Vampire



Vampires  or vampyr are a type of undead known to drink blood.

Up until the third invasion of the Burning Legion on Azeroth, knowledge of vampyr was mostly limited to the San'layn. With the people of Azeroth flocking to the Broken Isles, Sir Finley Mrrgglton of the Explorers' League discovered an ancient vrykul vampyr in Stormheim who upon being woken up from his slumber by human pirates transformed them into vampires as well. This ancient vampyr, Blood-Thane Lucard, was killed by an order champion, though Mrrgglton had his doubts as to whether vampyr can truly die.

In the Shadowlands, the vampiric venthyr have their own realm of Revendreth.

San'layn

 * A race of vampire blood elves loyal to the Scourge.
 * Their leader,, transforms adventurers into vampires by biting them during her encounter in Icecrown Citadel.
 * Lana'thel's daughter, Blood-Princess Thal'ena's Adventure Guide entry directly describes her mother as a vampyr.
 * "Vampire Rush" is an ability used by Darkfallen Commanders.
 * Prince Taldaram uses an ability called "Embrace of the Vampyr".

Stormheim

 * Blood-Thane Lucard, a vrykul vampyr, was discovered by Sir Finley Mrrgglton in Dreyrgrot in Stormheim. His state was specifically compared to the San'layn by Mrrgglton, who had long suspected that some vrykul had also been cursed like the blood elves. Sir Finley gave the order champion a sharp wooden stake to stab Lucard through the heart with, but it turned out to be ineffective.
 * The Red Blade is a fleet of human pirates found the tomb of Lucard, who upon being woken up seeped out a mist from the ancient ruins, transforming the pirates into blood-crazed vampires.

Creatures

 * Kirtonos the Herald, an undead who dwelled in the original Scholomance, drank the blood of his victims and transformed into a vampire (using the model of a gargoyle).
 * Nathrezim are "psychic vampires" who feed on the weak-minded and often use their victims as slaves.
 * Vampire bats are large bats that have been trained as scouts and mounts by the Forsaken of the Undercity and the Amani trolls of Zul'Aman.

Items

 * Grips of Vampiric Cruelty drops from Tortos in Throne of Thunder.
 * Vampiric Fang drops from Stone Bats and Shadowbats.
 * Vampiric Handscythes and Belmont's Vampire Hacker are world drops.

Abilities

 * Vampiric Blood is a Blood death knight ability.
 * Vampiric Touch and Vampiric Embrace are spells used by Shadow priests.

In the RPG
A vampire is a creature that feeds off of the energy or blood of others. The rune spell known as Vampiric Mark of Striking is said to imbue a weapon with the essence of a vampire.

Notes and trivia

 * The Void is described as "a dark and vampiric force driven to devour all energy" in.
 * The vrykul of Northrend were initially described as vampiric by Chris Metzen at BlizzCon 2007, but this aspect was seemingly scrapped before the release of Wrath of the Lich King.
 * is a gnome vampire in Hearthstone: Knights of the Frozen Throne.