Editing The Wyzard Setting Essays (section)

===The Drinker of Spilled Blood===
Despite its ominous name and grisly eating habits, the Drinker can be a fairly benign deity.  It requires no more sacrifice than that blood be spilled, and is just as satisfied to have an animal's throat cut, or two dozen people giving up only a little blood.  Keeping the Drinker satisfied prevents infestations of mosquitoes and other biting vermin.  However, its attention is also sought out by those wishing to become vampires, as the attentions of its servitors are necessary for that process (absent some accommodating senior vampire.)