On a semi-related topic, how are wc vampires created? Clearly, being nibbled on (or even feasted on) does not transmit infection. Do they have to be born? If so, how is the creature transmitted through egg or sperm? The infection, which can be killed prior to the first feeding, is a discreet entity, it seems? Or, is it all one being in many bodies? I never quite understood what these things were supposed to be.
Nor does anybody else, yet. There's some mystery linked to the White Court.
What we do know, or think we know:
1. They seem to have originated in pre-Roman Italy, or at least they use Etruscan as their 'official' language in sort of the same way the Council uses Latin.
2. They are either immortal, or very nearly so. However, they
do age, at least somewhat. As I've noted before, everybody recognizes Lord Raith, Lara, and Thomas as family, but people also usually recognize LR as the oldest and Lara as Thomas'
older sister. So they are not frozen in time.
3. They reproduce sexually, just like normal humans. In fact, they look to
be a variety of human being. They have souls and free will, they can be soulgazed, they are at least capable of genuine Love, and they can use magic in the same way as a human, and when they do, it produces tech bane. Mab has implied that a White Court 'vampire' would be a viable Faerie Knight. We know that a WCV can be preyed on and 'turned' by a Black Court vampire, we don't know but presumably it could be done by a Red, too. They feed on life energy for their Hunger, but they also eat normal food and drink water, too.
That all suggests that WVCs are basically variant humans.
4. Since they reproduce just like everybody else, there presumably had to be a first WVC or group of such, though it's entirely conceivable that the entire Court is descended from one person.
5. We don't know if LR is a first-generation WCV or not, but it looks unlikely. OTOH, he's apparently been around for many centuries and been influential enough to have had some effect on general human culture. So he might be one of the early generations.
6. It has been hinted that some kind of connection exists between the White Court and the Outsiders.