Greece

Bruculaco: Hard swollen skin and spreads plague.  He has a screaming call which is limitd to once a night, all that answer it become it's victims.  To kill it you must decapitate it and boil or burn it's head.

Callicantzaros: According to Greek legend, a child born on Christmas Day will become a Callicantzaros.  These vampires often appear in half human/half animal form.They have black skin and red-eyes.

Catacano: Spits acid-like blood at the victime to burn them.  To kill him you must decapitate it and boil it's head in vinegar or isolate it behind salt water.

Empusas: A vampiric creature from Greek mythology usually said to be in attendance to the goddess Hecate. They are described as demons, which can from time to time take human form. Their most common incarnation seems to have been in the form of a Phoenician woman.

Kathakano: These creatures, which originated in Crete, are similar to original vampires.   They can only be destroyed by chopping off their heads and boiling them in vinegar.

Keres, The: Described as dressed in red with sharp claws. They execute the commands of the Fates.   Seen hovering over battlefields drinking the blood of their victims. 

Lamia: (Ancient Greece) Servants of the witch-godess Hecate. Legend states that the first Lamia had an affair with Zeus.   When discovered by Hera, she was cursed with an inhuman predatory form with a taste for infants and unable to bear young herself.

Mormo: A vampire from Greek mythology said to be a servant of the goddess Hecate.   Considered to be a terrible denizen of the underworld.

Vyrolakos/Vrykolakas: A species of vampire found in the Adriatic and Agean regions. It is created by various  means including an immoral life. It travels in the dark and knocks upon doors, calling out       the name of someone inside, if the person responds they will die soon after. It gains further powers as it grows older.

 Vrykolatios: A vampire species found on the island of Santorini (Greece) known as "Vampire Island". They are described as fiends, which banquet, on the living.

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