Creature:Palidori

"I know not what occurs, but something dark...and horrific...stirs within the Twilight Worlds of Palidori."

- Unknown Zarbanian

The Palidori, or otherwise known as the Pureblood Vampires, the Primogenitor Vampires, and the Lords of House Palidori, are a race of creatures that rule the and are the result of a Greater Vampire splitting off from the  to create his own, private empire in Mirus. After much experimentation and spreading of their vampiric taint, the Palidori are an entire race of Vampires now, each a powerful essence user, blood-drinking warrior of the night. Their interests as Lord range from merely commanding legions of thralls and undead servants, to testing their skills in battle, but all of them are involved in some way towards the advancement of the Nighthawks.

Palidori Vampires are all, somehow, involved in the formation of the rival Households, many of the non-Palidori Vampires claiming descent and ancestry from one of the Palidori Lords of the past, and using it to justify their position of power and authority. While the Vampiric Civil War saw the Palidori's ranks reduced, and their power greatly brought down, the Purebloods still remain the strongest and most powerful of the Nighthawks' houses.

Biology
Due to the high level of Vampiric taint upon their bodies, it is difficult to understand or see what they were originally like before they began to manifest the changes form their Vampire influence. The Palidori, as a whole, are tall mammal-like reptiles, meaning they are reptiles but with mammalian features, including (Formerly) Warm-blood, breasts for feeding young, and giving birth to live young. Their bodies are covered in a smooth, amphibian skin, glossy, and usually a gray, purple, or, for the most powerful, red in coloration. They have long, sharp claws on their fingers, and, given their vampiric influence, sharp fangs from their jaws.

Palidori sustain themselves off of blood, and are highly resistant to damage and injury, though sunlight drastically weakens and can potentially kill them. They are further deeply intuned with various Essences, usually revolving around the Dark aspects of Autogenetic energy, using it to raise and control the dead, lace it in their blood to create more vampires, and other abilities that are considered otherworldly, even by Essence standards.