History Main / Dhampyr

** They get to play around with the implications of a vampire with a human son. Connor isn't averse to many uniquely vampiric weaknesses, and so can go places and do things that Angel can't. In his first episode back from Quor-toth, Angel loses Connor when he can't follow him into the sunlight. On the other hand, Angel later has to shield Connor from gunfire.

* Dhampyrs make up a small percentage of the population of Hyperion in ''LightNovel/DaybreakOnHyperion'', descended from the original vampire lords. Most of their powers are sealed from a young age and they don't need to drink blood, but doing so does allow them to maintain a youthful appearance. However, they don't have the same regenerative powers of their vampire ancestors so they have to be selective about who they drink blood from or risk contracting blood-borne diseases.
* Vandalieu, the protagonist of ''LightNovel/TheDeathMageWhoDoesntWantAFourthTime'' is reincarnated as a Dhampir. All Dhampirs share the characteristic of having heterochromia and living three to five times as much as their mortal parent. As the son of a Dark Elf woman and a Vampire, Vandalieu is probably going to live from 3000 to 5000 years of age.

* Unsurprisingly, ''LightNovel/{{Vamp}}'' has dhampyrs, most prominently Watt, a gang leader. The dhampyrs are said to be impervious to sunlight, but overall weaker than normal vampires, incapable of ever reaching the same levels of strength.

* ''Anime/GhostSweeperMikami'' displays the character of Pietro de Blado (Pete), who is a 700-year-old half-human, half-vampire. So it makes him a dhampyr, though the word is not used in the manga. The vampire parent is, of course, the father (nothing is said about the mother!)

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* Dhampyrs make up a small percentage of the population of Hyperion in ''LightNovel/DaybreakOnHyperion'', descended from the original vampire lords. Most of their powers are sealed from a young age and they don't need to drink blood, but doing so does allow them to maintain a youthful appearance. However, they don't have the same regenerative powers of their vampire ancestors so they have to be selective about who they drink blood from or risk contracting blood-borne diseases.
* Vandalieu, the protagonist of ''LightNovel/TheDeathMageWhoDoesntWantAFourthTime'' is reincarnated as a Dhampir. All Dhampirs share the characteristic of having heterochromia and living three to five times as much as their mortal parent. As the son of a Dark Elf woman and a Vampire, Vandalieu is probably going to live from 3000 to 5000 years of age.
* Unsurprisingly, ''LightNovel/{{Vamp}}'' has dhampyrs, most prominently Watt, a gang leader. The dhampyrs are said to be impervious to sunlight, but overall weaker than normal vampires, incapable of ever reaching the same levels of strength.
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* ''Literature/LostSouls'': The character named Nothing is technically a dhampyr (vampire father, human mother). Somewhat recursive as the story implies that a dhampyr is really just a juvenile vampire.

* Alucard in ''WesternAnimation/{{Castlevania|2017}}'' is the son of Dracula and Lisa just like in the [[Franchise/{{Castlevania}} original games]]. However, he is depicted as ''superior'' to most of his kind, being stronger and '''[[SuperSpeed much]]''' faster than other vampires, and keeping their typical powers like shape-shifting and telekinesis. He is also immune to sunlight. He has more human-like traits such as crying normal tears instead of [[TearsOfBlood blood]], being able to consume garlic, and lacking long claws and {{pointy ears}}. Power-wise, Alucard significantly falls behind his father, but that is no small feat considering that Alucard can kill most normal vampires in combat effortlessly. Though with that said, in the FinalBattle two of Dracula's Vampires Generals could give Alucard trouble e.g Chō who could NoSell Alucard's speed with her [[SuperSmoke smoke powers]], and Dragoslav was [[SuperStrength strong enough]] to punch Alucard out of [[PowerFloats the air]]. Without Trevor and Sypha backing him up, Alucard might've been overwhelmed. Also, Trevor, a "[[CharlesAtlasSuperpower normal]]" human, could still match Alucard in a sword fight (even though Alucard was likely holding back against Trevor). Despite being referred to as a "vampire" by everyone, Alucard leans more towards his human side than his vampire side. Uncommonly compared to many other examples of this trope, his siring was from a pairing of [[DidYouJustRomanceCthulhu love and affection]]; he jokes that despite his highly irregular origin, he still had a better upbringing than Trevor Belmont. His rampage fight with his father through Castle Dracula ends in Alucard's childhood bedroom where Dracula [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realizes in horror]] [[OffingTheOffspring what he was intending to do]] to Alucard, and [[TragicVillain submits to Alucard staking him]].

