What type of Wamphyri would you be??

[Peter]

I thought this could be an interesting topic, plus you would get an insight into your Lumley brethren. Alright here goes, if you were to become Wamphyri what type of Wamphyri would you be? Meaning that through some form or other you are now Wamphyri, you recieved an egg, breathed in spores, ascended from a liuetenant doesn't really matter how.

So now you are Wamphyri, how would you act? I usually ascribe to the idea that absolute power corrupts absolutly, but maybe not. Would you be like Karen retaining a lot of your humanity (for you females out there, using your sexuality against others?). Or maybe like Shaitan pure schemer, with an unhealthy dose of super pride? Would you be an all out animal, much like Canker? Would you retain your human looks or be a freak like Fess or some of the uglier lords and ladies? How do you think you would treat your thralls, be kind to them to a point or be utterly ruthless. Would the blood be the life completely bathing yourself in it? Or would you restrain yourself such as Maglore only taking what is needed? Would you remain a secret considering that your only way to survive, or would you try to take over the world as Malinari, Vavara, and Szwart are trying? How would you treat humans? With shear ruthlessness, or with a hint of respect like Karen and some of the other Lords and Ladies?

The Wamphyri have many different personalities. The leech mainly exploiting the hosts natural emotions. What would the leech bring out in you? As a Wamphyri most ideas of consequences would fly out the window, how could you be punished when you are so powerful? So without restraints would you go hog wild or maybe restrain yourself for some reason?

What do you think? This might turn out interesting. We'll see. http://www.brianlumley.com/ubb/smile.gif


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[Canker]

I can answer that in one way....


AAAWWWWHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Even if I received an egg/spore or other that would turn me and it was not "infected" by canine ancestry, I would be inclined to shape myself more towards that way.

The wolf, wild, free, savage, primeval(sp).
I'd most likely embrase the change ones the leech had taken over and let it run rampant!

To be come an even more advanced version of what I am now...a hunter!

The most natural hunter of all. Or "unnatural" at that. *L*

[SpOOkshow]

As odd as it may sound to some of you http://www.brianlumley.com/ubb/smile.gif
the prospect of becoming Wamphyri is utterly repugnant to me!

However, if i found myself in that kind of horrific situation...what would I become?

One of my poorer qualities include a somewhat 'flashfire' temper. Magnified Wamphyri-style it could become 'problematic'. I don't much fancy the idea of that, believe me.

As we know, the Leech increases the Host's emotions, so where does that leave me? I like to think of myself as 'compassionate' and 'kind' - so what? A caring, sharing Vampire? I can't see it, somehow.

I'd have to be restrained. In as much as I was 'in control', anyway. Treat humans and thralls with as much 'respect' as my new state allowed, and as for the Blood being the Life - needs must as the devil drives, if you get my meaning...

Physically, I'd also have to retain as much of my Humanity as possible. It would be bad enough to have already lost a portion of that humanity without sacrificing anymore in the way of 'metamorphisism'.

Hmm. I've just re-read what I've written here. Sounds a tad too psychoanalytical maybe for my tastes. Oh well http://www.brianlumley.com/ubb/smile.gif

On reflection, the knowledge that I was no longer human, no longer Who I was, would probably be enough to send me raving mad, make me the diametric opposite of all I hold dear.

And who would notice another madman amongst the Wamphyri ?

Damn fine topic, Peter

(hope I wasnt too serious)
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Some things (and people) are best left buried...

[Peter]

SpOOkshow- Actually that was exactly the type of answer I was looking for. Perfectly done, with the way you described it I can pretty much envision how you would handle the "condition" as it were.

It is meant to be, to a certain amount, a psycoanalytical question. http://www.brianlumley.com/ubb/smile.gif

[Scarlet oHorror]

For me, memories are quite important, so i think i'd be like Karen, she seemed to remember alot of when she was a girl and had enjoyed it and tried to keep a hold of it.

My poorer qualities?...hmm, i think as Wamphyri i'd have to try to keep my temper in check, but not much else really, i'd probably have a magnified sense of humor so i'd probably be an embarrasment to Wamphyri coz i'd be laughing all the time

hmm, anyway, i'd try to be as human as possible and hold it off until i couldn't hold it any longer..or maybe i could hold it at bay forever....that would be good...

