Sired Strigoi

Sired Strigoii are a type of undead creature within the novel ''Dark Blaze. ''Even though they are powerful creatures in their own right, they are the weakest of the strigoic classes.

Sired strigoii were once human who had been bitten and infected with strigoium by any strigoi, and not transformed into ghouls instead.

Usually, sired strigoii are used as muscle for the strigoic factions found across the world. Some sired strigoii, however, have managed to gain high positions, such as Oda Nobunaga being the chief advisor of the Kuran Chi, and Edith Voivode being the Grandmistress of the Thule before her death.

Background:
Darryl M. Finch-Ellis wanted to differentiate the children of the supreme-strigoii and those who were transformed into strigoii through bites. He found this to be the most logical route to take.

Origins:
Technically, the first sired strigoii are the brood-mother strigoii who Vlad III Drăculești had sired to spore children, however, due to the brood-mothers being sired by Vlad and not his children or grandchildren, there is a difference in the purity of the strigoium and lack of dilution.

Characteristics:
Sired strigoii are the weakest of the strigoic classes, and as such are easier to defeat than their superiors. Those who are sired will find themselves overpowered by weaker foes more than they would admit.

Due to being sired, they are thoroughly dependant on their sires. They require blood daily, and without blood they will wither away and die. Although they could survive on non-human blood, it would make them much weaker and they would need this type of blood more regularly. Sunlight kills those sired much quicker than first-class and supreme-strigoii.

Appearances:
Most of the strigoii seen within Dark Blaze are sired strigoii.

Powers & Abilities:

 * Increased speed.
 * Increased strength.
 * Increased hearing.
 * Increased sense of smell.
 * Increased durability.
 * Immortal.
 * Sexual persuasion over humans.

Weaknesses:

 * Holy water.
 * Fire.
 * Silver.
 * Cast-iron.
 * Palo Santo.
 * Mountain Ash.
 * Chloroform.
 * Direct sunlight.
 * Lack of blood.

Trivia:

 * By the end of Dark Blaze all the sired strigoii are either dead or their fates are unknown.
 * Darryl M. Finch-Ellis wanted strigoii that were similar to those who Dracula had bitten in Bram Stoker's classic novel.
 * Oda Nobunaga, Edith Voivode, Wojciech Majecki, Dean Cuthbert and Rajko Bobek are sired strigoii who had made up the rankings to various degrees of success.