* Also called werewolves, war-wolds.

* Each possesses the Instinct, an inner guiding force, like a voice whispering in one’s mind.

* Enemies of the Vampire Horde.

THE VAMPIRES

* Two warring factions, the Horde and the For-bearer Army.

* Each vampire seeks his Bride, his eternal wife, and walks as the living dead until he finds her.

* A Bride will render his body fully alive, giving him breath and making his heart beat, a process known as blooding.

* Tracing is teleporting, the vampires’ means of travel. A vampire can only trace to destinations he’s previously been or to those he can see.

* The Fallen are vampires who have killed by drinking a victim to death. Distinguished by their red eyes.

THE HORDE

“In the first chaos of the Lore, a brotherhood of vampires dominated by relying on their cold nature, worship of logic, and absence of mercy. They sprang from the harsh steppes of Dacia and migrated to Russia, though some say a secret enclave, the Daci, live in Dacia still.”

* The Fallen comprise their ranks.

THE FORBEARERS

“…his crown stolen, Kristoff, the rightful Horde king, stalked the battlefields of antiquity seeking the strongest, most valiant human warriors as they died, earning him the name of Gravewalker. He offered eternal life in exchange for eternal fealty to him and his growing army.”

* An army of vampires consisting of turned humans who do not drink blood directly from the flesh.

* Kristoff was raised as a human and then lived among them. He and his army know little of the Lore.

THE HOUSE OF WITCHES

“…immortal possessors of magical talents, practitioners of good and evil.”