V The First
by WM
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by WM
V The First
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Hidden deep beneath the soil of Transylvania lies a library more ancient than the mansion that slumbers above it. Its vaults are older than stone, its shelves lined with the weight of millennia. Within these shadowed halls, an immortal chronicler — a revenant of unfathomable age — once walked. He gathered knowledge from both the world of men and the underworld, recording histories forgotten, and cataloguing the strange fauna that dwell beyond the veil.
Here rest texts from empires long fallen — fragments that once adorned the shelves of Alexandria, Ashurbanipal, and the lost vaults of Rome. Scriptures of popes, decrees of kings, all sought to claim or to burn them, but the library endured, hidden from fire and conquest alike.
And it was there, in that tomb of wisdom and ruin, that we found it.
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In the realm of V The First, the boundaries between history and myth dissolve into one living chronicle. From the annals of Europe rise figures of flesh and crown—Basarab, the indomitable founder of his house; Prince Mircea, heir of Wallachia; the proud Princess Mara; and the line of Vlad II Dracul, whose blood would one day give the world Vlad III, called Dracula. Yet these lords and princes share their stage with beings older than thrones, drawn from the marrow of ancient lore: Witches who whisper to the elements, warlocks who bargain with shadows, Revenants cursed with immortal hunger, Lycans who prowl beneath the moon, Mages wielding forbidden arts, and Saints whose martyrdom burns brighter than steel. Together they weave a world where the march of history beats in step with the pulse of legend.
Creature's Breeds:
From the time Absalom was five years old, his destiny was whispered into his ear by his mother, a fortune teller whose voice carried the weight of the unseen. She told him that one day he would marry a girl named Taliatha, and that together they would bear many sons. Though he had never met her, the name burned itself into his heart, becoming a secret compass that guided his every step. As he grew into manhood—strong, handsome, and master of horses—the prophecy never left him. At twenty-three, when fate finally placed Taliatha before him, it was less a meeting than a recognition: the fulfillment of a vow the stars had written long before either of them drew breath.
The Divine:
In the shadowed balance of the world, where men and creatures struggle, as there is unyielding malice, so too endures a hidden purity. Bound by ancient laws, most are forbidden from interfering—yet some do. They heal the wounded, whisper the path beneath our feet, or linger unseen, offering love that asks for nothing in return. At times we glimpse them, radiant and unmistakable; at other times they pass in silence, veiled in the ordinary. Some call them spirits, others angels. Yet among us they may wear human form—saints to the devout, mages to the wary, or beings beyond either name, cloaked in mysteries older than memory.
Places:
The saga spans both history and myth. From the kingdoms of Bohemia, Wallachia, Hungary, and Transylvania to the imagined town of Targos, from palaces and castles rooted in history to the legendary Red Castle and the Four Watchtowers. Some places breathe like characters themselves—none more so than the dreaded Forbidden Forest, said to guard the grave of the All-Mother.
Timeline:
The saga spans centuries, with its heart rooted in the Dark and Middle Ages—beginning in 1300 with the rise of the first prince of Wallachia, and carrying through to 1400, when his great-grandson, Prince Mircea, wore the crown as father to Vlad II and grandfather to Vlad III, Dracula. Yet its scope reaches further still: back to the grandeur of Imperial Greece, the founding and fall of Rome, and into the shadowed memory of a forgotten age—before the Great War of the underworld. In that primordial conflict, Vampires once shared dominion of the unseen world with the Lycan Lords, until war swept the wolves into extinction. Still, even in the fifteenth century, whispers of prophecy speak of their return.
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Lore, Myth and Mythology
Rooted in diverse traditions and enriched by legends and myth, the world that unfolds through these pages remains anchored to genuine history and real-world characters, bound only by the limits of the storyteller’s art.
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