* Alucard in ''WesternAnimation/{{Castlevania|2017}}'' is the son of Dracula and Lisa just like in the [[Franchise/{{Castlevania}} original games]]. However, he is depicted as ''superior'' to most of his kind, being stronger and '''[[SuperSpeed much]]''' faster than other vampires, and keeping their typical powers like shape-shifting and telekinesis. He is also immune to sunlight. He has more human-like traits such as crying normal tears instead of [[TearsOfBlood blood]], being able to consume garlic, and lacking long claws and {{pointy ears}}. Power-wise, Alucard significantly falls behind his father, but that is no small feat considering that Alucard can kill most normal vampires in combat effortlessly. Though with that said, in the FinalBattle two of Dracula's Vampires Generals could give Alucard trouble e.g Chō who could NoSell Alucard's speed with her [[SuperSmoke smoke powers]], and Dragoslav was [[SuperStrength strong enough]] to punch Alucard out of [[PowerFloats the air]]. Without Trevor and Sypha backing him up, Alucard might've been overwhelmed. Also, Trevor, a "[[CharlesAtlasSuperpower normal]]" human, could still match Alucard in a sword fight (even though Alucard was likely holding back against Trevor). Despite being referred to as a "vampire" by everyone, Alucard leans more towards his human side than his vampire side. Uncommonly compared to many other examples of this trope, his siring was from a pairing of love and affection; he jokes that despite his highly irregular origin, he still had a better upbringing than Trevor Belmont. His rampage fight with his father through Castle Dracula ends in Alucard's childhood bedroom where Dracula [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realizes in horror]] [[OffingTheOffspring what he was intending to do]] to Alucard, and [[TragicVillain submits to Alucard staking him]].

* Alucard in ''WesternAnimation/{{Castlevania|2017}}'' is the son of Dracula and Lisa just like in the [[Franchise/{{Castlevania}} original games]]. However, he is depicted as ''superior'' to most of his kind, being stronger and '''[[SuperSpeed much]]''' faster than other vampires, and keeping their typical powers like shape-shifting and telekinesis. He is also immune to sunlight. He has more human-like traits such as crying normal tears instead of [[TearsOfBlood blood]], being able to consume garlic, and lacking long claws and {{pointy ears}}. Power-wise, Alucard significantly falls behind his father, but that is no small feat considering that Alucard can kill most normal vampires in combat effortlessly. Though with that said, in the FinalBattle two of Dracula's Vampires Generals could give Alucard trouble e.g Chō who could NoSell Alucard's speed with her [[SuperSmoke smoke powers]], and Dragoslav was [[SuperStrength strong enough]] to punch Alucard out of [[PowerFloats the air]]. Without Trevor and Sypha backing him up, Alucard might've been overwhelmed. Also, Trevor, a "[[CharlesAtlasSuperpower normal]]" human, could still match Alucard in a sword fight (even though Alucard was likely holding back against Trevor). Despite being referred to as a "vampire" by everyone, Alucard leans more towards his human side than his vampire side. Uncommonly compared to many other examples of this trope, his siring was from a pairing of love and affection; he jokes that despite his highly irregular origin, he still had a better upbringing than Trevor Belmont, and his rampage fight with his father through Castle Dracula ends in Alucard's childhood bedroom where Dracula [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realizes in horror]] [[OffingTheOffspring what he was intending to do]] to Alucard, and [[TragicVillain submits to Alucard staking him]].

* Alucard in ''WesternAnimation/{{Castlevania|2017}}'' is the son of Dracula and Lisa just like in the [[Franchise/{{Castlevania}} original games]]. However, he is depicted as ''superior'' to most of his kind, being stronger and '''[[SuperSpeed much]]''' faster than other vampires, and keeping their typical powers like shape-shifting and telekinesis. He is also immune to sunlight. He has more human-like traits such as crying normal tears instead of [[TearsOfBlood blood]], being able to consume garlic, and lacking long claws and {{pointy ears}}. Power-wise, Alucard significantly falls behind his father, but that is no small feat considering that Alucard can kill most normal vampires in combat effortlessly. Though with that said, in the FinalBattle two of Dracula's Vampires Generals could give Alucard trouble e.g Chō who could NoSell Alucard's speed with her [[SuperSmoke smoke powers]], and Dragoslav was [[SuperStrength strong enough]] to punch Alucard out of [[PowerFloats the air]]. Without Trevor and Sypha backing him up, Alucard might've been overwhelmed. Also, Trevor, a "[[CharlesAtlasSuperpower normal]]" human, could still match Alucard in a sword fight (even though Alucard was likely holding back against Trevor). Despite being referred to as a "vampire" by everyone, Alucard leans more towards his human side than his vampire side.

A "dhampyr" is a child born of a vampire [[HalfHumanHybrid and a human]]. They are a prime example of HybridPower.

