Hi there! The name's GhostWing, or Ghost or Wing, whatever floats your boat. Anyways, a bit about myself before I get onto the plot. I am a 22 year old female, I'm an aspiring writer, love romance rps but not smut (honestly, writing it makes me uncomfortable if it's the main focus for an rp) and I've got a pretty flexible schedule so I'm on most days unless I get called for work. I'm fairly easy going as far as partners, I only ask that my partner doesn't give me one liners or use text speak in IC and I'll give the same courtesy. Now, on to the story!
Ancient Transylvanian legend speaks of a man so cruel and yet so alluring that he had to be an unholy monster. Vlad the Impaler aka Count Dracula, either name struck fear into the hearts of the people in Transylvania, and yet, the women were drawn to the man should he gaze into their eyes or speak soothing, enthralling words with his silver tongue, becoming the sheep to his slaughter. Centuries went by, a girl vanishing every night of the blood moon when they say Dracula would choose his next bride to ravage and feast upon and so this went on until Dracula found his eternal wife in the young and beautiful Lucy Westenra, giving her his curse of vampirism. The rest of the story, you may think you already know, but it was not Abraham Van Helsing that drove the stake into Lucy's heart. Bram Stoker's tale is little more than a book of half truths and so, I shall tell you the true story of the Count Dracula.
Vampires have walked this Earth for as long as man, though not as you would imagine; they hid in the shadows for fear of the burning sun, terrified of the smallest trickling streams and drank the blood of animals to sate their hunger. They were hardly more than animals themselves and never meant to be anything more than as they were. Then one day, a starving fledgling happened across a young woman fetching water at night, the fledgling could practically hear her beating heart from where he hid himself and feel the heat coming from her sun warmed skin. All he could think was his hunger would drive him mad and so with a shrill scream into the night's air, the first of the modern vampires came to be. The blood of the human girl was different from that of the animals he'd tasted before, it was sweet and sublime and he felt... renewed. Indeed, this fledgling felt powerful after his feast of human life. He fled back to his clan when the girl's kin showed up to investigate the scream, telling his family of his new found strength. Curiosity from his clan mates and then other clans led to a sudden feeding frenzy, greatly attributing to the fall of Rome.
They were smarter now, the fresh blood of humans sharpening their previously stunted minds, though as with anything new, there are draw backs. The craving for blood grew far worse than ever, resulting in a slow and agonizing death should one be denied feeding for too long. The Dark Ages followed as vampires ran rampant, now stunting the growth of the majority of humans who died rather quickly from disease and lack of nourishment. In the 14th century, the vampires agreed that their food source needed a chance to grow once more to avoid disastrous shortages and so they retreated to the shadows once more, taking their places among the night life or in positions of nobility. It was at this time, the birth of the Renaissance that the first Count was born.
Yes, the first Count Dracula, there's two, the eldest son being named Aleksander, a charming vampire who surprisingly cared about those that gave him his meals. The second and youngest son was named Vladimir, the opposite of his brother and cared more for material gains and how to get them. Both boys had the same upbringing but Alek excelled in things intellectual where Vlad excelled in things best not mentioned for their... gruesome nature. Vlad wanted to subjugate human kind and rule them, seeing nothing more than a bunch of cowards and weaklings. Alek would put a stop to his younger brother's plans before they escalated too far until the late 19th century. It was during this time Vlad had started a new plan in secret, this plan is what Bram Stoker wrote about, though Van Helsing was a completely fictional character as well as some of the wards and weaknesses being false i.e. religious artifacts like crosses and holy water and they have developed tolerances to sunlight though they still burn to a crisp if out for too long and not coated in a thick layer of sunblock. Alek is the one who killed Lucy Westenra and though the book says that Count Dracula was killed, Alek simply confined Vlad to their castle, using a gypsy curse to prevent him from leaving.
Jump to modern day, Alek is attending an American university as a student to help him fit in better in the world and to get to know people that appear to be the age he looks. He's even dating a human girl that he's quite enamored with and hopes to one day tell her about who he really is, the only problem is Vlad is plotting again and putting his peaceful life as well as his girlfriend at risk... What will happen?
