Nachzehrer

A type of vampire originating from Germanic lore. Typically found in places rife with suicide, accidents, or the beginnings of mass epidemics. A slightly more superstitious origin tells of men and women whose names were not removed from their burial clothes becoming nachzehrer as well; though really, these magikin are drawn to people who were loved. Their first action after raising from the disparate magic of the grave is to devour the loved one’s family. A lesser known ability of the nachzehrer is to bring death by causing its shadow to fall upon someone. Unlike other strains of vampirism, it is not communicable by bites or scratching, as the transformation occurs after death. The only ways to kill this creature are to paralyze them, accomplished by placing a coin inside its mouth, and removing the head.