If you wander into a Vampire den, you will be attacked not only by vampires, but also by "Vampires' thralls" and "Vampire fledglings."

A thrall is a kind of serf (in [medieval] feudal systems, a serf pledged his labor to a lord in exchange for protection and/or a piece of land to toil).

A fledgling is someone young, new or inexperienced.

My guess is that mortals agree to become servants to vampires in exchange for the promise of being turned and acquiring vampiric powers and priviledges.


On a side note, vampire deaths look much better now. A slain vampire disintergrates into a pile of ash, which you can scoop up, and you might also find gold and other loot if you search the ashes.
This makes much more sense than in Oblivion, where you could take vampire ashes out of an intact corpse.

I like how they sparkle before turning to dust like this guy

http://www.moviesonline.ca/AdvHTML_Upload/twilight-2.jpg

I'm sure Vampire Ash was looted off intact Vampire bodies...whilst some enemies in Vampire dungeons turned to ash however they never appear alone, have names like Bandit and have a blue glow their body indicating they are reanimated? Perhaps advlt vampires turn to ash and fledgings don't then.. :s

Young seems unlikely Those apparently are Vampire fledglings

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6214/6302581107_119453b0c9_b.jpg

Makes sense. They had "cattle" in Morrowind. Here's to hoping they have established clans and quests to go with them.

Those are not vampire fledglings, the fledglings looks human ;>

Someone stumbled upon vampire fledglings and said that they looked like old scary witches. The women in that screenshot fit that description

Yes, but the women in that screenshot don't even look human... and they have feathers..? The fledgings look human

The feathers could be part of the elaborate rags they're wearing But anyway, maybe I'm wrong, I'm sure Bethesda could have modelled more than one scary looking old woman

Edit: Wait what the...they have 4 fingers??! Ok those aren't vampire fledglings Good news for variety though

No not maybe, you are, i know for a fact. But as you know i cant direct you to how or where i got this information :>

I'm willing to bet they did

Love this!

Yes I believe you both now, forgive my ignorance.

Aren't those Falmer?

Falmer have blue skin and look like a cross between an elf and an Orc. According to the UESP page I just read

I bet the thralls are a bunch of teenage Twilight fangirls.

I think they are hargravens. Harpies.

Agreed. First thing that crossed my mind when I saw these screenshots for the first time.

*GASP* maybe ill actually be able to create my own thralls and fledglings!!!!

Dear god..

The thralls are definitely not vampires (yet).
The fledglings might not be full vampires, but may be in the 3-day stage between the point of being bitten and the point of no return after which vampirism cannot be cured with medicine (cure disease potion).

Witches.

I think fledglings are just new vampires that have not been vampires very long. That is normally what a vampire fledgling means.

^ this


i think it would be awesome if you gained ranks like that... like start off as a fledgling and then after a certain amount of time / doing quests for people you go up in rank and power.

Yes, I agree as a vampire we should gain higher ranks and more powers as time goes by and we complete vampire related quests.