Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Vampire Academy Photos Tease Training, A Prank And Some Serious Tension

Earlier this month Vampire Academy fans got a peek at Lissa and Christian, two of the royal Moroi vampire characters featured in the feature adaptation of Richelle Mead's Vampire Academy series. While the broody Christian and sweet Lissa make eyes at one another throughout the story, another potential couple begins to spark, though you might not be able to see that in the above photo, as Rose and Dimitri are a bit busy with martial arts training to acknowledge their chemistry.

Courtesy of EW, the photo up top shows us Zoey Deutch and Danila Kozlovsky as Rose Hathaway and her dreamy Russian trainer Dimitri Belikov. Both are Dhampirs, which means they're half-human, half-vampire and exceptionally strong. In Mead's story, Dhampirs attend St. Vladimir's Academy alongside the peaceful Moroi vampires (living vampires who drink blood but also eat human food and age). While the vampires practice their supernatural abilities, most of which pertain to the elements (fire, water, etc), Dhampirs train to improve their strength and defensive skills in an effort to protect the Moroi against the evil Strigoi vampires (the more traditional non-aging, sun-allergic murdering-type vampires).
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