High Vampires
The very first life to appear on Ea
Special Abilities
Each of the twelve High Vampires were supposedly capable of manipulating, producing, and controlling a certain aspect of reality as easily as breathing. Gravity, Time, Wind, Light, and more...as beings born even before the gods themselves they were said to have dominion over reality in a way no other beings before or since have. Very much like gods, they could manipulate their dominion with but a thought, controlling water or air or wind or whatever they held dominion over with but thought and gesture...entire tidal waves, hurricanes, and more could be summoned at but a thought. This put them on the level of Gods, and indeed, in the end, it took the power of the Major Gods and Primordial Gods to kill and/or imprison them all during The Rapture War.The Twelve High Vampires
Information on the twelve High Vampires were thought to have been lost to time eons ago, but recent investigations by the mage Etherious Crosner have uncovered the names, dominions, and fragments of the personalities of these ancient creatures. Their final statuses are still unknown, but all besides Kalgar are assumed to be long dead or imprisoned in places unknown by the gods, after the events of The Rapture War which saw the Gods themselves war against them and eventually destroy and defeat them. The High Vampires, it has been discovered, schismed during The Rapture War and split into two camps as their leader, Fabius, began to enact a plan to kill all Mortalkind to ascend himself and his High Vampire kin into ultimate Godhood. Supporting Fabius, the first side allied with him to destroy mortalkind while the other side allied behind Wham and Kalgar to defend it. This information is listed below:
- Fabius, the Ultimate First. Held Dominion over Life, Death, and Entropy. A scheming, manipulative man who planned to sacrifice all mortal life to reach a higher plane of ascendance. Saw mortal life as nothing but useless, worthless insects given life to die for Him and His kin. Arrogant, Egotistical, and always knew exactly what to say to persuade almost anyone to obey him. Was said to possess supernatural charisma, and was so insanely powerful in the end that not even The Gods could kill him, and instead were forced to banish him. He was the leader of the High Vampire faction bent on killing all Mortalkind.
- Camilla, the Sanguine Second. Held dominion over Liquids, Diseases, and Decay. A cruel and sadistic woman who saw living creatures as boring, uninteresting things whose lives passed in an eyeblink and who left nothing of worth behind. She saw them as useful, interesting, and "alive" only when they suffered or underwent tragedy, and desired to turn every living creature into Undead to lock them in eternal torment, and thus make them the perfect beings. Believed Undeath was the natural state for all living things to end up in, and saw it as an improvement over life in every way. Obsessed with torturing and tormenting mortals to see what they did under such duress, and continuously strove to create better, more sentient undead and thus give mortals more suffering and tragedy after their deaths. Was known to collect the screams and voices of mortals, as she thought they were the key to the very soul of mortal life. Was the first being to discover how to manipulate souls and death, and is believed to have been the first necromancer, and the mother and creator of normal Vampires. She was also known to be an incredibly close friend and sister to Isabella, the Rampaging Eighth, as both delighted in the snuffing out of Mortal Life, and holding absolute control over their lives and souls as Goddesses to make them denigrate and suffer at their whims. Camilla joined Fabius and sided with him to kill all mortalkind, in the hopes of resurrecting them all as undead.
- Xander, the Melodious Third. Held dominion over Sound and Electromagnetism. A spontaneous, artistic man who saw value in mortal life and all the beautiful variety their lives could have compared to the stagnant lives of the High Vampires, but believed that mortal life had no future without the guidance of the High Vampires, and believed mortal life would tear itself apart and cause itself undue suffering without them. Wanted to put all life in a cage and watch them grow under strict supervision. Respected the spark of mortal creativity and artistry, and enjoyed the ideas they could come up with, but hated the notion of letting them control their own destinies. Xander joined the side of Fabius and sided with him to kill all mortalkind, in the hopes of guiding the next mortal races more strictly. Persuaded by Fabius to abandon the mortal races in hopes of "getting it right next time".