[Nathan]

Let's start with food. As a human, I cannot stand the thought of eating anything off of a bone. I guess that would make me a Zolteist as Wamphyri. At least for a while until I could get past that little stumbling block. I get sick just thinking about raw or undercooked meat. I can't even imagine having cravings for uncooked human!

Physically, I am a big man of six foot four and one hundred and ninety pounds, so I'd be a hulker of at least eight feet tall and probably three hundred pounds of wiry muscle. I would keep my general appearance as much as my leech would let me, but I wouldn't be able to resist adding a few advantageous features.

I am a somewhat quiet person (believe it or not), so as Wamphyri I'd probably be fairly reserved and to myself. Keeping to my aerie for the most part and taking on a easy going lifestyle.

Not being given much to physical action (other than work), my spare time is spent reading. Opening my mind to fiction and nonfiction inside the fiction, is the only thing that keeps me sane in an insane world. It's in my blood. So, I would assume this would be enhanced by my leech.
The reading I could do as Wamphyri! Take a sparrow; snatched out of the air, I'd rip off its head and slowly spill its contents over my face, to feel the power of one so small with such freedom as we could never know. Or a beached whale...cut into its flanks and wallow in its blubber and innards to read of its adventures in the depths of the sea. The weight of the water and the thrill of finally reaching the surface where there is air to be breathed. And if I ever tired of reading about creatures of the wild, well hey...how many of the Great Majority would you like to 'read' about!?
This is all assuming I can get over my queasiness at blood and bones, but I'd have to...I can't picture Wamphyri sitting down for a real read, and I couldn't get by without it!

And that's me as Wamphyri...Nathan of the Wamphyri, The Great Red Reader!!

How about you, Peter...you didn't give us your profile!?!

[Peter]

Alright Nathan here would be me.

I tread the line between humanity and cruelty in my own mind. I always want to try and be kind to others and help my fellow humans, but as Wamphyri I am sure that would change. I know that I have it in me to be a horrible person, luckily I grew up in a good enviroment and my lighter side was brought out in me. However, I have a very very dark side, and had I grown up in a bad enviroment I am sure that I would be a much darker, probably evil person. As it is, my darker side only comes out in my writing, as some of my friends have stated when reading my short stories. They say that I need help..lol!

So while wanting to be nice that is only because I haven't had to be bad. I think if I had to do some bad things such as kill for blood then I would probably loose all my humanity and give in completely to my darker side. I am a perfectionist in some ways so I would probably be cruel to my thralls. If they made any mistake any mistake at all they would probably end up in the provisioning. Or worse I would torture them for many many years. The provisioning would be for those who I liked since it would be the most easy way to die. As for the thralls that angered me....they would learn what pain is from any way possible.

Humans would be as cattle to me. They are food and talking to your food is just impolite...lol! Of course I would probably play with my food though, on those boring nights. To amuse myself I would probably give humans impossible tasks telling them that if they succeeded they could live. Of course they would fail and they would die. Since blood would be the life I would bathe in it (figurativly of course!).

I know that I would be prideful. I would make myself very tall, but not inhumanly tall. I would retain human looks in fact I would probably be as vain as the Lady Wamphyri tend to be. In real life I can't do anything about my looks so have to suffice with what I was given, but as Wamphyri I could be whatever I wanted. I would rejoice in my uses of metamorphism.

I also am prideful of intelligence, so I would hone my mental skills. I would work at being the best mentalist. And I would be as devious as possible.

As for keeping secret I am unsure. One side of me would want to stay secret so that I could live forever, but I know that I have a side of me that would try taking over the world. It would depend on my leech which side it brought out of me.

All in all I would be a terror amoungst humans. I would revel in the blood, the strength, the longevity, and the sex! As a human I am a very nice person. I haven't even ever been in a fight. However as a Wamphyri I am sure that my much darker side would come out. It is held at bay because of how I was brought up, but as Wamphyri there would be no reason to be human anymore and I would be utterly evil. Torture would be my amusement and terror my friend.

Isn't it a good thing I'm human...lol http://www.brianlumley.com/ubb/smile.gif

[Emaleth]

Hmm...Wacky Wamphyri?? LOL I will have to think about that one...

Oie..talk about insanity..LOL I think I would be scary enough being just that!

I would be surrounded by all forms of cats, be probably a abomination for sure being one who loves helping people. Can you say Wamphyri Shrink?

