Hunters
There are real hunters as well as real vampyres. These hunters are both male and female; gender does not matter. Actual hunters have only one thing in mind: too really harm the Vampyre, sometimes to even kill their prey. There are three main classes of hunters: the Religious Hunter, the Sports Hunter, and the Revenge Hunter.
The Religious Hunter
This person can be of any religion. Mostly these hunters are Christian, but there have been Jewish hunters and Moslem hunters. The Religious Hunter is convinced that the Vampyre is a servant of the Devil.
'A Spawn of Hell.' An actual demon with the power to steal souls and beguile the innocent. The religious hunter feels that killing a demon is not a sin, and truly believes that all vampyres, or those claiming to be vampyres, are pure evil.
It is not against their morals or religious convictions to kill in the name of God or to kill that which they feel is evil. They are very dangerous as they often refuse to listen to (or believe) the truth, feeling that a 'demon' always lies and is not to be trusted. They often feel it is their duty to destroy vampyres.
These people also feel there is a plot afoot by Vampyres and by the Goth movement through out the world especially in America, Germany and some other countries, that the Goth movement is a plot to corrupt the innocent of the world (i.e.: the children or other people), these hunters are also bent on targeting these people. Deprogramming, religious indoctrination and even killings are their way of dealing with this perceived threat on the morals of civilization.
The Sports Hunter
He or she, just like a hunter of small or large animals, hunts for sport. The thrill of the chase; and the thrill of the kill. Because the sport hunter loves the hunt as much as the conquest, this hunter will often warn his prey, the Vampyre, of his intentions to harm or kill it. In that way he knows the Vampyre will be alert to the threat and offer him a better and more interesting hunt. He knows the Vampyre to be as dangerous a prey as any large or small animal and he or she knows the Vampyre will do all that is necessary to defend itself and protect its friends and family.
So, mostly the hunter will warn the Vampyre either be declaring who he or she is and challenging the Vampyre, or by stalking it first, doing small things like harassing it and stalking it to let it know he or she is there. In some rare occasions, a sport hunter will just attack the Vampyre with no warning but that is not likely.
The sport hunter hunts for sport, to be matched and to have the thrill of a dangerous situation. If he or she really feels superior to his or her prey, he or she will let them know who he or she is and what he intends. If not, the hunter then stalks and tries to use psychology to unnerve his or her prey. The religious hunter is often more silent in his intent for he or she believes the Vampyre to possess supernatural powers and gives no warning most of the time.
The Revenge Hunter
This is a person who hunts to avenge someone he or she knows; it could be either a Vampyre or a human.
Example 1: A hunter killed a Vampyre and a friend of the Vampyre went after this hunter.
Example 2: The Vampyre killed a hunter and that hunter's friend went forth to hunt his or her friend's killer.
Anyone who hunts to even a score is a revenge hunter.
There is also a third kind of hunter, but we cannot actually say this is a true hunter.
This is the Vampyre itself. Hunting other vampyres, usually for criminal reasons. This hunter is the Vampyre 'policeman.' It is his or her job to track down, bring to justice or destroy the criminal Vampyre, the rogue Vampyre who breaks the laws of his or her Vampyre order or community. These Vampyre hunters deal only with other vampyres. Their laws are very harsh for those who break the rules.
Inheritors can usually pick up on a hunter; most Classical and other race designations, unless the individual is very psychic, cannot do so. Hunters are usually good computer hackers or detectives and can successfully trick certain agencies or organizations into giving out an address or phone number. Most hunters mean to do harm, or really kill, that which they hunt. Caution should be taken for every threat. However, many are just playing, role playing or pretending. So you need not totally panic at every threat.
