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A - C

Term	Definition
A Neg	'A Negative' is a brand as well as a flavour of synthetic blood. (see True Blood)
Anemia	A disease of the blood caused by reduction of either red blood cells or hemoglobin. Symptoms include pallor, fatigue and fainting spells. These symptoms are usually associated with a vampire attack.
Antediluvian	An antediluvian would be over 4,000 years old. "Antediluvian" means something that existed prior to the Biblical flood during the time of Noah which Biblical scholars estimate to have occurred approximately 4,000 years ago. According to some sources, the Antediluvians are third generation of vampires.
Angel	A vampire cursed with a soul.
Bauhaus	A rock band whose best-known song is "Bela Lugosi's Dead," which put vampires on the pop music charts
Blood Bond	A bond shared between a human and a vampire. After the human drinks the vampire's blood, that vampire always knows where they are. If shared three or more times, the human becomes attached to the vampire in different ways such as being blissfully happy around said vampire or knowing if the vampire is in pain or not. (See Charlaine Harris's "From Dead to Worse" for a better description.)
Blood Doll	A willing human who gives blood to a vampire that is usually their Master. Generally, these have to be disposed of when they become useless or a threat, while many develop feelings for their Master. It is a more formal term for a Fangbanger, who is devoted to just one vampire, though they can be passed around.
Blood Head	A vampire blood junkie.
Blood Lust	A strong, almost uncontrollable need for blood due to hunger, sex, or pain.
"Bring Someone Over"	A phrase sometimes used in reference to making a human into a vampire.
Childe	What a vampire calls those who he or she has embraced/turned/brought over.
Childe of Darkness	Poetic wording for a vampire.
Caine	One story relates that Cain, the son of Adam and Eve, was the first vampire.
Claws	Large nails on the hands of vampires.
Coffin	Container used for the ritual burial of human remains. Used by many vampires as a resting location during daylight hours due to the desired effect of blocking out all the damaging sunlight. Considered archaic and primitive.
Cold Ones	A slang term used for vampires.
Coven	Term describing a group of vampires who live or cooperate together. See also Nest.
Crucifix	A holy object believed to deter vampires. Obviously, this only works on those vampires who came from a religious tradition where the crucifix is revered and hence is considered both personal and psychological to that certain vampire.
Cruentus	Spilled blood.
Daytime Guy	Essentially a gofer, albeit an important one. This person handles the affairs of their vampire master that must be done during the day. These tasks include banking, shopping, dry cleaning, and other assorted things that can only be done during normal business hours. A prime example of a Daytime Guy is Bobby Burnham, Eric Northman's DG. (p.100 of All Together Dead)

D - F

Term	Definition
Dark Gift, The	A poetic way of saying "being a vampire." To make someone a vampire, you would "give them The Dark Gift." Also can refer to the multiple talents that one may acquire when they become a vampire, like telepathy, flight, strength, etc.
Dazzle	A Vampire's ability to trance a human or weaker vampire to do their work.
Descendants of the Glorious Dead	A group of people who meet and discuss the Civil War. They are the descendants of Civil War veterans. It has 15 or so members distinguished by lapel pins and bright corsages for the females. Usually, it holds its meetings every Thursday in the local library or town hall.
Drainer	Someone who drains the blood of vampires to sell as a drug on the black market. They usually have a short life expectancy.
Embrace, The	Another way of saying "to turn a human into a vampire."
Embrace the Darkness	Amplectere Tenebras.
Fang	Slang term for a vampire or the vampire version of People magazine.
Fangbanger	A person who hangs around, sleeps or tries to get involved with vampires. Many enjoy being bitten or want to be -- and don't usually last very long.
Fangtasia	Shreveport vampire bar owned by a very old and strong vampire named Eric Northman, who uses the bar as Area 5 headquarters.
Final Death	When vampires are killed, they experience what is called a final death, where their bodies are destroyed and thus they cannot return.
Frenzy	When a vampire has gone without blood for too long or has sustained many serious injuries, they go into a frenzy, where they pretty much lose control and attack and drain anything that lives. Some rare vampires are able to pull themselves out of frenzy before they do any or much damage.
Daywalker	A term used for a half vampire. Often the person is a child of a human and a vampire. Though this is rare to see. The child can go into the sun but must be watchful of how bright the sun is, how hot it is outside, and wear sunglasses most of the time. Not many Daywalkers have been born. Though in some movies like Blade, Blade 2, abnd Blade 3 there is a daywalker, his name happens to be Blade. Some daywalkers have serum made to keep their vampiric bloodlust in check. Most daywalkers can live besides humans and nother be found out, at least not until they have drained a victim in plain sight out of a Frenzy.