Would be absolutely a fanatic about obtaining any kind of literature I can on any subject, as well with the interest in blood, liking my meat very rare (yes, and right off the bone Nathan..LOL) and my interest in virology. Borderline wacko in that aspect if not over it.

Music, maybe like Canker, but would have thralls throughout my manse who could play every kind of instrument available, and even make up their own.

there is probably more..oh, would be like I am anger wise..holding it in until I burst..lol just like Dad's side of the family..until some poor soul taps me wrong..

Scary eh?

[Creechur of Lochivar]

Ahhh being Wamphyri...
I would want it by egg. preferably from a bear.... Werebear http://www.brianlumley.com/ubb/smile.gif
Well I can safely say I would make a pretty nasty one...

I'm a jekyll and Hyde & Friends character... My temper is like a timebomb. Helpful sometimes, like the blood rush you get. I'm nice one minute and the next pure evil runs through my veins. I know my leech would love this kind of emotional war. So I would act on the heat of the moment.

My love of music wouldnt change.

I think as one my appearance would be reflected in it. I would wear a half face mask and a hooded robe.
I would torture people for days even if they don't know a thing.

My only problem might be remorse. That would be the death of me. Killing the wrong person... I require targets for anger.

I would go out of my way to destroy anyone who invades my personal space...

I wouldnt bother with mental powers except to shield myself.

I would turn my Lair into a fortress full of Creechur's... Made from bears, wolves and humans

As for a name well... Most likely use me middle name.. Alexander... Just Alexander.


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[Alex]

Being both insidiously evil and purely good all of the time, I think that if an egg ever were to "infect", I probably would be like Shathis in a lot of respects. This is due to the leach bringing out only the bad parts of me. I then would be utterly ruthless, evil in all ways, manipulative, totally for personal gain and a very, very bloody vampire (I just love, and I mean it, red meat). Treatment of thralls would only be there to benefit me, if a luitenant showed a bit of aspirations to rise above their station and I would drain them completely and bury then in the ground for all time. Or else if I'm in a good mood, warp them into a warrior with little mind and completely bonded to me. In the case of humans they would just be fodder for my empire. As for appearance, dark, withdrawn & menacing, with extremely malevolent eyes (blood red of course) and slick black hair tied back greased with human fat. (At this point I had decided to get into character, sorry for the details.)
I think this is a nice dark Wamphyri. Oh just to do the ESP, telekinesis (it crops up again and again, I like this to) and telepathy. For title, Master, yep that will do just fine.
Just to add to what's been said, it really is a good topic! http://www.brianlumley.com/ubb/smile.gif

[Daxx]

I for one have often considered this question.

To actually be Wamphyri, with all the power, and evil that comes with it, makes it a fascinating subject. I don't believe that there is any way you could predict how you would turn out, because who knows, not even you, what is buried deep with your psych? Oh well, there's still conscious fantasy!

Longevity is synonymous with anonymity

That would be my motto.

Or at least if not anonymous, then ones true nature kept well hidden, well hidden indeed. I am taking the viewpoint of being Wamphyri in our world, and not the world of Sunside/Starside. Therefore, the necessity of "appearing" human would be paramount. The ability to live for centuries without end would be a great asset. The amassing of wealth would be key, for wealth can easily buy obscurity, as well as loyalty!

I suppose from this you could infer that I would be a scheming vampire, much like Gorvi the Guile, but without his paranoia! That creature was afraid of his own shadow! I would keep close to no thralls, and defiantly no Lieutenants! There would be no need, and why bother to create a potential rival, one who knows your weaknesses. Far better to assume the role of the rich man, with unusual habits, then to disclose your true nature.

There are many different ways of conquering an enemy, and force is only one of them. And force is the first resort of and incompetent man, or creature. The slow, insidious creep of corruption would be my way. Perhaps, begin with a legitimate company, and then branch out into the various crime factions of the world. Therein the power would lie. Control the corrupted, and you can control this world. (For is that not most of the world now, anyways?)

The concept of being able to shape your flesh according to your will has always fascinated me, and I think I would practice it to perfection, much as Vasigi did. Maintain a human form for interactions with humans, but the ability to change my form at will would be a great asset. I would attempt to keep a tight rein on this talent however, for I have no wish to end up like The Old Thing in the Pit, or Lord Schwartz!

