Talk:Higher Vampire/@comment-2A02:8108:1880:1AEC:C96D:BE68:58F9:1D00-20191125104455

At this point I'm fairly convinced that a Higher Vampire "drinking" from another (meaning: draining him of his life essence, regenerative abilities, whathaveyou) is what makes such fights lethal. The Unseen Elder's remarks to Regis and the way

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Regis ends the fight with Dettlaff heavily imply this.

What I'm still curious about is how Higher Vampires' supposed "true immortality" is compatible with the obvious aging process they're subject to. Seeing how Dettlaff looks compared to Regis, in turn compared to the Unseen Elder... is it safe to assume that, given another 2000-or-so years, the Elder will basically look like a walking, superpowered sceleton?