In some cases, vampires are actively hunted down and destroyed by certain people, namely the Vigilants of Stendarr and the Dawnguard. Citizens and Hold Guards consider vampires open threats and attack anyone who reveals themselves to be a vampire (or if it can obviously be seen). Stigmaĭue to their predatory nature, vampires are widely viewed as evil and violent creatures. Being selected as an offering was considered to be an honor that is not rejected lightly.

Few survive the ordeal and those who do emerge as pure-blooded vampires.

A tradition developed among Molag Bal worshiping cults which dictated that females be offered to him on his summoning day. Such confluences are called Daughters of Coldharbour. Daughters of Coldharbourįemales seeking to gain the pure-blood vampirism are required to undergo a ritual with Molag Bal. One such case was Lord Harkon, who claims to have slaughtered a thousand innocents in order to gain this power, though this might be an exaggeration due to contradictory evidence. Molag Bal has since been known to confer Pure Vampirism to other individuals directly via a ritual that granted them great power over 'lesser' vampires. During the night she died, but as her funeral pyre was still burning she emerged as the first pure-blood vampire. It is recorded that after the ordeal, Molag Bal shed a droplet of blood on her brow and left her to die. Lamae Beolfag was a Nedic virgin who was raped by Molag Bal. Vampires can be traced back to the Daedric Prince Molag Bal, the Lord of Domination, who created the first vampire sometime around the First Era. Lord Harkon, the progenitor of the Volkihar Clan.

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