And I would experiment. I have always loved to explore things to their limit, and the abilities and biology of the vampire would be a great project! Not only the natural powers the leach bestows, but at the genetic level as well. What makes a leach what it is? I would need to answer that question. Who knows, perhaps I could create a cure for silver or garlic!

I do not consider myself to be a cruel person, so I don't think I would bath in the blood of others, as you so poetically put it Peter. Nor would I restrain myself, like Maglore. I would take what I need, and then a little bit more, just for fun! http://www.brianlumley.com/ubb/smile.gif

I have always believed that there is some kind of life after death, and the idea of messing with that abhors me. From that, I would have no truck with any necromancy. I believe that I would actively seek out those who practice this art, and destroy them! Sorry Nathan, but should these scenarios ever come about, watch out! Consider this a 'good' quality if you will, but to me it is survival. The last thing I want is someone rooting around in my guts!

Ah, yes, I would be extremely territorial as well. Should another vampire come to my attention, I would discover their whereabouts, and remove them. Possible usurpers would not be tolerated.

Damn, I got a little long winded. My apologies, for taking these few minutes of your lives!

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Longevity is synonymous with anonymity.

[Nathan]

Oh, Daxx, I don't think, as Wamphyri, I would be too interested in the 'guts' of another vampire. http://www.brianlumley.com/ubb/biggrin.gif And as far as being long winded, this seems to be the spot for wind!*L*

This is very interesting, Peter. Great idea! I bet Goth Girl would be intriguing. How's about it Psycho? http://www.brianlumley.com/ubb/tongue.gif

[Daxx]

Thats good, perhaps I shall let you live then!

I agree, Goth Girl's profile should be very interesting!

Excellent topic Peter!

[Amarfa]

My Wamphyri self would revel in sex. (i am female) Up and down and all around, I'd **** anything! The only reason i don't now is because I'm scared...A human response, i know, but what the hell, my leech would definitely erode that, as well as my moral code. I keep a very strict moral code, so my Wamphyri self would have very strict and blatant rules that I would enforce on my thralls, but not on myself.

(Shadoe's edit - language)

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[Canker]

Amarfa......


You wouldn't happen to live close by would you??? **Fingers crossed hoping***

*LOL*

[Nathan]

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[Krynus]

*snicker*


Like Nathan, I would be a 'reader'... I'd try and experience whatever I could, like how a hawk feels when he swoops down upon a rodent, or how that rodent feels when the hawk's talons stab into it.

Humans wouldn't be like cattle... no, they'd be more like building material. I like to experiment, so I'd have to have a play area, complete with many vats and whatever else I could come up with. Maybe I'd try to combine human flesh with the flesh of creatures, to make something new.

I would definitely enjoy the hunt. Tithe? Ah, no! I wouldn't want my food served! The thrill is in the hunt, in smelling your victim's fear, in seeing him run for his petty little life. Once the game was up, I'd just devour his heart and flesh until I was full, then leave the rest to the rats and cockroaches. I'd probably keep a supply of blood, like wine in a cellar http://www.brianlumley.com/ubb/smile.gif

Also, I love war. I love to play war games, so I'd probably play them for real. And devious? I'd probably do the Drakesh thing, and try to cause a war. That is, if I was here. On Starside, I'd definitely be looking to pick a fight with other Lords (or Ladies). I can almost see myself playing a game with Daxx http://www.brianlumley.com/ubb/tongue.gif

I'd reward my thralls & leweys if they worked hard and were loyal, or if not I'd melt their flesh and turn them into something new. I'd build an arena, like the Coloseum in Rome, for entertainment. Entertainment for my thralls that is... As for my entertainment, a harem full of the comeliest women I could catch, be they humans, vampires, or Ladies.

Ok, there's my bit.

[Cale]

Id probably be an extremely secretive, very depressed (as im often overcome by bouts of meloncholy), very comedic (which id try to use to overcome my depression), very explosive,very possive, yet very giving Wamphyri. All in all id probably drive myself crazy and form multiple personalities to cope with my condition.

Then again i would like to rule the world one day...WAAAHHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAA!!!!!! (lol)

[Emaleth]

Ahem..as the Wamphyri Shrink..I have alot of openings avaliable for you...

LOL

[Nathan]

Hey all you new guys (and girls)...this is a great topic! You wanna give everyone some insight into your personalities...and how they'd be enhanced as Wamphyri?