Soo... Yeah, it's a TON of information, but it's something I'd REALLY like to do. Leave a message below or shoot me a PM if you're interested!
Ancient Transylvanian legend speaks of a man so cruel and yet so alluring that he had to be an unholy monster. Vlad the Impaler aka Count Dracula, either name struck fear into the hearts of the people in Transylvania, and yet, the women were drawn to the man should he gaze into their eyes or speak soothing, enthralling words with his silver tongue, becoming the sheep to his slaughter. Centuries went by, a girl vanishing every night of the blood moon when they say Dracula would choose his next bride to ravage and feast upon and so this went on until Dracula found his eternal wife in the young and beautiful Lucy Westenra, giving her his curse of vampirism. The rest of the story, you may think you already know, but it was not Abraham Van Helsing that drove the stake into Lucy's heart. Bram Stoker's tale is little more than a book of half truths and so, I shall tell you the true story of the Count Dracula.
Vampires have walked this Earth for as long as man, though not as you would imagine; they hid in the shadows for fear of the burning sun, terrified of the smallest trickling streams and drank the blood of animals to sate their hunger. They were hardly more than animals themselves and never meant to be anything more than as they were. Then one day, a starving fledgling happened across a young woman fetching water at night, the fledgling could practically hear her beating heart from where he hid himself and feel the heat coming from her sun warmed skin. All he could think was his hunger would drive him mad and so with a shrill scream into the night's air, the first of the modern vampires came to be. The blood of the human girl was different from that of the animals he'd tasted before, it was sweet and sublime and he felt... renewed. Indeed, this fledgling felt powerful after his feast of human life. He fled back to his clan when the girl's kin showed up to investigate the scream, telling his family of his new found strength. Curiosity from his clan mates and then other clans led to a sudden feeding frenzy, greatly attributing to the fall of Rome.
They were smarter now, the fresh blood of humans sharpening their previously stunted minds, though as with anything new, there are draw backs. The craving for blood grew far worse than ever, resulting in a slow and agonizing death should one be denied feeding for too long. The Dark Ages followed as vampires ran rampant, now stunting the growth of the majority of humans who died rather quickly from disease and lack of nourishment. In the 14th century, the vampires agreed that their food source needed a chance to grow once more to avoid disastrous shortages and so they retreated to the shadows once more, taking their places among the night life or in positions of nobility. It was at this time, the birth of the Renaissance that the first Count was born.
Yes, the first Count Dracula, there's two, the eldest son being named Aleksander, a charming vampire who surprisingly cared about those that gave him his meals. The second and youngest son was named Vladimir, the opposite of his brother and cared more for material gains and how to get them. Both boys had the same upbringing but Alek excelled in things intellectual where Vlad excelled in things best not mentioned for their... gruesome nature. Vlad wanted to subjugate human kind and rule them, seeing nothing more than a bunch of cowards and weaklings. Alek would put a stop to his younger brother's plans before they escalated too far until the late 19th century. It was during this time Vlad had started a new plan in secret, this plan is what Bram Stoker wrote about, though Van Helsing was a completely fictional character as well as some of the wards and weaknesses being false i.e. religious artifacts like crosses and holy water and they have developed tolerances to sunlight though they still burn to a crisp if out for too long and not coated in a thick layer of sunblock. Alek is the one who killed Lucy Westenra and though the book says that Count Dracula was killed, Alek simply confined Vlad to their castle, using a gypsy curse to prevent him from leaving.
Jump to modern day, Alek is attending an American university as a student to help him fit in better in the world and to get to know people that appear to be the age he looks. He's even dating a human girl that he's quite enamored with and hopes to one day tell her about who he really is, the only problem is Vlad is plotting again and putting his peaceful life as well as his girlfriend at risk... What will happen?
Soo... Yeah, it's a TON of information, but it's something I'd REALLY like to do. Leave a message below or shoot me a PM if you're interested!
