History Main / DemonicVampires

* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3'': The demon Nevan has some vampiric elements in her design. She is associated with bats, has a seductive personality, and can drain the player's health.

* ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}} III'': Dreadlords are the commanders of the Burning Legion with vampiric traits, such as healing themselves and their allies by attacking in melee, sending swarms of bats against enemies or putting selected victims into unnatural sleep. They can also summon enormous burning demons to crash-land on their enemies.

* ''Literature/ThatTimeIGotReincarnatedAsASlime'': The "Bloody Lord" Roy Valentine is a powerful vampire who is counted as one of the [[MaouTheDemonKing Demon Lords]], who are associated loosely with the Red Primordial Demon (and strongest [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils True Demon Lord]]) Guy Crimson. [[spoiler:He's actually the subordinate and decoy Demon Lord to True Demon Lord "Queen of Nightmares" [[VampireMonarch Luminous Valentine]], who is the true master of the vampire race and actual peer to Guy. Ironically, his twin brother Louis Valentine works as the "[[ReligiousVampire Holy Emperor]]" of Luminous's Holy Empire that [[GodGuise worships her as a god]].]]

In addition to the aforementioned weaknesses, vampires and demons have a surprising amount in common: they're both immortal, they're both associated with [[BatOutOfHell bats]], and they both seek to collect human life forces (blood for vampires, [[YourSoulIsMine souls]] for demons). In fact, this trope is actually OlderThanTheyThink. In older myths, vampires were either [[PossessingADeadBody corpses possessed by demons]] or were demons themselves!

Vampires, as we all know, [[HolyBurnsEvil cannot bear to look at crosses or touch holy water]] ([[OurVampiresAreDifferent most of the time anyway]]). Traditionally, vampires are considered "unholy", which is probably why these weaknesses exist in the first place. So, it should be no surprise that many creators have taken this characterization to its logical conclusion. Vampires, in some way or another, are connected to another unholy, supernatural being: [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demons]].

* ComicBook/{{Purgatori}} is a demonic-looking vampire, the result of her FallenAngel blood reacting to being turned by a normal (if very ancient) vampire. She frequently interacts with the forces of Hell as well.

** This is what ''most'' Marvel vampires are at their core. Back before the [[TheGreatFlood Great Cataclysm]], [[ReligionOfEvil worshippers of Chthon (and maybe Set)]], an [[TheOldGods Elder God]] turned demon, and Earth's first EvilSorcerer, used the Chthon Scrolls (which would later become [[TomeOfEldritchLore The Darkhold]]) to turn fellow follower Varnae into the first Vampire. While multiple [[VampireVarietyPack Vampire Sects]] have been made in the following millennia, most of all have their roots in Varnae, and by extension Chthon.
** ''ComicBook/XFactor2006'': Issue #215 has Jamie and Layla investigating the death of a man who was found drained of blood with two puncture wounds in his neck. His daughter believes her stepmother to be the culprit but the killer is revealed to be a Vandella, a vampiric demon spirit that possesses people while they are asleep.

** The comic is kind of [[ContinuitySnarl all over the place with this]]. In some versions Lilith is presented as a demon, in others she's just an ordinary vampire from the planet Drakulon who associated and/or mated with demons. Usually Earth vampires are a [[VampireVarietyPack different species]]. Sometimes not.
** According to the 2014 run, vampires were born from Myth/{{Lilith}} mating with demons. The eponymous character herself is the daughter of Lilith and has all the powers of a vampire with none of their weaknesses.

* ''Fanfic/{{Queen of Blood|Sirwill}}'': Vampirism originated as a curse created by devils to lure power-hungry mortals into damning themselves when they lacked the willpower to either feed on animals or take the blood of humans without killing them.

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* In Eastern European vampire lore, vampires are souls condemned to walk the earth and drink blood for some awful sin (usually suicide, witchcraft, or heresy) and are often regarded as being animated by demons.
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* ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'': The eponymous Count himself started out as a mortal man who attended the Scholomance (basically [[Franchise/HarryPotter Hogwarts]] if it were run by the Devil). It's implied that it was through [[DealWithTheDevil Satanic]] [[EvilSorceror magic]], not a bite, that Dracula became a vampire (albeit after he died from his mortal death in the war, and resurrected as a walking undead later).

* In some accounts, the accursed first wife of Adam, Lilith, was cast out of Eden[[note]]For the cardinal sin of refusing to obey her husband Adam and to accept she was to be subordinate to him[[/note]] and assumed demonic form. Extra-Biblical folklore says that she became a demon of the night with an insatiable thirst for the blood of new mothers and their babies. In this tale, the first vampire arrived at the same time as the first humans. And an extra dimension of horror and disgust was added to this tale by the fact that Jewish practice places an absolute taboo on consuming blood.

* Myth/CelticMythology alludes to this with one of the words for vampire, "deamhan fola" (pr: DOW-an Foh-lah), which literally means "Blood demon."

