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* YouKilledMyFather: Drago and Camilla's motive for targeting the other vampires in a RoaringRampageOfRevenge is the murder of their parents at the hands of Don Miguel's followers.
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The council leaders are all dead by the end, their plot to convert humanity into zoo animals is stopped and Benito is promoted to Chief of Police. However, Drago and Camilla are also dead, Anznar and Vickie are also vampires and have shed all their ties to humanity]].

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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The council leaders are all dead by the end, their plot to convert humanity into zoo animals is stopped and Benito is promoted to Chief of Police. However, Drago and Camilla are also dead, Anznar Aznar and Vickie Vicky are also vampires and have shed all their ties to humanity]].



* OutWithABang: Sex with vampires is very dangerous for humans. [[spoiler:Anzar]] ends up killing [[spoiler:his girlfriend Sylvia]] when his vampire side awakens and he drains her dry, and Vicky nearly dies of exhaustion after being shared on the bed by the Molina twins.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: They appear to be a distinct race that evolved separately from humanity gifted with superhuman strength, longevity, IdealIllnessImmunity, flight, hypnosis and apparently shapeshifting. They do not spread their condition to humans and can breed normally. With that said, most of their kind chose to live among humans in hopes of conquering it from within and lost much of their powers, to the point they are barely distinguishable from mortals (they can die from conventional damage and diseases like leukemia) except for a distinctive cyst from behind their right ears. Drago and Camilla retain their abilities however and so does [[spoiler:Anzar and Vicky]].

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* OutWithABang: Sex with vampires is very dangerous for humans. [[spoiler:Anzar]] [[spoiler:Aznar]] ends up killing [[spoiler:his girlfriend Sylvia]] when his vampire side awakens and he drains her dry, and Vicky nearly dies of exhaustion after being shared on the bed by the Molina twins.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: They appear to be a distinct race that evolved separately from humanity gifted with superhuman strength, longevity, IdealIllnessImmunity, flight, hypnosis and apparently shapeshifting. They do not spread their condition to humans and can breed normally. With that said, most of their kind chose to live among humans in hopes of conquering it from within and lost much of their powers, to the point they are barely distinguishable from mortals (they can die from conventional damage and diseases like leukemia) except for a distinctive cyst from behind their right ears. Drago and Camilla retain their abilities however and so does [[spoiler:Anzar [[spoiler:Aznar and Vicky]].
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* DaywalkingVampire: The vampires who have become more like humans have acclimated themselves to sunlight over the centuries, so it no longer harms them.


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* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Camilla, a beautiful vampire, has noticeably pale skin and dark hair because of her Spanish heritage.
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* {{Reincarnation}}: During his travels in India, the vampire Drago was involved with a beautiful woman who was enslaved by a local sorcerer. Drago killed the sorcerer to claim her for himself, but he resurrected into a new body before going after them with a mob of followers. Since this put them both in a stalemate, neither being able to permanently kill the other, Drago relented and agreed to a bargain where he would [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy leave his land for good in return for the woman's good treatment]].

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* {{Reincarnation}}: During his travels in India, the vampire Drago was involved with a beautiful woman who was enslaved by a local sorcerer. Drago killed the sorcerer to claim her for himself, but he the sorcerer resurrected into a new body before going after them with a mob of followers. Since this put them both in a stalemate, neither being able to permanently kill the other, Drago relented and agreed to a bargain where he would [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy leave his land for good in return for the woman's good treatment]].

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She probably fits better under Depraved Bisexual, since her interest in anyone other than Drago is explicitly portrayed as predatory.


* BiTheWay: Camilla. While she has a romantic relationship with Drago, she also claims Vicky Lenore for herself as her "plaything" and has no problem sharing her on the bed with him. Drago on the other hand seems to be straight however, since he only is seen having relationships with women.


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* DepravedBisexual: Camilla. While she has a romantic relationship with Drago and is shown having seduced another man before murdering him, she also claims Vicky Lenore for herself as her "plaything" and has no problem sharing her on the bed with him. Drago on the other hand seems to be straight however, since he only is seen having relationships with women.

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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Though they appear to be HeterosexualLifePartners at first, Spiaggi does express romantic feelings for Vicky. [[spoiler:Unfortunately he DidNotGetTheGirl by the end of the series]].

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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Though they appear to be HeterosexualLifePartners at first, Spiaggi does express romantic feelings for Vicky.Vicky, who doesn't reciprocate. [[spoiler:Unfortunately he DidNotGetTheGirl by the end of the series]].



