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In the Vampatar 'verse, the people of the Earth Kingdom and Water Tribes are traditionally creatures of the night, while the people of the Fire Nation and Air Nomads are creatures of the day. The Air Nomads are all dead, so we don't care about them. For the Fire Nation, 'creatures of the day' includes ordinary humans, so they do not actually have any special nation-specific weird transformation. (Of course, this is the Avatar'verse, so they can still set people on fire.)

The Earth Kingdom has vampires. They're rare, but they exist. Undead, superhumanly strong, fast, and tough, and enhanced senses. They don't age, they don't suffer from disease. However, the sun has an enmity with them, so they cannot be touched by sunlight without burning, and they suffer greater damage from fire. Stakes through the heart immobilize them. Being incinerated kills them. Mistletoe burns them. They are vulnerable to holy symbols, sacred places, and priests.

The ashes/dust of a vampire need to be gathered and further disposed of, because bleeding on them will cause them to revivify. Vampires are a pain that way.

A feeding bite can be pleasurable or painful as they deem fit. Turning is an act of will and a draining of blood. It does not outwardly appear different. A newly-turned vampire takes from their death to the sunset of the next day to reanimate.

Vampires are predators. They are designed to attract humans. They also possess the ability to mesmerize humans through eye contact and voice.

They also have a strong taste for Fire Nation blood ('sunblood') over that of other people.

Known vampires:
- Long Feng
- Jet
- assorted Dai Li (some, but not all or even most)
- Song (several years post-series)
- Shi Kai

The Water Tribe, as chosen of the moon, are werewolves. They turn into polar wolves (or if they're the Cajuns from "The Swamp", they turn into red wolves). At first, it's a largely involuntary reaction to the full moon but given training, they can transform or not-transform at will.

As werewolves, they possess enhanced senses in both forms. Human-form tends to do better with sight, wolf-form tends to do better with scent and hearing, but they're still above human-normal as humans. They are extremely difficult to kill, requiring certain sacred woods such as mistletoe, rowan, or mountain ash to dispose of them.

A waterbender cannot 'bend in wolf-form.

For the Water Tribe, lycanthropy is a family deal. The older male members of the family will turn the sons, and the older female members of the family will turn the daughters. This isn't required, but it's traditional.

Known werewolves:
- all adult Water Tribe members
- Sokka (after "Bato of the Water Tribe")
- Katara (after "The Puppetmaster")
- Hahn
- Yue

Members of other nations can be either turned by vampires or weres. It's just not part of their native culture.

The Avatar cannot be turned.

Stories

The stories in something approximating chronological order:
- Crown Prince Azulon encounters a vampire by

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- young Hyo learns of a plot to kill the Minister of Culture by

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- The turning of Jet by

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- The turning of Dai Li Commander Hyo by

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- Sokka is Sneaky by

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- Jet vs. Azula by

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- The Dai Li vampires get a new mystery by

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- Jet is taken by the Dai Li by

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- Sheep's Clothing: Sokkawoof cuddles with Mi-Cha by

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- Jet stalks Zuko by

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- Five seconds after Jet leaves Zuko in the previous ficlet by

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- Jet really enjoys Zuko's sunblood by

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- Jet is rescued during the Occupation of Ba Sing Se by

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- Azula discovers a traitor among her Dai Li and moves to take him out by

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- Hyo and How in a cell by

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- The Water Tribe werewolves mess with Zuko's head at the Western Air Temple by

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- Teo goes missing; Zuko and Katara need to find him by

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- After the War, Hakoda and Piandao meet and exchange gifts by

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- Jet's crazy is turned up to eleven, and Mai suffers the brunt of it by

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- A year or more after the series, Iroh and Sokka commit Awesome by

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- Blood Night by

dark_puck: Firelord Zuko wants to make amends for the crimes he committed in the Earth Kingdom while on the run, and starts with the first. However, something about Miss Song has changed...

- "When Ramses destroyed Syria - that was an accident. You? Are a *catastrophe*!" Good one, Aang. by

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- Hakoda tracks down a fugitive Ozai by

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- Several years down the line, a wereliger of the Fire Nation encounters a golden tiger by

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