The Ultimate Guide to True Blood’s Supernatural
True Blood is a multi-nominee award winning production. The series follows Sookie, in deep Louisiana where we meet her main love interest at the bar she works at, William Compton. Each episode is an hour long with lots of action and drama that won't leave you bored.
If you have watched True Blood, then you can acknowledge the number of “mythical” beings that hide in the show. If you haven't, let this be an introduction to them and their quirks.
Unfortunately, this does contain spoilers.
Vampires makeup a good majority of the show's supernatural beings. Our main characters that we follow in the show are William Compton and Eric Northman. Vampires are hidden within society, but cannot come out during the sunlight hours. Vampires who convert to society norms, drink a blood alternative drink named ‘trueblood’ that disables their need to kill humans and drink their blood. The number of vampires is actually so big, there is a King, or Queen for each U.S state. Along with a sheriff. In order for one to become a vampire, the vampire must drink its victims blood at death and bury itself with it. Making a progeny. Makers have full control over its progeny. Vampires have powers that increase with age, and some have more power than others. Some vampires can fly, some can entrance people, while others can do both. In order to kill a vampire, there are multiple options. A vampire can be burned to death, for example when stepping into the sunlight. Vampires can be drained of their blood and die, or staked to death.
Werewolves are essentially shapeshifters. A werewolf typically has a stereotypical wolf mentality. Werewolves in true blood usually stay away from the societal norms, and stay in their own ‘packs’. This mentality that wolves have makes them territorial, but there are good and bad packs that are in the show. Becoming a werewolf is not one a human can do, you must be born by 2 werewolves. Werewolves essentially have again stereoptical wolf behavior and ‘powers’. Werewolves can shift at any time, anywhere. Although, a werewolf will always shift to its wolf form on a full moon. They have heightened senses, including their sound and smell. Werewolves are not as hard of a creature to kill if one attacks you, compared to a vampire. Regular bullets will do the trick.
Shapeshifters makeup another big part of the society’s supernatural in true blood. Shapeshifters are hidden within society, and are basically just humans who can shift into any animal. A shapeshifter needs a picture, or target in order to shift. Most shifters have a signature shift, as a result is one that they can change into anytime. For example, one of our main characters, Sam Merlotte, who shifts into a dog. As a result, he has the heightened senses of a dog. A shapeshifter cannot keep its form forever, and it goes away once they sleep. Shifters and werewolves can be killed in the sameway.
Witches are another populator of the supernatural. Witches are neopagan, and usually pretty docile and holistic. A witch's practice is chosen upon the soul of the practitioner. If a witch becomes powerful enough, they can have powers that control all things dead. This makes vampires the witches biggest target and most susceptible to their power. Inorder to become a witch, some users have certain powers from the soul, or can be practiced.
Faeries are the rarest creatures in True Blood. They date back ages and are the oldest race of the supernatural in the show. Faeries are supposedly ‘sacred’ creatures, but we can see they have interest in humans because our main character Sookie Stackhouse is part faerie. All true faeries hide from our world and live in another dimensional faerie plane. Vampires are the faeries biggest enemy, and nearly drove their kind to extinction. Faerie blood is delicious to vampires, and can give them feelings of euphoric nature. Vampires can drink true faerie blood and walk into the sun. A human cannot become a faerie, you must be born into being one. Faeries have telepathic abilities and can read thoughts. They cannot use these powers on a vampire, because they're dead. Faeries can be evil and abduct humans, and have a much sinister side to them in their faerie realm. Faeries are otherwise extinct essentially unless they are mostly human.