** After Vicky gets captured by the vampire council, one of the guards also attempts to rape her but Spiaggi stops him.

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** After Vicky gets captured by the vampire council, one of the guards also attempts to rape her but Spiaggi stops kills him.


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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The council leaders are all dead by the end, their plot to convert humanity into zoo animals is stopped and Benito is promoted to Chief of Police. However, Drago and Camilla are also dead, Anznar and Vickie are also vampires and have shed all their ties to humanity]].


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* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: In a stark contrast to [[VampiresAreSexGods Drago and Camilla]] who could easily stand out among the crowd, their vampire enemies look completely mundane due to having mingled with humanity, having completely plain appearances that range from obese or lank and deep down they are completely depraved monsters. The only way to tell them apart from humans is that they have a cyst behind their right ears.

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* AttemptedRape: Ronaldo tries to rape Sylvia in hear dorm-room, but Aznar appears just in time to ''completely pummel him''.

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\n* AttemptedRape: AllLoveIsUnrequited: Though they appear to be HeterosexualLifePartners at first, Spiaggi does express romantic feelings for Vicky. [[spoiler:Unfortunately he DidNotGetTheGirl by the end of the series]].
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Ronaldo tries to rape Sylvia in hear dorm-room, but Aznar appears just in time to ''completely pummel him''.him''.
** After Vicky gets captured by the vampire council, one of the guards also attempts to rape her but Spiaggi stops him.



* BiTheWay: Vicky Lenore has a boyfriend at the start of the series, but she too falls to Camilla's charms and has no problem being shared in the bed between her and Drago.

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* BiTheWay: Camilla. While she has a romantic relationship with Drago, she also claims Vicky Lenore has a boyfriend at the start of the series, but she too falls to Camilla's charms for herself as her "plaything" and has no problem being shared in sharing her on the bed between her and Drago.with him. Drago on the other hand seems to be straight however, since he only is seen having relationships with women.



* BrotherSisterIncest: A BrotherSisterTeam consisting of two vampire siblings who [[HunterOfHisOwnKind hunt down their own kind]], Drago and Camilla, are in a relationship together.

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* BrotherSisterIncest: A BrotherSisterTeam consisting of two vampire siblings who [[HunterOfHisOwnKind hunt down their own kind]], Drago and Camilla, are in a relationship together. On a minor note, [[spoiler:Vicky kisses her brother Newton on the lips just before killing him]].



* DepravedBisexual: Camilla. While she has a romantic relationship with Drago, she also claims Vicky Lenore for herself as her "plaything". Drago on the other hand seems to be straight however, since he only is seen having relationships with women.



* HeterosexualLifePartners: Vicky and her partner Spiaggi are very close to each other, but nothing really romantic happens between them.



* MyLifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes: After being fatally shot, [[spoiler:Carl]] experiences a childhood flashback before expiring.



* OurVampiresAreDifferent: They appear to be a distinct race that evolved separately from humanity gifted with superhuman strength, longevity, IdealIllnessImmunity and apparently shapeshifting. They do not spread their condition to humans and can breed normally. With that said, most of their kind chose to live among humans in hopes of conquering it from within and lost much of their powers, to the point they are barely distinguishable from mortals (they can die from conventional damage and diseases like leukemia) except for a distinctive cyst from behind their right ears. Drago and Camilla retain their abilities however.

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* OutWithABang: Sex with vampires is very dangerous for humans. [[spoiler:Anzar]] ends up killing [[spoiler:his girlfriend Sylvia]] when his vampire side awakens and he drains her dry, and Vicky nearly dies of exhaustion after being shared on the bed by the Molina twins.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: They appear to be a distinct race that evolved separately from humanity gifted with superhuman strength, longevity, IdealIllnessImmunity IdealIllnessImmunity, flight, hypnosis and apparently shapeshifting. They do not spread their condition to humans and can breed normally. With that said, most of their kind chose to live among humans in hopes of conquering it from within and lost much of their powers, to the point they are barely distinguishable from mortals (they can die from conventional damage and diseases like leukemia) except for a distinctive cyst from behind their right ears. Drago and Camilla retain their abilities however.however and so does [[spoiler:Anzar and Vicky]].


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* ShamefulStrip: The council leader orders Vicky to be stripped of her clothes since he declared that humanity will be henceforth treated like animals in a zoo.

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* BiTheWay: Vicky Lenore has a boyfriend at the start of the series, but she too falls to Camilla's charms and has no problem being shared in the bed between her and Drago.



* CorruptChurch: According to the Don Miguel.

