Talk:Higher Vampire/@comment-82.75.218.60-20171001072657/@comment-5973086-20171031213519

They are like dragons in Overlord manga or other fictional works, with age they become stronger, more experienced and wiser. Just like witchers/mages in a sense.

Vesemir is a good example he was weakened by the White Frost which froze Geralt, he was outnumbered and didnt know Imlerith well. Yet he sensed the danger and evaded beign frozen. Physically he was degrading/he lost his strenght but that doesnt make him a weakling.

The other example is the oldest human mage Hen Gedymdeith who wielded  great (magical) power and I think he could kick Vilgefortzs ass (in a magic duel), but his heart gave out. His death was caused by big stress and the old age. Which is quite a shame and regrettable since help came too late.

For katakans:

"The reasoning is possibly the age of the katakan itself, meaning that ancient ones are rated as higher ones and young ones as lesser ones." as stated on the katakan page.