Vampires in th Hp Universe/ Immortality and Voldemort

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 46180

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Ellen & John Anglin" 
<anglinsbees at y...> wrote:

> As for Immortality- that is precisely the reason I have been 
looing  into this- Vampirisim, while certainly not perfect, is a step 
on the  road to immortality. If all the obvious drawbacks could be 
overcome  and compensated for, I could see Voldemort finding 
the prospect of  immortatily as a vampire quite attractive.
> 

Ah, but vampires are classified as *non-wizard*...if that means 
that people who become vampires lose their magic, Voldemort 
may not be able to compensate for that. 

It would also go a long way to explain the great fear of vampires 
among the wizard folk. Would creatures which have no 
non-magical phase, such as Centaurs, die from the bite rather 
than becoming immortal?

Pippin