#creatureinfo

Known vampires: n/a.

A vampire is a dead human who, before dying, consumed vampire blood. After death, they undergo a transformation; the vampire blood infects the dead blood, turning them into a vampire. Three to five days after death, they return, unliving but intact. Vampires are well known in modern culture, although in recent years they've been adapted to become romantic creatures. This isn't the case. Vampires find it difficult to survive in the human world due to their more obvious issues - namely, being dead. The first vampire was the product of a demon and a werewolf breeding; as a result, they retain the advantages of their animalistic ancestors, but the demonic influence gives them more control.

Abilities

Compulsion. The ability to manipulate the mind of the living. Vampires have the ability to push living creatures (human or demon) into doing their will. This doesn’t work on everyone; it depends on how strong their mind is. In this instance, strong will and strong mind are the same thing. Vampires cannot make people do things that aren't in their nature; for example, they couldn't convince a true pacifist to kill someone. Generally speaking, very few people are that susceptible to influence; most vampires simply use their ability to make their victims compliant enough to drink from. Compulsion also cannot be used to make more vampires. This has to be by choice as it involves their death.

Eternal unlife. As vampires are clinically dead, they do not age and don't grow weak, as long as they keep a steady diet. Some find it a blessing; younger vampires tend to find it a curse. They never decompose and, contrary to popular belief, they don't burst into flames in sunlight (nor do they sparkle); they find it mildly uncomfortable due to the heat of the sun warming up their blood.

Enhanced senses. As vampirism is a corruption of the werewolf curse, they retain the enhanced senses of their werewolf kin. They also tend to be faster and hardier than one would expect of a walking corpse.

Weaknesses

Fire and werewolf blood. The sun heats up vampire blood and makes them uncomfortable; fire straight up boils their blood and destroys their bodies from the inside and outside. Vampires can survive being near fires and even being on fire, provided they put it out quickly enough. Werewolf blood is poisonous to vampires, as it seeks to destroy the demonic side to their bodies and turn them into full wolves. Vampires poisoned by werewolves almost always die, unless they can purge their body of the blood quickly.

Known incubi/succubi: Sebastian Smythe.

An incubus (male) or succubus (female) is a demon who feeds on sexual energy by either kissing or having intercourse with another person. Although according to tradition, incubi target women and succubi target men, the truth is that like humans, they have a variety of sexual preferences and indeed, favourite food types. They breed and look exactly like humans, meaning they can pass undetected in most societies, and although they can eat and drink human food, it doesn't sustain them in the same way as their true food. The easiest way to spot an incubus or succubus is simple; they're often the most sexual creatures in the room and when they feed, their faces transform into their true demonic form.

Abilities

Feeding. The ability to suck the sexual energy from other living creatures. Young, starving or uncaring members of this group can kill while feeding as they must exercise control. Feeding is extremely enjoyable for the victim, akin to an intense orgasm; no victim has ever died with anything less than a smile on their face. The victim doesn't remember the feeding process, just the pleasure. Side effects of feeding for incubi/succubi include healing injuries and enhanced strength/speed.

Seductive touch. The ability to seduce another living creature through skin contact. This doesn't work on everyone; it depends on the person's sexuality (their true sexuality, not what they think they are) and how strong their mind is. Remember that strong will does not equal strong mind, and if someone desires sex or the incubus/succubus in question already, seduction is almost guaranteed. Works better on humans than other creatures. 

Resurrection. The ability to bring someone killed by an incubus/succubus's power back to life. An incubus or succubus can breathe life back into those killed by one of their own kind. This only works if it's within twelve hours and provided they have enough energy as it is an arduous task that drains their own life energy. The resurrected tends to be devoted to the one who brought them back for a little while, although it has been known to become permanent if the incubus/succubus in question fed on them regularly before their death.

Weaknesses

Mortality. Although incubi/succubi are descendants of demonspawn and tend to outlive humans, they are vulnerable to the same things humans are. Bullets, knives, snapping their neck; they can be killed in regular ways as long as they can't heal. Stopping the heart, lungs, brain or causing extreme blood loss are guaranteed ways to kill these creatures.