* ''TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}}'': Count Strahd von Zarovich WasOnceAMan who made a DealWithTheDevil. He became the tyrannical ruler of his own demiplane (later on just one domain of many as the demiplane grew) and was referred to as "the devil Strahd".
* ''TabletopGame/TheDelversGuideToBeastWorld'': Unlike normal D&D, vampires are classified as fiends instead of undead, possessed by demons that were summoned by a club of decadent nobles centuries ago. If the host is destroyed the demon returns to the stone used to summon it and calls to the dead host's [[{{Dhampyr}} children]] to tempt them into recreating the possession ritual.

* ''Videogame/MonsterHunterRise'': Tn the expansion ''Sunbreak'', the vampiric Elder Dragon Malzeno draws its power from the Qurio, red leech-like creatures which suck blood from other Large Monsters and in turn feed the Elder Dragon (an example of symbiosis) in exchange for protection. Later in the game, the Guild finds out Malzeno wasn't the original master of the Qurio. Its real source is a massive, devilish Elder Dragon known as Gaismagorm (promptly named "the Archdemon of the Abyss"). In a nice twist to a DealWithTheDevil, Gaismagorm picked up the short stick after being defeated by Malzeno and robbed of its power source. It's only after Malzeno's death that Gaismagorm can call back the Qurio and regain its original strength.

* ''VideoGame/TouhouProject'': Vampires are considered a subtype of devils. The most prominent vampire in the series, Remilia Scarlet, is even known as the Scarlet Devil.

** The mother of Jonathan's vampire sire is [[Myth/CelticMythology The Morrigan]]. An EldritchAbomination who causes devastation by waking up, whose dreams cause literal {{Hate Plague}}s, and is the progenitor of all vampires. Not even her son truly understands what she is, and you only meet and fight a [[FightingAShadow shadow made of blood]]. Despire being able to have a full personal conversation with others, she's explicitly described as not being fully awake when doing so.

* ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' Runs the spectrum of demonic vampire association.
** Dimitri is the primary vampire character, however he transforms into a demon for some special moves.
** Morrigan and Lilith are Succubi, but their nature as such is depicted as being seductive vampires mostly, similar to Castlevania.
** Jedah is a pure demon, but his powers involve both his own blood and the blood of others. He steals people's souls, but the process of doing so is much bloodier than most depictions of soul stealing, bringing vampirism to mind.

Note, this trope is not about the stock portrayal of vampires as unholy monsters. This is for when vampires are explicitly stated or shown to have connections with literal demons, if not the Devil himself. The ReligiousVampire can be seen as the opposite of this trope, though not necessarily, given the existence of HeavensDevils. See also DragonsAreDemonic, for another mythical creature often conflated with demons. Also related is VampiricWerewolf, a hybrid that combines multiple classical monsters.

Note, this trope is not about the stock portrayal of vampires as unholy monsters. This is for when vampires are explicitly stated or shown to have connections with literal demons, if not the Devil himself. The ReligiousVampire can be seen as the opposite of this trope, though not necessarily, given the existence of HeavensDevils. See also DragonsAreDemonic, for another mythical creature often conflated with demons.

In addition to the aforementioned weaknesses, vampires and demons have a surprising amount in common: they're both immortal, they're both associated with [[BatOutOfHell bats]], and they both seek to collect human life forces (blood for vampires, [[YourSoulIsMine souls]] for demons). In fact, this trope is actually OlderThanTheyThink. In older myths, vampires were either corpses possessed by demons or were demons themselves!

Note, this trope is not about the stock portrayal of vampires as unholy monsters. This is for when vampires are explicitly stated or shown to have connections with literal demons, if not the Devil himself. The ReligiousVampire can be seen as the opposite of this trope, though not necessarily. See also DragonsAreDemonic, for another mythical creature often conflated with demons.

* Myth/CelticMythology alludes to this with one of the words for vampire, "deamhan fola", which literally means "Blood demon."

** The comic is kind of all over the place with this. In some versions Lilith is presented as a demon, in others she's just an ordinary vampire from the planet Drakulon who associated and/or mated with demons. Usually Earth vampires are a [[VampireVarietyPack different species]]. Sometimes not.

In addition to the aforementioned weaknesses, vampires and demons have a surprising amount in common: they're both immortal, they're both associated with [[BatOutOfHell bats]], and they both seek to collect human lifeforces (blood for vampires, [[YourSoulIsMine souls]] for demons). In fact, this trope is actually OlderThanTheyThink. In older myths, vampires were either corpses possessed by demons or were demons themselves!

* ''Fanfic/{{Queen of Blood|Sirwill}}'': Vampirism originated as curse created by devils to lure power-hungry mortals into damning themselves when they lacked the willpower to either feed on animals or take the blood of humans without killing them.

* ''Film/BramStokersDracula'': This version of Dracula become a vampire by renouncing God upon coming home from the Turk wars and finding that his love had taken her own life (due to the enemy sending a letter lying that they had killed him) which mean she won't get into Heaven due to her suicide. He stabs a cross which bleeds (for some reason) and drinks the blood from it, apparently as a a DealWithTheDevil, which turns him into a vampire.

