Ever wonder what keeps the vampire from eating and fighting each other off... well heres the rules of a vampire...
The Laws of the Vampires
ONE
That each coven must have its leader and only he might order the working of the Dark Trick upon a mortal, seeing that the methods and the rituals were properly observed.
TWO
That the Dark Gifts must never be given to the crippled, the maimed, to children, or to those who cannot, even with the Dark Powers survive on their own. Be it further understood that all mortals who would receive the Dark Gifts should be beautiful in person so that the insult to God might be greater when the trick is done.
THREE
That never should an old vampire work this magic lest the blood of the fledgling be too strong. For all our gifts increase naturally with age and the old ones have too much strength to pass on. Injury, burning -- these catastrophes, if they do not destroy the Child of Satan will only increase his powers when he is healed. Yet Satan guards the flock from the powers of old ones, for almost all, without exception go mad.
In this particular, let Armand observe that there was no vampire then living who was more than 300 years old. No one alive then could remember the first Roman coven. The devil frequently calls his vampires home.
But let Armand understand here also that the effect of the Dark Trick is unpredictable, even when passed on by the very young vampire and with all due care. For reasons no one knows, some mortals when Born to Darkness become as powerful as Titans, others may be no more than corpses that move. That is why mortals must be chosen with skill. Those with great passion and indominatable will should be avoided as well as those who have none.
FOUR
That no vampire may ever destroy another vampire, except the coven master who has the power of life and death over all of his flock. And it is further his obligation to lead the old ones and the mad ones into the fire when they can no longer serve Satan as they should. It is his obligation to destroy all vampires who are not properly made. It is his obligation to destroy all those who are so badly wounded that they cannot survive on their own. And it is his obligation finally to seek the destruction of all outcasts and all those who have broken these laws.
FIVE
That no vampire shall ever reveal his true nature to a mortal and let the mortal live. No vampire must ever reveal the history of the vampires to a mortal and let the mortal live. No vampire must commit to writing the history of the vampires or any true knowledge of vampires lest such a history be found by mortals and believed. And a vampire's name must never be known to mortals, save from his tombstone, and never must any vampire reveal to mortals the location of his or any other vampire's lair.
Taken from The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice
Ever Tried to think about the way vampires do things and if they reproduce... well heres a little bit that you might like to hear..
Reproduction
In this term the Dhampir in modern folklore refers to the offspring of a vampire and a human mate , traditionally a male vampire mating with a human female. This offspring was normally male. The Dhampir was thought to have special qualities. He could sense where vampires hid themselves from the world , and the ability to be a superb vampire hunter. This would passed down geneticaly to hid offspring , thought to have lasted many generations. AAlso the terms Incubus and Succbus refer to the vampires who perform a sexual attack upon their intended victims , and it was likely theses types of vampires who produced offspring.
Blood
Blood has been a symbol of life since ancient times. The blood in our veins has always been inconic of our continuing life. To lose too much blood is to lose consciousness , breath and our very lives. If a person or animal is already dead and is cut open , the blood will not flow. Blood only flows within the living. Blood has been used throughout the centuries as a ceremonial sacrifice. In Pagan times they worshipped their gods with blood sacrifice. Even in modern day , churches , taking holy communion or the Eucharist , drinking of the wine that symbolizes christ's blood.
It is approprite , that this creature who is an antithesis of both death and life should gain his or her strength from feeding from the life's blood of humans. For the Vampire , the drinking of blood is its life.
The scientific nature of the man progressed , he began to abandon God in favour of logic and reason. As the nineteenth century came to a end and the twentieth century was born, so came the vampire literature. Scientific reasoning was appiled in an attempt to justify the vampiric need for blood.