Members of the Council of the Vampire Church:

Damien Daville
I am a 50 year old primarily empathic vampire now living outside the
Richmond city area in the state of Virginia. I also use elemental
sources of energy for my vampirism. I first learned
of my vampirism
as a teen in high school around 1970, and have developed its needs and
abilities ever since. I have worked in some way helping others
understand real vampirism for about thirty years. I came to the
internet about 1995 and worked online in the few vamp forums around.
I founded the Darkfear Network in early 1997, and then the Vampire
Church in 1998. I also founded Web Alliance which is an online group
which promotes respect for the internet work of others. In 2001,
I founded the
Texas Vampire Association, an organization whose purpose is to better
bring real vampires together in
the state of Texas. Then in 2003, I founded the MidAtlantic Vampire
Association to do the same thing in Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland,
and in Delaware. I spend most of my time now, working to produce the
official magazine of the Vampire Church, the VC Magazine, and heading
the online and offline work of the Vampire Church. I also work
in the public, helping other people to
understand real vampirism thru interviews and classes.

Silver
My name is Silver, I am 38 years old, and reside in the
United Kingdom in Southampton. During my time in this organization, I
have gone from being a list member, to a member, to a council member.
I am extremely active within this organization and deem it my heart
and soul. Within the VC my functions are many, going from associate
in charge of applications and interviews, to classes, and responsible for public
relations. These are my
official duties as a council member..I also run the UK/Europe offline office,
as well as In Medias Res,
which was founded by me for those residing within the UK/Europe. I
feel it isn't so much the VC organization that I am dedicated to, but
more to the people who frequent it and belong to it. If they need my
help, I try to be there for them in any way that I can. Being an
empathic vampire (although I have sanguine tendencies), my main
method of energy gaining is through emotions, although I also psi
feed quite alot. Being more active within the online community as
a single parent does not allow for an adult social life, but I
do however keep in contact with several here in the UK and US via
phone.

LA Judge
Zdravo. Currently residing in Baltimore, MD, I am a 47-year-old urban artist and mother of a wild child. Although I can take energy via any method, my primary energy preferences are Negative Psi and Elemental / Environmental energies. I was fortunate enough to grow-up in an area that 30+ years ago had a thriving offline vampire community. There I learned both the value of community and mentoring. It is with that as a foundation I approach my work here as a member of the Vampire Church Council. I have served as the Senior Administrator of the VC and am currently the Editor of VC Magazine. I am also a member of the VC Grievance Council and a manager of the Mid-Atlantic Vampire Association. I enjoy the opportunity to work in both the on and offline communities and devote much of my time to helping others better understand real vampirism.

Dunya Hopefulsoul
My name is Dunya Hopefulsoul, I am an elemental empathic Vampire. I'm 36 years old. I have known about my Vampirism for a long while now, and learn more each day. My job as council member of the Vampire Church is the assistant administrator. I handle advice questions along with communications in the community. I live with my boyfriend and my son. I am a stay home mother, and spend a great deal of time with art and writing. I also am an outdoors kind of person. My belief system is pagan. But I tend not to get into that in the VC, but in my personal time. I hope in time that I will have given a lot to the VC. That's my labor of love to provide education and learn for myself.
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