Khayman was one of the oldest vampires at nearly 6,000 years old, he appears in very few of the books in the series, but was nevertheless considered a powerful force among their number.
Eric Northman - born around the year 870 and turned into a vampire around the year 900, Eric Northman is over 1,000 years old. He's an ancient vampire who was born in Scandinavia to a King and Queen.
But Dracula wasn't the first vampire in English literature, let alone the first to stalk England. The vampire first made its way into English literature in John Polidori's 1819 short story “The Vampyre”.
Jure Grando Alilović or Giure Grando (1579–1656) was a villager from the region of Istria (in modern-day Croatia) who may have been the first real person described as a vampire in historical records. He was referred to as a strigoi, štrigon, or štrigun, a local word for something resembling a vampire and a warlock.
Maacah is believed to be the patron god of vampires. While no one really knows the specifics of his origins we do, however, know this: he was the first of his kind. The patriarch of Vampires.
When Damon was turned into a vampire, he was 25 years old, and since The Vampire Diaries seemingly takes place in real time - therefore, beginning in 2009 - that means Damon was 170 years old when the series started; he was 178 years old when the show ended.
They live immortal lifespans, despite these weaknesses, and it is fairly common for a vampire to be centuries old, although they still slowly age; a vampire who is six hundred years old may appear as a middle-aged breather would. They are naturally nocturnal beings, and will typically sleep by dawn.
Henrik was the youngest sibling and child of the Original family. Henrik was killed after he and Klaus went to watch the men in the village transition from humans to werewolves. Because of this, Klaus during that time had felt an extreme amount of guilt and responsibility for Henrik's death.
The vampires who have been called Originals are: Mikael, Finn, Elijah, Klaus, Kol and Rebekah. The Originals are legendary throughout the supernatural world, especially amongst witches and vampires due to the fact that they have walked the Earth for over a thousand years.
All The Mikaelson Children Were Vampires
Of the seven Mikaelson children, only five became vampires: Finn, Elijah, Klaus, Kol, and Rebekah.
Despite the occurrence of vampiric creatures in these ancient civilizations, the folklore for the entity known today as the vampire originates almost exclusively from early 18th-century southeastern Europe, when verbal traditions of many ethnic groups of the region were recorded and published.
The level of strength in vampire depends on their age and their diet - consuming human blood regularly makes them stronger than those that consume animal blood. Even transitioning vampires, have been shown to be several times stronger than they were before they turned.
There are three types of real vampires: sanguinarian, psychic, and hybrids.
How long would the vamp need for a decent feed before it could retreat to the safety of the night? According to physics students at the University of Leicester, around 6.4 minutes.
Immortality: Klaus is an Original vampire/hybrid. He is capable of living forever without physically aging. Although he physically looks like someone in their 20's, he is actually over 1,000 years old.
Elijah was born between October 977 to early 978 making him at most 24. Klaus is about 3-4 years younger and according to a s2 flashback on tvd he was possibly born around March (but that could be ignored) making him at most 20, since if Elijah is 24 he would have just turned so.
In "The Vampire Diaries," lead Elena Gilbert (Nina Dobrev) was 17 at the start of the series, while vampire brothers Stefan (Paul Wesley) and Damon Salvatore (Ian Somerhalder) were 162 and 169 years old, respectively (as the show explains within the first season).
vampiress (plural vampiresses) A female vampire. A female vampire is called a vampiress.
William H. Marshall's Mamuwalde was the first black vampire to appear in film.
The Originals, a spin-off of The Vampire Diaries, centers on three of the Mikaelson siblings: Klaus (Joseph Morgan), Elijah (Daniel Gillies), and Rebekah (Claire Holt). The Mikaelson family are also commonly known as "the Originals" due to the fact that they are the first vampires ever to exist.
Physiology. Born vampires age like normal humans and require both ordinary food and blood to survive. They have fangs and some vampire abilities, such as enhanced speed, agility and senses, but to a lesser degree than a full vampire.
In the world of Twilight, vampire women are unable to get pregnant because their body can not change to hold a fetus. But men are apparently able to get human women pregnant.
Vampires are often depicted as being repelled by garlic, running water, or Christian implements such as crucifixes and holy water.
According to biblical scholars, alukah can mean "blood-lusting monster" or vampire. Alukah is first referred to in Proverbs 30 of the Bible (Prov. 30:15). The most detailed description of the alukah appears in Sefer Chasidim, where the creature is understood to be a living human being, but can shape-change into a wolf.