Daytime Walking

Daytime Walking
As the original vampire, Drake (Blade III: Trinity) can walk in sunlight unlike his descendants.
Power/Ability to:	Survive in sunlight.

"Breathtaking!! Such Beautiful Radiance!! That Light is the Most Wonderful Thing I've Seen. And now I have Conquered It!!"

― Kars (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part II Battle Tendency)

"Sun beaming down in a nice, non-fatal way. It's very exciting, I can't wait to find out if I freckle."

― Spike (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

The power to be a nocturnal creature able to withstand exposure to direct sunlight. Related power to Selective Invulnerability. Sub-power of Weakness Immunity. Variation of Solar Immunity.

Also Called

• Daywalking
• Immunity to the Sun
• The Daylighter
• The Daywalker

Capabilities

The user is a nocturnal creature (typically a true vampires) able to withstand exposure to direct sunlight and be active during the day. This can be because they are a Dhampir, are endowed with magic or are unique physically in one way or another.

Associations

• Aversion Negation
• Angelic-Undead Physiology
• Dhampir Physiology
• Faerie-Vampire Physiology
• Limitation Transcendence
• Mystic Vampire Physiology
• Selective Invulnerability
• Solar Negation
• Solar Immunity
• True Vampire
• Vaewolf Physiology
  • Werepire Physiology
• Weakness Immunity
• Weakness Removal

Limitations

• May only last for a limited time.
• May be dependent on mystical artifacts.
• Sunlight may still weaken the user and/or cause discomfort.

Known Users

See Also: Daywalking Vampire.

Comics/Cartoons

• American Vampires (American Vampire)
• Xander Harris (Boom Studios' Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• New Vampires (Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season Nine)
• Blade (Marvel Comics)
• Dracula (Marvel Comics)
• Lilith Drake (Marvel Comics)
• Nina Price/Vampire by Night (Marvel Comics)
• Vampirella (Vampirella)
• The Moon (Adventure Time); via Regenerative Healing Factor
• Ghostfreak (Ben 10)
• Count Duckula (Count Duckula)
• Coldstone (Gargoyles)
• Changelings (Trollhunters)
• Stalklings (Trollhunters)

Live Television/Movies

• Connor (Angel)
• Vampires (Being Human); though still uncomfortable for them
• Vampires (Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel); via the Gem of Amarra
• Vampires (Chica Vampiro)
• Count Dracula (Dracula)
• Phantom Spy Vancuria (Mahou Sentai Magiranger)
• Rory, Sarah and Erica (My Babysitter's a Vampire)
• Necrolai (Power Rangers Mystic Force)
• Vampires (True Blood); temporarily, after drinking Faerie blood
• Warlow (True Blood)
• Vampires/Originals (The Vampire Diaries/The Originals); via Daylight Rings
• Hybrids (The Vampire Diaries/The Originals)
• Vampires (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter)
• Drake (Blade III: Trinity)
• Olaf (Frozen)
• Bat Gremlin (Gremlins 2: The New Batch)
• Mina Harker (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen)
• Gypsy (The Twins Effect); after swallowing the Vampire King's bloodstain
• Hybrids (Underworld)
  • Michael Corvin
• Selene (Underworld); after drinking the blood of Alexander Corvinus
• David (Underworld); via the blood of Selene

Folklore/Mythology

• Dhampir (Folklore)

Literature

• Vampires/Darkkin (Demon Accords)
  • Tatiana Demidova
  • Elder Senka
• Count Dracula (Dracula)
• Vampires (Karsearin: Adventures of a Red Dragon)
  • Seria
• Daylighters (Shadowhunters/Mortal Instruments)
  • Simon Lewis
  • Cain
• Vampires and vampire-chameleons (Shadow Falls); though sunlight annoys them
• Vampires (Twilight Saga)
• Akasha (The Vampire Chronicles)
• Vampires (The Vampire Diaries); through an enchanted Lapis Lazuli

Manga/Anime

• Vandalieu (The Death Mage Who Doesn't Want a Fourth Time)
• Valen (The Death Mage Who Doesn't Want a Fourth Time)
• Followers of individuals with 【Eclipse King】or【Eclipse Emperor】 titles (The Death Mage Who Doesn't Want a Fourth Time)
• Abyss Vampires (The Death Mage Who Doesn't Want a Fourth Time)
• Fangs the Vampire Man (Dragon Ball)
• Nezuko Kamado (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
• Tanjiro Kamado (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
• Alucard (Hellsing)
• Kars (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part II Battle Tendency)
• Vampire Tribe (Kou 1 Desu Ga Isekai De Joushu Hajimemashita)
• Evangeline A.K. McDowell (Mahou Sensei Negima)
• Hazuki/Luna (Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase)
• Count Heinrich von Kinkel (Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase)

Video Games

• Gabriel Belmont/Dracula (Castlevania: Lords of Shadow)
• Demitri Maximoff (Darkstalkers)
• Jericho Cross (Darkwatch)
• Vampires (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim)
• Ardyn Izunia (Final Fantasy XV)
• Kain (Legacy of Kain)
• Dark Sister (Valkyrie Crusade)

