Varney the Vampire

James Malcolm Rymer and Thomas Peckett Prest's Varney the Vampire


Origin	James Malcolm Rymer and Thomas Peckett Prest
Type	Serialized novel
Effects	Teeth grow into fangs
Downsides	Will become thirsty and unable to quench thirst
Activation	possession
Section	The Library Section
Aisle	Fiction
Shelf	RYM 800.076
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James Malcolm Rymer and Thomas Peckett Prest's Varney the Vampire or the Feast of Blood is a Victorian era serialized gothic horror story. It first appeared in a series of weekly cheap pamphlets known as penny dreadfuls. The story is set in a world in the early eighteenth century with references to Napoleonic Wars and other indicators showing that the story is more contemporary. The title character of Varney was one of the first vampires with the symptoms of the first vampires. Varney has fangs, leaves two puncture wounds on the neck of victims, has hypnotic powers and has superhuman strength. Unlike other examples of vampires Varney is able to go about in daylight and has no particular fear of crosses or garlic. Able to eat human food and drinks he states they don't 'sit right' with him. Varney is also the first example of the sympathetic vampire who despises his condition but is nonetheless a slave to it. Throughout the series he attempts to kill himself several times especially after accidentally killing his son.

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Possessor gains fangs, painful and causes immense thirst.

Creature Artifacts
Vampiric	Bela Lugosi's Cape • Richard Chase's Steak Knife • Blade’s Katana • Max Schreck's Fake Teeth • John William Polidori's Bookcase • Varney the Vampire • Cassandra "Elvira" Peterson's '58 Ford Thunderbird • Peter Kurten's Skeleton Key
Canid	Peter Stumpp's Wolf Skin • Rathwire Hillfort Stone • The Hound of the Baskervilles • Sergei Prokofiev's Chess Board • Lycaon of Arcadia's Ladle • Silver Bullet • Dog Leash From the Woolworth Riots • Marie Guichon's Red Hood
Draconic	The Dragon's Pearl • Pickled Dragon • Bell from Dojo-Ji • Dragon-Fire Locket • Bronze Dragon Token • Night Fury Scale • Teapot of Kuraokami
Behemoth	Boris Karloff's Frankenstein Costume • Old Mose • Wax Crocodile • Wendigo Mask • Original Papyrus "Tale of the Doomed Prince" • Bull Summoning China Cabinet • Draugr Helmet • Fighting Bob • Slender Suit
Swarm	12th St. Street Sign and Rubble from the Algiers Motel • Wilton Ivie's Notebook • African Witch Doctor's Staff • Bronze Locust • Spider Dotaku • School of Salmon • Charles B. McVay III's Life Jacket • Shirley Jackson's Jewelry Box • Tithonus' Lyre
Parasitic	Star Jelly • Ambrose Bierce's Skull • John Doubleday's Clay Vase • Rosemary's Baby Carriage • The Troll Glass • Yi Sam-Pyeong's Clay Vase • Babylonian Battery • The Haunting of Hill House • Edward Mordake's Second Face
Doppelganger	Johann Blumhardt's Rosary • Percy Bysshe Shelley's Note to his Wife • Khasekhemwy’s Scepter • Personality Balancing Ring • Romulus and Remus' Shepard Staff • Eustache Dauger's Iron Mask • Louis the XIV's Scepter • Franz Kafka's Blanket • Marionette Doll • Carl Jung's Lamp • Tomas de Torquemada's Torch • Victorian Advent Calendar
Revenant	Crown of Minos • Old Bone • George Romero's Flashlight • George Romero's Camera • Anne Greene's Noose • Dancing Skeleton • Skeleton Key • Richard Wagner's Ring • Dana Scully's Cross Necklace • Baron Samedi's Top Hat • William Seabrook's Cookpot • Frank West's Camera • Namtar Vase • Bran the Blessed's Cauldron • Ed Gein's Shovel • Marie Laveau's Voodoo Doll • Marjorie McCall's Gold Ring • Michael Jackson's Red and Black Jacket
Demonic	Pan Twardowski's Mirror • Anton LeVey's Bible • Boston Pope Night Carts • The Dueling Fiddles • Theophilus of Adana's Contract Seal • Sock Sowachowski's Hat • James Hutton's Overcoat • Emanuel Swedenborg's Scissor-Glasses • Katie’s Security Camera
Simulacrum	Azletar • The Original Stymphalian Birds • Caucasian Eagle Automaton • The Hounds of Alcinous • Laelaps • W.D.o.R. Security card • The Japanese Nightingale • George Melies' Mechanical Fairy • Cybermen Outfits • Five Nights at Freddy's Animatronics • Bound and Stuffed Doll • Annabelle Doll • Chucky Doll • The Masakichi Statue • Homunculi
Cryptozoological	Carnal Affection Spores • Man-Eating Trees • Metaphysical Artifact Entity • Will-O'-the-Wisp • Eternal Serpent
Miscellaneous	Mary Shelley's Box Desk • The Dark Crystal • Harry Wheatcroft’s Rose • ''Cabin in the Woods'' Monster Whiteboard • Maruyama Ōkyo's Paintbrush • Preserved Head of Medusa • Book of Imaginary Beings • Kappa Shell • Viktor Oliva's "Absinthe Drinker" • Sulfuric Rock from the St. Pierre Snake Invasion • The Lion man of the Hohlenstein Stadel • Todd McFarlane's Pen • Dalek Costumes • Linda's IrisPhone • Pickens County Courthouse Window • The Heart of Frankenstein's Monster • Apophis Statuette • Charles Fort’s Newspaper Clippings • Fox Mulder's 'I Want To Believe' Poster

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