G - I

Term	Definition
Galchonda	A fabled state that vampires may attain where they transcend there limitations and are able to control the frenzy perfectly and may or may not need to drink blood again.
Garlic	Used by humans as a vampiric deterrent. Generally considered useless.
Ghoul	A human who has been fed vampire blood three times is brought under the spell of the vampire and becomes addicted to the blood and power they receive from the blood. Usually guards the donor vampire during daylight hours. A rouge ghoul is one who has broken free of the vampire's control but is still addicted to the blood and will get any at any cost. Examples of powers include extended lifespan -- as long as the human partakes of vampire blood he or she will continue to live beyond a normal human lifespan, regeneration, heightened senses, and a minor version of that vampire's unique power. Ghouls can also be animals, usually dogs.
Glamour	Vampire hypnotism or the act of using it. Usually used to make feeding easier and for protection. Does not work on Sookie Stackhouse and other supernatural beings
Go Into the Fire, Flame	When a vampire commits suicide, and submerses themselves in fire, seeking Final Death. Usually a result of Vampire Madness, which can occur when the mind is unstable before receiving The Dark Gift.
Great Revelation, The	The name given to the day when vampires all over the world revealed their existence to humans across the globe.
Hepatitis D, Hep-D	A strain of hepatitis that weakens vampires for up to 30 days and the only virus that can affect vampires. Also known as HDV.
Holy Water	Sanctified water used as a weapon against vampires.
Immortal	A person that lives forever and has the power to control his or her age, Immortals also have inhuman strength and speed, some believe that Immortals are the strongest of all living things. Immortals can only be born never made, also very few know how to kill Immortals.

J - L

Term	Definition
Kindred	A vampire, also more generally, all of vampire kind
Kine	A term that vampires use to refer to Humans, also more generally, all of human kind
Kingdom	A Kingdom is usually a state within America that is controlled by either a vampire King or Queen, without the humans' knowledge.
Liber Sanguinis	Book of Blood.
Lilith	According to some ancient mythology, Lilith, the first wife of Adam, was a blood drinking demon. It has been speculated that Lilith, rather than Caine, was the original Vampire. Jewish mythology portrays Lilith as a demon that feasts upon all humans, where as the Persian mythology portrays Lilith as consuming the blood of newborns.
Lillium	another name for a Human
Little Drink	Refers to taking only a little bit of a victim's blood, so as not to harm or kill them.
Lycan	More commonly called werwolves. A lycan is a person who was either bitten but a wolf and survived or was born a lycan. Though some people go insane and beleive they are lycans when they are not. Some but not all lycans report to a vampire master/mistress, as such in recent times we see the lycan portrade in movies like ' Underworld ' as a slave who is tried of it's place in existance. Lycan only take there wolf form during full moons. They have weaknesses to wolfsbane and silver. Gifted and cursed at the same time with strength, super hearing, speed and agility. Not all Lycans have all these traits but have 2 or 3 of them. A lycans nose is super sensitive to smells, and if flicked there can be painful but will not kill them or hurt for long. No one has escaped for a lycan when they are on the hunt for prey.
Lycanthropy	Considered a mental illness that drives a person to think he/she is a werewolf. Often times the the person has other mental illnesses that lead to this disorder. Mental illnesses like Phycosis, Hesteria, Paranoid delussions, and the like could actually be the link to why in the earliest reports of lycan or werewolves alot of the Lycan/werewolves seemed to be mad, driven crazy to the point of bloodlust.