Web Comics

• All jade blooded trolls (Homestuck)
  • Kanaya Maryam

Known Objects

• Gem of Amarra (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• Day Armor (Castlevania)
• Deadlight Prism (Darkwatch)
• Eye of Odin (Gargoyles)
• Mayan Sun Amulet (Gargoyles)
• Red Stone of Aja (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part II Battle Tendency)
• Sunlight Pendant/Lightbender Amulet (Marvel Comics)
• Vampiric Sunscreen (The Sims 3: Supernatural)
• Immortal Lifetime Reward (The Sims 3: Supernatural)
• Faerie Blood (True Blood); temporarily
• Faerie-Vampire Hybrid Blood (True Blood); indefinitely until the Faerie-Vampire Hybrid's death
• Vampire King Blood (Twins Effect)
• Iron Man Armor (Ultimate Marvel)
• Enchanted Lapis Lazuli (The Vampire Diaries)
• Daylight Rings (The Vampire Diaries/The Originals/Legacies)

Gallery

Connor (Angel) is a human born vampire who can walk in the daylight.

Due to a protective skin provided by the Omnitrix, Ghostfreak (Ben 10) is able to be active during the day without being incinerated by sunlight.

After being partially sired by Drusilla and ensouled by his friends, Xander Harris (Boom Studios' Buffy the Vampire Slayer) became a human-vampire hybrid that could remain active during the day without fear of the sun.

Spike (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) wearing the Gem of Amara, rendering him immune to sunlight.

All vampires (Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season Nine) sired after the creation of a new Seed of Wonder were now able to walk in daylight.

Striga's (Castlevania) Day Armor enables her to be active during the day.

Count Duckula (Count Duckula)

Demitri Maximoff (Darkstalkers) can manifest a protective aura to negate sunlight, allowing him to be active during the day.

The Deadlight Prism (Darkwatch) enables any vampire who uses it to be active during the day and use the full extent of their powers.

Nezuko Kamado (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba) has developed immunity to sunlight, allowing her to be active during the day unlike other demons.

Tanjiro Kamado (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba), after becoming a Demon due to Muzan Kibutsuji transferring to him all his blood, powers and abilities, has developed immunity to sunlight.

Vandalieu (The Death Mage Who Doesn't Want a Fourth Time) does not gain a weakness to sunlight from excessive bloodsucking, due to inheriting his father's 【Sunlight Resistance】.

For centuries, Dracula (Dracula) was led to believe that his weaknesses would eventually destroy him. However, they were merely placebos and exaggerated by his enemies including his fear of sunlight.

Fangs the Vampire (Dragon Ball)

Unlike other daemons, Ardyn Izunia (Final Fantasy XV) can function during the day and survive in sunlight due to his sheer Regenerative Healing Factor negating the damage as fast as the sun burns him.

Due to his undead/cybernetic body, Coldstone (Gargoyles) can function during the day, unlike ordinary gargoyles.

Using the Eye of Odin, Goliath (Gargoyles) was able to remain active during the day without entering stone sleep.

The Mayan Sun Amulet (Gargoyles) powers four magical pendants that, when worn, allow Gargoyles to be active during the day.

The Bat Gremlin (Gremlins 2: The New Batch) was rendered able to walk around in daylight after being modified with genetic sunblock.

Alucard (Hellsing) is unharmed by sunlight; he "simply hates it."

When combined with the Stone Mask, the Red Stone of Aja (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part II Battle Tendency) allows a Pillar Man to walk in daylight unharmed…

…as shown with Kars.

Kain (Legacy of Kain) developed an immunity to sunlight through centuries of evolution.

Evangeline A.K. McDowell (Mahou Sensei Negima)

Blade (Marvel Comics) is a dhampir who is known as "the Daywalker" for his ability not to be harmed by sunlight unlike his vampiric foes.

Dracula (Marvel Comics) became immune to sunlight after being transfused with Wolverine's blood.

Nina Price, the Vampire by Night (Marvel Comics)

As the Queen of the Vampires, Necrolai (Power Rangers Mystic Force) is able to tolerate sunlight.

While most trolls turn to stone when touched by sunlight, Changelings (Trollhunters) do not have this weakness.

Simon Lewis (Shadowhunters) became a Daylighter when he drank blood from Nephilim Jace Herondale, who exceptionally has more angel blood than ordinary Shadowhunters.

As a vampire-fairy hybrid, Warlow (True Blood) is immune to sunlight.

Eric Northman (True Blood) was able to temporarily walk in daylight after drinking faerie blood.

By manipulating light, Heinrich von Kinkel (Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase) is able to negate the sun's affect on him, allowing him to be active during the day.

Anthony (Ultimate Marvel) was able to operate during the day by wearing a stolen Iron Man suit, which shielded him from sunlight.

After becoming a vampire-Corvinus Strain hybrid, Selene (Underworld) gained immunity to sunlight, allowing her to be active during the day.

Michael Corvin (Underworld)

Dark Sister (Valkyrie Crusade) is a Vampire that is immune to all of an vampire's weaknesses, such as sunlight and holy powers and objects.