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====Vampire Courts==== 
Largely unrelated supernatural predators that all feed off of humans parasitically. They are also called "Anthrophages", and are almost all World of Darkness style tortured edgelords on the surface and pathetic, delusional World of Darkness style jerkwads underneath.

=====The White Court of Vampires/ "Whampires"=====
Psychic vampires that inspire a specific emotion in mortals which they use as a conduit to extract their life force. Those that feed off lust can make you debilitatingly aroused whether you like it or not, and if they actually feed on you the affect is addictive. Very pale and very beautiful on the outside, but their souls are bound to a hideous demon called the Hunger, which provides longevity and super strength in return for life energy. They reproduce by having children the old fashioned way. As a rule they don't tell their kids about their heritage until they grow up and lose their virginity. Upon having sex for the first time, the dormant Hunger awakens and completely devours their partner's life force, leaving the newly awakened vampire in bed with the corpse of their lover, traumatized, terrified, and confused. The vampire parent then swoops in and tells their child of its heritage and how normal this is and that it was okay to kill the human, after all, it was only food. It's also not entirely uncommon for the parent to rape the child as a way of displaying dominance and making their child subservient (see previous statement about addictive supernatural sex). Needless to say, they all have massive psychological baggage, creating a self sustaining cycle of trauma. The only way to escape this fate is to lose one's virginity to one who is in True Love with the young vampire, as White Court Vampires are harmed by True Love (which is actually pretty fucking hard to find, and is a rather nebulous concept in the first place), a dormant Hunger will be killed by the first exposure to True Love. It's implied that feeding off lust is the "natural" Feeding method of the white court, though some individuals/families/houses will feed of fear or despair, though the choice is implied to be more preference or tradition than anything else. 

White court vampires mainly inhabit first world countries since they prefer refinement and sophistication, where they try to use their influence to create an atmosphere of zero inhibitions, zero limits, zero restraint, while paradoxically espousing self control and careful manipulation(despite claiming to be subtle and intelligent, most of them aren't particularly smart, having gotten by largely due to their innate ability to make people horny against their will) . They also have a really annoying habit of calling humans Kine, Bucks, and Does. As far as physical abilities go, White Court vampires are typically no stronger or faster than an especially healthy human in peak condition. They can, however, draw upon their Hunger to throw a canister of NoS in the system, temporarily ramping up their physical abilities to supersoldier levels and giving them improved healing, senses, and combat instincts. They won't be throwing around cars or anything, but they can go toe to toe with Black or Red Court vampires, if only for a short time. Doing this makes them really Hungry, and makes them much more vulnerable to Love. According to WoJ, the Hunger can be exorcised from an awoken Whampire by a being of sufficient power, but there wouldn't be much of the Whampire left over afterwards. Its implied that they White Court first arose in ancient Etruria, a precursor civilization to Rome. The Court is organized into a series of Houses, with the ruling body being a triumvirate composed of '''House Raith'''(Lust), '''House Malvora'''(Fear), and '''House Skavis'''(Despair) who ruthlessly jockey for power, Raith has been at the top for centuries, but as of the beginning of ''Blood Rites'' their power base has been eroding.

*'''The White King''': A rapist, murderer, billionaire, and owner of the vast majority of the american porn industry, the White King is the metaphorical(as opposed the the literal psychic manifestation) personification of squick, but wrapped up in a visually appealing package. He controls the pornography industry so he can manipulate popular conceptions of sexuality and beauty, making it easier for him and his kind to feed while making people shallow enough so that they have trouble finding True Love.

*'''Lara Raith''': the White King's eldest surviving child, she's smarter than her father, but since he regularly rapes her, completely subservient to him. In the presence of regular people, she's basically a goddess(once again, metaphorically as opposed to the literal); confident, smart, attractive, etc (but she's also kind of an evil bitch). In the presence of her father, she's cowed and submissive. You'd almost feel sorry for her if she wasn't power-hungry and dangerous.

