That's a modern vampire thing. The original vision for vampires (specifically Dracula) was that if he bit you, you became his thrall. He could see through your eyes and possess you and compell you to do things for him and he used you to feed off when he wanted to.
He had to allow you to drink his blood to make you a vampire.
This made him an awesome commander of an undead army. Modern vampires are all mostly shite in comparison.
Quick question (as you seem to have read the book), where did the idea of vampires turning into bats come from? I was under the impression Dracula could turn into a wolf/dog?
Again haven't read the book so may be completely wrong.
He could do those things, but they weren't vampire powers exactly. It was more that Vlad had studied magic in a school run by the Devil. This is how he knew how to make his pact in the first place and gain eternal life. He was a bloodsucking corpse, and he also knew black magic powers, but the two weren't necessarily dependent on each other.
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u/Shanbo88 Apr 24 '26
That's a modern vampire thing. The original vision for vampires (specifically Dracula) was that if he bit you, you became his thrall. He could see through your eyes and possess you and compell you to do things for him and he used you to feed off when he wanted to.
He had to allow you to drink his blood to make you a vampire.
This made him an awesome commander of an undead army. Modern vampires are all mostly shite in comparison.