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Courts:

For lack of a better term here, I'm using courts. Angelic courts are like the 'houses' your angelic type is a part of, and all types and sub types exist among the courts. There are WAY too many courts to list them here, but I'll give some examples.



Animal Courts:

The animal courts are angelics who have an affinity to and rule over the animal kingdom. The higher in the hierarchy, the more likely you are to have multiple animal affinities, the lower the more precise the affinity. It is possible to have an affinity with an animal that's extinct/never existed beyond a concept because they still have reflections in the spiritual world, and because angels have existed since the beginning of creation.



Nature Courts:

Angels who have an affinity with some part of nature. The higher up the hierarchy the more general the affinity (ie water) the lower the more specific (ie streams, or even lower a specific body of water).



Concept Courts:

These courts have affinities with general concepts. Examples would be art, war, song/dance, etc. A lot of Muses come from this group, as it only makes sense.





Your court gives you abilities beyond your type/subtype based on your affinities. For instance, say you're an incarnate healer from the animal courts (specifically canids) you might be able to generally heal, but you're better with dogs/wolves. Because of your affinity perhaps stray dogs trust you more, and those dogs everyone's scared of in the neighborhood don't bother you.



Just to mention, there are courts that go beyond the world and humanity. For example, there are celestial courts, angels who have affinities with specific celestial bodies. A lot of their abilities come from those celestial body affinities. For instance, an angel from the Court of Mars may have warlike abilities. Even a healer could be from the court of mars, and may have some combat abilities that involve non-injuring 'attacks."

1st Breakdown. What type of beings are Angelics?



Incarnates: those angels who are born into the bodies of humans. this would be where instead of a human soul, you'd have an angel soul.



Manifest: Angels manifest as humans. Though technically not human, they appear human.



Daemon: A human with a spiritual/metaphysical connection to an angel. Though not technical an angel themselves, they get their abilities from the angel they are connected with. The term Daemon here is similar to the computer term, and was used during the middle ages to represent a connected spirit which lies dormant until something causes it to awaken.



Possession: You've heard of demonic possession? Angels can do it too. Unlike a demonic possession, the soul isn't tortured during inhabitation, but experiences a sense of euphoria.



Half-Angel: Those born to one angel parent, one human parent. In the case of the angel parent, this is USUALLY an incarnate angelic, as angels in general cannot copulate. You do get cases similar to the story of Jesus, where an angel appears and causes the human to become pregnant. In these cases the human parent is ALWAYS female, as angels do not have the ability to carry a child.



You can also have some combinations:



Incarnate Manifest: an angelic who manifests as an infant in the womb and stays in human form through life. Because the angel is not technically in a human body, as with a standard incarnate, it isn't considered one, but because it is born as a "human" it "incarnates" as one.



Daemon Possesion: this is where the human for whatever reason has the inability to channel the power offered it by it's Daemon, so in times of need the Daemon takes possession of the mortal's body.





2nd thing: Sub Types



Angels all have specific purposes they were created for, as do angelics. Angelic personalities tend towards what their purpose is, as well as their powers. Listed below are the sub types I know of.



Guardians: this is what I am. Angelics meant to defend humanity from forces of evil. Unlike Saviors, they don't defend anyone specifically, they just fight back the darkness.



Saviors: Angelics who make sure mortals meant to do something important that they haven't accomplished yet. Often referred to, unwittingly, as one's "guardian angel" they are the angelics who pull you from a burning car inexplicably, and vanish into the night.



Destroyers: Angels meant to destroy the entropic, to make way for the new. What else can you say?



Watchers: angelics meant to simply watch, but never interfere. the scouts and historians of the angelic host.



Healers: Angels who heal. Not always just mortals, though this is the most commonly found kind. Some heal the land, for example.



Guides: Angels who help people emotionally and spiritually. They are the angels who inexplicably call you up when you're depressed and suicidal because they were worried about you and wanted to talk.



Muses: Angels meant to inspire humans



These types fit for Nephilim, except in the obvious cases when they'd be reversed. They are the fallen, after all, and still retain their abilities they had as angels, though often these are twisted by the time spent in the abyss.



Contrary to popular belief, Nephilim are NOT demons. Demons are the tortured souls of evil mortals. Nephilim are fallen angels, but angels none the less.