- Ritsuka, the Imperious Fourth. Held dominion over Mind, Will, and Growth. The youngest of the High Vampires, and is believed to either have been a young girl or young adult or had the body and/or personality of one. Spoken of as Naive, and was believed to be heavily influenced by the teachings of both Fabius and Xander. She was infinitely curious, and loved studying mortal beings and life itself, but saw both as dolls to be both collected and controlled. She saw Fabius like a father and believed wholeheartedly that letting mortal races have free will was a silly notion and wanted to control them all like dolls to make sure they didn't do anything evil, unsafe, bad, or stupid. She loved mortal creatures and life, but more as dolls and statues than as actual sentient living beings, and wanted to store them all away and help them by controlling them. She was believed to have such an oddly young mindset and/or physical form due to her dominion over Growth, which was believed to have allowed her to grow and develop as a mortal might, though on a scale so slow by the end of The Rapture War she was barely either a young adult or an older child. Too naive to know any better, and was influenced to side with Fabius to kill all mortalkind.
- Decius, the Fortressed Fifth. Held dominion over Solids and Atoms. A stubborn, cruel man who despised both the Gods for making the mortal races and the mortal races themselves for so pitifully weak. Wanted to put them to use, or find some use for them, but hated how weak they were that they proved useless in everything he tried to do with them. He thought they were a waste of space that had the potential for greatness, but thought of them as "failed experiments" best destroyed so new and better life could be made in their place. Decius sided with Fabius to kill all of mortalkind.
- Ana, the Crushing Sixth. Held dominion over Gravity and Space. A tomboyish woman who respected strength above all, and was infinitely interested in Mortals for the fun, smiles, and varied lives they led, but despised them for being so weak and "falling apart" whenever she went out and tried to interact with them. A somewhat muscle-headed woman who enjoyed challenging herself, and was notoriously terrible and holding back or controlling herself in most ways. Likened to a force of nature. She often went out and killed entire villages after demanding that they send out their strongest fighter to challenge her, then killed them all when their champion invariably lost to her in a single blow. Was incredibly isolated from the rest of the High Vampires aside from Fabius and Gill, and always seemed invariably lonely, like she was searching for something she never truly found. Ana, though she was conflicted, sided with Fabius to kill all of mortalkind after failing to find what she sought. She nearly sided with Wham and the Pro-Mortal High Vampires, but Fabius persuaded her to stay with him.
- Kalgar, the Shining Seventh. Held Dominion over Light and Dark. Flamboyant, Theatrical, and Loved Mortal Life as a whole though rarely cared about individuals. Hates Undead. Obsessed with life and the "Beauty" of living creatures, and sees Undead as the definition of Ugly, and things to be destroyed. Fascinated with the potential of mortal races, and loved watching them grow. Sees himself as a glorious golden god sent to shepherd the Mortal Races, and sees them as worthless without the guidance of a higher power to gently nudge them along the proper paths. Famous for loving mortals because of their short lives, and understands and is fascinated how their limited lives inspire them to grow so much in such a short time compared to him and his kin's eternal lives. Saw Mortal Races as worth protecting as a whole, and valued their continued existence, although he thought nothing of destroying a city or country if suited his whims, so long as the whole would live on. Kalgar joined his brother Wham in defending mortalkind from Fabius and his faction.
- Isabella, the Rampaging Eighth. Held dominion over Souls and Emotion. A power-hungry, scheming woman who reveled in her absolute power and saw herself as a Goddess. She relished the feeling of holding absolute power over another creature both body mind and soul, and machinated and schemed until she held the souls, emotions, and minds of mortals in the palm of her hand, sadistically cherishing the absolute power she held over them, able to snuff out their lives or make them obey her at her merest whim, which she sadistically used to make others carry out her bidding and obey her every desire, often the more humiliating and denigrating the better so as to remind them of their worthlessness. Although she did enjoy the existence of mortals and didn't wish them exterminated per se, she saw them as little more than dirt, and cherished them only because they were pitiful, weak, and she enjoyed not only holding absolute sway over other creatures, but also seeing their pitiful struggles against her overwhelming power, and watching them slowly break down and give in to her awesome and sadistic desires. She loved toying with their emotions, making them do debased and horrible things to their loved ones and closest allies, and loved the feeling of power and control she had over them, as she enjoyed crushing and squashing them at her whims in the most humiliating ways after toying with their emotions to make them ruin their own lives. Delighted in capturing their souls after she crushed them in the most humiliating ways and tormenting them even after death. Was known to be incredibly close friends with Camilla, the Sanguine Second, as both reveled in the death of Mortal Life, the tormenting of them after death, and both delighted in the sadistic control they wielded over their puny existences. Isabella, though she toyed with the idea of preserving Mortals to continue playing with them, was persuaded by Fabius and became enraptured with the idea of finally collecting the minds and souls of all Mortal Beings to hold them all in the palm of her hand and control them absolutely, and joined Fabius to kill all mortalkind.
