Post by Uatu the Watcher on Feb 12, 2007 18:18:18 GMT -5
15th Century
The Transylvanian prince Vlad Tepes, better known as Dracula, came to power. He was, unknowingly, being watched and manipulated by Varnae, who sought to create a worthy heir for his power. Dracula fathered a daughter, Lilith, with his first wife, Zofia. On the first anniversary of their loveless marriage, he exiled Zofia and Lilith, and later married his second wife, Maria, and fathered a son, Vlad Tepulus. In 1462, during a battle with the soldiers of the Turkish lord Turac, Dracula was mortally wounded by the interloping immortal Apocalypse. Turac hoped to heal Dracula and set him up as a puppet ruler, so he brought him to the gypsy healer Lianda. Lianda was actually a vampire in the service of Varnae, and she transformed Dracula into a vampire for her master. Turac accidentally killed Maria, prompting Dracula to fully embrace his vampiric power. Dracula bit Turac and ordered the now-undead warlord to return to Turkey to kill his own family, then killed Varnae's servant Nimrod for the title of "Lord of the Vampires". Dracula was then forced to drink Varnae's life's blood, giving him the ancient vampire's full power.
Dracula later waged a bloody war against the gypsies as revenge for Lianda's actions. One of those who he killed was the son of the witch Gretchin, who was, unknown to Dracula, caring for Dracula's exiled daughter Lilith, as Zofia had since killed herself. Gretchin cursed Lilith to become a vampire who would hunt Dracula until he was destroyed forever. Dracula's other child, Vlad Tepulus, had offspring who carried on the Dracula name, although later generations changed the name to Drake. The only known living Drake in the modern era is the vampire hunter Frank Drake.
The Transylvanian prince Vlad Tepes, better known as Dracula, came to power. He was, unknowingly, being watched and manipulated by Varnae, who sought to create a worthy heir for his power. Dracula fathered a daughter, Lilith, with his first wife, Zofia. On the first anniversary of their loveless marriage, he exiled Zofia and Lilith, and later married his second wife, Maria, and fathered a son, Vlad Tepulus. In 1462, during a battle with the soldiers of the Turkish lord Turac, Dracula was mortally wounded by the interloping immortal Apocalypse. Turac hoped to heal Dracula and set him up as a puppet ruler, so he brought him to the gypsy healer Lianda. Lianda was actually a vampire in the service of Varnae, and she transformed Dracula into a vampire for her master. Turac accidentally killed Maria, prompting Dracula to fully embrace his vampiric power. Dracula bit Turac and ordered the now-undead warlord to return to Turkey to kill his own family, then killed Varnae's servant Nimrod for the title of "Lord of the Vampires". Dracula was then forced to drink Varnae's life's blood, giving him the ancient vampire's full power.
Dracula later waged a bloody war against the gypsies as revenge for Lianda's actions. One of those who he killed was the son of the witch Gretchin, who was, unknown to Dracula, caring for Dracula's exiled daughter Lilith, as Zofia had since killed herself. Gretchin cursed Lilith to become a vampire who would hunt Dracula until he was destroyed forever. Dracula's other child, Vlad Tepulus, had offspring who carried on the Dracula name, although later generations changed the name to Drake. The only known living Drake in the modern era is the vampire hunter Frank Drake.