Sometimes avoided altogether by just having a Vampire (male or female) bite and turn a pregnant woman (see Blade).ĭhampyrs are usually at high risk of being Mary Sues and/or very, very Wangsty. It is more common for the father to be the vampire in this mixed marriage, since it's universally far easier for a male vampire to impregnate a mortal woman than for a female vampire to carry a child to term, due to their dangerous unlifestyles and strict diet. Just as some cultures once believed that murderers and suicides could rise as vampires, a child born approximately nine months after the death of the father might have been accused of this.
They are also frequently portrayed as vampire hunters. Generally they have all of a vampire's powers and none of their weaknesses, or watered-down versions of both: half as strong but only uncomfortable in sunlight ( a stake to the heart is still lethal though). A subtrope of Half-Human Hybrid, a Dhampyr is a child born of a vampire and a human.
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