A baseline human infected with HMHVV. Victims are typically thin and pale and suffer from chronic essence loss which can only be stemmed by draining the essence of others - most often through a blood-link. Those not outright killed in the transfer often find themselves sharing the vampire's affliction. Most vampires display a number of powers including enhanced senses, immunity to age, poison, and disease, the ability to turn into a mist, and rapid regeneration of damaged tissues. Vampires also express a severe allergy to sunlight and/or other substances, depending on the individual vampire's background. Like other sufferers of the virus, vampires are able to pass the infection on to others.
Though extremely rare, other metahuman subtypes have been reported as suffering from this expression of the disease. Though the claims have, thusfar, proven very difficult to substantiate.