EDIT:

Slayers: Angels meant to end suffering by causing death. For the most part they just lead the souls to the land of the dead, this job fits under several other catagories, but is also it's own subdivision.

I believe a few things about Vampires.



1) I believe there are many different types of Vampires."Races" for lack of a better term, unless you want to say "Species".



Blood drinking (feed on blood)

Psychic (feed off of energy and are psychic)

Psi (feed off of energy)

Elemental (feed off of the elements and weather)

Empathic (feed off of emotions)

Sexual (feed off of sexual energy)

Tantric (feed off of a different type of sexual energy)



2) I belive that you can be either born, turned or awakened. Awakened maybe more-so towards the non-blood drinking vamps MAYBE, and definately for psychic vamps, because they would also be awakening into their psychic abillities.



3) I believe depending on what race of Vampire you are, depends on whether you're "immortal" (in other words, as long as you aren't killed you don't die), or whether you just live a little longer than normal. Longevity in certain races, near-immortality in the others. I'd say maybe some are more like humans, but that's probably just human with a blood fetish (no offense to any one who DOES have a blood fetish, BTW).



4) I believe Vampires are not allergic to garlic and silver. Can't be killed by holy water or crosses or sunlight. If they CAN, its probably race-specific.



5) If the different races get along, imagine all the different, (POWERFUL) hybrids. Made either by birth, or one species of Vampire trying to turn the other.



6) I also believe in Master Vampires. There has to be some sort of authority keeping the Vampires in check, or else they would probably already be known to main-stream society. ANd definately a Council. It only makes since.



7) I also believe Vampires can make humans half-vamp if they wanted too.



8) I believe that they can make other Vampires their...pets/human servants, for lack of a better term. Sort of mentally bind them to you through a blood/energy exchange, depending what species you so-happen to be.

The difference between Vampires and Zombies



Vampire, Vampyre, Vampir, etc.



Vampires are not the undead. The exact meaning of "undead" means a coprse that rises from the grave at night to feed.



There are many type of vampires.

Blood Drinking/Sanguine Vampires

Psychic Vampires(feeds on energy and have psychic abillities)

Psi-Vampires (feed on energy)

Elemental Vampires (feed on the elements, thunderstorms, rain, etc.)

Sexual Vampires

Tantric Vampires (a wee bit different than Sexual Vampires)

Empathic Vampires



Under each of these groups, there are what I like to call sub-races, which a variations of these main groups. What do I mean? There are simply variations, take this for example. Blood drinkers (also commonly known as Sanguine Vampires) are typically known through history as Vampires such as Dracula/Vlad Tepis. I believe that Vampires like that do exist, however, I believe they originated much farther back, if you believe in evolution, try two million years ago, if not, less. The original Vampires were not hurt by sunlight or garlic (garlic, by the way, I find really silly. I am an Elemental Vamp and I love garlic). They are not hurt by crosses or silver, and the only way to kill them, if they can be killed is to destroy their heart completely. They have extremely advanced mental capabilities, such as telepathy, telekinesis, levitation. The Ancients are strong as twenty men, and I do believe Vampires can fly, if only some races.



I also believe that other variations of these "super" Vampires, and the other main groups are close to immortal (can only be killed by the heart being destroyed, for instance), or either have an increased life-span, OR some have the same life-span as human-beings.



Vampires do not have to sleep in coffins. Vampires have souls.



Zombies.



Zombies are truly undead. Zombies do not have souls. And can be killed the ways Vampires are BELIEVED to be killed. Zombies and Ghouls are not the same thing.



Zombies can be raised by the art of necromancy, as can Ghouls. Zombies, can be killed by ONLY a stake through the heart, because you cut of the head, the other parts will still try to find you, because a Zombie is a corpse that has been re-animated by a spell or ritual. They are immune to silver and bullets.



Ghouls.



Ghouls are sort of like ghosts. Almost. Ghouls are re-animated bodies, but they are re-animated by their own, disturbed soul. Ghouls are killed by fire. Ghouls actually have SOME intelligence.



Both Zombies and Ghouls COULD walk around in they day if they wanted to (in the Zombies case, they would have to break-free of the necromancer first), but they would have to remain in the shadows, or go about on a cloudy day. They are VERY sensitive to sunlight.