*'''Thomas Raith''': the White King's only surviving son (he kills them when they get old enough to oppose him, since, while he's willing to rape his daughters into psychic submission, he's too picky an eater to do the same with his sons.) He's pretty bro-tier with Harry and unbeknownst to most they're secretly SPOILERS, but everyone thinks that they're just lovers (which, ironically, they aren't). He's managed to survive so far by projecting the image of an unambitious party boy (which he is to an extent because he enjoys the facade) and is quite savvy when it comes to politics. His Hunger is the second or third strongest in the White Court, meaning that he needs to feed a lot more but the power boost it provides is greater than the average whampire's.

*'''Justine''': Human thrall and the love of Thomas' life. At the beginning of the series appears to be a vapid bimbo who's just addicted to Thomas's dick (literally), she shows increasing intelligence, courage, and level-headedness as time goes on. Displays symptoms of bipolar disorder and histrionic personality disorder, but Thomas feeding on her keeps those symptoms in check. Their relationship somehow manages to be the most stable, genuine romantic pairing that hasn't progressed to marriage (purely for political reasons, Thomas can't let the rest of the Whampires know that Justine means something to him) in the entire series, despite Thomas having bang with other women to sate his Hunger, something Justine later actually participates in (the protection of True Love is removed by sex with someone you don't love, so after Justine bangs a girl, she and Thomas can have a three-way w/o her burning his flesh on contact).

*'''Madrigal Raith''': one of the White Court's many, many, many smug idiots who have fooled themselves into thinking that they're geniuses, despite the only reason for their success being their inhuman good looks. Nephew of the White King, he feeds on fear. He's incompetent, petty, and overly sure of himself.

*'''Madeline Raith''': Madrigal's sister(not that they actually care about each other) and a vacuous, short sighted, immature bitch who Lara would have offed long ago if it weren't for her inherited fortune, good looks, and political standing in the White Court.

*'''Lord Skavis''': ruler of House Skavis and known misogynist

*'''Lady Cesarina Malvora''': ruler of House Malvora

=====The Red Court of Vampires/"Rampires"=====
Mesoamerican blood sucking vampires. They can create a beautiful disguise or "flesh mask" over a [[Furry|hideous bat-like body]] (without wings), but the flesh mask combusts in direct sunlight. They are physically stronger than humans and much faster. They also pacify their prey with hypnotic eyes and narcotic saliva. They reproduce by turning people into half-vampires. The half vampire then gains an insatiable thirst for blood and super strength, but retains their human appearance and mind (well, most of it). Upon killing a human by draining their blood, the transformation completes and their strength increases (no workarounds, they have to make the deliberate choice to kill somebody by taking their blood). When they turn, they become a deluded blood addict with an unjustified god complex. They're mainly concentrated around Central and South America, where they use their connections to the cartels to benefit from human trafficking. The source of their supernatural power is the blood they have consumed, which is stored in their distended stomachs. Cutting a rampire's stomach open causes them to lose their strength and power(they also start bleeding out, which is nice). The Court is organized around  a combination of feudalism (an influence of the Spanish) and traditional Mayan and Aztec society. At the top is the '''Red King''', progenitor of their species. Below him are the '''Lords of Outer Night''', Rampires of direct Mayan descent who have been impersonating Mayan gods for millennia. Below them are the '''Dukes/Duchesses and Barons/Baronesses'''. Below them are standard initiated Rampires. Below them are half-vampire collaborators, who serve as "priests" to the upper echelons and general servants. At the bottom of the ladder are '''Los Esclavos de Sangre'''(the blood slaves), vampires who have given in completely to their blood addiction and have subsequently lost all higher mental functions and the ability to create a flesh mask, they are treated as expendable scum and vermin by the rest of the Court. Another caste that is somewhat outside the social structure is the '''Jaguar Warriors''', who are the personal soldiers and bodyguards of the Lords of Outer Night and can be both half and full Rampires. Social mobility is based on a variety of factors including control over bloodlust, age, and race(those of pure Mayan descent being favored over europeans and mestizos). Its heavily implied that the vampire Lords of Outer Night took the place of the '''actual''', divine Mayan gods, and are secretly afraid that their predecessors will return to exact divine judgement on their blasphemous asses.

*'''The Red King/Kukulkan''': Progenitor of the Red Court and maniacal despot, the Red King has been around at since the time of the Classical Maya, possibly even before. He's masqueraded as a god throughout central american history, reaping the benefits of centuries of blood sacrifice. Evil, arrogant, and (sometimes) insane. 

