Vampyre (race)

''This page is about a race of non-player characters and attackable monsters in RuneScape. For the specific monster called "vampire", see vampire.''

Vampyres are a humanoid race. They are the dominant race of Morytania, and vampyres outside of Morytania are very rare and very weak. They live off of Human blood, and force all residents of Morytania to pay a blood tithe. Vampyres do not die of old age or natural causes.

Vampyres appear to have at least three forms: Human form (looks like a regular human, only with fangs and a sickly colour), vapour form and bat form (looks like a large batlike creature with horns). Vyrewatch also have a subhuman form, which is a cross between the two.

Location
Vampyres are most often found in the Sanguinesti Region of Morytania. Most of the vampyres found outside of that area are lesser forms, such as vampyre juveniles.

There are very few vampyres residing outside of Morytania, and the few that are have been greatly weakened.

Known vampyres outside of Morytania:


 * Count Draynor -

The owner of Draynor Manor. He rests in a coffin in the basement. He is the younger brother of Lord Drakan, the king of Morytania. Players fight him in the Vampire Slayer quest.


 * Ruantan -

A servant of Count Draynor. He helps players make a silver pot in the Desert Treasure quest. He is found in the sewers of Draynor Village, and probably used to be a Vampyre Juvinate.


 * Sinister Stranger -

A sinister fisherman whom players must defeat in the Fishing Contest quest. He denies the fact that he's a vampire, but if players put a clove of garlic up the pipe near his fishing spot, he cannot tolerate it and must switch spots.


 * There is also a vampyre in the coffin upstairs in the temple near the River Salve. Players must temporarily seal its coffin with some holy water so that Drezel can escape from his prison cell.

Types of Vampyres
There are three main classes of vampyres in Morytania:

Vampyre Juveniles
Vampyre juveniles can be damaged with any weapon, but must be killed with Guthix balance potion. The ones in Meiyerditch must be damaged with the Ivandis Rod or Flail, and killed with the Guthix Balance Potion. When potion isn't used, they'll transform into vapour form and escape.

They can be found in Vampyre Woods east to Burgh de Rott, and in Meiyerditch.

Vampyre Juveniles shouldn't be confused with Vampires who inhabit Haunted Woods, God Wars Dungeon and area between Burgh De Rott and Abandoned Mine who belong to different breed and can be damaged and killed with any weapon and weakened with Saradomin symbol.

Vampyre Juvinates
Vampyre juvinates are vampyre juveniles that joined Lord Drakan's army. They are usually stronger than vampyre juveniles, and always have special powers. It is impossible to damage them with any non silver weapons. They turn into fog and retreat unless the player binds them with an Ivandis weapon ( Rod or Flail ) and then uses a Guthix balance potion on them.

Vampyre Juvinates often do dirty work for the Vyrewatch; such as collecting blood tithes, ambushing travelers, and guarding the mines. They are located east of Burgh de Rotte, in Meiyerditch, and all over Morytania during Temple Trekking.

Vyrewatch
Vyrewatch are fully grown vampyres. They have the ability to fly and are currently immune to all known weapons, only killable using rings of recoil, the Ivandis flail, and poison (they have no dying animation when killed with methods besides the Flail). They can perfectly disguise themselves as humans whenever they want. Vyrewatch are found all over Meiyerditch, and east of Burgh De Rott during and after Legacy of Seergaze.

Notable members:


 * The Drakans -

Lord Lowerniel Vergidiyad Drakan is the ancient and powerful ruler of Morytania, but nobody has seen him in years. The day to day running of Morytania is done by his son and daughter, Ranis and Vanescula. In a Postbag from the Hedge, a letter response says that a Vampyre at its full strength can control Darkness ("turn darkness to solid form"), Corrupt peoples minds ("control the weak willed"), and draw the blood from ones body with a thought ("pull the blood from your body without even touching you"). This implies that there is an even stronger form of Vampyre than the Vyrewatch, since none of the Vyrewatch seem capable of these things.


 * Malak -

Players meet him in the Desert Treasure quest. He teaches players how to defeat the guardian of blood so that he can own more land. He once got sick when he drank blood from the citizens of Mort'ton.


 * '''Vanstrom Klause -

The main villain of the Myreque series. He is often praised by the Drakans and seems to be fourth in command.

A vampire champion of Zamorak fought in the Desert Treasure quest, and rival of Malak. His lair is in the Mort Myre Graveyard, near Castle Drakan.
 * '''Dessous -