snake-Lords?

[Vormulac]

Here's an interesting topic for you. We all know that wolfs, fox's and bat's have been hosts to the leech but what about a snake? Or even a bird of prey, like an owl or something?..... maybe even a cat-Lord?.... possible in the "Hell-Lands" perhaps, but in Sunside/Starside????

Are the possibilites endless or not?

[Goth Girl]

I'm fully convinced that my cat is Wamphyri, as he's such an evil little git! He caught a mouse recently and didn't kill it immediately, but just kept hitting it to make it squeak! Until he got bored and then ate it.

Maybe it's my fault for naming him Psycho (and for raising him on the blood of virgins...!)

[DreadScythe]

I would think that the best host would be a preying animal. The natural instinct, intisifed, would be perfect for the carnage required by the leech. But the possibilities should be endless.

[gort]

That's a very good idea. He could have a hooded cobra head! That kinda reminds me of the movie "Dreamscape" with Dennis Quaid, he had to battle a half snake/man in this kids nightmare. Of course in the "Hell-lands" there's an infinite amount of animals you could choose from. Tiger lord, crocodile lord, shark lord?

[Patrick]

How about a grizzly bear being Wamphyri. When they enraged, I personally don't think there is a more intimidating and frightening species on earth. Imagine what the effect would be if one of them had a leech.

Paradoxically, I also think they are one of the most beautiful creatures on earth.

[kortag]

Vampire Sliverbacked, eastern lowland gorillas, And I also think the Vampire Hippotumus creature type thing would be neat..
Okay maybe not. Something I was really thinking about would be creatures specific to their areas, and since I live in South Florida, I am out in the Everglads alot. Since they are swampy type areas and basing it on that, I think what would come out would be vampirized alligators, giant hogs, and of course snakes, lots of them. They would do a good job here in the southern United States, It would spread quickly. They would be much more aggressive. Diamond backs, water moccosins, coral snakes etc. Oh and one more animal that might flurish even though they only number around 300 is the Florida cougar. They range in weight from about 130 to 160 lbs. Beautiful, strong creatures that would just cause havok amongst the retireies that saturate this state. Well anyway..thats it.
Kortag

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[Scarlet oHorror]

panther...definitly black panther with jewel like green eyes....oui, cest moi....

Vormulac...cat lady....even.....



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aka The Bloody Vampyre
Hell hath No Fury...

[Vormulac]

Hmmm... I'm pretty sure that the change of Sunside/Starside's axis effected the animal population, but I can't recall for certain. At any consequence, there is only a handful of mammalia within at world. Wolves, of course, bats, the oxen/shad, and I do recall the mentioning of mountain lions. But I do believe that's about it, save for the various ave's.... but be sure there has to be some reptilian infidels lurking within the nastiness that is the Cursed Swamps.... anything is possible, I suppose... and even more so in the Hell-lands

Scarlet: Yes, a cat-Lady... that would be impecablly... enticing ~grins~ I've always favored cats myself.... they're the only domesticated (a cat domesticated? Yeah, whatever..they merely like you to -think- that) animal within the world that will sit there and look at you like they can eat you alive ~chuckles~.... the most awesome predators....

Vormulac
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AKA Heavenly Evil

[Dragutin]

I think any one of the big cats would be OK. I love cats especially in my chinese food, Just kidding.

I would hate to wind up as a rabit or chicken leech.

[Andrew the Sinister]

A snake-lord would be very cool but even cooler if a human got his egg from the "infected" snake. Just think Canker half snake instead of half wolf.

[jdovie]

nothing would beat this...
wamphyri manatee . . .
think about it . . .

[Emaleth]

Wamphyri Manatee's Hmm...well, that would take care of the problem they have of being run over by boats now wouldn't it. Perhaps we should make all on the extinction list Wamphyri then. Hmm..a Wamphyri Blue Footed..don't go there Ema :-

[topol_sheap]

I can beat it.

Wamphyri ants.

They would take over the world. In minutes

[Vormulac]

~Laughs~ I severly doubt that an ant could be infected ... not saying it isn't possible, but I doubt it is, personally ~shrugs~

[Symon]

What about a bear lord? Brian metioned polar bears . What about a Grizzly bear, it may be all brawn, but imagine what damage it could do to the other lords before it was taken down.

