by The violent pacifist » Sat Apr 28, 2012 5:05 pm
Vampires:
True vampires: (Only accepting Cannon true vampires at the moment)
The term "true vampire" is used in the Hellsing series to define vampires created naturally through exchange of blood between a vampire and a human virgin of the opposite gender. Attempts to convert non-virgins or virgins of the same gender will result in the creation of a ghoul. In the case of a successful blood exchange, the virgin party, or "fledging", will enter the first stage of vampirism.
While lacking the higher-level powers of the "master", they still possess superhuman strength and a psychic connection with their master. They will also have the weaknesses of other vampires. Upon the full consumption of a human's blood, the restrictions imposed upon the fledgling vanish and stronger abilities are unlocked, completing the transition to "true undead" status. (Consult this for the full history, abilities and weaknesses of true vampires *Just scroll through it*)
Artificial Vampires:
Vampires created through either the FREAK chip process or the Millennium Organization's special process are not created through the bite of other vampires, and are considered artificial. While clearly intended to resemble each other, both processes are very different and hold their own unique characteristics, making them hard to confuse with each other. Weaker to True Undead, Artificial Undead are all in a class of their own.
-Millennium Conversion Process:
Millienium's initial vampirization research was overseen by The Doctor, who experimented on World War II prisoners of war, and conducted at Millennium's Polish base. These vampires were created by investigation into the desiccated corpse of Mina Harker. It is implied the conversion requires a certain degree of invasive surgery. Initial subjects were barely better than ghouls and had an extremely limited lifespan (less than eight hours after the procedure was concluded), although the Doctor was certain their potential to spread the infection could offset this setback. Thanks to greater advancements in the procedure, the finished model was much better.
"Special" Artificial Vampires:
Despite the fact most of the artificial vampires share the same traits, weaknesses and powers, some of them can be marked as special due to their own characteristics. Due to this, they all have their important role in the organization of Millenium, mostly as the leaders of special groups like Rip van Winke, whose task was to hijack the cruiser Eagle, or Zorin Blitz, who had an order to attack Hellsing HQ and kill Alucard's fledging, Seras Victoria. It is not known whether they have their special traits because their transformations were more successful than the others' (and with this, they have some of their exemplar's, Alucard's powers), or they had had these before their conversion into vampires (like Walter).
-FREAK chip proceess:
This process was only seen in the anime series. While similar to the Millennium Conversion, the vampires controlled by the "FREAK Chip" were infected through a biological computer chip capable of forcefully entering the human brain and altering them from within to resemble vampires. Large amounts of chips loaded into a person could create an undead of greater power, but whom were still ultimately weaker than a True Vampire, or even a True Undead's fledgling.