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Dhampirs are born between a union of humanoid and vampire, inheriting lesser strains of the blood curse at birth. Such matings are greatly frowned upon and shunned by society. Similar in nature, dhampirs are split into three distinct types, dependent on how they came upon their particular infection: Draculean, Croftian, and Blood Angels.

Dhampirs are unwelcome in most parts of the world, even to the point of hostility. Their parasitic nature fosters little in the way of respect and most see no distinction between them and true vampires, with little desire to learn the difference. This leads to most dhampirs being forced into a wayfaring lifestyle or exiling themselves to the shadows of civilizations. Some embrace their villainous assumption, their will not strong enough to exist within society, but many remember their past lives and retain their former empathy, choosing to remain as outcasts.

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Feral vampires, heinous and violent, fear the divine for its scouring light. All too often these creatures meet their end by radiant fire. Few, though, possess a will strong enough to subsume such power, their blood curse mutating and adapting to an infusion of divine magic so strong that it changes the course of their destiny forevermore. These creatures are known as Blood Angels: A strange, and incredibly rare, dhampir. Blood Angels are neither cured of their curse, nor beholden to it.  

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One of the more sinister mutations brought upon by the matron of the Shadowcroft, Lilith, these dhampirs are more fiend than humanoid, embracing the darkness of their condition to spread mayhem in order to satisfy their hunger. A Croftian dhampir is one of the most dangerous, as the influence of the Shadowcroft begs them to spread their curse, and it can infect any creature, blooded or not.  

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Hailing from the legendary Dracula himself, this dhampiric strain is the most common of the ilk, tossed about by vampires without concern for its hosts. Callous in nature, Draculean dhampirs can lose touch with their former selves, becoming obsessed with their own paths to ambition, possessed of an aggrandizing malediction.