Strigoi Progenitor

These strigoi are intentionally summoned into willing hosts via foul magic rituals.

The oldest of all vampires are the strigoi. They predate ancient nosferatus and view moroi as infantile children, yet their own origins are so far lost to the ravages of time that few today have heard of them and fewer still know their true nature. Many of the oldest tales about vampires trace back to the strigoi, and nearly every other vampire carries traits that ultimately have their roots in these powerful, ancient creatures.

Strigoi, in their true form, are bodiless entities native to the Netherworld, incapable of interacting with the physical world, existing only as pure forces of malevolence. When this malevolence is invited into a physical body through ancient rituals, a strigoi becomes much more dangerous. This requirement—that a living creature perform a rite of their own free will to draw the strigoi into their soul—may well be the source of a moroi's compulsion not to enter a home without first being invited.