It is more common for the father to be the vampire in this mating. Not only is it easier for a male to simply do the deed and fly off whereas a female has to carry the baby to term (a huge vulnerability given their dangerous unlifestyles), but according to folklore, male vampires had far higher sex drives than their female counterparts and were often rapists who targeted human women because they were easier prey. There's also the FridgeLogic that if a female vampire is fertile, would she have the same finite number of eggs, monthly cycle, and [[MyBiologicalClockIsTicking inevitable menopause]] as a human. Sometimes the question of sexual reproduction is avoided altogether by just having a vampire (male or female) bite and turn a pregnant woman (see ''ComicBook/{{Blade}}'').

In vampire folklore, they were said to be normal humans, but would eventually become vampires after death, with the process repeating itself for generations. In modern fiction, they may have [[OneHeroHoldTheWeaksauce all of a vampire's powers and none of their weaknesses]], or watered-down versions of both: half as strong but only uncomfortable in sunlight. A stake to the heart is still lethal though — although, wouldn't a stake to the heart kill you anyway? In some instances (video games especially), [[HolyBurnsEvil holy]] objects or [[ElementalRockPaperScissors magic]] will remain a problem for them even if they are good. Dhampyrs are often {{vampire hunter}}s and [[HunterOfHisOwnKind hunters of their own kind]], with their vampire parent often being [[ArchnemesisDad at the top]] [[EvilMatriarch of the list]]. Just as some cultures once believed that murderers and suicides would rise as vampires, a child born approximately nine months after the death of the father might have been accused of this.

It is more common for the father to be the vampire in this mating since according to folklore, male vampires had far higher sex drives than their female counterparts and were often rapists who targeted human women because they were easy prey. In fiction writing, that is sometimes the case, and other times female vampires are infertile, depending on [[OurVampiresAreDifferent their degree of deadness]]. Sometimes a coupling is avoided altogether by just having a vampire (male or female) bite and turn a pregnant woman (see ''ComicBook/{{Blade}}'').

* ''Film/{{Blade}}'': The title character's mother was turned into a vampire when she was pregnant with Blade, causing him to develop into a vampire/human hybrid. He is immune to all the vampiric weaknesses, but still ages. He has super strength. His tag line is ''All the strengths, none of the weaknesses'', despite the fact he doesn't ''have'' all the strengths, and is constantly fighting his blood addiction. Though to be fair, the Thirst isn't a "weakness". It boosts his powers exponentially. Blade himself just refuses to feed on people for the most part because it makes him feel less human. A normal vampire doesn't have that moral compass.

* ''Film/Dracula2000'': Van Helsing has dedicated himself to guarding Dracula's coffin, and uses Dracula's blood to extend his life. As a result, [[LamarckWasRight he passes a psychic connection to Dracula]] onto his daughter, the protagonist Mary.

* Creator/PalladiumBooks'' ''TabletopGame/{{Nightbane}}'' has Wampyrs, which are not quite half-bloods, but rather an anomaly in creating a Secondary Vampire. Water doesn't hurt them like it does full-blooded ones, and they can tolerate Sunlight. Naturally, they're not as powerful.

* Vandalieu, the protagonist of ''LightNovel/TheDeathMageWhoDoesntWantAFourthTime'' is reincarnated as a Dhampir. All Dhampirs share the characteristic of having heterochromia and living three to five times as much as their mortal parent. As the son of a Dark Elf woman and a Vampire, Vandalieu is probably going to live from 3000 to 5000 years of age.

* Unsurprisingly, ''LightNovel/{{Vamp}}'' has dhampyrs, most prominently Watt, a gang leader. The dhampyrs are said to be impervious to sunlight, but overall weaker than normal vampires, incapable of ever reaching the same levels of strength.

* ''Literature/VampireHunterD'':
** "D" is a vampire hunter and the main character. The anime renders the word as in the first film as "Dampiel" (which isn't ''too'' far off from the actual word, and unless you're listening for it, can sound like the actual word Dhampir.), but the second film tops it by using the term "[[BlindIdiotTranslation dunpeal]]" (which only just barely resembles the term) due to [[RecursiveTranslation filtering it from English-loanword-from-Serbian to Japanese and back again]].
** At the end of the first movie, it was revealed that [[spoiler:Lamica is also a dhampyr.]]
** D also got rather upset when Left Hand teased him about Mier Link and Charlotte producing more dhampyres in the second anime film.

* ''Film/Dracula2000'': Van Helsing has dedicated himself to guarding Dracula's coffin, and uses Dracula's blood to extend his life. As a result, [[LamarckWasRight he passes a psychic connection to Dracula]] onto his daughter, the protagonist Mary.

* Averted in ''The Monster Club'', in which vampires readily crossbred with other monsters (werewolves and ghouls) and produced some weird hybrids, but apparently ''not'' with humans, who were just lunch.
* ''Grave of the Vampire'' has the child produced from a vampire raping a woman clinically dead in the womb, and, after it is born, the mother feeds him on her own blood, and keeps him out of direct sunlight. Upon adulthood, he is sensitive to sunlight and eats VERY rare steak. He also hunts down his daddy. Eventually, [[spoiler:after killing his pop-pop, he becomes, apparently, a vampire himself.]]
* ''Daughter of Darkness'' is about the eponymous woman who goes to Romania in search of her father, who is a vampire lord. Her arrival, and her heritage as a half-vampire causes a power struggle among the local bloodsuckers.