- Wham - the Whirlwind Ninth. Held dominion over Air/Gas and Weather. Was a stalwart, steadfast warrior who had a strong sense of honor and disliked titles and useless decoration. Respect strength, and liked mortals for their short lives which inspired many of them to possess such powerful drive, willpower, and courage. He saw them as weak things, but recognized their infinite potential and believed that, given the room to grow, they could blossom into beautiful things. Humorless, and was notoriously harder on himself than he was on his enemies. Saw the weak and/or noncombatants as beneath his notice, and rarely cared to exert the effort to kill them and saw it as a stain on his honor. Wham was the founder of the Pro-Mortal faction of the High Vampires, and staunchly believed they were worth keeping alive.
- Bellatrix, the Temporal Tenth. Held dominion over Time and Reality. Was the eternal rival of Molt and a notorious control-freak who grew obsessed with not only making Mortals dance to her commands but all of reality as well. She is believed to have become overwhelmed by the awesome power of her dominion and was unable to handle the pressure associated with it. She never held any desire to make herself known outside of her kin, and saw Mortals only as One-Dimensional objects of entertainment to help her relieve her stress at what she saw as her duty to bind all of Reality beneath rules and order so chaos might be obliterated. Referred to mortals as little more than specks of dirt, gave as much thought to killing them as she would squishing sand or dirt between her toes. Spent most of her time focusing on the grander scale of things and controlling The Planescape, while simultaneously trying to destroy the gods and make everything listen to her command, and thus rarely even interacted with her own kin. Bellatrix mostly stayed uninvolved in the schism, but in the end sided with Fabius but contributed little to the final conflict, too busy and bound by controlling reality and time.
- Iris, the Erudite Eleventh. Held dominion over Magic and Fate. Was the perpetual rival of Tet, The Adamantine Sage in the early days of creation, and sought to catalogue and discover all knowledge both Magical and Mundane in The Planescape. Like Fabius, was a master manipulator and always spoke in half-truths and would say anything to make others subtly move according to her plans and schemes. She saw Mortals as valuable, but more as lab rats and experiments than actual sentient creatures and wanted to preserve them for that purpose. Served as a mother for the High Vampires, and specifically cared for Ritsuka, The Imperious Fourth. In addition, she was said to be the original master and possible founder/creator(?) of The Lattice, as well as The Web. After her death, the former was overtaken by Tet, The Adamantine Sage while the latter was overtaken by Lolth, The Spider Queen. Unwilling to abandon her precious lab rats, Iris joined her brothers Wham and Kalgar to defend all Mortalkind.
- Gill, the Gigaton Twelfth. Held dominion over Power, Fire, and Combustion. Was the strongest and the most invincible of all the High Vampires, on par and maybe even stronger than Fabius the Supreme First. A muscle-headed battle-maniac to the core who loved hedonism and physical pleasure, and treated all others with the same equal raucous barbarism no matter if they were mortal or not. Said to have had "the soul of a mortal", and wanted nothing more than to grow, get stronger, learn, and experience all the experiences the Planescape had to offer. He was impulsive, liked to roam about the world, and rarely associated with his High Vampire kin, instead preferring the company of Mortals, who he loved and enjoyed the company of and sought to actually learn and improve from. Believed to have sealed most of his power away to train himself as if he were a mortal, to learn how to become stronger as they did. Overall a chaotic tempest of a man, and was the most pure and beloved of them all but mortals and gods alike. He was the caring big brother of Ana, The Crushing Sixth, and the two were said to be incredibly close, and preferred almost exclusively each other's company among their kin, as they were both misunderstood and outcast from them. Perhaps the most adamant defender of mortalkind, Gill joined the defense of mortalkind with the wrath of a rampaging volcano, and was the main reason the outnumbered Pro-Mortal High Vampires could hold out against their kin in the Schism until the intervention of the gods.