M - O

Term	Definition
Mainstreaming	A vampire who is trying to live among humans and live as humans do or at least live in harmony with the humans.
Masquerade	A now-defunct term for the set of rules vampires had to follow in order to remain hidden from humans and other supernatural beings.Also a ball or dance that Vampires like Vladamir Draculia had created to freely communicate with humans under the cover of costumes now is just for fun.
"Meet the Sun"	When a vampire decides to end his or her undead life and sees the Sun for the first time, effectively killing him or her.
Methuselah	A vampire older than a thousand years. Sometime between the thousandth and two thousandth year, a grave change overtakes the Kindred. Sometimes the change is physical, while at other times it is mental or emotional. Whatever the nature of the change, the end result is that the vampire no long bears any semblance of humanity. Methuselahs often retire into the earth where they may slumber away from the thirsty fangs of younger vampires. They generally are so powerful, that they continue to direct their plans mentally to their minions.
Necromancy	The art of summoning the spirits of the dead for the purpose of divination. One of the powers possessed by some vampires (e.g. Dracula).
Nest	Where a group of vampires live together.
Nod	The land of eternal night to which Cain was banished for killing Abel.
Official	Term used for a vampire politician in office.
Orgasmic Overload	To drink a vampire's blood is to have an Orgasmic Overload.
"Out of the Coffin"	A pun often used to describe The Great Revelation.

P - R

Term	Definition
Porphyria	A disease that occurs in humans that causes a loss of hemoglobin, pale white skin and can give a fang-like look to teeth as the gums deteriorate. Some believe that porphyrics once tried to treat their ailment by drinking blood.
Prince	The term used for the vampire that rules over the city, enforcing vampire law.
Revenant	A person who has returned from the dead. Often, when speaking of vampires suggests those that come back lacking a personality. Generally little better than an animal with a thirst for blood.
Porphoric Hemophelia	similar to Porphyria this disease is know as Vampires disease because it effects the brains natural instinctive breakdown causing a lust for blood it also cause gum deterioration that seems to lengthen the k-9s and also a blotchy effect to the skin some cases the victim had developed a darker face but a pale body the only cur is a mix of munkroot leeks wolfsbane and vampire ash or blood the cure has been found to be fatal to those weaker of the vampire variety

S - U

Term	Definition
Sanguinary	Eager for blood or bloodshed.
Sanguineas	Bloody or covered in blood.
Sanguis effundatur	Let blood be poured out.
Sanguis Fluat	Let the blood flow.
Sangunet	Let him/her/it bleed.
Shapeshifter	Supernatural being that can change into an animal. True shapeshifters, which are rare, can change into any animal they saw last, wherever it be alive, dead, pictures or movie, etc.
Slave	A human that is kept as a pet for "little drinks" or light feeding.
Silus	A very evolved vampire, belonging to "The Brotherhood" in a futuristic world. A sweet, sensitive and "perfect creature."
Silver	A metal used to hurt and control vampires. It can cause severe injury and though it doesn't result in death unless in bullet form, it can eventually lead to the vampire's death owing to weakness. In folklore, all of the Undead can be killed with silver. The reason vampires had no reflection and could not be photographed was because of silver -- old mirrors were backed with silver and film developing used silver nitrate. Because silver is no longer used for mirrors, and there is none in digital photography, modern vampires would cast a reflection and show up in digital photos.
Sino-AIDS	An AIDS-like disease carried by humans, which can infect vampires who ingest the infected human's blood. Usually, it makes the vampire incredibly weak and eventually can result in final death.
Sire	What a vampire calls the vampire that brought him or her over.
Sheriff	The term given to a vampire who has been entrusted an area of a state by their King or Queen. They are given the responsibility to monitor vampire activity within their area, earn money through tourism and businesses, and insure that their own vampire laws are followed.
Stake	Historical weapon of choice against vampires; it is a simple wooden pole with a sharpened end. When thrust through a vampire's heart, it causes instant and final death in "True Blood." In folklore, the vampire may be able to pull the stake out unless the head is removed, mouth stuffed with garlic and turned face down.
Supe	Slang or shortened term for a supernatural being.
"Take the Night from the Dead"	Anti-vampire movement.
The Old World	A reference to the areas now known as England/Europe.
The Two-Natured	Slang for Shapeshifters, referring to their human and animal form.
Tourist	(As it relates to vampire bars) they visit vampire bars and just wear anything black that they already had in their closet. Usually these black clothes are labels such as Lacoste and Polo.
True Blood	Synthetic blood made by the Japanese, which vampires can drink instead of human blood. This meets their nutritional requirements, rather then physical and emotional.
Undead	A being that is technically dead (no heartbeat), but is still animated as if it were alive. Whether it is the result of magic, a curse or maybe a virus, the human populace are led to believe it is the latter.
Unfortunate Incident	What the media calls it when a vampire "accidentally" kills a human, or when a vampire is killed.

