Ever since mortals first peered into the dark voids beyond the world, there have been those who have longed to serve Oblivion. Whereas some are content to walk the path of the Necromancer, others go even further, giving themselves over to the Void, body and soul. Dark rituals consign the bodies of these fiends to death, while their souls are drained away to feed the hunger of the Void. Unnatural strength and vigor fill their limbs, and their skin turns pale and hard as alabaster. The old flesh dies and a Vampire, chosen general of Oblivion, is born.