Article on Ekons

Article on Ekons is one of the quest items in Vampyr.


 * Found on the desk of hideout in Pembroke Hospital.

Description
A short article by Doctor Edgar Swansea about Ekons
 * It is a rare opportunity, and almost a privilege to approach a vampire, to observe their
 * most intriguing physical, and psychological traits with a scientific and rational eye. Here
 * are some of the most fascinating abilities I've personally observed over the last ten years
 * while interviewing a few vampires, or "Ekon", as they prefer to call themselves.
 * SUPERNATURAL SPEED: A vampire can act and move like a mortal in all his actions, but
 * the trained eye will spot that they have the keenest senses, and can react quicker than
 * any mortal. On a few occasions (alarm, surprise, necessity to flee), I have seen a vampire
 * move so quickly it is almost as if he had vanished just to reappear somewhere else. The
 * teleport or dematerialisation. It is only a supernatural speed. For me, it is a catlike
 * attribute, which allows them to run, dodge, or jump longer and faster than us. I also
 * noticed that such speed seems to exhaust them, and that they are bound to physical
 * limitations.
 * MESMERISM: One of the most powerful abilities a vampire can deploy is the capacity to
 * force a mortal to obey them. I call this trait mesmerism, but it has nothing to do with the
 * mortal ability to alter a subject's mental state. A vampire can bend a mortal to their will,
 * and they can even break a mind. A vampire I interviewed even told me the more a
 * subject tries to resist, the more permanent the damage will be, as if the vampire could
 * literally fracture their target's psyche. The same vampire explained to me that this ability
 * required time to master, and that the result could vary widely from one subject to
 * another: implant a false memory, erase a painful one, the possibilities are endless... and
 * frightening.
 * BLOOD AWARENESS: This may be the most catastrophic ability of all, concerning
 * vampires, since it is the cause of so many tragedies for them and us. Vampires crave for
 * blood. They must use their will to restrain themselves rom frenziedly drinking every
 * drop of blood they can see. They need blood to function, and to express their full
 * supernatural traits. A famished vampire can be very weak, even if he cannot die of
 * hunger or thirst. This urge, this need for blood may explain why a vampire is so aroused
 * by it. A vampire confessed to me that blood could sometimes blind him, since its smell
 * and attractiveness can be so strong. When he focuses, a vampire can almost "see" blood
 * all around them - inside warm bodies, through walls, on a supposedly clean weapon,
 * etc. The same vampire even told me that he can see if a mortal has clean blood or is ill,
 * and that in some cases he can even sense disease, infected clothes, or even items in a
 * room. If this is true, it could have so many medical applications it almost beggars belief!
 * etc. The same vampire even told me that he can see if a mortal has clean blood or is ill,
 * and that in some cases he can even sense disease, infected clothes, or even items in a
 * room. If this is true, it could have so many medical applications it almost beggars belief!