Either he evolves, or he stops developing and remains a slave. Little by little, the parasite extends its control over the consciousness of its host, controlling its actions, although the latter can resist for a prolonged period, even years.Īt this point, the vampire takes one of two paths. Those who have ingested an egg often lose consciousness for a few hours due to pain as the egg merges with their internal physiology. They awaken as a slave, and are psychically linked to their creators. When the body has grown large enough to undergo the first change, or if the infected vampire has been directly infected by another, the host enters a state of catatonic 'death'.

Early symptoms include an aversion to light, red eye color, a propensity for raw or uncooked meat, as well as the development of allergies to silver and garlic. The process is slow, and the actual time between infection and full vampirism varies greatly from host to host. The only other means of infection are direct transmission or bodily fluids from a vampire usually through sex or bite, or by absorbing a leech egg, or being born as a blood child of a vampire. The transformation is slow, as the spores must first adapt the body to accommodate the growth of a leech. When a suitable host is detected, as the fungi appear to have some sort of sentience, they burst open, releasing a cloud of spores that are inhaled by the victim. The leeches begins its original life cycle as a fungus, formed from the rotting flesh and fats of a deceased vampire. Leeches can leave hosts in dire situations and seek out new hosts, including animals, but these can only be vampirized before death. If fed, a leech can survive without a host, but lacks high-level intelligence. The Wamphyri leeches in their true forms are small snake-like creatures, resembling worms with fangs and no eyes.

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