Vampire

A Sleeping Acolyte in Hearthstone.

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, a sect of vampyric Darkfallen in service to the Scourge. 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.

Types on Azeroth

San'layn

Prince Tenris Mirkblood, a Darkfallen San'layn.

• A sect of vampire Darkfallen loyal to the Scourge.
  • Their leader, Blood-Queen Lana'thel, 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

Captain Broketooth and the Red Blade were turned into vampyr by Lucard

• 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.

Related

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.
• In the Shadowlands, the venthyr have their own realm of Revendreth, and drink anima harvested from prideful and sinful souls.
• 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.

Mobs

•   Vampiric Cave Bat
•   Vampiric Duskbat
•   Vampiric Felbat
•   Vampiric Fiend
  •   Empowered Vampiric Fiend
•   Vampiric Mistbat
•   Vampiric Shadowbat

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 in Hearthstone.

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

In the RPG

This section contains information from the Warcraft RPG which is considered non-canon.

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 World of Warcraft: Chronicle Volume 1.
• 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.
• Gnomeferatu is a gnome vampire in Hearthstone: Knights of the Frozen Throne.

See also

• Blood magic
•  [Bloodbrood Whelpling]
• Cannibalism
• Vial of Vampiric Mojo