* In Eastern European vampire lore, vampires are souls condemned to walk the earth and drink blood for some awful sin (usually suicide, witchcraft or heresy) and are often regarded as being animated by demons.

* ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'': The eponymous Count himself started out as a mortal man who attended the Scholomance (basically [[Franchise/HarryPotter Hogwarts]] if it were run by the Devil). It's implied that it was through [[DealWithTheDevil Satanic]] [[EvilSorceror magic]], not a bite, that Dracula became a vampire (albeit after he died from his mortal death in the war, and resurrected as an walking undead later).

** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow'': Ironically, vampires in this setting came into existence as a byproduct of an AngelicTransformation. When the founding trio of the Brotherhood of Light ascended to Heaven and became angelic beings, they left behind both their inner darkness and their physical bodies. While their good halves were transformed into Angels, their dark halves became monsters, with Carmilla in particular becoming the first vampire. However, Dracula is an entirely different monster all together. After [[ProtagonistJourneyToVillain Gabriel Belmont]] drank the blood of the Elder Vampire Laura and took the power of [[OurDemonsAreDifferent The Forgotten One]][[labelnote:*]]a demon on par with Satan, but from a different reality.[[/labelnote]] for himself, he became a vampire unlike any other. All vampires before him started out as [[BatOutOfHell monstrous Bat-like creatures]] after turning, and then become [[BishonenLine more human like]] [[StrongerWithAge as the creatures go by]]. Gabriel completely skipped this process, and even fundamentally changed the state of vampirism in its entirety.

* ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'': Alucard became a vampire when he renounced God and made a DealWithTheDevil upon death. He also has a OneWingedAngel form that can only be described as demonic.

* ''TabletopGame/CurseOfStrahd'': The titular Count Strahd von Zarovich WasOnceAMan who made a DealWithTheDevil. He became the tyrannical ruler of his own demiplane and was referred to as "the devil Strahd".

* ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'': Not long after Caine was banished and branded by God, he met Lilith who taught him magic. After partaking in a ceremony in which he drank Lilith's blood from a bowl, he was met by three angels. One by one, each angel offered Caine a chance for redemption and each time [[RedemptionRejection he rejected it]]. With each rejection both Caine and his children are given a curse by a particular angel: Michael curses Caine to fear his living flame, Raphael cursed Caine to fear and to be burned by the sun, and Uriel curses Caine to drink only blood, eat only ash, cling to the dark and to have a body so cold it freezes to the touch.

** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow'': Ironically, vampires in this setting came into existence as a byproduct of an AngelicTransformation. When the founding trio of the Brotherhood of Light ascended to Heaven and became angelic beings, they left behind both their inner darkness and their physical bodies. While their good halves were transformed into Angels, their dark halves became monsters, with Carmilla in particular becoming the first vampire. However, Dracula is an entirely different monster all together. After [[ProtagonistJourneyToVillain Gabriel Belmont]] drank the blood of the Elder Vampire Laura and took the power of [[OurDemonsAreDifferent The Forgotten One]][[labelnote:*]]a demon on par with Satan, but from a different reality.[[/labelnote]] for himself, he became a vampire unlike any other. All vampires before him started out a [[BatOutOfHell monstrous Bat-like creatures]] after turning, and then become [[BishonenLine more human like]] [[StrongerWithAge as the creatures go by]]. Gabriel completely skipped this process, and even fundamentally changed the state of vampirism in its entirety.

* ''Videogame/MonsterHunterRise'': Tn the expansion ''Sunbreak'', the vampiric Elder Dragon Malzeno draws its power from the Qurio, red leech-like creatures which suck blood from other Large Monsters and in turn feed the Elder Dragon (an example of symbiosis) in exchange for protection. Later in the game, the Guild finds out Malzeno wasn't the original master of the Qurio. ?ts real source is a massive, devilish Elder Dragon known as Gaismagorm (promptly named "the Archdemon of the Abyss"). In a nice twist to a DealWithTheDevil, Gaismagorm picked up the short stick after being defeated by Malzeno and robbed of its power source. It's only after Malzeno's death that Gaismagorm can call back the Qurio and regain its original strength.

** [[TheProtagonist Jonathan]] initially believed that when his vampire sire, [[Myth/{{Merlin}} Myrddin Wyltt]], appeared before him, he was using an apparition or an avatar to speak from afar. Only to learn that no, he's been directly speaking to him every time, face to face. Meaning he actually does look like a humanoid figure made floating pieces of glass made of blood.
** The mother of Jonathan's vampire sire is [[Myth/CelticMythology The Morrigan]]. An EldritchAbomination who causes devastation by waking up, who's dreams cause literal {{Hate Plague}}s, and is the projetinator of all vampires. Not even her son truly understands what she is, and you only meet and fight a [[FightingAShadow shadow made of blood]]. Despire being able to have a full personal conversation with others, she's explicitly described as not being fully awake when doing so.

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