[topol_sheap]

I really believe ants can be infected, they breath don't they? They eat don't they?

Well there you go.... vampire ants...
vampire ants in your pants.... YEOUW

[Kalimari the Mindless]

But they don't have blood do they?

How about a Wamphyri ant...how would the leech hide in there? :)

[Emaleth]

Ahh, I know just the animal...

A Chihuahua Wamphyri Lord or Lady..couldn't you just imagine? They already think they are the size of a Great Dane..and can be ferocious if you get too close to their milk bones..heh heh

Of course if it had the disposition that my Casey had when she was alive..then the only thing humans would have feared would be the thought of being licked to death...

Good one Ema :-| Er..slightly bored today at work..can you tell?

[Mike C]

Emaleth-The way the obsess over a Chalupa you'd think they already have leeches that heighten their cravings.


I'm bored at work also... only 7hrs. & 40 min. left

[Emaleth]

Oie Mike C..lol You haven't even been there an hour? :-| I shouldn't laugh..I have been there many a time....

heh heh on the Chalupa. But instead of that..picture..Green Olives..they were her favorite. What teeth she had left would snap at you in a heartbeat if you went for those :-

[Mike C]

Emaleth, hey I do this five nights a week. With this program winding down because the planes I work with are going out for testing there is even less to do around here. You guys keep me amused.

Hoping **fingers crossed** that I'll be moved to another project soon during the day where I'll actually work around other people.

What about Bulldog Wamphyri... I'll be adopting one next weekend. Rather than the elongated muzzle of the wolf... a rather smooshed snout, and what about the proportions of massive chest to a thin waist. They were bred and trained to be tenacious and mean, but fortunately over the centuries they have mellowed and make good pets.

[Emaleth]

Heh heh... Here's another one..who would vie for the task of being the very best...and who would beat your Wamphyri Bulldog hands..(or paws) down :->

Wamphyri...Bull Mastiff "Death by Slobber" Oie..lol, you are right Mike C..this is a great way to divert boredom!

[Jazz]

Can you imagine the horror...the terror...OF THE DACHSHUND LORD !!! AHHHHHHH !!! WAMPHYRI WIENER DOG-LORD !!!

[Emaleth]

<font color="770000">ROFLMAO!!! Thats a good one Jazz. Oie... Mike C., Have you gotten a new project yet? Anything for me? Snowy/Sleet/Mushy Day...Oh Joy...</font color>

[Mike C]

Emaleth- Nah, ain't heard nuthin'... I spend a little time every night looking for another job, and Thursday I'll be checking out a job fair... where my present company found me.

[Dragutin]

Emaleth your new slogan

Yokiro Human Blood?

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[Emaleth]

<font color="770000">Heh heh..Thanks Dragutin...I will use it...</font color>

[Pybob]

<font color=660066>My neighbours Chiwawa carries an Egg, the yappy little bastard...

And my old maths teacher must have recieved an Egg from a slug or other slimey creature...</font>

[Emaleth]

<font color="770000">Lord Shaithis, it has been pilfered with many thanks :) Of course if I had paid any attention in 1974 during my Spanish Class...I would have known that by now.. :-| Oh well</font color>

[Rixy]

How about Wamphyri Cockroach! After all they are tough little bastards.

Cheers
Rixy

[pzrtal]

Rixy, you took the words right out of my mouth. Wamphyri cockroaches, and rats. I want my vampire rats! Oooh, spiders! Can you think of anything worse than a 8 foot tall vampire spider? And what happens when they bite someone? Do you get a Peter Parker effect (yeah! Spider man can get hunted down by E-Branch, it'll be like Spider Man vs the Ghostbusters)? Or do you get a giant mutant spiderman running around? I like the idea of Snake Lords, though. It has a certain appeal to it.

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[Luna]

I think if Big Bird was infected with an egg I would be quite terrified, for that matter, what if the tele-tubbies were infected!!!
Tubphyrie!
Frightening stuff.

