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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 4524139" data-attributes="member: 19675">Don't forget the vampires who can subsist on animal blood for certain lengths of time!And there are others.I once ran a (comedic) vampire who went mad when he was "brought over"- with his superior strength, speed and resistance to damage, he thought he was a superhero.He fed only upon those he deemed evil.  (Oh yeah, and vampires.)Taken in a more serious vein (sorry...ahhh no, I'm not), such a character may even recognize his insanity in more lucid moments.  He recognizes on some level that what he does (feeding on humans, albeit evil ones) is a lawless act, but that on balance, his actions result in a net good to society.  In fact, he's actively trying to funnel his curse to good ends.  Even so, he may or may not subscribe to the adage that the ends never justify the means.  If he does, he's even more tortured.  If he doesn't?  He's "Chaotic Good."In other words, this vampire is somewhat like Jeff Lindsay's Dexter- the Miami PD Blood Splatter Analyst who is also a serial killer- he only preys on evil people who have escaped the clutches of the justice system.  He's killed off murderers, pushers, recidivist pedophiles...even his own natural brother, himself a serial killer.Another trope that could be taken is the "countermonster."  Expanding upon the "vampires only" theme, this guy is a member of an organization- a church, a gov't agency, whatever- that uses him to fight others of his kind as well as whatever other monsters exist within the world.  Its a variant of "It takes a thief to stop a thief," an approach adopted by the writers of Hellboy, Stargate SG-1, Andromeda, Suicide Squad, and countless other works of fiction.To keep him in line, the organization may use prayer and/or donated blood, they may have superscientific drugs or technology that curb his appetites.They may just keep him locked up and starved like a fighting dog, released only to fight and feed at his "owners'" direction.  This approach was most recently taken in Stargate Atlantis, in the form of a Wraith who was used as an instrument of torture, only allowed to feed on the prisoners being interrogated.</blockquote>

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