[deano]

Unfortunately I'm 6ft 4"..94kgs ex-combined services heavyweight boxing champion all round sportsman, who's into Marilyn Manson,sex pistols etc etc. I have an extremely low tolerance of most things I find boring.ie car maintenance,insurance policys & "investing for the future"(sorry if I upset anyone)
Therefore I lean heavily towards Wran but at the same time I can appreciate art, other styles of music/literature,enter Canker.
Although I say I have a low tolerance, I also believe in doing what ever YOU want to do and appreciate a persons right to be an individual.
So I suppose the type of wamphyri I would be is....A vampire who wouldn't think twice about ripping your still beating heart out and stuffing it down your throat, whilst at the same time acknowledging the fact that you as an individual probably didn't deserve to die.
But hey the blood IS the life, and of course you all enter of your own free will http://www.brianlumley.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

[Nathan]

Originally posted by deano:
...wouldn't think twice about ripping your still beating heart out and stuffing it down your throat, whilst at the same time acknowledging the fact that you as an individual probably didn't deserve to die. http://www.brianlumley.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

CLASSIC!!

[Goth Girl]

Deano, that is toooo funny! Really looking forward to meeting you and Mazrah!

As for me? My personality and emotions magnified by a leech... scary thought!

I'd be a total schizo... there'd be a deep, dark side to me; wallowing in melancholy and paranoid self-pity. Then there'd be the fiery, lustful creature that takes ascendancy for the most part, the vamp that would take any thrall, male or female, and take them on a wild ride of passion before snapping their necks and draining them of vital fluids (but what a way to go!). If by chance they came across the miserable side, they'd just die of boredom!

[Wamphyri]

Hmm.. As someone who is a little on the quiet side and a little shy, yet at the same time someone who takes pride in what he has gained or owns, I'd probably be the type of Wamphyri suffers from a conflicted nature - On one hand I would probably be the type who would keep himself to himself, whilst at the same time the showoff side of me would be wanting to blab to everyone 'Oh look at me, I'm a big, strong vampire'.. although by this time they'd probably be in no fit state to hear me as I tend to overeat as well http://www.brianlumley.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

In life I tend to pick up on peoples emotions very quickly, and generally get on very well with people I know. This empathic nature I would imagine would be amplified, and twisted by the darker nature of the leech, to make me quite manipulative and to inflict various mental tortures on my victims..

As a human I am fiercely loyal to the friends that I have, but I have doubts as to how this would be 'carried over' into the unlife of a vampire. I imagine that, on one hand I would continue to watch over them, as a protector, but this may not be the case depending on how effectively the leech would squash my sense of compassion. If I did, could I stand to watch them grow old and die, while I effectively live forever? I think the temptation to make them vampires, just to make sure they stay around, would be quite strong. As Thibor Ferenczy 'said' to Yulian Bodescu in his final moments, "It is harder NOT to make them" I think this would hold very true. But again, would I care? Would my humanity be so remote to me that I would simple cease to be bothered about them, and view them merely as food? I would hope not... but then that's the human talking!! ARGH! This really makes you think!!

Okay thats my piece.. I could probably go on for ages yet.. it's a fascinating subject that really forces you to look at your own mental picture of yourself! I'm not too sure if I'm happy with what I've found tonight! http://www.brianlumley.com/ubb/smile.gif

[Nathan]

I say, I say, bumpity-bump!!

...again.

I don't see any of the "new" regulars in here...

[Silver]

Well this is a fascinating topic, and something I've not considered before. I feel I've learnt a lot about the peope I've been conversing with!

Here goes, firstly I would remain human in appearance, I'm not a vain person but I may become a vain vampire and alter my appearance to become beautiful.

I am a very reasonable person and can usually see both sides of the story, I tend not to judge and can keep a confidence so my friends often discuss their problems with me. For this reason I think that I would treat my thralls fairly, but I don't suffer fools gladly and I hate lying so I would deal with any who crossed me harshly, be it a thrall, another vampire or anyone at all.

I wouldn't treat humans as cattle, but I would feel no remorse for eating them, I would also relish the hunt. As a human I already hunt, I have a riffle and go shooting so I would have no problem killing things.

I am two people, by this I mean that when I first meet someone usually they don't get the real me, I tend not to let too much of myself be known until I know somthing about them. Depending on how I find them depends on how much I let them know the real me, you know, the me that has feelings not just sarcastic comments, the me that is insecure not brimming with false confidence, I have been told that on first impressions I can appear to be quite cold. If this instinct was enhanced as a vampire I think it would make me very devious.

