I am Isealdor, and I am a vampire. I havent attacked a person in...wait. Wrong thing, scratch that. (And no, just for the record, I am not an alcoholic.) Well, scrap that besides the vampire part.
I am what is known within the VC (Vampire Community) as a "real vampire". In short, that means I'm not Lestat, Dracula, or any other fictional Hollywood vampire.
I am what is often termed as a "hybrid" vampire, which means I feed from both drinking blood and psychic energy. Blood-drinking vampires are called Sanguinarians, or sangs, and psychic vampires are called psis. There are a few other types of vampires, most notably sexual vampires. Hybrid is also a term used in roleplay communities, generally meaning that they say they are "1/4 elf, 1/4 therian, 1/6 dragonkin, and 1/3 vampire". Note that these two meanings for hybrid are markedly different, and do not get them confused.
The best working definition I have to date is that a vampire is an individual who, for an as yet unknown reason, requires a supplimentation to his or her diet of energy beyond what is needed by non-vampires, be it through the form of physical consumption of blood or by other means, in order to achieve a physical base-line norm corresponding to that of non-vampire (mundane). A vampire will achieve a state of physical base-line norm when using these methods (diet supplements) and will find a decrease in well being (or base-line norm) when diet supplements are not employed for a period of time.
Simply translated, vampires dont have enough energy and must get energy from somewhere else to be healthy, and we get it either by drinking blood, absorbing energy psychically, or some other similar means.
It also means that the title of this blog has a point--We are people, just like anyone else. We cannot fly, We don't attack people walking through dark alleys, and We most certainly can be seen in mirrors. Forget your misconceptions and false beliefs stemming from fictional characters and step into the real world.
If you've read this far and have no clue what I'm talking about, and think I am one of those weird gothic roleplayer people, you may do one of two things:
- Keep reading what I have to say, learn more about who real vampires are and what we are like, and develop an informed opinion of your own rather than believing what the media and pop culture have spoon fed you, or
- Go find something else with which to occupy your time. I highly recommend www.i-am-bored.com.
If you are confused, but somewhere all of this make sense to you, and you really dont know where to start learning more, I invite you to please come join a few real vampire forums and read everything you can. Ask questions, and dont get frustrated if you get different answers. There are many opinions and theories throughout the community. You have to take what you read and decide what you believe. I recommend the forum I run at www.vampires.nu, as well as a few others which will be edited in as soon as I ask the Admins of them if they dont mind the link. ;) For vampires.nu, please read through the public forums before applying to join, or you arent likely to have learned enough to pass Our application process. Read, drop the roleplay, and be honest and you'll be fine. Noting that you found your way via My blog might also be of benefit.
If you are bored and wondering if I'm ever going to say anything that hasnt been hashed through over and over and over within the community, or if I'll stop going on about My site, this blog is for you. I cant promise you will find any of My ramblings interesting, nor can I promise you will agree with them. But they are here and open, for whomever might want to discuss or just read and maybe think about them a little. And I can promise I wont write all of my posts like they're for 5th graders to read. ;)
