| The idea of the vampire as a creature in literature and | | | | of the victim, and then replacing it with their own blood, |
| media is one which is actually a lot broader than | | | | either through feeding it to them, or through some sort |
| people think. The term vampire can be applied to aliens | | | | of transfusion. |
| that drink human blood, demons that walk the earth, or | | | | Another method for becoming a vampire is to use |
| genetically altered people with an aversion to the sun, | | | | some sort of a spell, or some magical means. In this |
| as well as the traditional undead walker of the night. | | | | method the power of the spell alters the human being, |
| Each of these types of vampires have something in | | | | giving them all of the traditional characteristics of a |
| common with the traditional archetype, and usually | | | | vampire. However depending on the spell, those |
| blood is an integral key to the character, but the other | | | | characteristics can be accentuated or changed in a |
| characteristics of these creatures can be as wide | | | | variety of ways. |
| ranging as the imagination of their creator. | | | | Possession is another popular method for turning an |
| The method by which a vampire is created is tied in to | | | | otherwise normal human into a vampire. In this method |
| what kind of vampire the creature will actually become. | | | | a demon, or some other spirit, inhabits the body of the |
| A traditional model has a vampire biting a victim, with | | | | human, changing their physiology from the inside to |
| the bite turning the victim into something just like them. | | | | match that of the vampire that they will become. |
| This can be caused from virus, transfusion of blood, or | | | | As you can see there are a wide variety of methods |
| some sort of magical means. | | | | for becoming a vampire, and each one results in a |
| A variation on this has the vampire drinking the blood | | | | very different type of creature being created. |