Vampires

Vampires are legendary foul creatures from the blackest depths of The Northern Forests. While almost every account of them differs, they all share the opinion that these mystical evil beings are terror incarnate and wreak destruction and death upon everything they touch.

Their existence was unknown until five hundred years ago when an army of the creatures marched from out of the forests and through the continent, feeding, pillaging and enslaving as they went. They almost wiped out all life on The Gauntlet until Alissa and her Paragons united the Three Kingdoms under one King and pushed them back into the forests, keeping them there forever with a huge wall that no creature could ever hope to climb. The Vampires led one last suicidal charge against the wall and were almost completely destroyed as the few survivors scattered into the murky forests of the North.

Four hundred and fifty years later Vampires have descended into myth and legend for most people, they serve as a cautionary tale and live in the fog of distant memory and amongst the pages of children's stories. No one can particularly agree on the abilities of a Vampire or what they look like, they are often depicted in books as monstrous winged beasts who look half man and half gargoyle. The creatures are said to be able to recruit mortals by feeding on them and enthralling them to their whims, some disagree with this theory however and state that the Vampire simply feeds for sustenance. Some Scholars believe that according to an old book buried deep in The Citadel, Vampires have access to powerful magic and even the secret to immortality, no book seems to be able to give a definite answer on how to kill the beast but nearly every book agrees that it is no easy feat.