Vampire Lore - Blog Posts

I don't think there's a better use for ChatGPT than to have them work out obscure presumptions for fics

I mean, it would have taken me ages to find out how fast the average bat would be compared to a car, let alone a vampire in bat form.

My fics are nothing if not scientifically researched. 😜

It's stience. 💁‍♀️

fun facts about ukrainian vampires (opyr)

• opyri can be of two origins: born and made. made opyri are made by witches, who can smear a baby with blood of a man who went to sleep without praying, thus making the child an opyr.

• opyri have two souls. when opyr dies, only one soul goes to the otherworld. this is why they continue living after death. they aren't immortal though, and only live post-death for seven years. you can presume the person who died was an opyr and will return later if right after their death was a great storm.

• they are very merry fellas and are known to sing, dance and play musical instruments. you can see them partying if you go to the village border at midnight. they also can be spotted smoking a pipe while laying in their coffin.

• opyr can turn into variety of different things: a child, a white or a black dog, a cat, a wolf, a horseman.

• if someone sneezes and you don't respond with "bless you" such person can become an easy target for opyr.

• to get rid of the opyr, you must take them into your arms and carry them across the town or village three times. classical stake to the heart works too.

Alfred: Vampires are shapeshifters. Vampires have the ability to transform not only into bats, but also wolves and rats. Arthur usually takes the form of a small bat, and I, a wolf. Our icon is the both of us in our preferred animal forms.

Arthur: Although, it’s important to note that we can only change forms at the break of dawn, dusk, midnight, noon, or when the moon is highest in the sky.

((This is something I took and modified from Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Everyone knows the bat thing, but Dracula’s vampire is one of my favourites, so I borrowed some of the lore.))