Vampires in Eorzea

[Balipu]

I'm really excited for more info on Amdapor/Gelmorra/ Dark side of Gridania.

WHM provides succor at the cost of draining the land's energy (back then) and then there were conjurors that uses life-force to heal people. It's not too had to believe that they used other's or the land's life force to live longer. Modern day WHM hear the Elemental's voices in their head, who's to say they cant commune with voidsent in the same manner back then.

Yeah like I mentioned on page 5, it is not out of the question for white mages to drain the lifeforce of other people to heal themselves. If you can steal abilities as well than it becomes blue magic. Vamps would fit in pretty nicely in almost any corner of Eorzea.

[Balipu]

Hmmm. Garlean Garlicks are said to ward off vampiric bats. Peculiar choice of words. This seems to suggest that vampires aren't a thing in Eorzea. Of course Ishgard has been locked off for years, so who knows what kind of creatures walk around there.

[Balipu]

I know I'm the only one who frequents this thread but in case someone checks in, I updated the OP with some clues we got with patch 2.51

[myahele]

While not quite the same as traditional vampires; succubi --to me-- are vampires in all but name. In the case of ARR they drain aether (usually tied with life force) off of people.

[Nabiri]

A while back I was looking for anything vampire related in game and found this.

http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Vampire_Plant

My thought was that it was likely named after something that exists in Eorzea :P

[Balipu]

While not quite the same as traditional vampires; succubi --to me-- are vampires in all but name. In the case of ARR they drain aether (usually tied with life force) off of people.

Yes, they are at the very least a special type of vampires. Still it would be nice to have one that I can have more meaningful interactions with.

A while back I was looking for anything vampire related in game and found this.

http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Vampire_Plant

My thought was that it was likely named after something that exists in Eorzea :P

Yes, and there is a vampire fish as well as I recall. Whatgives me pause is what I mentioned above with the Garlean Garlic. While the phrases vampire and vampiric are known to Eorzea, bats are considered more of a threat than bona fide vampires.

[fireslash]

buffy,the vampire slayer, didn't leave any .........

lets go visit the land of strife , the empire

[Balipu]

buffy,the vampire slayer, didn't leave any .........

lets go visit the land of strife , the empire

Hmmm. Minfilia does look a bit like Buffy.

So Galremald, huh? I hope Ishgard is secluded enough to preserve a few colonies, but we'll see in spring, won't we?

[DSCH]

I think some sort of Draconian vampire could work. Having a connection with Ishgard and dragons would make sense, as one of the most famous vampire names, Dracula, actually means son of the dragon.

[Balipu]

I think some sort of Draconian vampire could work. Having a connection with Ishgard and dragons would make sense, as one of the most famous vampire names, Dracula, actually means son of the dragon.

Exactly. A common misconception is that it means son of the devil, but yes, it in fact means son of the dragon. In fact I mentioned in the OP that in Final Fantasy Tactics S, the vampire class is exclusive to the Gria, a race of humanoid dragons. Or draconic humanoids. Or whatever.

Son of the dragon. Hmmmmm. Maybe the Archbishop cursed Saint Shiva for lying with dragons and for this reason some Au Ra are born as vampires. Like the Padjal and the Hyur.

Hmmmmhmmmhmmmm. Imagine a long questline involving vampires that terrorize the citizens of Ishgard only for it to be revealed at the end that the Holy See created the curse.
Oh I like this. I like this alot. Thanks for the idea.