While the howls of the fallen terrified every vampire on Ixtal, Max who was underwater was completely oblivious to what was going on above the surface.
Unfortunately due to the times that Max lived in he spent more time sharpening his other battle techniques and sensed rather than sharpening bloodline ability.
There were hardly any occasions where Max fought with his Bloodline ability on full display without a care in the world and it was for this reason that he did not truly understand the power that he inherited.
The bloodlust, the problems with satiety index and the heightened sense of smell were all the side-effects that occurred within weaker primordial vampires who let their primal instincts control their being.
But, the true powerful primordial vampires were not the ones that gave in to the madness but the ones that were tempered through it and the ones that achieved true control over their senses.
