,
And suck the blood of all thy race;

There from thy daughter, sister, wife,
At midnight drain the stream of life;
Yet loathe the banquet which perforce
Must feed thy livid living corse:
Thy victims ere they yet expire
Shall know the demon for their sire,
As cursing thee, thou cursing them,
Thy flowers are withered on the stem.

-Lord Byron

John Stagg wrote on 1810 the poem (with prose and poetry) “The Vampire“. It begins with and argument first and ends with poetry. That said, it belongs just as well in the prose story section since it features a dialogue format and basically tells the story of vampires crawling into bed with friends and sucking them dry, which then creates another vampire. There’s a lot of poems named “The vampire”. Writers like James Maxwell, Owen Meredith, Rudyard Kipling and many many others. There is also a lot of vampire poetry around the centuries, I can keep talking the whole day, but I’ll just live it to you. You can find the poem called “La Belle Dame Sans Merci” (1850) and “Lamia“(1819), both wrotten by John Keats, and also a lot of modern poetry, all over internet, you just need to google it. As I already did, here goes some of the new modern vampire poetry to you:

Dream’s End

Fly, little vampire, through the night
You think you control the wind you ride
Go, vampire, bring fear and fright
You think you’re a god in your foolish pride

But immortality’s just a vampire’s dream
Never I’ll rest before you’re gone
Your blood will flow in an endless stream
The dream will be over when I’m done.

-Solinquair, 1996

I hope you liked it. ’till next time.

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Today I’ll show you a bit about Vampire Lestat’s life. He’s the most beautifull and sexy vampire in the whole world… (And also my favourite one.)

If Anne Rice could read this, for God’s sake, YOU MADE AN AMAZING WORK!

Vell then… Let us begin… And don’t forget to click follow on you twitter! (@vampirewords)

According to Rice herself, the character of Lestat was largely inspired by her husband, the poet and artist Stan Rice (and I would love to know him, I also like his works.) and shared his blond hair and birth date of November 7. So, Lestat’s zodiac sign is Scorpio. Wondering that, I found in cafeastrology the explanation:

“Scorpios are known for their intensity. They are determined folk that absolutely throw themselves into whatever they do — but getting them to commit to something is rarely an easy task. In fact, it’s better not to even try to “get them” to do anything. Solar Scorpios absolutely have their own mind. And, their primary motivation is unlikely to be prestige, or even authority — it’s real power.

(…)

Scorpio isn’t afraid of getting their hands (their bodies, their minds) dirty. The darker side of life intrigues them, and they’re always ready to investigate.(…)

They simply never give up. They have tremendous staying power and are not in the slightest intimidated by anybody or anything. Confrontations are not a problem. In fact, talk to any Scorpio about their lives, and you’ll probably be in awe at all they’ve gone through. Trauma seems to follow them wherever they go.”

So what do you think? Oh yeah, characters can have real personalities too. In a 2003 interview, Rice noted that the character had also taken on some of her own attributes, stating “Stan was Lestat; he was the inspiration. Perhaps it is best to say Lestat was Stan and me. He was Stan and what Stan taught me. Lestat was inspired by Stan, and then I became Lestat.” The name ‘Lestat’ was a misspelling of “Lestan,” which Rice believed to be an old French name. According to the characters themselves, who discuss the issue in Blackwood Farm, Blood Canticle and Memnoch the Devil, the name is pronounced “les-dot” “with a rather French flair.”

Lestat describes himself as six feet tall. He has blond hair that is not quite shoulder length, and that is rather curly, which sometimes appears white under fluorescent lighting. His eyes are gray, but they absorb the colors of blue or violet easily from surfaces around them. He has a short narrow nose,and a mouth that is well shaped, but has always been slightly large for his face. His mouth can look very mean or extremely generous, but always sensual. He has a continuously animated face. Lestat’s fingernails look like they are made of glass. Because of his boldness, enthusiasm, and defiance, Lestat’s seniors refer to him affectionately as “the Brat Prince”, a title of which he is very fond. He is very vain and concerned with fashion, and will pause mid-narrative to remind the reader what he is wearing. And this can be really boring, believe me. You just try to read Memnoch the Devil… It begins JUST like that.