* ''Film/TalesOfAnAncientEmpire'': Kara, the child of a human father and vampire mother.
* In ''Film/EmbraceOfTheVampire2013'', Charlotte is descended from the human child born of a woman who had been turned into a vampire. This granted the female descendants of this line great powers as {{Vampire Hunter}}s.

* ''Literature/VampireHunterD'':
** "D" is a dhampyr vampire hunter and the main character. The series began in 1983 and there now well over 20 novels, short stories, and spinoffs in Japan. D is the first true dhampyr in popular fiction, being the offspring of human and vampire with all the strengths and none of the weaknesses.
** A second dhampir crops up in the sixth novel ''Pilgrimage of the Sacred and the Profane'': [[spoiler:the girl they're hired to escort is pregnant with yet another and implied to be D's half sibling to boot! Granny Viper, the badass person-finder, is revealed to be a dhampir at the end -- and her conversation shows that a Dhampir's child with a mortal still has vampiric traits]]. D's identical twin brother shows up in a later novel.
* In the short story "15 Painted Cards From A Vampire Tarot" by Creator/NeilGaiman, the Lovers Card segment features an implied dhampir birth, from a vampire mother and a human father.
* ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfVladimirTod'': Vlad Tod is the son of a vampire and a human, though he is referenced as a vampire.

* ''Lost Souls'': The character named Nothing is technically a dhampyr (vampire father, human mother). Somewhat recursive as the story implies that a dhampyr is really just a juvenile vampire.

* ''The Pine Deep Trilogy'': Mike Sweeney is the offspring of a human woman and an undead werewolf.
* ''Slayer'': Alek Knight is a vampire hunter, AntiHero, as well as being dhampyr.
* ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'':
** ''Breaking Dawn'' has [[spoiler:Renesmee Cullen, the child of Edward and human-at-the-time Bella. She's a half-vampire that shows both human and vampire traits. She is the reason for the main conflict with the BigBad at the end of the last book, and her birth is the biggest plot element for most of said book]].
** Nahuel is another Dhampyr, [[spoiler:and ends up being a major factor in stopping the BigBad]].
* In ''Literature/VampireAcademy'', Moroi vampires are able to reproduce, and this produces a dhampir if the other parent is either a human or a dhampir. Two dhampirs cannot reproduce, however. Moroi vampires have ElementalPowers but are physically weak, while the dhampir offspring are fairly close to human, albeit with increased strength and speed. The offspring of a Moroi and dhampir will always be a dhampir, even if 99.9% of their ancestry is Moroi; there is no discernible difference from the offspring of a Moroi and human. In Moroi society, the dhampirs frequently serve as bodyguards for the Moroi against the Strigoi (another kind of vampire that is far more close to the "Hollywood" vampire in that they are AlwaysChaoticEvil and "reproduce" by turning other beings into them). The main character, Rose Hathaway, is a dhampir, her mother is a dhampir and her father is a Moroi.

* ''Literature/TheSagaOfDarrenShan'' does this a bit differently, in that vampires are created when a full vampire pumps half of his/her blood into a human and pumps half of the human's blood into himself. Half vampires are created when the vampire pumps a smaller amount of blood around. Half vampires in this series do not suffer from sunlight and are stronger than humans, but weaker than full vampires. Likewise, their thirst for blood is weaker than that of full vampires, though their actual ''need'' for it is not ([[TooDumbToLive this has lead to the death of many reluctant half-vampires]]). They can become full vampires through the transfusion of more vampire blood, but given enough time, they will turn full anyhow. They also lack the extra abilities of a full vampire, such as flitting, sleeping breath, and healing saliva, and age one fifth as slow as a normal human as opposed to one-tenth as slow like a full vampire.
* ''Literature/{{Blindsight}}'':
** Vampires (which are an extinct HumanSubspecies, [[DoingInTheWizard rather than the standard undead types]]) are stated to have been able to reproduce with humans, and given that [[FossilRevival the extinct species was brought back from dormant genes in humans]], it's pretty safe to assume a fair number of early humans must have had children with them. This actually seems rather surprising given that the vampires were [[http://www.rifters.com/blindsight/vampires.htm very creepy creatures]]; among other things they were visibly inhuman, nocturnal, sociopathic loners and spent most of their time hibernating in a mummy-like state to conserve their food supply (not to mention the fact that they ''[[ImAHumanitarian ate people]]''). It's pretty hard to imagine many humans ever wanting to have a relationship with something like that; one suspects most of the human partners were [[FaceFullOfAlienWingWong less than willing]]. In fact, it is hypothesized in-universe that there used to be a virus that could turn half-vampires into full vampires, similarly to how gene therapy experiments on autistics and sociopaths accidentally ''revived'' the species. So a vampire who couldn't find a mate of his own kind (as they are extremely territorial) could breed with a human, hibernate, and find their descendants decades later and bite them.
** In a more benign instance, [[SleeperStarship deep space travelers are given vampire hibernation genes]] to save life support and reaction mass on long trips. The crew of the ''Theseus'' spends five years "undead", then returns to "life" within hours.