[Emaleth]

<font color="770000">Noooooooooooooo!!!! Not the Teletubbies!!!! And cripes...can ya imagine..furbies?? *screeches* Oie Luna...that would do it...</font color>

[Andrew the Sinister]

Vampiric Furbys. Now that is a scary thought, those things are evil and powerful enough as it is.

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The Blood is the Life
To Live is to Lust

[Pybob]

<font color=660000>Stop it! You're scaring me!

My English sensibilities can't bare the frightening stuff you all are saying, Wamphyri Elmo... that's too frightening for anybody, surely..!</font>

[Pybob]

<font color=006600>Oh God, yes, Lord Shaithis... If E-Branch ever finds out about the Pokemon, well, they'll have to catch 'em all... http://www.brianlumley.com/ubb/wink.gif</font>

[pzrtal]

Captain Shaitan action figures! Lord Szwart Bubble Bath! Lady Varara Skin Care Products! Little Malinari Think and Spell! espers4wamphyri.com! The list of marketable products off of famous Wamphyri are endless. And TV shows? Gods, it's a whole new marketing empire. Soon there'll be W!, your Wamphyri information station. The station by Wamphyri, for Wamphyri, about Wamphyri. We can turn someone's aerie into a giant broadcasting tower, and then we can broadcast it all over Starside, into Sunside, and through the Gate, into a relay station in Russia, and from there to the whole world! Sorry, another rant gone horribly weird.

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[topol_sheap]

How about having the complete lunatic and utterly inhuman Steve Irwin "Crocodile Hunter" as a Wamphyri!... He'll fight anything now, so can you imagine just how tough he'd be.... although he's not a snake....

[BadMushroom]

TOPOL_SHEAP

Mate, who's next, Rolf Harris? http://www.brianlumley.com/ubb/wink.gif

Wamphyri Rolf... A name to conjure with.

BadMushroom

* Not a particularly fungi to be with *

[topol_sheap]

Matey....

Rolf seems like a good idea.... how about Steven Seagal (or what ever that freak is called....)

THis gives me another idea for a topic of conversation....

I am rambling....

I ramble a lot.....

Maybe I have rabies

[Vasagi]

The crocodile Hunter would make an awsome wamphyri except for one small detail
HES DEAD.
Although im sure its not entirely impossible.
Yeah he got killed fighting crocs.
If anyone has any doubts about this ,I just have one question ...."what the hell did you think was gonna happen when you wrestle crocs for a living"???

[topol_sheap]

how about a barney (that scary puple kids toy)..... In its non vampiric mode it scares the shit out of me....

[Tonka]

You could make some rather Humourous Vampires from the creatures of earth. could You Imagine a Armadilo Lord!.

or could you have a Leach with a Leach?

Hmm Im going to stop now:-/

[Vormulac]

~chuckles~ Man, this string just went from one thing to another, and all the way back to the starting point. How interesting.

Anyway, the snake-lord. A character I made, and role play online.
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<font size=2>You stink something awful, friend. The smell of your fear ripples through this room so thick one could suffocate in it. Now what, pray tell, has your knees clacking together to make such a racket, hmm? Me, you say? Well, what is so frightening about me, hmm? My gigantic stature? My scarlet eyes that bore into your soul? The long, spindly clawed fingers upon my hands, or is it merely that I'm covered in scales from head to toe, and you stand within a carpet of serpents?

Ahh, well, pay them no mind, they'll not hurt you . . unless I wish it of them. So perhaps you should be thankful, and weary just the same. Now sit, theres a chair here, and most importantly, listen, for it is you who shall go back to your chambers and put this all to paper.

It all began well over a century ago, when I was no more then a Szgany youth skirting about the woodlands of Sunside. Gathering nuts, and berries, or whatever, perhaps checking snares for a fresh rabbit, or two, it does not matter. None of that matters now. What I was then is all but a fading memory, so let us move on.

I'd grown quite bored one evening whilst checking the traps, and the like. We hadn't really caught anything that day, and I grew tired of seeing empty snares. Having checked the last few, I'd considered going back to the present encampment, but scoffed at the idea. Instead, I took to a deeper wander into the thicket, pressing through the brush, and crowded trees. I know not even now why, was I looking for something? Did I expect anything less than one happened? I can not say.

