Druggan

Druggans are a type of human adversary within the novel ''Dark Blaze. ''They are human slaves and servants to strigoic overlords and serve them loyally, either out of sheer fear or the promise of becoming a sired strigoi in time, unknown to, or ignorant of, the risk of being transformed into a ghoul.

Druggans go by other names too, such as vamp-lovers, thralls, race-traitors and drudges.

The most prominent of druggans within Dark Blaze are those which the Klyki use as their body doubles, such as Russian military leaders and the Romanov Family. Finch-Ellis revealed that the head of the druggans for the Klyki was Grigori Rasputin.

Background:
Darryl M. Finch-Ellis desired human servants and slaves to the strigoic creatures, similar to Renfield and the gypsies from Dracula and the familiars from Blade.

Having human slaves and servants would make it much easier for the strigoii's operations to continue into the days, as well as the sense that some humans would work for strigoii with the promise of becoming strigoii themselves.

Origins:
Druggans have been around since Vlad III Drăculești forced humans into his servitude. After the supreme-strigoii were birthed and matured, they took this tradition of having druggans to aid them during their daylight activities, as well as helping them infiltrate areas through community leaders and politicians, so that the strigoii could continue their secret lifestyles in relative peace.

Characteristics:
Druggans are just regular people, however, they are usually branded by their masters and have a branding burned somewhere onto their skin.

Appearances:
Various druggans are seen within Dark Blaze.

Powers & Abilities:

 * Knowledge of strigoic underworld.

Weaknesses:

 * Being human, anything can harm or kill them.

Trivia:

 * Druggans is an uncommon name for the slaves of the undead, which is why Darryl M. Finch-Ellis chose the name.
 * Originally, the druggans were called dhampirs, however, Finch-Ellis changed this as he discovered that a dhampir is half-human and half-vampire, and was unsure whether or not he would include such a creature in the later instalments of Dark Blaze.
 * The druggans were inspired by Renfield and the gypsies from Dracula and the familiars in Blade.