* In the Brazilian André Vianco's books from the ''Os Sete'' chronology (there are two different universes with different vampires), half-vampires, with all dhampyr abilities compared to usual vampires and great but not deadly discomfort at sunlight, come from a human who drank vampire blood but still didn't steal blood, and when he does he will slowly go the way to vampire, increasing both powers and weaknesses, until his heart stops beating. Apparently also, if the stolen blood (not the one from the transformation) is from a vampire with (more) supernatural abilities, like Lobo's vampire-werewolf transformation or Inverno's freeze powers, the new vampire also gets them.

* Cat, the titular Literature/NightHuntress, is the product of a vampire father and her human mother. Bones rates her as weak as the weakest vampire when they meet. After training, she is much stronger than any vampire her age, including her father. At one point Bones calls her a Master vampire, she often gets the best of Masters in straight fights, and she even flies once briefly, which is an ability exclusive to Masters. She has the strength, speed, vision, and hearing of a vampire, and can sense their power when they are nearby. She doesn't heal instantly, her sense of smell is no better, and she can't hypnotize humans unless she drugs them first. Also, Cat is not bothered by silver or sunlight. One other advantage she has is that half-vampires are incredibly rare and she still has a pulse, so vampires think she's a human and underestimate her capabilities. [[spoiler:When she becomes fully vampire, her strength increases significantly, she drinks undead blood instead of human (and temporarily absorbs special abilities from it), becomes vulnerable to silver, and gains the healing, olfactory, and hypnotizing abilities. Despite her strength, her aura is that of a young vampire, again causing her to be underestimated.]]
* Malachi, one of the central characters in the second and third books in the ''Red Moon Rising'' series by Billie Sue Mosiman.
* [[OurVampiresAreDifferent The protagonist]] of "The Lost Art Of Twilight" by Creator/ThomasLigotti, [[spoiler:born from his mother's staked corpse]], is his own, very special subset of this trope. Unlike most fictional dhampyr, however, he has very few actual powers, aside from the ability to paint bizarre abstract canvases [[BrownNote that are literally nauseating to look at]]. [[spoiler:He's also quite curious about his father's side of the family, and so invites them to visit. This being Ligotti, [[DownerEnding this doesn't]] go well for him. [[AFateWorseThanDeath At all.]]]]
* ''Literature/{{Tales of the Frog Princess}}'' has a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire, Prince Garrid. Garrid falls for and marries a real bat, Li'l. They have five kids, the one we know most about being Princess Zoe.
* Daniel Alfonz, in ''Literature/FamilyBites'' by Lisa Williams. The son of a human father and a vampire mother (who subsequently married a male vampire at her family's insistence), Daniel can't fly (not that well-brought up vampires in this universe ever do), can be seen in mirrors unless he concentrates, and has slightly less powerful senses than his relatives. He also has no craving for blood, and is actually rather squeamish about it, but has to drink some once every few weeks.
* Shori in Creator/OctaviaButler's ''Literature/{{Fledgling}}'' was designed so she could walk in daylight. She was spliced with human DNA. She also is half-black, causing more problems.
* Dhampinella from the ''Literature/MediochreQSethSeries'' is one, however the author spells it "Dhampir".
* Technically, the White Court of ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' are Dhampyres, all being the scion of a vampire and a human. They grow up like any other mortal until they get to be near their twenties, at which point their vampiric nature asserts itself. After their first kill, they become full vampires, though they can control their [[HorrorHunger Hunger]] to varying degrees. There is a way out (for the Raiths, at least) - losing their virginity to someone they share true love with kills their vampiric half.
* Dhampyrs make up a small percentage of the population of Hyperion in ''LightNovel/DaybreakOnHyperion'', descended from the original vampire lords. Most of their powers are sealed from a young age and they don't need to drink blood, but doing so does allow them to maintain a youthful appearance. However, they don't have the same regenerative powers of their vampire ancestors so they have to be selective about who they drink blood from or risk contracting blood-borne diseases.
* Vampires reproduce exclusively sexually in the ''Literature/SabinaKane'' setting, so a wide variety of these occurs. The title character is half-mage, while one of the villains of the first book is half-demon. There's also a mention early on that any human with red hair has [[UnevenHybrid a trace of vampire blood]].
* Ed'Bocaj from ''Literature/AlmostNight''. It's stated that [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires aren't supposed to be able to breed]]. But apparently, she is part of a very old prophesy. She exhibits enhanced strength, is as evil as the other vampires, and was mentally mature since birth. She also physically aged rapidly and reached physical maturation in two days.

