Vampires

Vampires are a race of blood drinking supernatural creatures that were once human. They have been encountered by the Winchesters, Gordon Walker and other hunters. However it has been stated encountering a vampire is very rare as Hunters have hunted them near to extinction, although due to their ability to reproduce by transfusion, there only needs to be one for them to repopulate.

All vampires originate from the Alpha Vampire.

Characteristics
They live forever, and several depicted vampires are hundreds of years of age or older. Their diet is based strictly on blood, and while Human blood is preferred, they can survive by ingesting the blood of other animals (although one such vampire, Lenore, refers to cow blood as 'disgusting'). Vampires must keep their victims alive or their blood becomes toxic to them. Vampires can only be killed by beheading, and then, they leave behind a corpse that can be examined to find their vampire teeth.

Type of Hierarchy
Vampires are organized into nests, with eight to ten vampires residing in each, with a mate for life. The younger members of the nest typically do the hunting for their elders, bringing back humans to be fed upon for days or even weeks.

Reproduction
Vampirism is a blood-borne monster strain, spread by the ingestion of infected blood or by its direct introduction to the human blood stream. These are currently the only possible methods of infection (tactile contact with Eve is no longer possible since her death), since many hunters are seen getting splashed in the face with vampire blood without being turned. This means that the virus doesn't enter a person's system through the eyes, nose or unbroken skin. It may also mean that, in terms of ingestion, a certain quantity of the contagion is required to cause infection, considering getting splattered blood on the lips may result in some entering the mouth, becoming mixed with saliva, and winding up swallowed. These limitations are very beneficial to hunters due to the fact that killing a vampire is usually a gory and messy procedure.

Newly turned vampires are always confused and disoriented, especially while adjusting to the overwhelmingly sharp senses and sensitivity to light. Bloodlust usually sets in after, and drives the newly turned vampire into a killing spree. They then normally seek the one who changed them, known as their maker, and usually accept them as their leader. Most of the vampires shown in the series develop or are integrated into a nest or hive mentality.

Cure
Vampirism is rarely curable, with the only known cure being a ritual recorded by an ancestor of the Campbell Family of hunters. The ritual calls for the blood of the new vampire's sire, and will not work if the subject has fed on human blood. The reversion is painful, but no secondary effects are retained. At least one cured vampire has retained all of his memories before he was reverted to humanity.

Appearance
A vampire's appearance is that of a normal human. However, they all have common features, such as sharp, pointed, retractable teeth that emerge from their gums and extend beyond their human teeth. This set of fangs descend on the vampire's will, usually when about to feed, or when threatened or attacking. Some Vampires have been shown to have sharp finger nails, but nowhere near as long as the Alpha's, which are more claw like and can be made to extend at will.

Powers and Abilities

 * Super strength - All vampires possess great strength, but it is known to increase with age. All vampires are capable of lifting heavy objects and overpowering humans. Older vampires, however, can overpower their own makers and other creatures. Boris, a 600 year-old vampire demonstrated his superior strength over Dean, who was at that time a "new" vampire, by easily overpowering him.
 * Fangs - Vampires possess a set of retractable fangs. Their teeth are superhumanly strong and can rip open a human's neck and leave huge bite marks on the corpse of the victim it has fed on.
 * Super Speed - Vampires speed is greater than humans. It is possible that a vampire's speed, like their strength, increase with age.
 * Super agility - Vampires possess amazing agility. They can climb up walls and jump off buildings without hurting themselves. Vampires also have greater reflexes than humans.
 * Superhuman Senses - Vampires have extremely keen senses that are superior to those of humans. They can see in the dark, hear a human's heart beat, and possess enhanced sense of smell. A vampire can track a human's blood over long distances. John Winchester once warned Sam and Dean that, "Once a vampire has your scent, it's for life." Like their strength, their senses seem to increase with age, as Luther was able to smell Kate, while none of the younger vampires could.
 * Immortality - Vampires can potentially live forever. They can't grow old and don't acquire conventional diseases that affect humans.
 * Invulnerability - Vampires can not be killed by conventional methods, such as stab wounds or gunshots. Vampires have an extreme durability to pain. Kate was shot in the stomach with an arrow and merely sighted in anoyance, however they still react to punches and kicks in a similar manner to humans.
 * Regeneration - As long as they have enough human blood, vampires can quickly heal any wound that does not include amputation.
 * Super Stamina - Despite their hunger, Vampires don't tire easily. When turned, Dean took on an entire nest of over twenty other vampires, in a fight to the death, and emerged almost unphased.