At any rate, I'd wandered right into them, without even knowing it. They'd heard my approach from a mile away, if not more, and were ready, and waiting. I broke through the brush, and stumbled into a small clearing. They stood there, well, sat there anyway. Mounted atop their horrid flying beasts. Vormulac, and his henchmen, Zarin and Tsevan. Scarlet eyes shining in the rising twilight. I froze, it was all I could do. Knowing full well I wouldn't get far if I ran, so why bother to try, hmm? My teeth were clenched tight, to keep them from chattering in fear, and even as I stood there in fear, a swarm of warmth blossomed at my groin to trickle down my leg. Aye, I pissed myself, can you believe it? Yes, I'm sure you can, honestly, considering where you are now. But anyway, back to the history lesson.

Vormulac had laughed, a hefty, overly amused laugh, and slid down from his riding harness in all his Wamphyric glory. Gah, I can remember it as if it had been yesterday. He moved towards me like a spectre through the night. He seemed to float, rather then walk, the swirls of his cloak trailing about him as he moved for me. I couldn't even budge, and had long since even forgotten to simply breathe. I was that scared. But what would you expect from a lad no older then 9 summers, hmm? With not a care, his taloned hand grasped for my throat, and dragged me from the ground, raising me to his level so that his eyes may stare back into my own, and revel in the fear they held. He had grinned, I remember that much, a sickeningly horrid grin, just before he spoke. "A bit far from home, aren't you boy?" He spoke, and chuckled again thereafter. I'll not bore you with anymore details though, suffice to say, I was dragged back to his aerie, which was Taintspire at that time. The great, inverted aerie, not far from where we were at that moment in time. It was, and still is on Sunside, did you know that?

Let us continue now though, before you hold to much information to put to paper. For reasons I still can't fathom, he let me live. Using me as his personal slave, so to speak. Verrano, go get this, Verrano, go do that. I couldn't complain, he'd let me live, and hadn't even enthralled me! Now how trusting is that? Ahh, don't get greatful thoughts of Vormulac, I tell you that now. Granted, at times he can shockingly be a rather decent fellow, but that is all but a means to the end he has in mind. He is Wamphyri, always will be Wamphyri, and that, my friend, is all you need to know, and remember.

Continuing, he taught me how to fight personally. Teaching me himself in the expanse of his chambers. Showing me the simple ways to kill a man with one single blow, or how to rip their head off with a gauntlet. Ahh, he was like a father to me, and he may as well have been, for my true father died when I was very young. But enough of that past, Vormulac taught me everything I know now. The ways, and wiles of the Wamphyri, the many uses for Szgany flesh, as well as the various ways to slaughter another of the Wamphyri. He made a monster out of me, and here I was barely pushing 13 summers and I knew how to rip off a man's head, and shove it up his ass.

Suffice to say, I grew up in Taintspire, became a Liuetenant of his house at 18 summers, and was still full Szgany even then. He never enthralled me, ever. Ahh, but it was that very period that my new life began. Me, and Tsevan had been sent out to the swamps in chase of the Lady Venicia, whom we believe has an Aerie hidden within them cursed lands. We'd trailed her over 200 yards into the putrid regions, and it was then that a ravenous raven, bearing a leech, had attacked my flyer. Can you imagine it, a raven! A damned bird, Wamphyri! It's not so shocking to me now though, but it was then The bird had gutted my flyer nice, and clean, and I was pitched from the saddle. I plumetted a good 50 feet to the swampy waters below. And it was then that the real fun began. For I had fallen into a nest . . a nest of serpents. As strange as it may sound, this one particular creature, a mere snake of the swamps had been taken by a leech. It was huge, nearing some 30 feet long, and as big around as a man. Enthralled snakes, and other such reptilia swarmed around her. She attacked me outright, but I was quick, and buried my gauntlet into the side of her face, a mortal wound. Something I regret doing now. For her leech evacuated the damaged body. And there was only one suitable host left in the area. Me.