Known werewolves: n/a.

A werewolf is a human cursed by bite or bloodright to transform into a monstrous, massive wolf on the night of the full moon every month... Or so tradition holds. Although the basics are correct - werewolves can be made or born, and they do indeed transform into larger-than-life wolves - it isn't just during the full moon. Young wolves tend to transform during the full moon due to an affinity with the lunar cycle, but older wolves can transform whenever they like. Likewise, young wolves tend to have little control or humanity while transformed, while older, more practiced members of their community can control their instincts to a degree. While they live longer than regular humans and have enhanced senses, they are still just people; they're cursed, not demons themselves. Their true curse isn't the transformation; it's dealing with what their animal instincts do to them.

Abilities

Transformation. The ability to turn into an abnormally large wolf. Younger wolves (born or made) transform only around the full moon and are extremely out of control and savage. Older wolves can transform out of the lunar cycle and, with practice, learn to curb their savage tendencies, or at least guide them to wild animals instead of people.

Enhanced senses. When human, werewolves retain enhanced senses. Although they aren't as good as their wolf forms, they could still potentially track someone by smell and hear or see things most people can't.

Longevity. Werewolves have a longer life than most people, provided they manage to stay out of trouble. They are also hardier than humans, although they can be killed in regular ways while in their human form. In their wolf form, however, most conventional weapons are useless and damage can be minimised by transforming back into a human.

Weaknesses

Silver and wolfsbane. As in legend, werewolves are susceptible to silver and wolfsbane, finding it poisonous. Although they can survive, if it's left untreated or is a large quantity, they will die. A silver bullet to the heart or brain will cause instantaneous death, even in wolf form. In human form, they are allergic to both of these items but can usually survive. Silver is a common way for hunters to track down werewolves. In human form, they are susceptible to most conventional weapons, but it takes more to kill them.

Here is the creature lore of the world around Themis. If there is a creature you'd like to see added to the list, please feel free to reccomend one.

Vampires:

Common.

The vampires at Themis are mostly considered outcasts among their brethren; pretending to be human is taboo in the covens. Some simply do not care, and choose to live within the few havens like Themis that exist around the world, but are often hated by other vampires. Like the general lore, they can't go out into sunlight

Facts:

Can't digest real food; blood is the only way to survive.

Animal blood will do for those who prefer to be 'vegetarian'.

Pupils turn black when hungry.

Sunlight will kill them. They do not sparkle.

Holy water does burn their skin.

Fiction: garlic and crucifixes are useless.

Werewolves:

Common.

Werewolves are humans who have been bitten by other werewolves and inflicted with a virus that is passed from the saliva of the werewolf into the bloodstream of the victim. It is possible to obtain the virus without being beaten, as any contact with a werewolf's saliva or blood with an open wound will potentially infect the person.

Affected by the moon cycle; moodiness is frequent near the week of the full moon. 

Unable to resist primal instinct the last few nights of the moon; most tend to become quite rebellious and sexually active.

Transforms into a werewolf when the full moon is present.

Has a tendency to crave animal meat more than anything.

Allergy to silver - any contact with the metal and the bloodstream will poison the werewolf, and has the potential to kill them if not treated immediately.

Hellhounds:

Extremely rare. (currently limited to two hounds in this rp.)

Hellhounds were once humans - surprisingly noble humans, in fact. Demons in need of their hellish companions often look for good humans in a vulnerable situation, and strike them a deal they can't confuse. They get to keep their souls in exhange for their humanity. Most humans blindly accept the contract not knowing what this entails. Demons control their hounds with fear; and fear cannot be felt by the soulless. By letting them keep their souls bound in these terrifying beasts, they can manipulate them and control them as they please.

Most hounds are permanently beasts because it's more convenient, but some demons find it more effective to allow their hounds to take their former human forms, just to take it away from them again. Doing this adds to the fear factor, and often makes the hounds more compliant and submissive. 