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* CorruptChurch: According to the Don Miguel.Miguel, the Church ''used'' to hunt vampires but by the time they made their plan to integrate with society, they already have several of their numbers in their ranks. True to that, some bishops and inquisitors are assembled in his council.
* CorruptPolitician: Senator Paxton is an American senator and member of the vampire council.



* NotUsingTheZWord: The blood-drinking immortals are not once referred to as "vampires" during the whole story.

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* NotUsingTheZWord: The blood-drinking immortals with sharp canines are not once referred to as "vampires" during the whole story.


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* OurVampiresAreDifferent: They appear to be a distinct race that evolved separately from humanity gifted with superhuman strength, longevity, IdealIllnessImmunity and apparently shapeshifting. They do not spread their condition to humans and can breed normally. With that said, most of their kind chose to live among humans in hopes of conquering it from within and lost much of their powers, to the point they are barely distinguishable from mortals (they can die from conventional damage and diseases like leukemia) except for a distinctive cyst from behind their right ears. Drago and Camilla retain their abilities however.
* PowerAtAPrice: The vampires managed to take over society by mingling among the humans and are replacing them at a very rapid rate. But they lost all their special powers in the process and are slowly becoming like humans themselves.

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* ArcWords: "Your kingdom is doomed".

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* ArcWords: "Your kingdom is doomed". Don Molina's DyingCurse to his enemies before being slain and now his children carry out his revenge.
* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: When the vampires attacked Don Molina's castle, his wife Dona Anna set herself on fire in front of their enemies rather than give them the pleasure of letting them kill her.



* CorruptChurch: According to the Don Miguel.



* DepravedBisexual: Camilla. While she has a romantic relationship with Drago, she also claims Vicky Lenore for herself as her "plaything". Drago on the other hand seems to be straight however, since

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* DepravedBisexual: Camilla. While she has a romantic relationship with Drago, she also claims Vicky Lenore for herself as her "plaything". Drago on the other hand seems to be straight however, sincesince he only is seen having relationships with women.



* HeterosexualLifePartners: Vicky and her partner Spiaggi.

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* GreaterScopeVillain: Don Miguel technically serves as main antagonist of the story, since he is the leader of the vampire conspiracy and is responsible for setting the Molina twins' down their path of vengeance. With that said, he is completely detached from the narrative, with his underlings representing the [[TheHeavy most immediate threat]] to the main characters while he stays in his little corner. [[spoiler:Ultimately, he is not even dispatched by the protagonists, but by completely unrelated minor characters]].
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Vicky and her partner Spiaggi.Spiaggi are very close to each other, but nothing really romantic happens between them.



* NotUsingTheZWord: The blood-drinking immortals are not once referred to as "vampires" during the whole story.



* PreMortenOneLiner: This little exchange.

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* PreMortenOneLiner: PreMortemOneLiner: This little exchange.


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* ThwartedCoupDeGrace: When Aznar tries to strike down Camilla, Drago blocks his sword at the last second. Serves the {{image source}} for this trope.

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* AttemptedRape: Ronaldo tries to rape Sylvia in hear dorm-room, but Aznar appears just in time to ''completely pummel him''.
* ArcWords: "Your kingdom is doomed".
* BigFancyHouse: Vicky's family house which both her and Spiaggi take refuge in after being presumed dead. Its surprisingly rich and opulent for a normal cop that lives in an apartment.



* CrazyJealousGuy: Ronaldo, the ex of Aznar's girlfriend in college, to the point he attempts to kill him by knocking him unconscious into the pool and leave him to drown, and later breaks into her room in an attempt to rape her though he is stopped just in time by Aznar.



* DepravedBisexual: Camilla. While she has a romantic relationship with Drago, she also claims Vicky Lenore for herself as her "plaything". Drago on the other hand seems to be straight however, since



* HeterosexualLifePartners: Vicky and her partner Spiaggi.



* LadyInRed: Camilla dresses in a red lingerie with a longcoat as befitting a vampire seductress. [[spoiler:Vicky as well at the end of the series]].



* PreMortenOneLiner: This little exchange.
-->'''Pimp''': The two of us in a car. How much?
-->'''Camilla''': ''Your life''.



* {{Stripperiffic}}: Drago and Camilla's "outfits" usually consist of a [[HellbentForLeather leather trenchcoat and leather pants]] ''at best''. Camilla in particular [[DressedLikeADominatrix resembles a dominatrix]] much of the time.

