Order of Vampires · Bloodline IV of VI

The Night Scholar

Three hundred years of reading, and the list keeps growing.

You keep a library no mortal has ever seen and you annotate every margin. If you are honest, you became immortal mostly to finish your reading list.

Curious
Precise
Quietly brilliant

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The Night Scholar personality card: a vampire reading a glowing book in a candlelit library under a crescent moon — The Night Scholar, bloodline IV of The Mortvane Order of Vampires.

The Night Scholar at a glance

Traits: Curious, Precise, Quietly brilliant
Feeds on: Forbidden books and the hour before dawn
Weakness: Footnotes, endless footnotes
Turned: 1640–1699

The Night Scholar in folklore and fiction

Vampires were once a scholarly subject. In 1746 the Benedictine abbot Antoine Augustin Calmet published a long treatise on apparitions and on the revenants reported in Hungary, Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia. In Dracula, the vampire hunter Van Helsing wins mainly by research. The Night Scholar would have read both, with notes in the margins.

The Mortvane Registry and its bloodlines are fiction. The folklore, history and books behind them are real.

Are you The Night Scholar? Signs from the quiz

Seven personality questions decide your bloodline. These answers lean towards The Night Scholar:

It's 3 a.m. Where are we most likely to find you?Deep in a library that closed hours agoStrong pull
Someone insults you at a dinner party. You:Correct their grammarStrong pull
Pick your ideal home.A tower with ten thousand booksStrong pull
Choose a scent.Old parchment and candle waxStrong pull
What is your true weakness?An unfinished bookStrong pull
A mortal discovers your secret. You:Take them on as your apprenticeSome pull

Your rank is decided separately, by a lore trial: from Fledgling up to Ancient.

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Night Scholar vampire names

Every Night Scholar name ends with one of three epithets: of the Locked Library, of the Last Candle and of the Ninth Shelf. Your rank and your first name come first, for example:

Countess Anna of the Locked Library
Baron Lukas of the Last Candle
Elder Mia of the Ninth Shelf
Ancient Noah of the Locked Library
Nightwalker Sofia of the Last Candle
Count Elias of the Ninth Shelf

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Closest to The Night Scholar

These bloodlines share answers with The Night Scholar in the quiz, so they are the likeliest result if you are not one.

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Who matches The Night Scholar?

The best matches for The Night Scholar among all 18 creature types, from the creature compatibility test. You both keep a cool head, so your quarrels are short and your truces are long.

The Raven Witch87%A legendary alliance · Vampire and Witch Compatibility
The Rune Witch87%A legendary alliance · Vampire and Witch Compatibility
The Shadow Strategist83%A legendary alliance · Two Vampires: Bloodline Compatibility

The most dramatic match is The Wild Heart: 49%, rivals with chemistry. One of you guards the old traditions and the other breaks them, so expect lively debates.

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Seal it on a diploma

If the quiz names you The Night Scholar, you can seal your result on a personalised Diploma of Vampirism: your name, your rank, your vampire name and the moon on the night of your trial, ready to print. €6.99, or €9.99 with a gift diploma for a friend.

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The Night Scholar FAQ

What is The Night Scholar?

The Night Scholar is one of the six bloodlines in the Mortvane vampire quiz. You keep a library no mortal has ever seen and you annotate every margin. If you are honest, you became immortal mostly to finish your reading list.

What are The Night Scholar's traits and weakness?

The Night Scholar is curious, precise and quietly brilliant. It feeds on forbidden books and the hour before dawn, and its weakness is footnotes, endless footnotes.

How do I find out if I am The Night Scholar?

Take the free vampire quiz. Seven personality questions decide your bloodline, and answers such as "Deep in a library that closed hours ago" or "Correct their grammar" lean towards The Night Scholar. Then a lore trial decides your rank and your name.

Which names does The Night Scholar get?

Every Night Scholar name ends with one of three epithets: of the Locked Library, of the Last Candle and of the Ninth Shelf. Your rank and first name come first, for example Countess Anna of the Locked Library.