Katakans Vampires

Journal Description

Melitele, Great Mother, protect us from evil, from unclean devils and foul demons, and most of all from the clutches of katakans and nekurats…
– fragment of a prayer

Katakans and their more dangerous kin, nekurats, are the embodiments of human fear. They hide in the shadows. They feed on blood. They resemble enormous bats – though with long fangs and even longer talons. And, as if that weren’t terror enough, they can turn invisible, waiting unseen while dread of their unpreventable attack overwhelms their victim.