Rooted in a history of despair, the Croatoan are solitary vampires who feed on the displeasure and loneliness of others. They offer their gift as a way out for mortals who are suffering, only for the gift to turn on them and offer them an eternal life of misery.

Region: United States & Canada, isolated sightings in the United Kingdom
Shared Flaw: Attempts at sleep are only met with restlessness and nightmares that are ongoing for as long as the vampire is able to manage sleep or a sleep-like state.
Available Abilities: Illusion Casting, Persuasion, Shadow Walking, Thought Perception

Known for their indulgence in everything, those of the Fleur du Sang bloodline are drawn to sire others of immaculate beauty or who are greatly cultured and hold an affinity for the arts.

Region: Western Europe, most notably sighted in France
Shared Flaw: Cannot enter any private residence without first being invited in.
Available Abilities: Illusion Casting, Intoxicate, Teleportation, Thought Perception

Thought to be related to ancient “hopping vampires,” the Jiang Shi are now known more for their ability to exist by draining their victims’ energy while drinking their blood. They tend to sire those who seem most keen at manipulation, including those involved in politics.

Region: Asia, most notably sighted in China
Shared Flaw: Once being turned, a Jiang Shi can never return to the place they called home before becoming a vampire. If they attempt to return there, they will be met with only fog or find themselves in another location.
Available Abilities: Astral Projection, Emotion Drain, Mist Form, Thought Perception

One of the oldest known bloodlines, the Nosferatu seem to have less consistency with who they choose to sire, but most often do so for their own personal gain, or very rarely for the sake of taking a husband or wife.

Region: Eastern Europe, most notably sighted in Romania
Shared Flaw: A Nosferatu vampire wishing to travel across any body of water must due so while packed with dirt from the grave where they were first buried or where the vampirism ritual was performed.
Available Abilities: Flying, Hypnosis, Mist Form, Shapeshifting

Believed to have ties to witch doctors and shamans, the Ramanga are very close to nature and choose to sire those who also wish to strengthen their own bond with nature by transcending that of a mortal life.

Region: South America, The Caribbean, also seen in some parts of Africa
Shared Flaw: While appearing more similar to an ordinary human during most circumstances, a Ramanga’s reflection shows only a hideous monster if they were to pass in front of a mirror.
Available Abilities: Hypnosis, Illusion Casting, Shapeshifting, Talons of the Beast

Available To: Croatoan

Ability Description: The vampire is able to step from one shadow to the next while using them as cover. This ability will falter if the vampire steps directly into daylight rather than from one shadow to the next.

Available To: Nosferatu, Ramanga

Ability Description: The vampire holds an ability similar to the wizarding animagus ability but is able to transform into any mundane animal no larger than a bear. This ability only lasts as long as the vampire is able to retain focus on her form. Other vampiric abilities are not available while shapeshifting, and the vampire cannot feed while in this form unless she has shifted into an animal that would otherwise consume blood.

Available To: Abha Iblis

Ability Description: The vampire is able to harden his skin until he appears as a statue for as long as he retains focus and remains still. This is easier if the vampire has recently fed and is impossible if he has ignored his thirst for more than a handful of nights.

Available To: Ramanga

Ability Description: The vampire is able to shift her hands into grotesque claws or grow her nails out like talons. When used as weapons, these claws are particularly vicious and are not often used unless the vampire has little regard whether her victim lives or dies.

Available To: Fleur du Sang

Ability Description: The vampire disappears and reappears elsewhere, with only a slight breeze to mark his passing. Unlike when wizards apparate, the vampire does not create any noise, and there is no risk of splinching. He only needs to think of his destination and will himself there. The vampire cannot bring anyone else along with them when teleporting, only inanimate items on his person.

Available To: Croatoan, Fleur Du Sang, Jiang Shi

Ability Description: The vampire’s victims’ thoughts call out to her. She need only listen. She must maintain focus to hear the surface thoughts of others nearby. Witches and wizards who have trained their minds in Occlumency are as resistant to a vampire’s Thought Perception as they are the mental attacks of a Legilimens.