Vampire hierarchy

Honour (Ramanga's humiliation)

Male-led

Blood purity is key

Humans are the bottom of the food chain

Half-breeds are seen as abominations and the birth of one can sentence a whole family to death

Human born vampires or 'half-fangs' are discriminated against (Will, Erin, ect.)

Very conservative attitude (the Council)

Divorce is probably frowned upon

They have arranged marriages - 'blood bindings', something that became illegal in the First World during the mid 20th-century

Older clans and those in association with the Council (Westenra, for example) are well-respected