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* {{Stripperiffic}}: Drago and Camilla's "outfits" usually consist of a [[HellbentForLeather leather trenchcoat and leather pants]] ''at best''. Camilla in particular [[DressedLikeADominatrix resembles a dominatrix]] much of the time. [[spoiler:Vicky and Aznar wear their outfits at the end of the series]].
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* {{Stripperiffic}}: Drago and Camilla's "outfits" usually consist of a [[HellbentForLeather leather trenchcoat and leather pants]] ''at best''. Camilla in particular resembles a dominatrix much of the time.

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* {{Stripperiffic}}: Drago and Camilla's "outfits" usually consist of a [[HellbentForLeather leather trenchcoat and leather pants]] ''at best''. Camilla in particular [[DressedLikeADominatrix resembles a dominatrix dominatrix]] much of the time.
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* DressedLikeADominatrix: The vampire Camilla adopts this look while stalking her prey, wearing only a leather corset, long gloves, and thigh high stiletto boots underneath her BadassLongcoat. She does pose as a prostitute at one point, but she clearly only uses it outside of sexual situations.
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''Raptors'' (''Rapaces'' in the original language) is a Belgian urban fantasy/horror comic written by Jean Dufaux and drawn by Enrico Marini.

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''Raptors'' (''Rapaces'' in the original language) is a Belgian Franco-Belgian urban fantasy/horror comic written by Jean Dufaux and drawn by Enrico Marini.
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''Raptors'' (''Rapaces'' in the original language) is a French urban fantasy/horror comic written by Jean Dufaux and drawn by Enrico Marini.

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''Raptors'' (''Rapaces'' in the original language) is a French Belgian urban fantasy/horror comic written by Jean Dufaux and drawn by Enrico Marini.
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* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Drago and Camilla are remorseless predators, but their love for each other and reason for wanting revenge against the other vampires for killing their parents makes them just slightly more sympathetic. Unlike their arch-enemy Don Miguel, they also don't make a habit out of hunting children or orchestrating the wholesale purge of humanity.
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* TheVamp: Camilla is introduced after having seduced a young man who is willing to give up everything to be with her, claiming the raven-haired Spanish beauty to be the most desirable woman he has ever known. She swiftly murders him, which she had been planning on doing all along.

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* TheVamp: Camilla is introduced after having seduced a young man who is willing to give up everything to be with her, claiming the raven-haired Spanish beauty to be the most desirable woman he has ever known. She swiftly murders him, which she had been planning on doing all along. She's also seen luring in victims by pretending to be a streetwalker.
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* CouncilOfVampires: The vampire council are running humanity behind the scenes, and are all European [[AristocratsAreEvil aristocrats]] who have settled in New York City. Pretty democratically too, since their leader has became an OrcusOnHisThrone obsessed with hunting new victims over the centuries and doesn't really care enough to micromanage the council.
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* BrotherSisterTeam: Drago and Camilla are HalfIdenticalTwins who hunt down other vampires who have sworm off 'the old ways'. They also have some sort of telepathic link to each other.
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* TakingUpTheMantle: At the end, [[spoiler:Vicky Lenore and Aznar Akeba take up Drago and Camilla's mantle in hunting down vampires after the latter are both killed.]]
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* ShootTheDog: Camilla murders a dog before killing its owner, since he was part of the conspiracy she was opposed to.

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* ShootTheDog: Camilla murders kills a dog before killing murdering its owner, since he was part of the conspiracy she was opposed to.
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* OrcusOnHisThrone: Don Miguel Y Certa, the master of the vampire order, doesn't really play an active role in the day-to-day politics of vampirekind and letting the CouncilOfVampires bother with such things, instead contenting himself with feasting on the food his servants bring him. In total, he makes about three appearances in the entire comic.

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* OrcusOnHisThrone: Don Miguel Y Certa, the master of the vampire order, doesn't really play an active role in the day-to-day politics of vampirekind and letting lets the CouncilOfVampires bother with such things, instead contenting himself with feasting on the food his servants bring him. In total, he makes about three appearances in the entire comic.
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* OrcusOnHisThrone: Don Miguel Y Certa, the master of the vampire order, doesn't really play an active role in the day-to-day politics of vampirekind and letting the CouncilOfVampires bother with such things, instead contenting himself with feasting on the food his servants bring him. In total, he makes about three appearances in the entire comic.


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* VampireMonarch: Don Miguel Y Certa, while not literally a king (instead being of Spanish high nobility), is the ruler of all vampires.
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* MaleFrontalNudity: Drago's manhood is on display a bunch of times. Of course, this is a European comic.
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''Raptors'' (''Rapaces'' in the original language) is a French urban fantasy/horror comic.