V - Z

Term	Definition
V or V Juice	Slang, derogatory term for Vampiric Blood. Has become a controlled substance and a street drug. Consistency is darker and thicker than mortal blood. Said to affect mortals by making them feel more healthy, improving their sex life, enhancing their senses and sensitivity. If it is drunk directly from the vampire, can cause a psychic connection between the two, and can have incredible healing powers.
Vampire/vamp/Vampyre	A person who is known as the undead and feeds off human blood.
Vampire Madness	When the mind is unstable, the Dark Gift can sometimes cause extreme mental illness.
Vampire Prostitute	A human prostitute who specializes in vampires, allowing him- or herself to be bitten during sex. Keeps a man with a stake around just in case the vampire gets out of hand. Drinks synthetic blood (True Blood) to keep her or his blood count up. They can provide a vampire with enough blood and satisfaction for about two days.
Veil of the shadows	Death for a vampire.
Virgin	A human who has never been bitten before.
Werewolf	A person that changes into a wolf at a full moon.
Wolfsbane	A plant known to harm or kill Werewolves and Vampires.

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Morgaine

The definition of Silver

Nov 18 2008, 7:48 PM EST by Morgaine

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Hi - I think the definition of Silver should include info about silver-backed mirrors and silver nitrate film not producing an image of a Vampire. That's why they should be visible in most mirrors today and in digital photography. I don't know how this is addressed in the books. It should probably also say that silver is universally effective against all of the Undead - werewolves included.

I know it's a wiki but I feel a bit shy about adding things. Should I just add this stuff?

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RE: The definition of Silver
By: Morgaine, Nov 18 2008, 7:48 PM EST

"I strongly disagree. Everything I've ever read or seen concerning werewolves classifies them as "supernatural" not un-natural. according to werewolf mythologies that I know from, a person/victim does NOT die from a werewolf bite, though they can. the person is merely "infected" with becoming a werewolf. they have a heart beat, bio-electrical synapse firing in their brains, and so on. (something creatures such as vampires don't have)

Concerning Werewolfves: (my take)
Werewolves are supernatural creatures whose attributes (or symptoms of their infection) include increased strength, heighten senses, extremely increased healing, extreme longevity (can die of old age...very very old age), and aggression.

methods of killing include: silver weapons (if not removed quickly) and beheading or removal of vital organs (such as heart or brain).

unlike vampires they are subject to getting scars, tattoos (which will be somewhat visible when transformed) and loss of libs or other parts (supernatural healing can't regenerate lost parts. and even with healing some wounds leave scars)

this is something I have looked into extensively from both an historical and fantasy/fiction point of view."

Calling them Supernatural and Undead are synonymous. You are drawing a distinction where technically none exists. They are considered undead because it takes extraordinary means to kill them - they are not mortal in the same sense that a human is. They would not die from a regular gun shot, for example. The idea that lycanthropy is an infection transmitted by a bite is a very modern one used in contemporary fiction. A normal wolf bite won't do it - it has to be a bite from a creature carrying the "curse" to transmit the "curse" and it IS a curse, not a natural event.

I know of no traditional literature that suggests a Werewolf can be killed by beheading or removal organs - only silver weapons are supposed to be effective against them in traditional lore and most fiction (though admittedly there's lot of newer fiction I don't read - I stick with traditional lore, mostly.)

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Antediluvian

Nov 4 2008, 4:06 PM EST by Tremere

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An antediluvian would be over 4,000 years old. "Antediluvian" means something that existed prior to the Biblical flood during the time of Noah which Biblical scholars estimate to have occured approximately 4,000 years ago.

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