Vampire (Skyrim)

Vampires are one of the enemies featured in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Vampires are afflicted with the disease Sanguinare Vampiris and can be of any race. They inhabit remote caves and ruins. They can also be found in the mountainous areas of Skyrim or in an encounter where there are vampire hunters fighting a vampire. An unwary adventurer can contract the vampirism disease when fighting them.

Appearance
With a pallid complexion, red eyes, and sharp incisors, Vampires are easily recognizable from uninfected folk. Bosmeri and Dunmeri, already possessing red eyes phenotypically, may pass unnoticed as vampires. The scales of Argonians may alter in color, also, as a result of the disease.

Stigma
Vampires are widely viewed as evil. Citizens and guards consider vampires open threats and attack anyone who reveals their vampiric identity on sight. This usually occurs when a vampire is discovered feeding or being harmed by sunlight.

Volkihar
The Volkihar vampires of eastern Skyrim live under haunted, frozen lakes and only leave their dens to feed. The vampire type you can become however, is more or less the same as the cyrodiilic tribe found in Oblivion, the difference being that the sun weakens the player instead of burning. People will also attack you at stage four vampirism on sight. Feeding, along with being a stage four vampire is actually a crime. The Vampires in Skyrim may be the Cyrodiilic tribe due the similar powers and vampirism. Their feeding habits and ability to blend in is exclusive to the Cyrodiilic clan. Movarth Piquine makes an appearance in Skyrim as a vampire, but in Immortal Blood he was bitten by a Cyrodiilic vampire. Even so, high level vampire npc's are called the Volkihar and do have a resistance to frost. It is currently unknown if it is true about phasing through the ice or it was just folklore. Vampires encountered are sometimes called Volkihar Vampire or Master Volkihar Vampire. The Volkihar's appearance is not as disturbing as other vampires, their eyes changes to black with red iris and their skin grows pale but their faces do not become bat-like or deformed.

Locations

 * Alva's House
 * Bloodlet Throne
 * Blue Palace
 * Broken Fang Cave
 * Cronvangr Cave
 * Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary
 * Fellglow Keep
 * Haemar's Shame
 * Half-Moon Mill
 * Mara's Eye Pond
 * Movarth's Lair
 * Shriekwind Bastion

Known vampires

 * Alva
 * Babette
 * Hern
 * Hert
 * Laelette
 * Movarth
 * Sybille Stentor
 * Vighar
 * Dragonborn (potentially)