Lestat’s full name is Lestat de Lioncourt and speaks French but writes his novels in English… He has an amazing beautiful french accent, and I would marry anyone with this sweet accent. By the way, he shows himself as a bisexual, and has male and female lovers as both a vampire and a mortal. He is attracted to whoever most interests him at the time. Most of his early experiences are with male companions; he himself explains this by saying the women in previous centuries simply weren’t as interesting as men. Later in the series, Lestat offhandedly mentions that he is frightened of women and finds them extremely and egregiously distracting. I’m a girl, so, I would have double problems to attract him.

As a vampire, Lestat’s abilities include telepathy, superhuman strength, and resilience. After receiving blood from several ancient vampires, including Magnus, Marius de Romanus and Akasha, Lestat’s strength increases dramatically, and allows him to fly, perform feats of telekinesis and pyrokinesis, and survive exposure to the sun.

I’m not going to post his long story here, because of the spoilers, AND, because, if you’ve alreadry read hios books, you know all the story. Anyway he was born on November 7, 1760, as the seventh son of the marquis d’Auvergne in the Auvergne region of France. Prodded by Gabrielle (his mother), he eventually leaves Auvergne with friend and lover Nicolas and heads for Paris, intending to become an actor. During performances, he attracts the attention of an ancient vampire named Magnus (see? NOT Marius.) who later abducts him and transforms him into a vampire.

(Yeah, we’re all possessive too, Louis. Don’t worry, no one is going to steal him from you… Maybe… Ok, I would. – Click to enlarge.)

He’s always in love. With a lot of characters. Louis, Akasha, Marius, Nicholas, David and many many others. Lestat is the most amazing vampire in the world, so famous as the new born Edward Cullen, his books are also full of love and drama. Unlike Twilight series, Vampire Lestat’s love is full of blood and some beautiful narratives of sex.

His books are almost so famous as the Count Dracula’s (by Bram Storker) book. Lestat is the second most commercial vampire of the world. Anne Rice had suspended his books for a while, but now, they are back and with a new book cover.

Some bands had produced musics for Lestat’s band, at the Queen Of the Damned movie. My favourite is “Forsaken” made by the band “Disturbed”.

“You see I can not be forsaken.

(…)

Must we hide from everyone?

I’m over it

Why can’t we be together and erase it?

Sleeping so long, taking of the mask

At last, I see…”

I like the song. And it looks very “Lestat”. For the Marilyn Manson’s fans, check out the song “Redeemer” made by Manson himself. Well… I think that, if Lestat was really going to have a rock band, it would be HIM and he would look like Velle Valo with a blond hair… Eheheh

There are a lot of people who believe that Marius was Lestat’s creator, and THIS IS WORNG. Read “Vampire Lestat” book, and you’ll find the truth. The name of his creator is Magnus, an ancient vampire. Magnus chooses Lestat and gives him no choice instead death or becoming a vampire. And he says it a lot on the “Interview of The Vampire” movie… “I’ll give you the choice I never had.”

Tom Cruise interprets Lestat de Lioncourt on the “Interview Of The Vampire” (1994). About eight years later Stuart Townsend brought the character back to life on the “Queen Of the Damned” movie, with his famous sentence to the ancient vampires “Come out, come out. Wherever you are.”

The Queen of the Damned movie brings up a wrong information about Lestat’s life. As I was saying before, this movie shows Marius as Lestat creator, and I say again that THIS IS WORNG!

Lestat de Lioncourt is now not only a famous vampire but a sexy symbol, and if he really existed, he would the lover of the whole world.

(made by: Eeba-ism)

You can find some fanarts here and here. Ans visit the Anne Rice post for more info.

I’m here to say that the blog is having a very nice moment, with a lot of views in a day and a lot of visitors. I guess it’s moment to give you more information than I’m already doing. So I made a Twitter and there you can find more notices, quick infos and fun, direct from the deepest abyss.

So follow Vampire Legends on Twitter @vampirewords and keep visiting the blog for great and big reports about the real true vampires.

Thank you!

Now a quick post about the vampire bats.

