![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The process is slow, and the actual time between infection and full vampirism varies greatly from host to host. The only other means of infection are direct transmission or bodily fluids from a vampire usually through sex or bite, or by absorbing a leech egg, or being born as a blood child of a vampire. The transformation is slow, as the spores must first adapt the body to accommodate the growth of a leech. When a suitable host is detected, as the fungi appear to have some sort of sentience, they burst open, releasing a cloud of spores that are inhaled by the victim. The leeches begins its original life cycle as a fungus, formed from the rotting flesh and fats of a deceased vampire. Leeches can leave hosts in dire situations and seek out new hosts, including animals, but these can only be vampirized before death. If fed, a leech can survive without a host, but lacks high-level intelligence. The Wamphyri leeches in their true forms are small snake-like creatures, resembling worms with fangs and no eyes. ![]()
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