* In ''Literature/TheNekropolisArchives'', Devona Kanti is the daughter of a vampire father and a human mother. She isn't as graceful as full vampires, her pallor isn't as white, and she is more emotional. Sunlight doesn't harm her but suppresses her vampire powers. Additionally, while vampires have no reflection at all in mirrors, Devona has a blurred and foggy reflection.
* Dhampyrs are mentioned in ''Literature/MyVampireOlderSisterAndZombieLittleSister''. They can choose to live as either a vampire or a human. If they choose the former, they can use their powers to hunt vampires, but if they are consumed by their power, they will become a full vampire. They can be born from the union of a vampire and human, or created artificially by cursing humans.
* In ''Literature/TheShadowspawn'', all living vampires are technically these, since the racially pure strain has been extinct for thousands of years. The current population has been eugenically bred from human hybrids, and even the purest still have a lot of human genetic material in them; older vampires are perhaps a quarter to half-vampire, while the purebloods are there by 75-80 % or so.
* Val from the ''Literature/ExtremeMonsters'' book series is only half-vampire due to having a human mother.
* In the book ''Literature/MorganDetectiveAgency'' set in the ''Literature/TheUnitedStatesOfMonsters'' universe. The protagonist, Ashley Morgan, is a dhampyr as is her best friend Tracy. Dhampyr are treated as property of their vampire parents and often traded or given as gifts. They have lesser versions of vampire powers and their blood is extra delicious, leading many to be eaten by their own family.
* Half-vampires in ''Literature/{{Elcenia}}'' are... problematic. Vampire biology doesn't match up with that of other species at all, so a half-vampire has a malformed semi-random mixture of the two and will be sickly their whole life, if they're even viable enough to avoid miscarriage. Vampires tend to [[MalignedMixedMarriage disapprove of mixed relationships]] as a result -- except in the case of dragons, since dragon genetics override all this.

* Palladim Books' ''Nightbane'' has Wampyrs, which are not quite half-bloods, but rather an anomaly in creating a Secondary Vampire. Water doesn't hurt them like it does full-blooded ones, and they can tolerate Sunlight. Naturally, they're not as powerful.
** The Wampyr also have an instinctive knowledge of how to kill the vampires. They're pretty much the evolutionary response to the undead and vampires will trip over themselves trying to kill them.
* As of the ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' Bestiary II, the dhampyr is both a monster race, and one of seven additional {{Player Character}} Races, being created when a fresh male Vampire impregnates a mortal, or a pregnant mortal is vampirised. They're more agile and charismatic than humans, have lowlight and Darkvision, are resistant to most diseases and poisons, live as long as Elves, and can detect true undead. On the downside they're vulnerable to light, can't channel positive energy (which makes healing a pain in the rear end), have a weakened constitution (due to having "one foot in the grave" so to speak), and suffer from an innate bloodlust, on top of the standard persecution. It's worth noting that a vast majority of dhampyr are every bit as evil as their Vampire parents; as in the case of Orcs and other recent Race options the [=PC=]s are the exception, not the rule.
** The dhampir race was further expanded on in the ''Advanced Race Guide'', and again, in much more detail, in the ''Blood of the Night'' supplement, which also touched on vampires in general. The former introduced two racial class archetypes for dhampirs while the latter introduced four heritages; alternate racial stats that varied depending on which type of vampire the dhampir had for a parent.
* Existent (and a valid PC option) but exceptionally rare in ''TabletopGame/UnhallowedMetropolis.'' There are maybe 100 of them in all of London, and although some of them are human/vampire hybrids, the majority are those who survived the vampiric infection without receiving a complete blood transfusion within a week of being infected. That's the only way for a vampire infectee to become human again -- after this point, those who die of the infection become vampires, while those who survive become dhampiri.
* While there are no playable Dhampyr in ''TabletopGame/BleakWorld'' they do appear as a hard difficulty enemy, the only thing more powerful in the vampire slayer category of the enemy list is TheChosenOne.
* The RPG ''All Of Their Strengths'' has this as one of the available race options (understandably, because the name itself is a ShoutOut to ''Blade'').

* ''[[Theatre/{{SQS}} ROMEO in the Darkness]]'' features the lingering soul of such a half-vampire, Romeo, who just wants to reach out to his human half-brother and tell him...

* One of the villains in ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' speculates that perhaps the Tohsaka Family (Rin) had a vampire somewhere in their ancestors. The only aspect of this though is an affinity to earth [[{{Mana}} Prana]] and speculation that Rin can heal from serious injuries by covering her in grave soil.

