Vlad Dracula died, as far as the mortal world knows,
in 1476 near Bucharest. As with many famous leaders,
fantastic stories and conspiracy theories about his death
abound. The most famous is that he dressed as a Turk to
escape his enemies and was subsequently killed by his
own men. In any case, his story doesn’t end there.Dracula rose up as one of the Kindred that night, and
claims in the Rites of the Dragon to have no sire, but was
given the curse of undeath directly from God.From there, Dracula went on to become intimately involved
with Kindred society, running afoul of the Invictus,
making a puppet ruler of his brother Radu the Handsome
and Embracing the first of his brides, whom he named Mara.
At this point, Dracula had already decided that change
was necessary to escaping the curse that God had laid on
him, but wasn’t sure exactly how to proceed. As the years
wore on, he came into contact with other Kindred, first of
the Lancea Sanctum and then of the Circle of the Crone,
and learned the sorcery of each. But with both covenants,
he found the teachings lacking. They could enact change
upon the world but not upon themselves, and that was what
the Impaler truly desired.
Mon Jun 18, 2007 1:01 pm