*'''Duchess Arianna Ortega''': The Red King's daughter (unconfirmed if that's in a biological or purely vampire sense). Sadistic, scheming, vengeful, and has a literal love-hate relationship with her husband. 

*'''Duke Paolo Ortega''': Arianna's pussywhipped husband, a former Spanish conquistador and the Red Court's main wetworks operator, Arianna married him specifically for the purpose of making him suffer for his role in toppling the Aztec Empire (which she and her kind exploited). 

*'''Bianca St.Claire''': Red Court Vampire in charge of prostitution in Chicago. Surprisingly civil for a vampire, though still willing to murder the fuck out of someone if she needs to. Is implied to have a fair bit of self hatred, being very concerned about her image and wanting to be beautiful. Still a scheming, dangerous, hateful bitch though.

*'''Esmeralda and Esteban Batiste''': The "Eebs" are a married couple of Red Court vampires and assassins. While "married" pairs of assassins are common in the Red Court, it's only because married couples attract less attention when traveling. The Eebs however are genuine lovers, on account of having complimentary insanities. They also happen to be swingers, which unnerves most of their targets when they flirt with them. They're also really short.

=====The Black Court of Vampires/"Blampires"=====
Classic "Bram Stoker's Dracula" vampires. They have all the folklore weaknesses, garlic, crosses, running water, etc. In appearance, they resemble rotting or mummified corpses so they can't pass for human without using magic to create illusions or make people ignore them. They compensate by hitting like fucking trucks, being nigh un-killable by conventional means, and being able to create more vampires extremely quickly (no half or dormant stage). The more powerful ones can walk around in sunlight  freely, like Dracula did originally. In fact, the novel "Dracula" was written as a secret guide to killing them (commissioned and financed by the White Court), as a result they are almost extinct, with the survivors being extremely good at being hard to kill (which means not popping up and making more vampires whenever they want). Most of them are hiding all over the world. The Court no longer has any formal structure and is instead divided into solitary survivors and independent cells called '''Scourges''' each headed by a Master Vampire who maintains significant mental influence over the Scourge's lesser vampires (whose level intelligence can range from normal human to mindless avatar of the Master Vampire's will), Renfields, and regular thralls. Killing the Master Vampire does not cure the vampires or the Renfields, but the regular thralls might recover with time, and the lesser vampires will be left without leadership. Blampires need to feed less often than Rampires, but their feedings tend to be more fatal and can potentially create new Blampires out of their victims' corpses, meaning that any new Scourge needs to be put down fast before it gets out of hand. WoJ is that being converted into a Blampire essentially rips out the victim's soul and replaces it with a mass of pure evil and Black Magic that merely happens to be shaped like a soul. So in a sense, once turned, a Blampire isn't really the human it was before, it may have all the memories of the person, but its really just a sentient undead construct driven by dark power.

*'''Vlad Tepes/Dracula/The Black King''': Yeah, really. Dracula. He may or may not have been the progenitor of the Black Court(WoJ is that he was the first Black Court vampire and that he created the court out of a desire to impress his dad, '''Drakul''', a being on par with Mab) it isn't really clear. It's implied that his father was a demon lord. Or possibly a dragon. Look, so far he's only gotten a couple of throwaway lines in two of the books.

*'''Mavra''': An ancient master vampire wizard and walking corpse who seems determined to have beef with Harry.
**'''"No Ear"''': Mavra's field lieutenant

*'''Renfields''': The Black Court's thralls and dumb muscle, humans who have been brainwashed into mindless killing machines. The name is taken from the character in Bram Stoker's Dracula. The process of being turned into a Renfield (being mentally tortured, mostly) is irreversible and the Renfields end up killing themselves, whigging out and going berzerk, or otherwise self destructing after a varying length of time.

=====The Jade Court of Vampires/"Jampires(?)"=====
Mentioned only once, in ''Death Masks''. WoJ is that the Jade Court is extremely secretive, but well entrenched in the Yangtze River basin in China. The leadership is even more conservative than that of the Council, being composed of Qin dynasty era isolationists who are still suspicious of the whole notion of modern China(presumably they're waiting to see if the relatively young People's Republic of China implodes like the majority of China's past governments). Fan consensus is that they're Chinese Jiangshi who feed off of their victim's ''qi''.