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Dhampir

Vampire Hunter D

Japanese author Hideyuki Kikuchi has written severla novels in his Vampire Hunter D series about a Dhampir called D, who travels across a war-torn land fighting against "The Nobility" (who are actually vampires).

There have been two anime based on his books. The first is an adaptation of the original novel, while the other is an adaptation of the third novel in the series. In both anime, D is referred to, both directly and indirectly, as the son of Count Dracula. Dis often wrongly referred to as being "Dunpeal". It's roots lay in Kikuchi's translation of the original word Dhampir into Danpiru for the sake of his original Japanese readers.

Slayer

Alek Knight is the dhampir anti-hero of the Slayer vampire series of novels by Karen Koehler.

He is also a skilled vampire hunter.

Dhampire: Stillborn

The protagonist of Dhampire: Stillborn, a graphic novel scripted by Nancy Collins, is a dhampir.

Saga of the Noble Dead

Another dhampir is Magiere, the female protagonist of the Saga of the Noble Dead]' which commences with the aptly-titled novel Dhampir.

In the latter case, the character begins the story with no knowledge of her ancestry and earns her living as a fake vampire-hunter as above; her discovery of the true state of affairs comes as a considerable shock.

Demon in My View

Jessica Allodola from Amelia Atwater-Rhodes's Demon in My View is a dhamphir who spent several years in suspended animation in her mother's vampiric womb.

After her mother became human again, Jessica was born as a child with a direct link to Siete, the father of all vampires.

Lost Soul

The character Nothing in the novel Lost Souls by Poppy Z. Brite is a dhampir.

Comics

Blade

Another dhampir is Blade, from the Marvel Comics book series.

He became a popular character through the Blade, movie made in 1998 and its sequels, starring Wesley Snipes as the main hybrid hero. However, instead of being the offspring of a vampire and human, Blade's mother was bitten by a vampire while she was pregnant with her baby, Eric. It should be noted that Blade is only recently depicted as a Dhampir, as the original incarnation had the same origin, but did not have Vampiric powers. Instead, he could smell things of a supernatural nature, most usually vampires. However, in Spider-Man: The Animated Series, Blade is indeed a Dhampir, a son of a Vampire and a woman, and the movie character is based, in part, on this version.

Dampir

Dampir is also the title of an Italian comic series. The protagonist is Harlan Draka, a man who prentend to be a dhampir for money in the ex-Yugoslavia, until he discovers he truly is a Dhampir: his father is Draka, one of the most powerful Masters of Night (arch-vampires).

Role-playing games

Vampire: The Masquerade

In the Vampire: The Masquerade role-playing game, a Dhampir is the child of a 15th generation Vampire and a Mortal or two 15th generation vampires.

In 1999, White Wolf introduced an end-time scenario which affected all of their game lines; included in this was the "Vampire: The Masquerade" series. In the book Time of Thin Blood, weak-blooded Western Vampires— whose blood was sufficiently distant from that of the original Vampire, Caine—lacked many standard vampiric powers and were often incapable of creating further vampires, but became capable of conceiving and birthing dhampirs.

While a Dhampir is not technically a Ghoul, a human given supernatural powers by drinking vampire blood, they have biological similarities to Revenants (ghouls that are literally bred to serve vampires). The most important differences between Dhampirs and Revenants are cultural. Revenants grow up in a freakish, monstrous subculture of Vampires and Ghouls. Only quite unusual circumstances could lead to a Revenant growing up among normal, contemporary humans. A Dhampir probably spent most of their time among normal humans. They might not even know about their supernatural heritage. Learning about the secret World of Darkness may come as a bit of a shock.

Castlevania Symphony of the night

Alucard (Real name Adrian Farenheights Tepes)

The offspring of an unatural union Count Dracula and a human woman(Lisa).Alucard possesses inhuman strength and dark magical powers.His weapon of choice is a sword and he uses a variety of them to serve his needs.He is an adept shapeshifter, commonly using the forms of wolf, bat, and mist to confuse and terrify his opponets.Alucard also relies heavily on ancient relics and magical items to perform elaborate magical attacks.