There are real hunters as well as real vampires. These
hunters are both male and female; gender does not matter. Actual
hunters have only one thing in mind: to really harm the vampire,
sometimes to even kill their prey. There are three main classes of
hunters: the Religious Hunter, the Sports Hunter, and the Revenge
Hunter.
The Religious Hunter
This person can be of any religion. Mostly these
hunters are Christian, but there have been Jewish hunters and Moslem
hunters. The Religious Hunter is convinced that the vampire is a
servant of the Devil. 'A Spawn of Hell.' An actual demon with the
power to steal souls and beguile the innocent. The religious hunter
feels that killing a demon is not a sin, and truly believes that all
vampires, or those claiming to be vampires, are pure evil.
It is not against
their morals or religious convictions to kill in the name of God or
to kill that which they feel is evil. They are very dangerous as
they often refuse to listen to (or believe) the truth, feeling that
a 'demon' always lies and is not to be trusted. They often feel it
is their duty to destroy vampires. These people also feel there is a
plot afoot by Vampires and by the Goth movement through out the
world especially in America, Germany and some other countries, that
the Goth movement is a plot to corrupt the innocent of the world
(i.e.: the children or other people), these hunters are also bent on
targeting these people. Deprogramming, religious indoctrination and
even killings are their way of dealing with this perceived threat on
the morals of civilization.
The
Sports Hunter
He
or she, just like a hunter of small or large animals, hunts for
sport. The thrill of the chase; the thrill of the win; and the
thrill of the kill. Because the sport hunter loves the hunt as much
as the conquest, this hunter will often warn his prey, the vampire,
of his intentions to harm or kill it. In that way he knows the
vampire will be alert to the threat and offer him a better and more
interesting hunt. He knows the vampire to be as dangerous a prey as
any large or small animal and he knows the vampire will do all that
is necessary to defend itself and protect its friends and family.
So, mostly the
hunter will warn the vampire either be declaring who he is and
challenging the vampire, or by stalking it first, doing small things
like harassing it and stalking it to let it know he is there. In
some rare occasions, a sport hunter will just attack the vampire
with no warning but mostly not.
The sport hunter
hunts for sport, to be matched and to have the thrill of a dangerous
situation. If he really feels superior to his prey, he will let them
know who he is and what he intends. If not, the hunter then stalks
and tries to use psychology to unnerve his prey. The religious
hunter is often more silent in his intent for he believes the
vampire to possess supernatural powers and gives no warning most of
the time.
The
Revenge Hunter
This is a person who hunts to revenge someone he
knows; it could be either a vampire or a human.
Example 1: A
hunter killed a vampire and a friend of the vampire went after this
hunter.
Example 2: The
vampire killed a hunter and that hunter's friend went forth to hunt
his friend's killer.
Anyone who hunts
to even a score, is a revenge hunter.
There is also a third kind of hunter, but we cannot
actually say this is a true hunter. This is the vampire itself.
Hunting other vampires, usually for criminal reasons. This hunter is
the vampire 'policeman.' It is his job to track down, bring to
justice or destroy the criminal vampire, the rogue vampire who
breaks the laws of his vampire order or community. These vampire
hunters deal only with other vampires. Their laws are very harsh for
those who break the rules.
Inheritors can
usually pick up on a hunter; most Classicals and other race
designations, unless the individual is very psychic, cannot do so.
Hunters are usually good computer hackers or detectives and can
successfully trick certain agencies or organizations into giving out
an address or phone number. Most hunters mean to do harm, or really
kill, that which they hunt. Caution should be taken for every
threat. However, many are just playing, role playing or pretending.
So you need not totally panic at every threat.
As
ever, Catherene NightPoe
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Come one come all Mortals who are willing to stick their neck out for a vampire to feed upon. We will be willing to share our Dark Gift to you mortals if you pass our test.