I never had a prayer. The cursed parasite ripped from her body, and flung itself at me, curling arounmd my face and neck. I tried to tear it off, but to no avail. It had pried my lips apart, and wriggled into my mouth, leaving me to gag, and strive for air. My fight didn't last long after that, for I was to busy trying to breathe again, and when I finally could, the leech was gone. I saw it nowhere. But I felt it, oh my did I ever feel it. Slicking through my body, and grasping my spine like white hot fire. I screamed, and screamed, and finally passed out completely.

When I awoke, I was near to drowning in the mucky waters of the swamps. Mud crammed into my nose, and ears, and a mouthful of fetid water. Coughing, hacking, and spewing filth, I rolled over to take in a gasp of air. And hwat air it was! It didn't taste any better then the dank water in my mouth moments before. Groaning, I sat up, recalling the moments before the enpass. And it was then, only then, that I noticed that the creatures, the snakes, the lizards, were crawling all over me! sluicing around, and even in my clothing! Yet they would not bite, one could say there were almost . . loving.

In the end, along with a completely disoriented mind, and body, I drudged from the swamps, and emerged back out onto the wasteland of plains stretching to the bands of woodlands in the distance. And there waited Tsevan atop his flyer, with the biggest grin I'd ever saw. Blinking, I asked him what the fuck he was grinning about, in exactly those words. After a while, he explained that after he had saw me fall he knew I was either going to never be seen again, or wander out of the swamps Wamphyri. And, as you can see, the latter was what had happened . . . . . </font>
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Vormulac
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AKA Heavenly Evil

[This message has been edited by Vormulac (edited May 17, 2000).]

[Mike C]

Bravo Vormulac Bravo!

[BadMushroom]

Wow. http://www.brianlumley.com/ubb/smile.gif

[dracul]

That's a hell of a good story Vormulac http://www.brianlumley.com/ubb/smile.gif

[Vormulac]

Thank you, everyone ~smiles~ Lord Verrano is only one of the Wamphyri Cs I play online. The other is Lord Rune .. an ascended bloodson of Vormulac ~chuckles~

Also, my apologies for the bad language. I'd forgotten about that when I posted it ~chuckles~

[Jeffistopheles]

I'm not exactly sure, but didn't the Russians have a plant-wamphiri (or at least thats what they thought it was) in one of their compounds? I'm not even sure which book that was.

[Vormulac]

Artemis: ~laughs~ I'm afraid to say there isn't anymore. That little excerpt is just what I wrote up for Lord Verrano's homepage. ~smiles~

Although, I do have some saved RPs of his. Perhaps I'll start a new topic, and post them there for everyone to read. They are a bit long winded, though ~l~ .. and the person I was roleplaying with has never read any of the Necroscope/Vampire World books, so she was flying by the seat of her pants, so to speak, so be gentle on your criticizing! ~laughs~

~Vormulac
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AKA Heavenly Evil

[Vormulac]

~lmao~ Getting ready to do it now, actually. Gimme about five, or ten minutes to proof, and edit some of the saved stuff ~chuckles~

~Vormulac

[Scarlet oHorror]

Vormulac

hey there.....your stuff is really good but i'm going to move it Games and Puzzles coz thats where all the RPG's are taking place ok......have fun......u got a vivid imagination

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[darkmaster]

wow and i thought denis miller could go on a rant!!!!!! anyway i dont think the snake lord would work./ for one simple reason. all the host are warm blooded and are of a higher intellict. come now would u want to go from being a leach to being a snake>>?? remeber D.N.A. or am i talking to the simpson jury here???

[Amarfa]

<bold>Darkmaster

I think that you may change your mind upon learning that a leech will generally take what it can get, or, decide upon what it wants, and then go to any lengths to get that. That's what they do inside of us, so why should it not decide to take a snake, then move on to a human?

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[Wamphryi]

Im not sure if its ever came up but how about a wamphryi lord from the deep. As a lover of under water creatures, my aerie would be under water. A shark wamphryi with dead black eyes, with breathing creatures stretching from the surface to bring air to my underwater caverns. Just a thought!

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[Wamphryi]

The ultimate BLOOD SUCKER! A Misquito Wamphryi, or a tick. Just insect nature to draw the blood of humans and beasts alike. Why not by the gallons!!!!!!!!

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[JB_Lestat_69]

I believe the possibilities are endless...

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