Nosferatus

"No matter how you use it as your weapon, no matter how you convert it in your little piece of work, the Blackness still the very essence of Ara Astaroth. Even if you turn it in your weapon, no matter what you do, nothing will erase Ara's Blood from it. No matter what becomes of it, Ara still exist deep inside of it. It's Black Blood which neither consecrated host, not holy water, nor crucifixes have any affect on. Soon or later, Ara will take over your body and control it... Foolish idiot... You just destroyed yourself by thinking you could control Ara's very essence. Only two people can control it and give orders to it; Ara's bloodline; Ara Astaroth herself and her son, Tomas Sev."

- Vira mocking the Black King for attempting control the Blackness



The Nosferatus are demonic entites, supernatural undead beings that feed on the life essence of humans- most commonly, blood and are the only race of demons able to control the the Blackness once it recognized them as its Master or Mistress, however, only two people were able to control it--the creator and her son in the entire history. Ara Astaroth and her son, Tomas Sev, were the only Nosferatus of history that had total control over the Blackness.

Nosferatus have typical demonic traits such as sharp fangs and a hunger for blood and souls. They are harmed by sunlight, although powerful Nosferatus, such as Ara Astaroth, are mostly resistant to such weaknesses.

Overview
The most notable initial ability of true Nosferatus is their ability to transform their opposite-gender virgin victims into their offspring. Attempts to convert non-virgins or virgins of the same gender will result in the creation of a ghoul. In the case of a successful blood exchange, the virgin party, or "fledgling", will enter the first stage of demonic. While lacking the higher-level powers of the "master" Nosferatus, they still possess superhuman powers and a psychic connection with their master. They will also have the traditional weaknesses of demons, such as varying sensitivity to sunlight. As with their masters, upon the consumption of a human's blood of their own will, the restrictions imposed upon the fledgling vanish and further abilities are unlocked, completing the transition to "true undead" status.

Nosferatus use a host of powers regarded as unholy to prey upon humans and accrue power. Additionally, Nosferatus classically are purported to have a high pain threshold and a measure of enhanced strength. Agelessness from the point of infection and a need to sleep in a cursed coffin or a hellish catacomb or in contact with the soil of one's birthplace are also noted.

Even with these special characteristics, though, there are certain common characteristics and weaknesses. Elongated fangs and red eyes are amongst the most obvious indication, as is the thirst for human blood. They have an inability to cross large bodies of water without means of external locomotion. "Holy" symbols, materials and relics are often treated as highly dangerous. Silver, particularly, is lethal to most of them. Blessed silver is even worse and may inflict extensive damage depending upon the blessings of the material and strength of the Nosferatus target.

The heart is often presented as a weak spot for a Nosferatus, and thus is a popular target against them. Potent religious artifacts are able to imbue a strong holy aura in weaponry to make it incredibly deadly against Nosferatus, and presumably other "unholy" creatures. This is the main reason why the Iscariot Section XIII was so feared by Ara Astaroth and the Revelation of Qliphoth.

Ara's Bloodline
One of Ara's abilities in her bloodline include a "third eye" capable of focusing images, allowing for superior targeting and the destruction of illusions, along with abilities typical to deons on par if not exceeding every other example thus seen. The control of solid shadows is also indicative of this bloodline, to the point it allows for extended flight if used correctly.

In addition, even the feeding is likely to be unique for this bloodline. While other Nosferatus turn their opposite sex virgin victims to vampires and their same-sex or non-virgin ones to ghouls, Ara and Tomas have the ability of summoning their victims' souls as a form of independent familiar. These souls can even contain the victim's original personality (like it happened with Pip Bernadotte and Luke Valentine). It is not clear whether it is a decision of the vampire to keep the soul in the original state, or if it takes time for the soul to lose its characteristics, or other unexplained factors.

Consuming a Nosferatus's blood
This methods only works with intelligent sentient living beings such as humans, Spirits, Angels, Demons, ExKriegs, Abyssals and other intelligent alien races.
 * Has to be virgin; - the person needs to be a virgin and don't have any sexual relationship in his or her life
 * Must drink the Nosferatus' blood; - the person needs to consume the blood of the Nosferatus
 * Must be from the opposite sex; - the person needs to from the opposite sex, if consumed by the same sex, this person will become a ghoul

Sexual relationship

 * Like aforementioned, the person must be virgin before having an actual sexual relationship with the Nosferatus. Through the Nosferatus' hormones, the person will become a natural Nosferatus
 * Must be from opposite sex; - like aforementioned, the person needs to be from different genres, otherwise, the mortal if faded to become a ghoul as well

Bite

 * Must be bite by the Nosferatus; - the person needs to be bitten by the Nosferatus according to his or her free will
 * Must be virgin; - again, the person must be virgin

Natural Birth

 * The most natural of them all, the natural birth is the offspring of the Nosferatus. Doing so, the infant is already going to be born as a Nosferatus

Known Nosferatus

 * Ara Astaroth - Creator and Empress of the Blackness
 * Tomas Sev - Prince of the Blcknes
 * Future B1-Killer Kampfdroide Unit-CM 130 - highly considered to be King of the Blackness for having a physical sexual relationship with Ara

1 - Silver and blessed weapons
Most demons, as well as ghouls and werewolves, are susceptible to injuries caused by weapons containing silver, such as bullets or blades, or even coming in contact with it. Blessed weapons and holy artifacts are also extremely harmful to them. The exact requirements and effects of various blessed and/or silver-alloyed weapons are not explained.

2 - Impaling
Nosferatus can be dispatched through impaling the heart if this Nosferatus didn't drink any human blood to steal his or her life essence.

3 - Blood dependency
Nosferatus must take in blood in order to maintain their power. Even Ara was reduced to a corpse-like state during her hibernation over many years after the First Industrial Revolution.

4 - Bodies of Water
Nosferatus cannot cross open bodies of water, which are implicated to be fatal to them.

5 - Daylight
Some Nosferatus, usually lesser ones, are harmed to some extent by daylight.

6 - Other weaknesses
The usual legendary methods of defeating a Nosferatus are mentioned including "Garlic, Holy Water, and Wooden Stakes". Most of these weaknesses are shown to be possible to build a resistance to or overcome completely given enough time and maturity into the Nosferatus role, daylight being a prime example of a weakness that Ara and Tomas are both able to overcome.