Vampire bats are bats whose food source is blood, a dietary trait called hematophagy. There are three bat species that feed solely on blood: the Common Vampire Bat (Desmodus rotundus), the Hairy-legged Vampire Bat (Diphylla ecaudata), and the White-winged Vampire Bat (Diaemus youngi). All three species are native to the Americas, ranging from Mexico to Brazil, Chile, and Argentina. They  generally have small ears and a short tail membrane. Their front teeth are specialized for cutting and their back teeth are much smaller than in other bats. Their digestive system is adapted to their liquid diet, and their saliva contains a substance, draculin, which prevents the prey’s blood from clotting. The vampire bats do not suck blood, but rather lap the blood at the site of the haemorrhage (where the prey is bleeding). The common vampire bat also has specialized thermoreceptors on its nose, which aids the animal in locating areas where the blood flows close to the skin of its prey.

Vampire bats hunt only when it is fully dark. Like fruit-eating bats, and unlike insectivorous and fish-eating bats, they emit only low-energy sound pulses. The common vampire bat feeds mostly on the blood of mammals (including humans), whereas both the hairy-legged vampire bat and white-winged vampire bat feed on the blood of birds. Once the common vampire bat locates a host, such as a sleeping mammal, it lands and approaches it on the ground.

Only 0.5% of bats carry rabies. However, of the few cases of rabies reported in the United States every year, most are caused by bat bites.

The Vampire bat is often used in horror movies about Vampires. Fictional vampires also consume blood, usually in order to survive. As influenced by the actual vampire bat the most common method is piercing a hole in the victim’s neck with sharp fangs and sucking blood from the pierced area. Fictional vampires are also commonly nocturnal, and rarely come out during the day, similar to vampire bats. Other attributes include, but are not restricted to, the ability to transform into a vampire bat and animal-like senses of sight and hearing.

Draculin is a very fun named substance. The name came, naturally from Count Dracula. It is a glycoprotein found in the saliva of vampire bats. It is composed of 411 amino acids. It functions as an anticoagulant, inhibiting coagulation factors, keeping the blood of the bitten victim from clotting while the bat is drinking. This anticoagulant is a hundred times stronger than any other known anticoagulant and is prescribed for heart attack and stroke patients.

“He’s a vampire!“

“I object most stronkly. It iss such an easy assumption to believe that everyvun with an Uberwald accent is a vampire, is it not? There are many thousands of people from Uberwald who are not vampires!”

“All right, I’m sorry, but—”

“I am a vampire, as it happens. But if I had said ‘Hello my cheeky cock sparrow mate old boy by crikey,’ what vould you have said zen, eh?”

“We’d have been completely taken in.”

-Terry Pratchett, The Truth

As you can find on TV Tropes… Vhen the Classical Movie Vampire became such an iconic portrayal of vampires, the vay they spoke also became iconic. A large number of vampires in fiction have adopted the same affectations in their speech. As more modern portrayals have been introduced, this has become less common, but it is still frequently used in comedic portrayals. All of vhich is to say that there are an avful lot of vampires around who “vant to sahk yo blahd“.

Now see what is really strange… Thai vampires! Do they have any accent? Well I guess…. Yes.

Or maybe this accent is provocated because of those fake fangs… Omg they look really terrible… As in this one…

Those people tried SO HARD to be funny… SO HARD…..! I guess I’ll laugh just because they had work to produce this adversiment… Can you imagine? You have a product, and you want publicity. You pay lots of money to an agency… AND THEY DO THIS!….

Now… This is cool!

Yeah! Vampiahs vere people too! No moar descrimination. Just shut up and let them “sahk yo blahd“. If the humanity is going to vanish one day… It will be because of those jokes. Stupid humans…

Omg, bottled sun ray! This can be super effective, vampire hunters. Maybe if you drink a lot of those rays, you may kill a vampire with one burp.

Ok, THIS…. Is freaky… WTH? Drink Coke, vampires. You know? As they say “If wine is the blood of Jesus, Coke is the blood of Earth.” I would NEVER think that I could scape from a vampire using coca-cola. Meybe because it’s corrosive.

Ok, this last one is not REALLY about vampires… And more about goths… But I need to post!

Congrats to Heineken’s agency, they were funny.

I dedicate to this post, the sentence “Vampire: you are doing it wrong”.

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