Meet the Creatures of the Darkworld
The Darkworld is populated with creatures previously found only in fantasy worlds. However, the Darkworld is just like our world, same cities, same issues, same humans. But there are other creatures who live side by side with the humans in this world and there other realms accessible via portals. Not every creature of the Darkworld has the ability to access the portals and travel between realms. Also, the immortals in this world are not true immortals who never die. Each type of immortal has vulnerabilities which could lead to death under the right circumstances. Immortals can also choose to "retire" to the Afterlife. The Afterworld provides them with an entirely different kind of life than what they lived in the Darkworld. They leave behind their corporeal bodies in the Darkworld upon retirement to the realm of the Afterworld. Below is a brief listing of some of the creatures you will meet in the Darkworld

Vampires
The vampires of the Darkworld are not the undead. They're a race called Acerbian. They are living, breathing, warm-blooded beings who eat food just like the rest of us and don't shapeshift into bats. However, they do require additional sustenance through the drinking of blood. They have fangs that retract until they are sexually aroused or need to feed. Acerbians don't contract sexually transmitted diseases like humans do, but they can easily impregnate humans if they don't use protection. They are basically allergic to the sun. The older a vampire is, the more sunlight they can withstand, but basically it just gives them a severe sunburn. Vampires bond with their bloodmates through the exchange of blood during intercourse. Bonded bloodmates cannot drink from anyone else. Usually, if a bonded bloodmate dies, the vampire starves to death. It is a painful, torturous death. Both Alexa Harte and Olivier Wilde of Never Been Bit lost a bloodmate. For some unknown reason, neither died. Eventually, they discover they are bloodmates which is the reason they both survived the death of a mate.

Dragons
There are a few different kinds of dragons in the Darkworld. Most of the dragons in the Tales books are black. However, there are also green and red dragons. Black dragons usually have dark hair, but they can sometimes have other eye colors besides black, grey, and brown. The Antaeus family are black dragons but they all have distinctive amber eyes. The reason for this, as told in Fire Season, is because their mother was a red dragon. The red dragon geneology encompasses dragons in shades of orange, bronze, and gold as well. Their hair can be any shade but their eyes are almost always hazel or amber. Green dragons can also have hair of any color and their eyes are usually green but occasionally can be blue.

Dragons are shifters who can change their form into their dragon form at will. This leaves them vulnerable and naked when they shift back to human form. They have fangs that can appear, like a vampire, when they are aroused. Dragons can mate while shifted and in dragon form. They can also have sex while shifted. A dragon couple will most likely become pregnant if they have sex while in dragon form, but dragons can only impregnate or become pregnant after they have mated. Dragons have sexual stamina unrivalled by any other being. Their metabolism gives them the ability to recover from sexual activity very quickly. Dragons bear a mark on their body called a clan mark. It usually looks like a tribal tattoo. The mark is some form of dragon shape. When a dragon releases their fire into the body of their intended mate, usually during intercourse, the mate (if not also a dragon) becomes as impervious to heat and fire as the dragon. The dragon's clan mark morphs into two entwined dragons and an identical mark appears on the mate in the same place on their body.

Werewolves

The Fae

The Magia
The Magia are the magical community in the Darkworld. They are the witches and warlocks who rise through the levels to become Mages and Sorceresses. Magic in the Darkworld can be inherited along matriarchal or patriarchal lines. It is conferred upon another before the Sorceress or Mage dies. Magical power can be handed down to another Magia, but does not have to be handed to a blood relative. A Mage can pass his powers to any male of the Magia and likewise, a Sorceress may pass her power to any female. Each Mage and Sorceress has spell books that they have either compiled, inherited, or been given by another Magia. Some of the books are very old and contain what is called 'old magic'. Old magic are spells that required the use of tools, such as a cauldron, to execute the magic. The modern day Magia rarely use old magic. There are also rules regarding the ascendency of wizards to the Mage level. These rules have to do with their destined mates. Wizards who do not become bonded to their destined mates by the time they ascend to Mage lose that mate and are given a new destiny. Often, that destiny does not include a mate. Consequently, ascendency become a very important time for a wizard. They are vulnerable to attack from demons at that time as well.

Fallen Angels

Demons

Other Shifters