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====Vampire Counts====
[[File:M1037820 VampireCounts cover.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Nothing says [[Slaanesh|"shoot me with that big-ass cannon of yours"]] like bright red armor in an army of grimy, thin skeletons.]]
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Vampires. But not the Twilight kind, nor the Interview kind (for the most part). 
Straight up Gothic Horror vampires. As in, still cool.
So a long time ago, during the time of ancient Egypt (pre-Tomb King) there was an evil bisexual queen. She stole the first Necromancer/Lich's autobiography, and invented a drink that turns humans into vampires.
She let her court all take a sip, then they acted like a bunch of little shits until all of Egypt united against them. They tried to ally with the NecroLich, but <s>lost the big battle</s> pussied out and fled to the Old World. 

Those vamps all founded Bloodlines, which make up most of the race.
The first group is those lead by the queen which created vampires, the [[Queen Neferata|Lahmians]]. Mostly consist of magic-using spy vampiresses (and some of their gay friends) who are controlling the world like Illuminati. 
The second are the Hills Have Eyes/The Descent vampires, who after years of being the whipping boys of fate as well as getting tortured and fucked over by every human and other vampire they met, turned into the vampire equivalent of ghouls. They as a result mostly hang out with ghouls. They are the [[Ushoran|Strigoi]]. The saner ones behave a lot like Nosferatu.
The next are lawful evil/neutral badass vampire knights who ride around looking for a challenge, and fight anyone they think is worth fighting. They are the [[Abhorash|Blood Dragons]]. 
Next is the [[W'soran/Melkhior|Necrarchs]], who mostly look like Nosferatu vampires. They are the mad scientist Bloodline, spending centuries trying to come up with new kinds of Flesh Golems and similar atrocities. Mostly end up as sidekicks to the other Bloodlines. 
Finally, the true Dracula Bloodline; the von Carsteins. Only appearing in recent history, [[Vlad von Carstein]] and his wife [[Isabella von Carstein]] attempted to get elected as Emperor of the Empire through political manipulation, and having failed that, attempted to take over by force. After the two were beaten, one of their turned "sons" [[Konrad von Carstein]] tried to destroy the Empire, but lost in an embarrassing way since he was fucking insane and dumb as a rock. Finally, [[Mannfred von Carstein]] took control of the Bloodline and repeatedly has tried to destroy the Empire. Although Manny keeps losing, he's dedicated himself to Nagash and has finally started getting to be a bigger threat to the world. As a result of this, the von Carsteins have become the posterboy army for the Vampire Counts, who are the villains when Chaos isn't. 

All of the Bloodlines can raise hordes of undead, and use shit like Zombies, Ray Harryhausen Skeletons, and Ghouls as soldiers. They also bring along ghosts, and giant fucking bat monsters of different kinds. Also, bats are EVERY-FUCKING-WHERE, and not the kind that scare you when you open the closet, then fly off into the night - think piranhas with wings and a fucking attitude (which vary in size from the as big as your hand to the size of a car). Creepy as all fuck. No Anne Rice, ''Angel'' bullshit, these guys are fucking evil. While they won't save you from being hit by a car, they will creep into your room at night... only to throw you out the window before draining the blood from your loved ones while their zombie driver runs you down with a car. They are also very rich because they don't have to buy food and interest rates on savings accounts add up over a few centuries of undeath. Since mercenaries like money, the mercs are happy to fight for them, giving the vamps a nice option of veteran human troops as well, with the benefit that some vampires '''might''' exercise enough restraint to not turn the living troops into snacks or mindless undead.

So, our conclusion is that Vampire Counts are fucking badass. 
According to an ongoing poll in /tg/ Warhammer Fantasy Generals, Vampire Counts come in as the #1 most played army.