A new race: Vampires.

A brief biography of the Vampire race (as requested by eXeCuToR). I will refer to dates as events:
For a long time, Vampires faithfully served the Necromancers, who promised them eternal life and even the chance to regain their youth. The Necromancers delivered on this promise, but, as is often the case, one good turn deserves another. Vampires became mid-level soldiers, and those who gained experience became Higher Vampires. Among the Higher Vampires, Heroes emerged – undead counts and countesses who, in their lifetime, served as close advisors to the kings of various states, particularly the Griffin Empire and the League of Silver Cities. After the first four War of the Eclipse, where the Undead played the role of vultures, scavenging the corpses of the fallen and recruiting them through Necromancy, the Necromancers and their leader, Sandro, reached the peak of their power. Sandro left behind numerous successors, including Higher Vampires. After Sandro's death in the battle for the city of Mythgard, the Vampires realized that they were simply being used and that their peaceful future was not a priority. They took a desperate step: they created a secret cult (similar to the underground cult of Necromancy that once existed in the League), the Order of the Blood Sword. This Order gathered warriors and heroes who did not want to fight for the regular Undead army and created their own type of magic, which they called "Vampiric Sorcery." This magic was used for military purposes and, like Necromancy, involved resurrecting the dead in their own way. The Higher Vampires created several dozen secret training grounds, located in Eris, on the border with the Griffin Empire, and in the Canyon of the Living Buried. After the Fifth War of the Eclipse, after the death of King Alex, his wife Fiona came to power, and Sandro's best student, Markel, appeared. In the Griffin Empire, he was considered an important advisor to the queen, an astrologer, and a magician. No one suspected that such a respected man was a necromancer, but unfortunately, that was the truth. After Fiona's death, her brother, Godric, commander-in-chief of the Griffin army, and his nephew, Nicholas, the son of Alex and Fiona, decided to send Markel into exile for the murder of the queen, for studying Dark Arts, and for treason in the Canyon of the Living Buried. During his exile, Markel honed his skills in Necromancy and secretly destroyed the Higher Vampires' training grounds, which was very untimely for them... The activities of the Vampire Order ceased, but a prophecy remained: "When formidable demons attack Askhan for the seventh time (the Seventh War of the Eclipse), the time of the Higher Vampires will come, and the Necromancers and later all the others will fall under the pressure of those who were once considered mere soldiers." The Vampires did not want to wait that long and resorted to a cunning method: Markel, having resurrected Nicholas, ordered him to attack Irollan, and the Vampires, learning of this pleasant news, sent their agents and diplomats there with the aim of attracting Nicholas, as a Higher Vampire and former king of the Empire, to their side, but Nicholas, "blinded" by Markel's magic, refused. Soon, the secret disagreements between the Undead and the Vampire renegades (officially, the Higher Vampires called themselves that) turned into open battles. But the Vampires disappeared after many battles, and no one knows their further fate, but it is too early to relax and breathe a sigh of relief...

So, how did I let my imagination run wild?

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Yes, you really came up with some good creatures. I'm just against the race itself))) Of course, there are many vampire fans, but in the game, it would be absurd, in my opinion.

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Let's write a short biography, it's interesting to read)

I am also against the race, but I decided to give free rein to my imagination on this matter :) :) :cool:

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By the way, what about coming up with alternative creature upgrades??? ;)