Daywalker
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A daywalker is a vampire who is, for some reason or another, immune to the effects of sunlight and is able to operate during the day. The term was coined in the Blade comics published by Marvel and was popularized by the films based upon them.
Most dhampir (half-vampire/half-humans) are daywalkers. However, some full vampires are powerful enough or have found ways to negate the effects of sunlight. Sometimes, a daywalker may be immune to some of the other classic vampire weaknesses, such as garlic or the need to drink blood.
The term "daywalker" can also be used to describe person or thing who does not follow the normal rules and/or limitations of its group.
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[edit] Actual Folklore vs. Fiction
In most folklore, vampires are not killed by sunlight and therefore are not limited to only nightime escapades. The belief that sunlight hurts them was actually popularized by F.W. Murnau's classic silent film Nosferatu, in which the vampire Graf Orlock is lured into feeding upon one of the female protagonists until daybreak when he was "dissolved" by the morning light.
[edit] List of Daywalkers
Characters whom are partially or fully immune to the effects of daylight, in a setting where daylight is usually fatal or detrimental to vampires.
- Blade (Blade comics and film)
- Drake (Blade: Trinity)
- Alucard (Hellsing)
- Arcueid Brunestud (Tsukihime)
- D (Vampire Hunter D)
- Miyu Yamano (Vampire Princess Miyu)
- Evangeline A.K. McDowell (Negima)
- Karin Maaka (Karin)
- Alucard (Castlevania)
- Devlin Waugh (Devlin Waugh, following events of Red Tide)
- Count Dracula (Dracula and other works by Bram Stoker)
- Molochai, Twig, and Zillah (Lost Souls by Poppy Z. Brite)
- Selene (following the events of Underworld: Evolution)
- Rayne (Bloodrayne series)
- Hazuki (Tsukuyomi Moon Phase)
- Various characters wearing the Gem of Amarra (Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel)
- Connor (Angel).
[edit] Daywalker 2.0
Connor (Angel, Buffyverse Continuity) has been described as the second generation of the daywalker mythology. Connor is the offspring of two vampires, one of which who possesses a human soul. He has all the strengths and powers of a vampire. His powers include, but are not limited to:
- Vampiric speed and agility
- Vampiric physical strength - Several times the strength of an average human.
- Vampiric durability - a 50 ft. drop doesn't trouble him, but is still injured as a human by piercing wounds
- Vampiric senses - sensory perception several times more powerful than that of a human.
Connor also has none of the weaknesses of a vampire. The sun, holy water, wooden stakes, crosses etc. affect him no differently than they would a normal human. He also lacks the vampiric blood lust, and possibly even vampiric fangs, and consumes normal food and drink. In some ways, his powers resemble those of the Slayer.
[edit] References in media
- In the South Park episode "Ginger Kids," Eric Cartman dubs Kyle Broflovski a daywalker because he has red hair but no freckles.
