Everything Makes Nothing Exist.

many goths believe is vampirism, and of course many twilight reader’s do as well.
but although vampire’s are often associated with twilight and Goth’s, legends have been going on for century’s.

for example:

In 1727 a young soldier, by the name of Arnod Paole, returned home to a village near Belgrade, after completing his service. He had enough money to but some land and a house, and though he was a wonderful neighbor, his social skills were a little less than desirable, as he always had an air of sorrow about him. He finally fell in love with a neighbor girl and they married, though his melancholia still persisted. His wife finally managed to get the reason for his sadness out of him. Arnod admitted to her that while on duty one night, in a far town, he was attacked by a creature who bit him and tried to drain his blood. He managed to fight the thing off until dawn, when the body fell lifeless and he was able to stake and burn the body to ashes. Before doing so he drank a small amount of the vampire’s blood, but being unfamiliar with the local territory, he was unable to find the vampire’s grave to extract and consume the dirt from it. Arnod told his wife that he was fearful, since he had not competed the ritual, that he would become a vampire upon his death.

Not long after his confession, a loaded wagon of hay fell on Arnod one day in the field and crushed him to death. About a month after his burial, townspeople reported seeing Arnod wandering around the village, and those whom he came in direct contact with died within a few days. After ceaseless nightly attacks, the villagers decided to raise Arnod’s body. His case was made unique in that government officials were called out to inspect the body and an official report was made of it. In attendance at the public exhumation were two military surgeons. When the sexton finally raised the coffin and pried open the lid, they found Arnod’s body, in the ground some 40 days, fresh and in a vampiric state. The sexton exclaimed over the fresh blood at his mouth, “Ah, you didn’t wipe your mouth after last night’s work.” A young attendant of the surgeons fainted at the sight. Arnod’s body, however, was staked and burned to ash, the ashes being replaced in the grave. Several others who were have believed to have died from Arnod’s attack were also exhumed and similarly reduced to ash.

However, the nightly attacks resumed some five years later, and another official investigation was conducted and many more graves were open, some being in a vampire state and others being in a normal state of decomposition. Burning the suspected vampires, and returning the others to their graves, the vamprie plague finally ceased once and for all. The report given by witnesses– military surgeons, and various officials– was sent to the highest authorities and still remains intact to this day.

but the most famous vampire, is of course Dracula based on Vlad The Impaler.
if you are extremely interested in vampires and don’t mind seeing Some incredibly gory paintings then there’s some really good documentaries on Vlad on the history channel.

vampires are often portrayed as evil blood suckers. but in the book twilight by Stephanie Meyer the main family of vampires are good vampires. and rather than sucking blood of humans, they hunt animals. and i know many vegetarian’s who think it would be better to kill the people rather than the innocent animals. Plus to through in some extra weird stuff, the vampires never grow old, and the sun makes them sparkle like a thousand diamonds. anyone who hates teenage romance novels dont read this book. it is aimed at 15 year old teenage girls who with easily fall in love with the lead man.

but if you like novels that invole high violence drama, blood, demons, vampires, werewolfs, demon hunters and the occasional stunning arrogant hunky teenage boy the i would deifnately highly recomend city of bones by Cassandra Clare. is this book there is alot of life risking drama, and many many fights with demons, vampires, and shadow hunters. its a real page turner and it does involve love triangles, and octogons. i love it

that was a rather long post.
bite me.

-R.M.