Basic Information
Anatomy
High Vampires typically choose to appear as humanoids that stand around 1.5 to 3 meters tall, with two arms, two legs, and a head located atop their torso. Otherwise, thanks to their unique bodily makeup High Vampire are thought to have had a highly dense skeletal and highly developed musculature system, but due to their ability to freely change, alter, and move their own bones and muscles around in and outside of their bodies this claim is almost impossible to prove. They always appeared to those who viewed them as the objective form of physical perfection.
Biological Traits
High Vampires could freely manipulate their bodies at will, moving their bones around, compacting their muscles and bodies to become liquid or gas, and a myriad of other feats achievable through simply modifying their own makeup.
They could also, at a touch, absorb the blood, flesh, bodies, and even the very souls of their target, absorbing them entirely in a matter of seconds. This is thanks mostly in part to each cell of their body containing highly potent digestive enzymes that with but a touch can break down and destroy flesh and bone...and then it is their unique divine nature that lets them suck the souls from those they feed upon.
Genetics and Reproduction
High Vampires had no genes. They were partially divine in nature and thus existed outside the bounds of normal life...though due to their innate ability to freely manipulate their own bodies they could perhaps give themselves genes if they so chose, but such an act would be useless and of no value.
High Vampires lacked the ability to reproduce, and could never make another of their kind.
Growth Rate & Stages
Unlike mortal races, High Vampires did not grow, age, or advance themselves often, if at all. They were the ultimate lifeforms and as such never saw a need to grow or advance.
Ecology and Habitats
High Vampires had no need to breathe, eat, sleep, or any bodily or mental requirement and as such could survive everywhere and anywhere. Wheresoever they went they thrived.
Dietary Needs and Habits
High Vampires were neither alive or dead, and thus had no need for food or dietary needs. However, they could innately feed off the flesh, body, and even lifeforce and souls of those they feasted upon and did so often out of boredom, maliciousness, or sometimes even sport.
Biological Cycle
High Vampires were immune to aging and had no biological cycle. Unless outside forces intervened they would exist as they were forever.
Additional Information
Social Structure
As there were ever only 12 High Vampires, they had no social structure to speak of. They were each family and treated each other as treasured siblings.
Facial characteristics
High Vampires often changed their faces and bone structures, but often had very prominent and idealized features as if they were living statues.
Average Intelligence
Mythically Intelligent. Each had the mental capacity of a hundred normal minds.
Perception and Sensory Capabilities
High Vampires were thought to have seen and perceived the world similarly to how life in the current era does, but they were also said to be able to see perfectly in all environments and could see mana itself, and thus could see magic as easy as light. Nothing was said to be able to escape their senses, as each was honed so far they bordered on divine.
Civilization and Culture
Naming Traditions
As there were only ever 12 High Vampires, they had no known naming scheme.
Courtship Ideals
Due to their inability to reproduce, High Vampires were thought to place almost no significance on courtship, and instead considered family and kinship most important.
Relationship Ideals
Due to their inability to reproduce, High Vampires were thought to place almost no significance on relationships, and instead considered family and kinship most important.
Average Technological Level
High Vampires attained no technological level, as they instead had godlike power over reality and the very concepts that governed it.
Common Dress Code
High Vampires were thought to place almost no significance on clothing or dress codes. They wore simple loincloths or what was needed to move around, but rarely cared otherwise.
Culture and Cultural Heritage
Little is known of the High Vampires and their culture. It has been lost to time.
Common Customs, Traditions and Rituals
Little is known of the High Vampires and their customs. It has been lost to time.
History
High Vampire History is a mystery that has long since been lost to time...though it is known that they were eventually destroyed by the gods themselves in a massive war which saw them destroyed and sent into extinction for crimes unknown...
Interspecies Relations and Assumptions
Little is known of the High Vampires and how they saw interspecies relations. It has been lost to time.
Scientific Name
Unknown / None
Lifespan
Immortal
Average Height
Varied. They could change their height freely and at-will. Generally between 1.5 - 3 meters.
Average Weight
Varied. They could change their weight freely and at-will.
Average Physique
Each High Vampire was objectively physically perfect in every way, and often looked different as a result of this depending on who views them.
Body Tint, Colouring and Marking
High Vampires existed as neither alive nor dead, and thus had normal complexioned skin that could run the range of normal color, from pale white to dark, dark onyx.
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