Vampire Roleplaying
David Artsmith - The vampire is a strange character. Originally a demon that haunted the nightmares of little children, it has grown up into a sophisticated and intriguing part of our imaginative collective.
In order to write any decent piece of literature you have to start with character. Compelling individuals are the most important part of any tale. They are the reason for the story and the vehicle for the action. When writing about vampires, it is important for the author to try and get inside of the psychology of these creatures. Undertstanding immortality, and murder as a hunter, are vital parts of the vampires perspective.
The vampire is a dichotomy of elegance and danger. They are born in violence, being taken into the dark covenant by another of their kind. Whatever particular details may exist, the vampire's birth is always painful, and it always involves blood.
Yet this birth is the gateway to a whole new world; a world of power and immortality. One thing that almost all vampire tales have in common is the power of the beast.
So the birth of this creature is the death of the prone mortal, the weakness, the overpowering by a greater being. And yet in this process the person is reborn into a new, much more powerful existence.
In some vampires this could cause them to reject their old humanity, to hate it, to turn away from all things mortal. This is a way of choosing strength over defficiency. When you add this to the murderous nature of the vampire beast, you often illicet a negative reaction in humans.
On the other hand, many vampires go through a second emotional rejection, hating what they have become and longing for the simple life of mortality that they have left behind. The dichotomy of these two desires can tear apart a vampires soul, if they still possess one.
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