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Vampires*
To start, a vampire is indeed a human being sired by another vampire. The first vampire is described in great detail within the Voynich manuscript, the illustrations are bewildering and misleading distractions from the actual content of the text. Lilith, a washwoman in the Euphrates river delta, managed to choke out a djinn, who in turn was required to grant her three wishes. She demanded immortal life and beauty and the ability to preserve whomever she liked. The djinn cursed her to the life of a dark-dwelling carnivore. The vampire has some limitations: it cannot enter a house if uninvited, it reveres and despises the Cross, the Crescent, and the Star of David, and of course its fatal weakness towards natural sunlight.
This author recommends avoiding the vampire at all costs, but if this becomes an impossibility, a vampire can be killed, albeit with some difficulty.
Not surprisingly, the most well-known method of slaying a vampire is the most impractical. Their fangs (which can extend to at least five inches off the jaw) rip flesh as quickly as a lion or wolf's, and they possess more stamina and holding power than either. If possible, one can sever the head of a vampire (thus destroying it) with a well-placed shot from a high-powered rifle or a scattergun. The .700 Nitro express is an effective caliber, if possible, avail yourself the advantage of a Le Mat revolver. Its lower barrel will turn any organic matter to a fine paste.
The vampire should in turn become dust. This powder is an effective deterrent against further vampires if rubbed into the skin. Do not, in any case, attempt to "wait out the clock" till dawn. A vampire will do anything to survive the coming sunlight, including dig a hole through the earth with its teeth. Do not speak with it, or look into it's eyes- a silver pupil so fine you can see white in it, so tragic and beautiful that you burn to yield to it.. as said, never look into it's eyes.