Vulnerabilities
As with other supernatural creatures, vampires have weaknesses that hunters can exploit to defeat them.


 * Beheading - Beheading is the most commonly used method to kill vampires.
 * Dead Man's Blood - The use of blood from the recently deceased can also be used as a method to incapacitate vampires briefly.
 * Sunlight - While sunlight can hurt them, John Winchester likened it to a really bad sunburn; rather than being lethal it only causes pain to vampires. For this reason, Vampires are primarily nocturnal, and will not go out while the sun is still on the horizon. They can also find other types of light uncomfortable, as vampires have increased sensitivity to light.
 * The Colt - As it can kill almost anything, it can be used against vampires.
 * Angelic Touch - Angels can kill them without difficulty. Castiel killed Lenore by just placing his palm on her head.
 * Vamp-Tonite - Human blood with DNA altered by Leviathan corn syrup: This altered blood kills them quickly as though they have ingested a powerful acid.
 * Scent blocking mixture - a mixture of saffron, skunks, cabbage, and trillium into a fire will cover a humans scent to attack vampires. This will even cover another vampires scent. However older vampires with there stronger senses, maybe able to overcome this.

Early History
Vampires were created by Eve and were some of her very first children. The Alpha Vampire was the very first vampire and he appears to have a psychic connection with other vampires. By the year 2006, vampires had been hunted so intensively and become so rare that John Winchester had thought they were extinct.

Season 1
Daniel Elkins attracts the attention of a group of Vampires, led by Kate, who follow him home and kill him after a struggle. They take the Colt from him and Kate presents it to her mate and patriarch, Luther. The vampires live in an old barn where they capture tourists and feed on them, turning one such victim into one of their own. Their nest is invaded by the Winchesters and Kate is lured after them, only to be captured and infected with Dead Man's Blood. John Winchester uses her as a bargaining chip to force Luther to hand over the Colt, after which the vampires try to kill John and his two sons. John then shoots Luther with the Colt, proving the legend that it can kill anything. Earlier, John decapitated Hank and Dean decapitated Beau, two of the vampires, and two more were taken out with arrows soaked in Dead Man's Blood. These two are presumably later decapitated; however, Kate and the turned victim escape with their lives after Luther is killed.

Season 2
Sam is captured by a group of vampires who have sworn off human prey and have chosen to feed on cattle instead, but they are still living in fear of being hunted. Their matriarch, Lenore, wishes for Sam to go back to his brother and the hunter Gordon Walker and ward them off hunting her kin. Gordon refuses to do so, however, and discovers the nest and tortures Lenore with Dead Man's Blood to prove to the Winchesters that all vampires are monsters. Lenore resists her bloodlust despite his methods of temptation. The Winchesters turn against Gordon and free Lenore, having seen her resilience.

Season 3
A vampire called Dixon has been infecting young blonde women with vampirism in the hopes of rebuilding his lost family and repopulating the vampiric species. He converts them by feeding them his blood under the pretense that it is a recreational drug, administered either with an eyedropper or in a drink. One of the girls he has recently turned is caught and interrogated by Sam and Dean, which puts them on his trail, but the timely arrival of a vengeful Gordon prevents them from pursuing Dixon.

In a cruel twist of fate, Dixon captures Gordon and turns him into a vampire as punishment for the vampires he's killed in the past. Gordon is not a passive victim, however, and he uses his new strength to murder Dixon's girls and to escape. This drives Dixon to despair and apathy, and when the Winchesters find his lair, he admits to everything he has done. It is implied that the hunters killed him. Gordon, after escaping Dixon's lair, soon falls victim to bloodlust and feeds on human blood. He then continues his hunt for Sam by setting a trap, capturing and infecting another woman to work as a distraction and then isolating Sam so that he can attack him. Gordon underestimates Sam, however, and is subsequently decapitated with barbed wire. His victim is killed by Dean with The Colt after a struggle.