They can only eat human flesh. Their bodies reject anything else.

In their beast forms, they have no eyes. They can see the wicked and sinful, which is their primary target of choice. They can't see those who are pure of heart, which inevitably keeps those few who are safe from harm's way.

Holy water, and bible verses can severely hurt them. 

They're very difficult to kill.

  Witches & Warlocks:

Common.

Known for their ability to cast spells. Usually Witches and Warlocks are supernatural creatures that came from a family of their kind or has a distant relative that is a witch or a warlock.

One can know if a Witch or a Warlock is powerful through their lineage. If a certain person came from a family of pure witches and warlocks, they are considered one of the powerful group of witches. If they came from a family that has half witch and warlock lineage, they are powerful according to how much witches, or warlocks, is in their family lineage.

A pure blood witch/warlock can cast a spell at any moment, unlike half blood witch/warlock, can only cast a spell according to the phases of the moon.

A witch/warlock, is limited when it comes to high spells, like control someone’s mind, or body. Bringing the dead back to life. Cursing a certain being, etc.

A witch/warlock, whether pure blood or half blood can instantly know if someone is a simple human, or a human with abilities, a werewolf, a vampire, etc.

Mermaids:

Extremely rare.

Is a creature that is nearing to extinction. It would be rare to find a mermaid.

It is said that if you find a mermaid, they will grant you one of their melodic songs and a wish.

> A mermaid can have feet once they are out of the water. But once their legs or feet touches water, their tail would appear.

> A mermaid is required to be at sea when it is a full moon, to rejuvenate their loss of life underwater.

Banshees:

Rare.

Is a feminine spirit that wails when someone is about to die.

Everyone believed that a Banshee is just a spirit and nothing else. But they are much more than that. Banshees are spirits that chooses if someone is about to die. They are rare, and is only seen when a person, usually a warrior, is about to die.

Whitelighters:

Common.

Are once humans who was given a chance to have a second life.

They are very common.

The thing about whitelighters are, some of them doesn’t remember who they are in their first life and some does. As a whitelighter, they can see ghost, for they were once a ghost themselves.

Demons:

They have been described in folklore as the evil and most manipulative and cunning creature. Little to they know not all demons are as bad as they seem to be. Some had chosen to side with the good, and some remained bad.

In the world we are in now, demons have taken their side.

They are common among us. Some disguised themselves as humans just to fit in and try to have a human life. But some, shows their powers to have riches of their own.

  >Demons can shape shift to anyone.

They can also manipulate someone’s mind.

Demons are immortal and can only be killed by a cross or holy water.

Ghosts:

Common.

They are all transparent, died during their lifetime.

Some ghost chose to live in peace on the other side, but some chose to stay here on earth.

> Ghost can be seen if they wanted to be seen, if not, then not.

A ghost can take over someone’s body.

Can have a physical form if the have a foothold here on earth. Usually a feeling for a living being, or a witch’s spell that gives her a foothold.

Fairies:

Rare.

In many folklore, a fairy is described as a little girl that has wings, and is usually related to nature. But little to they know fairies have many kind.

Fairies can take human form, if they wish.

Here is the list of the kind of fairies:

Fairy of Fire

A fairy that has power of fire

Usually high tempered

Fairy of Earth

A fairy that has power over earth. Can make a simple earth rock into a gemstone.

Very timid and shy

Fairy of Life

A fairy that can give life to living creatures(only applies to small creatures like birds, bees, etc.)

Usually the wisest and oldest of the fairies

Fairy of Air

A fairy with the ability to control the air

Usually outgoing and fun loving

Fairy of Nature

A fairy that has power over plants and flowers

Usually outspoken and loving

Fairy of Darkness

A fairy that can take away life from a living creature (only applies to small creatures like birds, bees, etc.)

timid and reserved

Fairy of the Clouds

Has the ability to control the weather.

Rarely comes down from the clouds.

Pixies:

Appears as little kids, or even smaller, but can also take a form of a grown up human.

They are creatures who loves to have fun a lot and will always make trouble.