I can't recommend them enough! They're really the best pets ever! The only downside is the short lifespan, that can really tear you up :C

I've never played The Masquerade, but I'd heard of it from friends (it sounds neat!) and I knew there were different types of vampires within it. I really don't know anything about those types or when the game came out though, but I think I did hear that same theory on lashouts.