Season 4
The Winchester brothers begin their supernatural investigation by looking into a vampire attack. However, the "vampire" turns out to be a shapeshifter who disguises himself as classic horror movie monsters, including Dracula.

Season 5
Dean decapitates a vampire on the hood of the Impala, quoting: "Eat it Twilight!".

Season 6
In Limestone, Illinois, Sam and Dean investigate the disappearances of several young women. They discover that the most recent victim was obsessed with Twilight-style vampires, and that she was communicating with someone who claimed to be a vampire online. At the same time, a blood bank van is robbed. Sam and Dean go to a club called the Black Rose, the girl's last destination, and discover vampires trying to "recruit" new members. Sam kills one vampire, but lets Dean be turned by a vamp named Boris. The Winchesters return to their hotel room, and Sam calls Samuel. Dean, who is prepared to be killed by Samuel, sneaks away to bid Lisa goodbye. He is nearly overwhelmed by his hunger, but resists and returns to Sam and Samuel. Samuel surprises Dean by revealing a cure in one of his ancestor's hunting journals. In order to work, Dean must consume no human blood, and must acquire the blood of the vampire that turned him, so Dean goes to the nest of the vampires with a syringe of dead man's blood.

At the nest, a "recruiter" named Robert offers Dean blood, which he declines, and reveals that they are no longer allowed to kill people. Dean meets Boris, and tries to stab him with the dead man's blood, but Boris is too quick. Before Boris can kill Dean, all the vampires collapse, Dean included. He has a shared vision of the Alpha vampire, and perceives that the Alpha wishes to build an army. When he awakes, Dean fights the vampires in the nest. He eventually kills all the members, except one beheaded by Sam and Samuel, and acquires Boris's blood. Samuel prepares the cure and Dean drinks it. He vomits blood and passes out, but re-awakens as a human.

Samuel Campbell and his people capture the Alpha Vampire. They subdue him using an I.V. of Dead Man's Blood and attempt to interrogate him, but he is extremely resistant to pain and doesn't give Samuel any information. After Samuel leaves the room where he is being held, he is approached by Dean and Sam and he reveals to them that, though he is the first vampire, he has a mother. He also tells them that Samuel is torturing him for information about Purgatory and its location. Shortly after their conversation, he frees himself from his cage and almost manages to flee the area, but demons appear and take him away on Crowley's orders. It is revealed that Samuel has been working for Crowley, who takes Alpha Vampire to continue interrogating it about Purgatory.

Castiel brings Lenore to Bobby's house so that they can ask her for Eve's location. She is hesitant, but eventually tells them where to find Eve: in Grants Pass, Oregon. She then asks to be killed. With Eve on earth, her nest has abandoned her and returned to feeding on humans, and even she has given in to her bloodlust on one occasion. Sam and Dean try to persuade her that after Eve is destroyed things will improve, but Lenore is doubtful. Castiel places a hand on her head and kills her.

In Grants Pass, Oregon, they find Eve experimenting with creating hybrid monsters. On examination of some of the hybrids in a bar, Dean finds they have strange hybrid attributes, one creature has vampiric teeth in addition to the spike of a Wraith protruding from its wrist. Dean dubs these hybrids Jefferson Starships.

Later, The Alpha Vampire is mentioned when Crowley asks Sam and Dean to find another Alpha. Sam and Dean ask if the Alpha Vampire wasn't enough for him. It is unknown what happened after.

Season 7
Vampires return in the Season 7 episode "There Will Be Blood" after Crowley reveals to the Winchesters that the Alpha Vampire somehow escaped his prison before Castiel wiped out all the other Alphas. It's also revealed that the Alpha Vampire has made an alliance with Dick Roman and the Leviathans, and that the two races intend to jointly harvest humanity once the Leviathans have dumbed down the population with their DNA-changing food additives. In truth, however, the Leviathan have actually engineered the additive to also kill Vampires and other monsters, thus eliminating the competition for human prey. After the Winchesters expose this plot to the Alpha Vampire, as well as foil an assassination attempt by Edgar, the Alpha Vampire gives them some of his blood which is needed to kill Dick Roman.

