Bride Ceremony
The Bride Ceremony is something done by a vampire when they wish to transform someone into a vampire. The ceremony bypasses the Vampire Spawn stage and converts them to a full vampire allowing them free will but maintaining a link between both parties.
To complete a Bride Ceremony, a vampire must drink from their victim three times. The final drink must drain the victim almost completely and then the victim must then drink the vampire blood. However, this drink from the vampire can be extremely addicting so the vampire must maintain control over the victim's drinking to prevent them from drinking too much. If the victim drinks too much or too little then the victim will die in excruciating pain and suffering.
The surest sign of a Bride Ceremony in progress is that while the victim is being drained, they feel immense pleasure. However, since the Bride Ceremony is not common knowledge, most victims are unaware of the significance and will likely be too embarrassed to reveal the information.
Gender and sexual orientation are not factors to be considered when it comes to the Bride Ceremony. There have been recorded incidents of Bride Ceremonies being conducted by a male heterosexual vampire on a male heterosexual victim.
Ezmerelda d'Avenir believes that Count Strahd is attempting a Bride Ceremony on Ireena.
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