A Sect Vampire-Lord bound into its armor by powerful Necromantic spells. The armor can never come off; the protective metal is permanently bonded to the skin. The Uhlrik, after their loss in the Vampire Civil War, no longer hold positions within the Sect.
When first seen on the battlefield, it was unknown where these new and terrifying mounted warriors were coming from. A new Sect undead creature? A new Mage Spawn created through the arcane arts? Only later did it become known that the Uhlrik are actually a part of the feared Order of Vladd. Those vampiric members of the Order that choose to undergo a powerful Necromental transformation, one that costs them their wings and bloodfangs, and magically melds their bodies to a specially prepared suit of magical armor. It is said the transformation is so agonizing that they bleed from every pore, giving the metal armor its permanent blood-red stain. An Uhlrik literally becomes living armor, out of which he may never venture. That price, however, is gladly paid as the unholy metamorphosis creates a powerful undead warrior-prince eternally shrouded in living steel.