in Gate of the ancients level you encounter a scroll behind a door, when you go to pick it up drake says that it is cold to the touch and engima tells you that he has heard of magic like that before, now when you open the scroll their is nothing written on it but the symbol itself, the only thing i found out is that its called the vampyre rune, not vamipre.... does anyone know what this rune does?

I didn't use that rune much, but it seems to drain hit point from enemies and give them to Drake. Correct me if I'm wrong.

This rune is very useful against skulls and skeletons in Shadowking's Palace.

yes, it's a vampire rune ^^