Broke: vampires are real, and they act just like in the stories
Woke: vampires are real, but the stories are inaccurate
Bespoke: vampires are real, the stories are inaccurate, and vampires made up those stories to keep humans ignorant
Baroque: vampires are real, and the stories are inaccurate, but vampires reacted to things like Dracula and Masquerade the same way the mafia reacted to The Godfather and now actively try to play out the tropes
In Dresden Files, Bram Stoker wrote Dracula as a subtle guide on how to kill vampires. The book's unprecedented popularity meant every cultured person in the West knew vampires' weaknesses. It worked so incredibly well that there are almost no vampires left in the world, but unfortunately that means that the few that remain are the most intelligent and capable of them.
Meeting a vampire in Bram Stoker's day was a life-threatening experience that would require intelligence, skill, and luck to survive. Crossing a vampire in the modern day is simply a death sentence.



















