Soucouyant

Skin-Shedding Vampire

Soucouyant

Country of Origin: Trinidad & Tobago Being Type: Skin-Shedding Vampire
Soucouyant Trinidad skin-shedding vampire illustration

Power Stats

Aggression
10/10
Magic Abilities
9/10
Physical Power
5/10

Origin Backstory

Old woman shedding skin at night to fly as a fireball and suck blood. Caribbean fire vampire of Trinidad & Tobago, trapped by salt.

Key Features

  • Skin shedding
  • Fire ball flight
  • Blood sucking
  • Salt in skin trap
  • Old hag day

Lore

The Soucouyant is a fearsome skin-shedding vampire in Trinidadian and Tobagonian folklore, an elderly woman who discards her skin at night to become a blazing fireball that sucks blood. Warded by scattering rice or salt (which she must count), or salting her shed skin to prevent re-entry, she embodies nocturnal dread and clever folk protections.