Imprinting

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Imprinting can occur between vampyres, between vampyres and fledglings, between vampyres and humans, and between fledglings and humans. Imprints always involve the drinking of another's blood, not surprisingly, and any given vampyre/fledgling can only be Imprinted with one person at a time.

When humans are involved, it usually happens when a vampyre/fledgling feeds off said human. Imprinting doesn't always happen during feeding, but it does happen fairly often. It's forbidden for fledglings to drink the blood of a human, though the same cannot be said for adult vampyres.

According to the Vampyre Sociology 415 text book:

An Imprint between vampyre and human does not occur every time a vampyre feeds. Many studies have been performed to try to determine exactly why some humans Imprint and some do not, but though there are several determining factors, such as emotional attachment, relationship between the human and the vampyre pre-Change, age, sexual orientation, and frequency of blood drinking, there is no way to predict with certainty whether a human will Imprint with a vampyre.

Imprinting between an adult vampyre and a fledgling is strictly prohibited, however it does happen on occasion. This type of imprinting often causes many issues, thus the ban. From the Vampyre Sociology 415 text book:

Due to the possibility of Imprint, fledglings are prohibited from drinking the blood of human donors, but they may experiment with each other. It has been proven that fledglings cannot Imprint one another. However, it is possible for an adult vampyre to Imprint a fledgling. This leads to emotional and physical complications once the fledgling completes the Change that are often not beneficial for either vampyre; therefore, blood drinking between fledgling and adult vampyre is strictly prohibited.