Post by ( aalix !? ) on Jul 28, 2010 10:23:11 GMT -5
THE SPECIES
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VAMPIRES
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APPEARANCE
Vampires are normally extraordinarily beautiful, some even to angelic extent. This is one of the several features meant to attract their prey to them - more specifically, to attract, fascinate, and (if necessary) sexually seduce unsuspecting humans. How physically appealing their prey finds them is determined by how appealing they were as humans themselves. If an already appealing human were to be transformed, their physical beauty would be, "breathtakingly beautiful". If they were of average appeal, they would still become more appealing, although not nearly as much. If however they were not particularly pleasing to the eye, they would become average (as shown with James). This is a rare occurrence, because vampires normally select exceptional humans when wanting companionship.
Their skin is described as "chalky", alabaster, or marble (because of its texture and feel, as well as how it appears). They owe their unnatural pale complexion to their lack of blood flow; once they reach the one-year anniversary of their transformation, they possess no blood of their own at all (However they do become slightly flushed after feeding). They bear strong resemblance to marble statues not only because of their angelic beauty and pale skin, but also because of their skin's granite-like appearance and impenetrability, as well as their lack of a need to blink or move at all. If they do not move for several thousand years or so, they will begin to take on the appearance of fragility or petrification. However, though they feel closer to shale than granite, they are no more fragile than those remaining active.
If they are wise, a vampire will avoid exposure to direct sunlight (that is, being among humans during the day when the sky is not overcast). Although their skin still serves the same basic purpose of protecting the body, their cells have become hard and reflective, like crystal, reflecting any and all light as though the vampire were a giant prism.
A vampire's eye color changes with their diet - whether they sustain themselves on human or animal blood.
Only the Cullens (the Olympic Coven) and the Denali Coven are known to be "vegetarian" vampires, feeding only on animal blood and abstaining from their natural diet of human blood. Their "liquid topaz", or honey-golden, eyes are viewed as strange and unnatural by other, "normal" vampires (those who sustain themselves on human blood). "Normal" vampires (e.g. James and Victoria), adhering to their natural human diet that they are expect upon their transformation's end, have vivid red eyes. The color becomes even more vivid as they continue to feed, and a darker burgundy as they abstain.
TRANSFORMATION
Newborn vampires are known for having incredible strength as well as crimson eyes. Both traits which are shown due to the large amounts of human blood, their own blood, that still lingers within their tissues, producing shockingly bright red eyes that "fades slowly over the course of a year".
A human is bitten, and venom from glands inside the vampire's mouth is injected into the bloodstream. Depending upon "how much venom is in the bloodstream, and how close the venom is until it enters the heart", the transformation could be anywhere from 3–5 days, but it is interesting to note that if directly injected into the heart then it could only take 2 days. During that time, the human will endure indescribable pain. The venom slowly circulates through the blood and eventually reaches the heart. Once the venom is injected, the venom then has to make its way all through the body. Next through the heart, and it will pump again and again in the heart until it starts meeting itself in the veins. Then it will burn all the veins until the heart stops beating. It moves slower than blood because it’s thicker. Each beat of the heart can only push it so far. The changing/burning process is slow. The venom has to saturate every cell/gene in the body before it ends.
Once the transformation to become a vampire is completed, they acquire certain superhuman abilities. Speed is one of these. The speed at which a vampire can move is fast enough that the human eye can barely recognize them. The range they are able to control their speed can range from complete stillness (when a vampire is not in motion) to super-human speeds (faster then the human eye can see). When vampires run, they become "all but invisible with speed". The Quileute wolves are noted to be one of the few things that can match this speed, even surpass it.
KILLING
Vampires are not known to be killed by human effort and as they do not possess the normal weaknesses of regular fictional vampire, they are unharmed by the sun, garlic, holy water, silver, wooden stakes and they can enter homes without permission. The only known way to kill a vampire is to to dismember their bodies and then burn the remains.
ABILITIES
All vampires possess superhuman strength, speed, agility, reflexes, stamina, durability, and regeneration. Their senses are incredibly keen. They can move, jump, climb, and run at incredibly fast speeds; running is described as being second nature.
They are unable to age and are immune to most of if not all diseases and viruses. They will live forever unless dismembered and burned - detached limbs do not lose their resilience, and still move and reattach themselves.
They have photographic memories, and thus they have a greater learning potential than a human.
Some also acquire special talents such as Edward Cullen as he is able to "read minds" and also Alice who has the ability to "see the future" - though the future is not always set and people can "change their minds" therefore changing the vision. These abilities are rare and no one vampire has the same but they do vary slightly to make them unique to that person (e.g. Edward's mind reading abilites differ from Aro's who must physically touch the person to read their thoughts but he also can read all their memories unlike Edward who can only know what a person is thinking at that present time).
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Their speed matches the vampires and they are very large in size. It is also noticeable that the human form changes when the shape shifter mutation begins to occur. Their movement is in powerful bounds as a wolf, but also as a human there is an incredible and obvious difference in strength. The skin when they are in human form is "burning hot". A wolf's body temperature is about 108 degrees, allowing them to withstand very cold weather and makes it extremely difficult for them to become overheated. This extremely high body temperature also makes it extremely difficult for vampires to harm them in combat, due to vampires being extremely sensitive to high temperatures. The pack members all have a tattoo which features the image of two wolves.
TRANSFORMATION
The mutation makes the boys' bodies accelerate to that of a full grown man, with the aging stopping at around the physical age of 25. This aging will pause at this point until the man stops taking on the spirit wolf form. The transformation itself can happen at any time, and isn't dependent upon a full moon. Transformation or "Phasing" is a sudden process and is described through a series of violent words: "burst", "exploded", "vibrating violently", "ripping", "blasted". It is so sudden "that if I'd blinked, I'd have missed the entire transformation". Usually a powerful emotion such as anger can trigger a werewolf's transformation and sometimes they are unable to control themselves and attack violently (as Sam Uley did with Emily and left her face mutilated). Jacob points out to Bella this "his clothes don't just pop in and out of existence" so he has developed the idea of wrapping a leather cord around his leg which he uses to keep his trousers rather than "carrying them in his mouth".
IMPRINTING
The issue of imprinting is also critical as this is how the shapeshifter finds a soulmate: "It's not like love at first sight, really. It's more like... gravity moves. When you see her, suddenly it's not the earth holding you here anymore. She does. And nothing matters more than her."
Once two people are imprinted, the shapeshifter will feel the need of constant being in his soulmate's presence and to unconditionally give her whatever she wants, and vice versa. Should the imprinted one be an infant, the shapeshifter will act as a big brother figure; romantic feelings will not grow until the imprinted one comes to age.
In addition, there is a law in the Quileute tribe that whoever becomes imprinted by a member of the pack, the rest of the wolves will not be allowed to harm them. This law is to prevent unnecessary battle as the shapeshifter will not forgive whoever harmed his soulmate.
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