In
Gloranthan mythology, the God of
Vampires.
Once Vivamort was a
Darkness spirit, a guardian of a
Secret in
Subere's palace in
Hell. He didn't know the Secret himself. When
Eurmal the trickster and thief came to him, he betrayed his post to learn the Secret with Eurmal. It was the
Death Rune.
Vivamort had to flee Hell when murdered
Yelm arrived.
Malia sheltered him, and to this day Vampires need not fear disease. Then
the Unholy Trio let
Chaos into the world.
Chaos wounded him fatally, and as his power bled out into
the Void, he allied with Chaos to preserve himself. Chaos warped his Death nature, mixed it up with his
Life, and Vivamort made/became a new
Rune:
Hunger, the empty life that must feed on death.
Vivamort was
cursed by Yelm, the
Sun, so now vampires lose their
vampiric powers in
sunlight. He was cursed by
Ty Kora Tek,
Earth Goddess of the
Grave, for
stealing her
souls; and
the River Styx swore he would never cross her waters. Now a drop of
Styx water will destroy a vampire, and vampires cannot cross any river.