Originally Posted by
DMofDarkness
Over time, we have decided that vampires are entirely different entities, though. They may be based off the other myths, but they are clearly separate from the other creatures.
Yes but there are many vampire myths where the creatures are still referred to as vampires. Among those, you still have a lot of iffyness.
The first reference to vampires as we see them now is Dracula. Thus, Dracula may have been the first vampire. I'm not saying that I know everything, but I think that it may well be that Dracula was the first vampire, and the other beings may have been entirely different codices. I may be wrong, of course, but that's what I think.
Wait, do you mean the type of vampire dracula was in the book or dracula
himself was the first vampire? Cuz i was arguing under the assumption of the former. If you meant the latter then what you're saying makes a LOT more sense.