Carpathian

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Carpathian may refer to:

• The Carpathian Mountains of Eastern Europe.
• The Carpathian Convention on sustainable development in that region.

Carpathian is also a race of people created by Christine Feehan in the Dark Series. They are men and women who have nearly immortal lifespans whose race is slowly becoming extinct. After a great deal of hardship and losing many of the naturally born women, the men were left to age without their lifemated partners. With psychic abilities, they are tied to the land, having to go to ground during the daylight hours to heal and live. They drink blood but are not vampires. As the males reach 200 years old, they lose the ability to see in color and feel emotion, leaving them only with honor to keep them from becoming twisted and evil. Vampires are male Carpathians that have not met their lifemate, have given up their souls to darkness, and kill their victims. Now that full blooded women are rare, the men are finding their lifemates among psychic human women and must bind and turn them. These women, once found, return the feelings and colors of the men, signalling they are the other half of the male's soul. There is only ever one other half for both of them and the bond can not be forced between two who aren't meant to be. However, the male is imprinted from birth with an ancient ritual to bind the woman to him forever and giving three tastes of his blood turns her into one of them. Another problem is the lack of living and surviving children born to Carpathian women, including those turned from human. They still haven't unraveled the trouble and very few babies survive their first year. More information can be found at http://www.christinefeehan.com