Vampire Hunter

Hunters are born, not made. They are gifted humans, whose powers are passed on through to the next generations.

Origins
It is believed that the original vampire hunters ate a vampire to gain their powers. It is revealed that they were endowed with power after the Hooded Woman gave them high dosage of her blood to near poisoning levels. Those that survived became vampire hunters. She then threw her heart into the fire creating the first vampire weapons. Following his discovery of her actions, Kaname charged them to the last man to kill all the vampires who believed themselves unkillable.

Vampire Hunter Curse
This has also created a curse on vampire hunters, they can never have twins, as the twins will consume each other in the womb and will be stillborn. In rare cases, the stronger twin will consume the other in the womb and be born as a very strong vampire hunter. Twin birth is extremely rare, while one twin will be very strong, the other of the pair will generally be sickly and weak, little use as a hunter. For the pair to become a powerful hunter, the stronger one has to devour the other and become one. The vampire hunter twins are known as 'The Cursed Twins'. The only known hunter twins, in the anime and manga, are Zero and Ichiru Kiryu.

Powers
Vampire Hunters have the power to sense vampires, slightly accelerated healing and can perform some magic spells. Vampire hunters are able to wield and use anti-vampire weapons.

Attitudes
Vampire hunters generally have an antagonistic attitude toward vampires, generally due to the danger posed by vampires and the damage they have done. Many hunters express the opinion that vampires enjoy killing too much, thus the reason why they don't think vampires should police their own.

Duty
Vampire hunters see it as their duty to kill rogue and dangerous vampires and consider themselves a type of policing force of vampires and do not appreciate vampires interfering. Recently some hunters have started to see vampire hunting as more of a sport under the rule of the former president.