[@Expendable] Spoken like a true DM.  Quite a lovely description there I must say.

Truthfully though, I'm in conflict because I worked so hard on creating this character only to realize my folly too late.  I don't want to have to start over from scratch, but I still want to respect the DM's rule.

 I do find it odd, however,that a fantasy roleplay only offers humans as a playable race.  Nothing wrong with it, mind you.  It's just using different races opens the door for more diverse characters in both traits and skill sets.  Variety is the spice of life, they say, but again, it is the DM's decision at the end of the day.

Come to think of it, in the context of vampirism, it isn't necessarily a race but more of a status effect.  Any race can become a vampire, so I could just have Corvin turned during the course of our adventure.  Yeah, that would make sense rather than just have him start as one.