%%* [[spoiler:J.C. Summerfeild]] from ''Webcomic/ParanormalMysterySquad''.
%%* Vix from ''Webcomic/DreamScar''.

* When Jillian in ''Webcomic/{{Erfworld}}'' finally Pops her royal heir, it has Signamancy mixed with that of the Transylvitan vampires [[spoiler:courtesy of Vinny]]. Her son Albert has purple eyes, which is halfway between his mother's blue and the vampire red as well as grayish skin. He has no fangs, but he ''can'' fly like a Transylvitan. The odd thing is that Erfworlders don't actually reproduce sexually so even though he looks like [[spoiler:Vinny Doombats]] his 'father' was not actually necessary for his existence.

** A second dhampir crops up in the sixth novel ''Pilgrimage of the Sacred and the Profane'': [[spoiler: the girl they're hired to escort is pregnant with yet another and implied to be D's half sibling to boot!]]
*** [[spoiler:Granny Viper, the Badass person-finder, is revealed to be a dhampir at the end - and her conversation shows that a Dhampir's child with a mortal still has vampiric traits]]. D's identical twin brother shows up in a later novel.

* ''[[{{Literature/Bloodline2006}} Bloodline]]'' has an interesting version- while vampire men can produce children with human women, the babies are born human, and will need to be transformed into vampires later in life. However, they are implied to have better health and strength then normal humans, and it's also indicated that they may possess an innate bloodlust.

* ''[[Literature/CassandraPalmer Midnight's Daughter]]'': Dorina Basarab is a dhampyr, and as a result is prone to blacking out and going on murderous rampages.

* ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' series:
** ''Breaking Dawn'' has [[spoiler: Renesmee Cullen, the child of Edward and human-at-the-time Bella. She's a half-vampire that shows both human and vampire traits. She is the reason for the main conflict with the BigBad at the end of the last book, and her birth is the biggest plot element for most of said book.]]
** Nahuel is another Dhampyr, [[spoiler: who ends up being a major factor in stopping the Big Bad]]

* ''Literature/DemonInMyView'': [[spoiler: Jessica's mother became a vampire while pregnant, leaving the unborn Jessica in suspension for several years. After a witch converts her mother back into a human, Jessica is born looking like the daughter of the vampire sire and not her natural human parents. Because of this (and the strength of her mother's sire),]] Jessica experiences dreams about vampires, which she then writes into novels. [[spoiler: Unfortunately when the characters in her novels turn out to be real, the connection turns deadly and Jessica is eventually attacked and later becomes a fully-fledged vampire]]
** Arguably, the protagonist of another ''Nyeusigrube'' book might qualify. [[spoiler: Erin Misrahe's Disassociate Identity Disorder is brought on by an encounter with a vampire while still in the womb. Her alter is actually a psychic imprint of the vampire in question]]
* ''Literature/TheSagaOfDarrenShan'' does this a bit differently, in that vampires are created when a full vampire pumps half of his/her blood into a human and pumps half of the human's blood into himself. Half vampires are created when the vampire pumps a smaller amount of blood around. Half vampires in this series do not suffer from sunlight and are stronger than humans, but weaker than full vampires. Likewise, their thirst for blood is weaker than that of full vampires, though their actual ''need'' for it is not ([[TooDumbToLive this has lead to the death of many reluctant half-vampires]]). They can become full vampires through the transfusion of more vampire blood, but given enough time, they will turn full anyhow.
** They also lack the extra abilities of a full vampire, such as flitting, sleeping breath, and healing saliva, and age one fifth as slow as a normal human as opposed to one-tenth as slow like a full vampire.

** Vampires (which are an extinct hominid species, rather than the standard undead types) are stated to have been able to reproduce with humans, and given that the extinct species was brought back from dormant genes in humans, it's pretty safe to assume a fair number of early humans must have had children with them. This actually seems rather surprising given that the vampires were [[http://www.rifters.com/blindsight/vampires.htm very creepy creatures]]; among other things they were visibly inhuman, nocturnal, sociopathic loners and spent most of their time hibernating in a mummy-like state to conserve their food supply (not to mention the fact that they ''[[ImAHumanitarian ate people]]''). It's pretty hard to imagine many humans ever wanting to have a relationship with something like that; one suspects most of the human partners were [[FaceFullOfAlienWingWong less than willing]].\\
In fact, it is hypothesized in-universe that there used to be a virus that could turn half-vampires into full vampires, similarly to how gene therapy experiments on autistics and sociopaths accidentally ''revived'' the species. So a vampire who couldn't find a mate of his own kind (as they are extremely territorial) could breed with a human, hibernate, and find their descendants decades later and bite them.
** In a more benign instance, deep space travelers are given vampire hibernation genes to save life support and reaction mass on long trips. The crew of the ''Theseus'' spends five years "undead", then returns to "life" within hours.
* Averted in ''Literature/DirkGentlysHolisticDetectiveAgency'', where the title character was only ''claiming'' to be half-vampire on his mother's side. Or rather, vigorously and repeatedly ''[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial denying]]'' he was, to set up a fake psychic scam and rip off his college classmates.

