Physiology
Vampires change considerably after the Embrace. When a vampire is Embraced, their internal organs atrophy, and almost all their bodily fluids are replaced by blood. Vampires use blood (also called
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) for a variety of purposes; blood replaces most bodily fluids, so vampires will sweat blood and cry blood under certain circumstances. Blood is also used to get up and move; every night, vampires expend a certain amount of blood to rise.
In addition, vampires can use blood to enhance their physical attributes and use supernatural powers called
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. Blood is used to Embrace, as noted above, and also to create
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. Finally, vampires can use blood to heal damage to their bodies.
Once Embraced, vampires become immortal and are locked into a form of stasis. Apart from wounds, vampires are restored to their condition at the time of Embrace every time they rise up for the night. This physical condition eventually extends to their mindsets as well; old vampires find it very hard to learn new things. While mostly incapable of eating food, vomiting it up almost instantly, vampires who have trained to do so can hold down food for longer before they must expel it from themselves, therefore keeping their façade of
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intact. As a result, the vampire is paler and generally thinner than they were before the Embrace. Certain
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have more extreme physical changes.