[Lupa the Ancient]

Oh man .. this is is good thread... on the physical side I would rid myself of my 'mid-life' gut ... a new streamlined ancient1.

I am quite secretive so reckon I'd be very deceptive. A bit of a con-man wide-boy of a Wamphyri. I'd have no problems with munching on the odd human ... but be quite selective on who to taste. Would probably be struck with bouts of self pity and paranoia (like now with the current state of Leeds United .. currently sending the ancient1 into fits of melancholey!!).

Would dabble in my waxing vats and produce many weird and wonderful beasts, for various tasks .... wouldn't want to dirty my hands toooo much. I would hope to make a lasting impression on the local environment ... and be remembered for many a long day.

Would also like to have a never ending supply of Red Wine (or Tetleys bitter - whichever) to wallow in after a hard nights hunt ......

Oh God .. you could really get into this, think I need a sit down... :mad:

[Goth Girl]

Me as a Wamphyri... eeeek, now that's a scary thought!

I'd be horribly bad-tempered and also prone to burst into tears for the smallest thing... I guess they'd be blood tears if I was Wamphyri! Maybe I'd be like a more maudlin version of Wratha, my favourite Vamp.

Vanity would go without saying, and the ability to hypnotise and beguile would come in handy too! Throw in a few special skills such as telepathy, and I'd be a Happy Vamper!

[Raider]

As Wamphyri I would be dark and brooding, full of the joys of death.

I would take thralls and lieutenants as I saw fit and then only after careful thought. They would be like me but I would rule them with dark relish and an iron fist. They would be shadows of myself but would know their limits and I would not suffer fools gladly.

Living in this modern world would present few challenges to me. There would be plenty of fodder to supplement my lifestyle and blood lust. In a surprising way I could be considered something of a vigilante, ridding the streets of scum, who would not be missed and would be taken as sustenance and nutrition for me and mine.

Taller than now, stronger and with darker features I would be a lover of beauty, the female form can be so appetising. My leech though would see fit to use women for whatever desires it had, whatever needs it required but I, with my last remaining human instinct, would attempt to have a special mate, someone to 'love' and someone to maybe hold the darkness at bay for just a few moments of real pleasure from time to time.

So, not so pleasant a creature but then I would be Wamphyri after all.............

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[Lady Rissa]

Excellent topic. Thanks for bringing it back Nathan.

I'm not sure what kind of Wamphyri I would be. Some people may look at the Wampyri and say,"I could never be that." Look at Wratha. When she was human, she only thought of destroying the Wampyri, like her father before her. yet when she dug herself out and felt what was meant by the blood is the life, she changed her outlook very quickly. You really don't know until you're there. I can only guess what having a leech in me would do.
I would want to be infected by a spore. Sunlight doesn't affect so quickly if infected by a spore, so I would be able to spend a couple last days, in sunscreen ofcourse, on the beach. Also, the leech, and therefor powers are slower to develop. I think I would be able to transfer more of myself if the change was gradual instead of immediate.
I am also a reader, and I know I would want to continue with that passion. I wouldn't go the necromancy way though. Its one thing to see how a bird flies, another to feel so much death around me at all times. Not including dinner ofcourse! :D
I would probably be like Magalore, in the sense that he only took what he needed, had humans around for intelligant, non thrall like conversations. Thralls would be to eager to please, as they should, and I like a good conversation. I also would be into the whole mentalism thing, and try to advance it as far as possible.
Well, that's what I think I would be.

[Nathan]

The spore! Very nice answer. I haven't really ever thought about the getting there part so much as the being there. Interesting. Your outlook on it is insightful, methinks.

Probably wouldn't be as painful, either!

Thanks for responding, you guys. You can tell a lot about people in here...

Good one, Peter. smile.gif

[Helmet Head]

As I was bored in work I thought I'd trawl through some of the older topics on the board and to my surprise I came across this little beauty and decided that I must put in my own two penny's worth !