* ''LightNovel/VampireHunterD'':

* ''LightNovel/VampireHunterD'':

* ''Webcomic/AndShineHeavenNow'' introduces a dhampyr in the final arc, [[spoiler: the boy who will grow up to become LightNovel/VampireHunterD. He believes himself to be the offspring of Integra Manga/{{Hellsing}} and [[Literature/{{Dracula}} Alucard]], but is actually the offspring of Integra and [[HasTwoMommies Seras Victoria]]]].

* In ''Literature/VampireAcademy'', Moroi vampires are able to reproduce, and this produces a dhampir if the other parent is either a human or a dhampir. Two dhampirs cannot reproduce, however. Moroi vampires have ElementalPowers but are physically weak, while the dhampir offspring are fairly close to human, albeit with increased strength and speed. In Moroi society, the dhampirs frequently serve as bodyguards for the Moroi against the Strigoi (another kind of vampire that is far more close to the "Hollywood" vampire in that they are AlwaysChaoticEvil and can only "reproduce" by turning other beings into them). The main character, Rose Hathaway, is a dhampir, her mother is a dhampir and her father is a Moroi.

* Alucard in ''WesternAnimation/{{Castlevania|2017}}'' is the son of Dracula and Lisa just like in the [[Franchise/{{Castlevania}} original games]]. However, he is depicted as ''superior'' to most of his kind, being stronger and '''[[SuperSpeed much]]''' faster than other vampires, and keeping their typical powers like shape-shifting and telekinesis. He is also immune to sunlight. He has more human-like traits such as crying normal tears instead of [[TearsOfBlood blood]] and lacking long claws and {{pointy ears}}. Power-wise, Alucard significantly falls behind his father, but that is no small feat considering that Alucard can kill most normal vampires in combat effortlessly. Though with that said, in the FinalBattle two of Dracula's Vampires Generals could give Alucard trouble e.g Chō who could NoSell Alucard's speed with her [[SuperSmoke smoke powers]], and Dragoslav was [[SuperStrength strong enough]] to punch Alucard out of [[PowerFloats the air]]. Without Trevor and Sypha backing him up, Alucard might've been overwhelmed. Also, Trevor, a "[[CharlesAtlasSuperpower normal]]" human, could still match Alucard in a sword fight (even though Alucard was likely holding back against Trevor). Despite being referred to as a "vampire" by everyone, Alucard leans more towards his human side than his vampire side.

* Dracula's daughter Sibella in ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheGhoulSchool'' is implied to be this, seeing as she has no problems roaming around in daylight but presumably remains weak to garlic (it's the one topping the pizza she orders ''doesn't'' include).

* ''Series/FirstKill'': Juliette turns out to be one, born to a Legacy vampire and her “human plaything” (who she later married and turned as well).

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* ''Series/{{Angel}}'':
** Angel's son Connor appears to be completely human as an infant, and later develops the superhuman strength, speed, fast healing and senses of a dhampyr. His body is not undead, though, so he's not as hard to kill as a vampire (who can recover from, say, being riddled with swords), though he can take a lot of punishment. He was born to two vampires (a predestined event that, until that point, [[ImmortalProcreationClause had been thought impossible]]), which makes him sort of an odd example since his parentage is fully vampire rather than half, and yet not a vampire at all as he has no fangs and doesn't need blood. Like a vampire, he registers as a part-demon to anti-demon protection spells.
** They get to play around with the implications of a vampire with a human son. Connor isn't averse to many uniquely vampiric weaknesses, and so can go places and do things that Angel can't. In his first episode back from Quor-toth, Angel loses Connor when he can't follow him into the sunlight. On the other hand, Angel later has to shield Connor from gunfire.
* ''Series/KamenRiderKiva'': Wataru, the eponymous Rider, is born to a human male and a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Fangire]] mother and fights against the Fangire. Ironically, the mother's job was to kill Fangires that fell in love with humans, presumably to prevent a dhampyr.
* Eddie Munster from sitcom ''Series/TheMunsters'' is half-vampire as he is the son of a vampiress mother and a non-vampire technically "human" father (well, made of human parts). Curiously, though, he is a werewolf.
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* ''{{Totsugami}}'': Nakiri is a quarter vampire. He has the ability to touch ghosts and he's much stronger than the average human. He doesn't seem to be as weak to sunlight compared to full-blooded vampires but he still hates to be out in the daylight.

* ''Bloody Kiss'': Kuroboshi from chapter 6.

This convention is not universal across languages. In some Slavic languages, for example, half-vampires are called ''vampirič'' (вампирич), ''vampirovič'' (вампирович), or ''vampirdžiâ'' (вампирджия).