A Primer to Rebecca's Take on FK Vampires Term Definitions -
Carouche [Canon] - A carouche is a vampire whose first blood was animal rather than human (episode "Blind Faith"). What a vampire feeds on for their first feeding is what they prefer after (episode "Fever"). Screed was a carouche whose first blood was rat. My villainess Sheila Sobek's first blood was pit viper. In Sheila's case, because she's one of my FK vampires, she's been spending her centuries "shaping" her body towards that of her prey. She's made herself taller (or longer), her fangs more pit viper, and her eyes reptilian. Given her "hiss" she probably has a forked tongue but she hasn't waggled it at me yet.
Connoisseurs [Canon] - Connoiseurs refers to vampires that get picky about who their human blood comes from (episode "Francesca"). They're vampires who not only restrict themselves to human blood, but it has to be "interesting" human blood. Sheila is "farming" the kidnap victims for connoisseurs.
Enforcers [Canon] - Enforcers are a group of vampires responsible for hunting down any humans who are a threat to all of vampire kind (episode "Unreality TV"). They showed up only once in the series to stop a reporter from making knowledge of vampires' existence public.
Resisters [Canon] - Resisters refers to humans that can resist vampires' "Jedi mind trick" abilities (episode "Black Buddha"). Tracy Vetter was one. I figure Hannibal and Murdock are resisters. Hannibal because he's that stubborn, and I've given him knowledge of vampires (episodes "Unreality TV", and "Close Call"). Murdock because his mind is so...ah...slippery ("Black Buddha" again). B.A. we know can be hypnotized. And Face...well...I had to get him to Lori somehow.
Daywalkers [Mine] - Daywalkers aren't a canon term, but there was a canon character that gave me the idea to run with (episode "Hearts of Darkness"). Daywalkers are vampires that are human during the day, perfectly human with a heart beat, blood pressure, normal body temperature, etc. Of course they're also perfectly human vulnerable. A daywalker who gets run over by a bus at noon is just as dead as if they'd been staked at midnight. With one wrinkle, they could vamp out to avoid getting run over, get a really bad sunburn, and survive the sunburn if they got undercover fast enough. My heroine Lorelei Remillard generally prefers to just sleep through the day like the more folklore bound vampires.
My Definition of FK Vampires -
Once, they were a completely seperate species. Now, they are a separate but related species. Modern vampires, are kind of half-vampires -- vampire and human (or vampire and dog "Blind Faith" again), just as half-elves, and half-Vulcans are alien and human. As far as the modern vampire population knows, most vampires were human once. FK vampires aren't inherently evil that's a matter of their alien nature, and vampiric nurture. They are mutants or magical, depending on whether you think sci-fi or fantasy. Some of them only demonstrate their powers by exhibiting folkloric vampiric strengths and weaknesses. Others use their powers to move abroad during daytime hours as/like humans, and to develop psychic bonds with humans they have long contact with. Making a vampire isn't simply a matter of killing an alien, or biting him repeatedly. The alien has to be drained low, and be fed/taste vampire blood. Vampires need blood to survive. It doesn't have to be human. Those that exist by the folkloric rules exist mainly on blood. This is my definition of Forever Knight vampires. I don't believe it's a bad interpretation of FK canon. But, I freely admit to tweakage in favor of my original vampire characters. After all, the daywalker in "Hearts of Darkness" was a multiple personality, and the only "shapeshifting" FK canon vampires do are facial changes when they "vamp out."
Some other episodes I haven't mentioned, but I recommend viewing are -
"Dying to Know You"
"If Looks Could Kill"
"Bad Blood"
"Queen of Harps"
"Blackwing"
"Sons of Belial"
"Dead of Night"
"Human Factor"