So what kind of Wamphyri would I be well first of all I'm hugely vane and yet at the same time uncomfortable with my appearance I can hardly walk past a mirror without checking that I look O.K. so I suppose that I would affect the look of a man and be very vane about my appearance always trying to look my best and proud of the way that I looked but at the same time never being happy and always trying to keep up the appearance of a young handsome man when in fact a monster lurks beneath the surface, I'd probably keep mirrors at first to gaze upon myself but as the change became more apparent I would probably dispose of all such things rather than face the truth.
I think that I would be an unstable Lord because I suffer from extreme mood swings one moment I'm happy as Larry then the next moment I can explode at the smallest of things and fly into a rage, this would probably make life as one of my thralls or lieutenants awkward as they would never no what mood I was in and would have to creep around me as they could never be sure if they were about to enjoy a joke with me or end up being thrown from one of my highest balcony's.

I do have a bit of a roving eye for the lady's so I'm probably on the right track when I say they would occupy allot of my time I'm not going to be as graphic as some people so you'll have to use your imagination as to what I mean by that. I'm also a bit of a romantic at heart so I may even be tempted into seducing an old flame into vampirism and making her my Lady, unfortunately I do get bored easy and as I've already said I have a bit of a roving eye and that coupled with the all consuming passion of the Wamphyri I'm afraid that my Lady wouldn't last long in my manse and I would get bored of her all to soon and dispose of her in a grizzly way.

To sum it up I would be an eater of men and the blood would most definitely be the life but I probably wouldn't last long as a lord of the Wamphyri I would definitely have grand designs and schemes for the world and it's domination and me as it's one great red emperor but being young vane and a bit of a lusty one I don't think I would keep my eye on the ball enough and would probably end up decorating the higher ramparts of some other Lords lofty Aerie but you never know there's nothing more tenuous than a vampire........................Wamphyri WAMPHYRI WAMPHYRIIIII.


P.S. Hey A1 while your at your vats you couldn't knock LUFC up some decent players could yah ? :D

[ July 25, 2003, 06:09 PM: Message edited by: Helmet Head ]

[Red Willow]

I meant to reply to this a while ago but completely forgot so I'll add my thoughts now.
First of all I'd definitely be a rather worrying Wamphyri, never quite sure if I should throw my lovers, my enemies or myself from the roof of my aerie. I'd have to have the power of metamorphosis to cater for when I wanna hide away from the world or conquer it (mostly within the same half hour!) The scariest part would probably be how the leech enhanced my sex drive though...it doesn't bear thinking about :D
Although adding to my bloodlust probably wouldn't be good either. The healing powers would be a plus though to hide where I have ripped myself to shreds in moments of anger or depression.
I'd be obssessive and hold a grudge for as long as it takes to avenge the wrongs done to me or those I cherish. Very possessive and a hoarder, all parts would be used after a kill if that person (or thing) meant anything and my thralls would be mine only in all areas. Extremely jealous and hot-tempered if pushed.
But enough about me, what would I be like as a Wamphyri??!!
All in all a scary thought...too much like me already just with more weapons and height! Bet you all can't wait to meet me now! :rolleyes:

[Helmet Head]

Just dragging this thread to the top of the pile for Botch's sake as we can't have him being bored in work can we now...

Have a go at this mate, some people found it quite interesting as not only is it fun but it tened to reflect people's innerselves which was quite interesting indeed.

[ December 16, 2003, 08:38 AM: Message edited by: The Helm ]

[Botch the Mad]

i relish the opportunity. i am extremely ambitious, so i'm sure i would work my way up from thrall to leiutenant and on. i would be the most loyal and ruthless lt. to ever see the stars. i would fight any other lt's at any given chance just to get the egg. i would prove to my master that i alone deserve to ascend. once there, i would change my appearance to be horrifying, not freakish, absolutely horrifying. evil incarnate. i am a dark person, by nature, and work very hard at staying good. my leech would multiply that ten fold. my sanity would, obviously be tentative. i would still retain my intelligence, however, so becoming insanely intelligent. no pun intended. i would hone my mentalism to project insanity into others, causing weakness within them. a chance to strike. i would not start unnecessary battles with my fellow lords and ladies, but all others would tremble at my name alone. my aerie would constantly echo with the beautiful screams of torment and torture to lull me to slumber. i have no problem with blood, or any such thing, and would learn all of the arts associated with it. i would keep a huge pool of blood in my chambers, for leisurely swims. my thralls and lt.'s would be treated as a game. ascendency utmost in their minds would make them ruthless, coniving, and strong. i can always make more if i lose a few to treachery. humans, ahh humans, i would take as needed, but not enough to upset the food chain. i would be choosy in my selections. strong, fighting men and strong, emotionally charged women. no weeding of the herd for me. my favorite hobby would be improving my flyers and warriors. i've seen the failures and, even now in my life, have a knack for manipulation. i would enjoy challenging other lords and ladies to sparring matches, so to speak. not to the death, just as an exercise. keep us on our toes. i could actually go on forever, i have put much thought into this. i would, basically, be me with the power of a wamphyri. crazy, intelligent, brutal, and always smiling. ;)