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''Raptors'' (''Rapaces'' in the original language) is a French urban fantasy/horror comic.
comic written by Jean Dufaux and drawn by Enrico Marini.
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* FaceDeathWithDignity: The old man who becomes Drago's first victim is very cordial towards his executioner, and they have a pleasant conversation beforehand. He even gives Drago his only picture of Drago's late mother, who he used to be in love with before she chose Drago's father.
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* {{Stripperiffic}}: Drago and Camilla's "outfits" usually consist of a [[HellbentForLeather leather trenchcoat and leather pants]] ''at best''. Camilla in particular resembles a dominatrix much of the time.
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* LukeIAmMyFather: [[spoiler:Aznar Akeba turns out to be in fact Drago's son, resulting from his previous romance with a beautiful Indian woman.]]

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* LukeIAmMyFather: LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:Aznar Akeba turns out to be in fact Drago's son, resulting from his previous romance with a beautiful Indian woman.]]
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* LukeYouAreMyFather: [[spoiler:Aznar Akeba turns out to be in fact Drago's son, resulting from his previous romance with a beautiful Indian woman.]]

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* LukeYouAreMyFather: LukeIAmMyFather: [[spoiler:Aznar Akeba turns out to be in fact Drago's son, resulting from his previous romance with a beautiful Indian woman.]]
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* ShootTheDog: Camilla murders a dog before killing its owner, since he was part of the conspiracy she was opposed to.
* TheVamp: Camilla is introduced after having seduced a young man who is willing to give up everything to be with her, claiming the raven-haired Spanish beauty to be the most desirable woman he has ever known. She swiftly murders him, which she had been planning on doing all along.
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''Raptors'' (''Rapaces'' in the original language) is a French urban fantasy/horror comic.

A series of bloody murders in New York City all have the words "YOUR KINGDOM IS DOOMED" written in blood at the scenes. A pair of police detectives investigating the crimes soon discover that it's part of a centuries-long struggle between different factions of vampires.

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* BrotherSisterIncest: A BrotherSisterTeam consisting of two vampire siblings who [[HunterOfHisOwnKind hunt down their own kind]], Drago and Camilla, are in a relationship together.
* ChildEater: The ancient leader of the new vampire order, Don Miguel Y Certa, who is also known as "The Devourer", has a particular fondness for children.
* DecoyProtagonist: Vicky Lenore is the actual protagonist, but Drago and Camilla are featured on all the covers and are basically a SpotlightStealingSquad.
* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler:Don Miguel is ultimately destroyed by a group of children, the very prey he had been feasting on to his heart's content throughout the centuries.]]
* EvilVersusEvil: The comic chronicles the fight between TheMasquerade of vampires who have decided to give up their days of slaughter so they could replace humanity in the long run but found their powers diminishing through the ages, and a renegade vampire brother and sister who retained their powers and pledged to [[HunterOfHisOwnKind hunt down all the others]] while being unapologetic monsters themselves.
* HunterOfHisOwnKind: Drago and Camilla are a BrotherSisterTeam duo of vampires who systematically hunt down all other members of their kind. The feud started when the majority of vampires chose to give up most of their powers and bestial instincts so they could walk around in the daylight and rule humanity openly. Drago and Camilla's father was opposed to this and murdered (along with his wife) for his defiance, leading his children to [[YouKilledMyFather swear revenge]] after they were safely whisked away.
* LukeYouAreMyFather: [[spoiler:Aznar Akeba turns out to be in fact Drago's son, resulting from his previous romance with a beautiful Indian woman.]]
* NoShirtLongJacket: Both Drago and Aznar Akeba wear long leather trenchcoats (red and black respectively) without a shirt of any sort.
* {{Reincarnation}}: During his travels in India, the vampire Drago was involved with a beautiful woman who was enslaved by a local sorcerer. Drago killed the sorcerer to claim her for himself, but he resurrected into a new body before going after them with a mob of followers. Since this put them both in a stalemate, neither being able to permanently kill the other, Drago relented and agreed to a bargain where he would [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy leave his land for good in return for the woman's good treatment]].
* VampiresAreRich: Most of vampirekind are running TheMasquerade to keep humanity around as lifestock, and are primarily composed of old Spanish nobility.
* VampiresAreSexGods: Drago and Camilla, the two vampire siblings, both portrayed as stunningly attractive and temptuous, as well as sensual lovers (including, incidentally, [[BrotherSisterIncest to each other]]).

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