Season 8
While in Purgatory, Dean teams up with a vampire named Benny, who feeds only on blood transfusions from the blood bank, to find a way out into earth, along with Castiel. The three make their way through Purgatory heading for a way out that Benny knows that will work for a human. Benny believes he can hitch a ride with Dean as he considers himself a former human.

In We Need To Talk About Kevin, Dean escapes from Purgatory with Benny's soul in his arm and resurrects Benny as part of their deal. The two go their separate ways, but agree that if Benny gets into trouble he can call Dean for help.

In Blood Brother, Benny goes teams up with Dean to go after his maker The Old Man. The Old Man and his former nest are vampire pirates or "vampirates" who ambush private yachts going on long journeys, drain the crew, then sink the boats. Benny fell in love with one of the people he ambushed, Andrea and left his nest for her. Consequently, was killed for it and Benny believes Andrea was killed as well. Benny wants revenge and knows his maker will come after him if he finds out Benny is alive again. Finding the nest on Prentis Island, Benny is shocked to find that Andrea has been turned into a vampire and is captured. Dean escapes and kills all of the vampires in the nest while Benny escapes with Andrea's help, kills a vampire named Sorento and confronts The Old Man who refuses to fight back. Benny kills The Old Man and is shocked to learn that instead of wanting to completely destroy the pirating operation and start a new life with him, Andrea wants to take it over herself. Benny realizes to his heartbreak that the Andrea he loved is dead and as she goes to attack him, Dean kills her from behind. Benny is left completely distraught and heartbroken and wonders why Dean brought him back when he could've pretended to help. On the mainland, Benny meets Sam and leaves, recognizing that Sam and Dean need to be alone.

In Citizen Fang, mentally-unstable hunter Martin Creaser is sent by Sam to watch over Benny who has moved to his old hometown of Carencro, Louisiana and is looking after his great-granddaughter Elizabeth, who is unaware of who he really is. After Benny leaves the cafe he works at one night, Martin stumbles across what appears to be one of Benny's victims and calls Sam and Dean in, telling them that Benny was clean up until then. Dean is insistent that it was another vampire and searches out Benny, finding him after he buries another victim. Benny claims that it is a young rogue vampire named Desmond who did it, trying to force Benny to join a nest he is creating. Dean believes Benny, but Sam and Martin do not and hunt Benny until Dean tricks Sam into leaving. Benny pretends to agree to join Desmond to learn where he is at and teams up with Dean to go after him. Benny's story is proven to be true when Desmond attacks and nearly kills Dean, but Benny kills Desmond before he can seriously harm Dean. Benny leaves town, but Martin, having become obssesed with killing Benny, takes Elizabeth hostage to force him to return. Benny willingly lays his head down to be decapitated, but turns on Martin at the last minute and kills him. Dean returns after Elizabeth calls him to find Martin dead and Benny nowhere to be found.

Shortly afterwards in Torn and Frayed, Benny calls Dean from somewhere in the Catskill Mountains and tries to explain, but Dean already knows and believes him as Elizabeth told him what happened. Dean, who has had an argument with Sam over defending Benny's actions as "self-defense," agrees to meet up with Benny for coffee after he finishes the case he is on. A few days later, there is no sign of Dean and Benny is down to one blood bag in his cooler. Dean calls to permanantly end there relationship, something Benny is understanding of, but Benny is left in a deteriorating condition with little blood and no reason not to start feeding on humans again now that Dean and Andrea are gone.

In Freaks and Geeks, a group of young hunters are killing vampires in Conway Springs, Kansas as they have supposedly killed their families. However, these vampires are revealed to have been newly turned and the true killer, Seth, is working with their mentor Victor Rogers in exchange for being left to roam free so he can create the next generation of hunters. After learning the truth, Krissy Chambers takes Seth down with darts filled with Dead Man's Blood and he is presumably killed. Seth's blood is then used to cure his latest victim who hadn't drank human blood yet and could be saved.

