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Feral Vampires
posted by NotoriousRioSTAFFMOD on May 2, 2017 at 2:19 AM
Were feral vampires a plot hole in this? Vampires had supposedly lived in secrecy for hundreds of years, then they take control of American cities and then masses of uncontrolled feral vampires beginning running amok, akin to zombies of Walking Dead.
If vampires had been around for hundreds of years surely these wild feral vamps would have broken the secrecy the vamps lived under centuries ago.
Reply by Fifthfreedom
on September 4, 2017 at 12:53 AM
I think regular vampires probably controlled the feral population for hundreds of years. Only in the last 3 years after the volcano, have they let them run free.
Reply by Bobby vs Satan
on January 3, 2018 at 12:07 PM
They may even have not let them live at all so they would remain hidden. Like putting down rabid dogs if dogs could be born rabid. I thought in the show they said you would risk going Feral if you didn't feed soon after turning. What was the reasoning they gave for becoming Feral?
Reply by chrisjdel
on January 23, 2018 at 10:57 PM
They become feral from consuming animal blood instead of human. Not feeding just makes them hungry. I assume if they go too long without blood they'll starve. But if they start feeding on animals, after a while they get brain damage (or something like that). Once that happens they'll stay feral even if they take down a human. The damage is irreversible. I assume this is why there were no feral vampires before The Rising. They kept a low profile and their numbers were small. Once they started running around biting lots of people there wasn't enough human blood for everybody. They just let the feral ones run wild. I don't think the intelligent vampires care one way or the other what happens to them.