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A '''dhampir''' is a being in [[Roma people|Roma]] [[folklore]] that is half [[vampire]] and half [[human]], born from a vampire father and a human mother. They are sometimes said to be able to kill [[vampires]]. Dhampirs are conflicted creatures, as they cannot turn from either of their bloodlines. |
A '''dhampir''' is a being in [[Roma people|Roma]] [[folklore]] that is half [[vampire]] and half [[human]], born from a vampire father and a human mother. They are sometimes said to be able to kill [[vampires]]. Dhampirs are conflicted creatures, as they cannot turn from either of their bloodlines. |
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Japanese author Hideyuki Kikuchi has written over fourteen novels in his 'Vampre Hunter D' series, about a Dhampir called 'D' who travels across a war-torn land fighting against The Nobility (Vampires). There have been two anime adaptions of his books, and the anime Hellsing has borrowed ideas from Kikuchi's novels by the way of the Dhampir 'Arucard' who has a very similar parentage to that of Kikuchi's 'D'. |
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A dhampir is a being in Roma folklore that is half vampire and half human, born from a vampire father and a human mother. They are sometimes said to be able to kill vampires. Dhampirs are conflicted creatures, as they cannot turn from either of their bloodlines. Japanese author Hideyuki Kikuchi has written over fourteen novels in his 'Vampre Hunter D' series, about a Dhampir called 'D' who travels across a war-torn land fighting against The Nobility (Vampires). There have been two anime adaptions of his books, and the anime Hellsing has borrowed ideas from Kikuchi's novels by the way of the Dhampir 'Arucard' who has a very similar parentage to that of Kikuchi's 'D'.