In Taxi Driver, while in Purgatory, Sam is attacked by a vampire and kills him with the vampire's own Purgatory Blade. After learning that Sam is stuck in Purgatory, Dean gets Benny to agree to be killed so he can go to Purgatory and lead Sam out. After escaping Hell with the soul of Bobby Singer, the two are attacked by three more vampires. Sam kills two and Benny saves Bobby and kills the other one. Benny leads the two to the portal out, but three more vampires arrive, angry that Benny is working with a Winchester again. Benny, who never intended to return to Earth, remains behind with the Purgatory Blade to hold off the vampires as Sam escapes through the portal with Bobby's soul. Benny is last seen being torn apart by the vampires as the portal closes with Sam in it.

Known Vampires

 * Alpha Vampire
 * Andrea (Deceased)
 * Beau (Deceased)
 * Benny Lafitte (Deceased)
 * Boris (Deceased)
 * Conrad (Decased)
 * Desmond (Deceased)
 * Dixon (Presumably Deceased)
 * Eli
 * Gordon Walker (Deceased)
 * Kate
 * Kristen (Presumably Deceased)
 * Lenore (Deceased)
 * Lucy (Deceased)
 * Luther (Deceased)
 * The Old Man (Deceased)
 * Robert (Deceased)
 * Dean Winchester (temporarily)
 * Jimmy Day (Deceased)
 * Seth (Presumably Deceased)

Appearances

 * Season 1
 * Dead Man’s Blood


 * Season 2
 * Bloodlust


 * Season 3
 * Fresh Blood


 * Season 5
 * Free To Be You and Me (cameo)


 * Season 6
 * Live Free or Twihard
 * Family Matters
 * Caged Heat
 * Mommy Dearest
 * The Man Who Would Be King (cameo)


 * Season 7
 * There Will Be Blood


 * Season 8
 * We Need To Talk About Kevin
 * What's Up, Tiger Mommy? (Flashback)
 * Blood Brother
 * A Little Slice of Kevin(Flashback)
 * Citizen Fang
 * Torn and Frayed
 * Freaks and Geeks
 * Taxi Driver

Lore
According to most lore, vampires subsist by feeding on the life essence (generally in the form of blood) of living creatures, regardless of whether they are undead or a living person. Although vampiric entities have been recorded in many cultures, the term "vampire" was not popularized until the early 18th century, after an influx of vampire superstition into Western Europe from areas where vampire legends were frequent, such as the Balkans and Eastern Europe. This increased level of vampire superstition in Europe led to mass hysteria and in some cases resulted in corpses actually being staked and people being accused of vampirism. Local variants of vampires were also known by different names, such as vrykolakas in Greece and strigoi in Romania.

The Vampires in Supernatural resemble original vampire folklore, such as unbale to be  replled by a cross, not supernaturally beautiful, can't be killed by sunlight, and can't be killed by a wooden stake to the heart, but could only be killed by beheading or by buring them to death. However, original vampire folklore also have vampires being repelled by garlic, iron, and can not cross a line of seeds, salt, and running water.Vampires appeared differntly in folklore then ordinary people with retractable teeth. Folklore vampires have ruddy or dark skin, bloted body, blood seeping through the mouth, long nails and grown hair, red glowing eyes, supernaturaly strong teeth, and a smell of decay. According to folklore,Vampires tradtionally sleeped in their graves and hunt at night, they would first feed on the blood of thier whole family and once it had killed them all, the vampire start to feed on other people in it's community and spreads it's curse to other and turns them into vampires as well. Folklore vampires were said to possess the power of shape shifting into many different shapes, including animals and even mist, spread diseases (with killed the victim and turned them into a vampire), great strength and agility (but only strong enough to over power victims), and were said to be sexually insationable.

Trivia

 * They have appeared as monsters of the week in Season 1 episode Dead Man's Blood, Season 2 episode Bloodlust and Season 6 episodes Live Free or Twihard and Family Matters, the Season 7 episode There Will Be Blood ,and the Season 8 episodes Blood Brother, Citizen Fang, and Freaks and Geeks. One vampire was also a recurring character in season 8.
 * Along with the demons and the ghosts, vampires are amongst the most recurring antagonists, and are the most recurring monsters in the series.