Twilight
In theTwilightuniverse , vampires are even more indestructible than their counterparts in other popular supernatural books and serial - but these immortal can be killed . When it come up to vampires , the traditional knowledge skirt how they live and die can vary greatly . Book author Stephenie Meyer sticksto some of the wide - recognized mythology about vampires , such as their thirst for lineage and incredible military posture and stop number , but several of the main characters have additional or enhanced talent that give them an boundary in battle .
With so many different assume on vampire in fiction , there are no severe and fast principle about their strengths and weaknesses or even their looks . Vampires on shows likeBuffy the Vampire SlayerorThe Vampire Diariesretain their human visage , allowing them to blend in until their hungriness triggers them to undergo some material body of translation . The appearance of fangs or other physiological changes sour them from human beings into freak , enabling them to hunt and kill fleetly and efficiently . The vampires of theTwilightuniverse are uniformly beautiful , and everything about them from their scent to their voices is mean to separate them from mere someone , take them more seductive and suitable . They are like many predators find oneself in nature , whose beauty serves to camouflage the risk they pose to the outside world .
Twilightvampires can only be killed by other vampires andwolves like Jacob : the only creatures with teeth unassailable enough to penetrate their flesh and who possess the same military capability and upper . vampire pop off when they are dismembered or decapitated and the remains are burned . lamia die more easily in theTwilightmovies ( where a dewy-eyed beheading will do the trick ) than they do in the Good Book ( where taking apart and burning of the pieces are required ) . Crosses , holy H2O , post , or any human race - made weapon ( such as a gun ) pose no threat . Sunlight wo n’t incinerate them , leaving a pile of ash tree , but rather stimulate their skin to sparkle like baseball field . Sunlight can be a indebtedness , since the spectacle it creates can increase the peril of undesirable attention on either an mortal or a coven , but it ’s not directly deadly .
Like any belligerent , some lamia are more skilled fighters , such as Emmett , whose physical strength as a human being is amplify after his transformation . Others possess special giftsthat give them an vantage over their antagonist . Jane , a feared appendage of the Volturi , can inflict pain on other lamia , and her brother Alec ( also a penis of the Volturi ) can deprive them of senses such as slew , rendering them more defenceless .
Alice ’s ability to see the futurity enables her to forestall an opposer ’s next move and react accordingly . Bella ’s power to play as a " Shield " means she ’s impervious to Jane ’s onrush , and Bella can expand this roadblock to protect other vulnerable vampires such asher husband , Edward . The shield move as a uterus , while still allowing those safely encased within to fight . By far the self-aggrandizing threat theTwilightvampires face is from each other and from werewolf , making their supernatural clashes exceptionally brute .
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