[hocopepa]

Ok, I feel the need to add my own thoughts to this brilliant thread.
I read this last night and have spent all day pondering myself as Wamphyri. Now as I understand it the leech amplifies all emotions, including compassion and sorrow (as witnessed in Deadspawn) however over time it errodes fear, guilt and other feelings of conscience. This given i find the concept of myself as wamphyri very frightening indeed. My lust, for blood and women, raised to vampiric levels would be almost uncontrollable but worse my cold rage would make me a terrible foe, my ability to hold a grudge for years before striking would make me unpredictable and untrustworthy to all but those closest to me, my thralls and luitentants would never be alowed to see any weakness or emotion in me whatsoever save that which i intended them to see, for whatever reason. Rival Lords and Ladies would be wise to ignore any sense of emotion they did detect as changes would be so frequent asto appear almost schizophrenic. I would revel in every heightened feeling and new experience, hunting as much to create fear as to feed and taking as many captives as possible for 'experiments'. Were I to ever take a Lady as companion her lusts would have to equal mine or else boredom would soon set in and need to be quelled with yet more experiments.
A wholly nasty piece of work all round really

[Nathan]

BUMPing for new blood.

:cool:

[Helmet Head]

This was a cool thread N8 although I may want to ammend mine to boring grumpy old Lord of the Waphyrii who does what his girlfriend tells him, as I'm not the same vigourus guy anymore boo hoo!!! :(

[Elior Lumsthrall]

I would try to maintain a fair bit of anonymity as Wamphyri. I have always been pretty introverted and I think that would carry on if I had a leech. Thats the way I would want to be, quiet and calm, to a degree. If a thrall displeased me, I'd be the kind of Wamphyri who wouldn't chastise them, but sit there, with an expressionless face, and not say anything. Let them stew and wonder if I am going to tear their throats out or not. And in the end I probably would. I don't lose my temper often, but when I do it is vile, I usually break something, and as Wamphyri, when I lose my temper I think I would rampage, killing any and all who crossed my path. And I think I would enjoy it.

I would stay looking exactly the same as I am now. I'm a pretty small bloke, and being an introvert as well, I've found that a lot of people see me as a target. I would like people to underestimate me, and try their dominant monkey stuff, and then I would quite simply torture them unto death. As you can probably tell, theres quite a percentage of the human race that I don't like as a human, so as Wamphyri I don't think theres any way I wouldn't kill people. No abstaining for me. I would deliver what I thought 'Justice', I would like to think that I would leave the 'innocents' alone. But I have quited an addictive personality and could see my self being an absolute glutton for blood.

I don't think I'd worry about world domination or anything like that - whats left to do if you've dominated the world? - and I don't think I would worry about creating creatures too much either (not in this world anyway). I think maybe a life like Faethors would suit me well. Anonymity is synomonous with longevity and thats what I would want. To live for hundreds nay thousands of years, amass great knowledge, travel the lands and revel in blood.

I would need a secret place, to keep all my women of course, of which there would be many. And I think I would leave them as human.
I think I would jealosly guard my egg, I don't know if I'd ever give it up at all. Not by choice anyway. And I would have very few thralls.
I would want to be the only one with any power, a wolf among sheep, or a shark in a fish tank.
I would like to think I would be a powerful telepath, somewhat like Janos, and I would be able to just bend people to my will or crush their minds if I wanted to.

I could go on for so much longer but that'll do. In short if I was Wamphyri, I think I'd be a wandering bad ass with a mighty chip on my shoulder.

[Silver]

So you've given up the grand design for world domination and to be the great red emperor then Helm? Not allowed eh? So are you now Under The Thumb Lord rather than the Lusty Lord you would've liked to be?

[Helmet Head]

:(

[Dave Black]

Confident. Lusty. Lecherous. Devious. Blackhearted. Evil. Cruel. Sadistic. Masochistic ? Not to mention a devil in the sack. Hell thats me already ! hahaha