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A little more than a decade ago, vampires and humans had never crossed paths. Though just about a decade ago, humans had crossed paths with the blood-drinkers. They were able to gather the basic information about vampires.
Vampires happened to reside behind a threshold of thick forest, greens, plants, really any nature life. The thick forests created a natural barrier between man and these creatures of the night. There were a number of things that made these creatures characteristically “vampir-ish”.
Vampires are extremely fast creatures, and often can be extremely strong. Along with their heightened senses and advanced intelligence, they are considered apex predators of the night— a constant nocturnal threat to anything with thick, hot blood. These predators possess the ability of shapeshifting, taking on the form of smothering mist or flying chiropteras.
The nocturnal predators follow a strict pattern regarding the physical elements they carry. Defined incisors, skin cold to the touch, an appearance frozen in time, no indication of a heartbeat or pulse of any kind, supporting no shadow or image in the mirror— all things that every vampire possesses.
The one social aspect of this species— noted in every textbook, excerpt, document, and journal— vampires are independent creatures. They don’t group in pacts, don’t form many relationships with each other, and live mostly introverted lives. The females abandon their young as soon as their young can catch their own food. Even when mothers are in their children’s lives, they are very reserved and aren’t necessarily “affectionate” to their children. The males commonly abandon their families after the female gives birth— though, uncommonly, some will stay with their young until their offspring has mastered how to catch prey.
That’s the thing that separates these beings from the humans. The difference in their mortality shows just that. That vampires will always be no better than animals.
While yes, some vampires will travel to the human realm past the forest, it is extremely unlikely. So, to keep their instinctual bloodlust at bay, they feast on animal blood. Any hot blooded animal is in their line of sight.
Whether that includes humans or just being some superstitious; no one knows.