The Noble Vampires
Dupes: William Fangmann/ Elle DeVampiro/ Rose Bloody / Vlad Bloodvein/ Vicki Vampiress/ Inna Cents/ Armando Vatore
Originals: Count Cooper Baena/ Contessa Shannon Copur/ Contessa Arcadia Andrews/ Count Vladislaus Straud/ Lady Victoria Goth/ Duchess Lucine / Count Armando Roennigke
There was once a group of spellcasters who grew bored of affluence and waving wands, and began experimenting with blood magic, calling themselves Ordo Sanguis.
They were disillusioned with Magic Town, and the rules it held, so they set sail for a far away shore. With only 9 servants as crew, it became clear that they were expected to chip in- so of course they created duplicates of themselves to do all the hard work.
Quite quickly they realized that their food stores would not last the journey if they had to feed the new extra mouths, so Ordo Sanguis began feeding them potions instead... mixing in a little bit of blood to maintain their control.
But, you see, Duchess Lucine had long been suffering from a rare Porphyria-like disease [in another timeline, this blood-mixing would have turned the Ordo themselves, but alas] so when the duplicates drank their sustenance potions they were overwhelmed with insatiable hunger and madness.
By the time their ship touched shore in a forgotten hollow, the servants were all dead, and Ordo Sanguis spent their last few days trembling in the magically-constructed Straud Manor, being picked off one by one.
The Dupes tore through the magic communities, decimating whole families of Magicians, witches and wizards, absorbing their magick and slowly gaining a small semblance of control and power.
Vlad was guilt ridden; all his friends were dead and there was more blood on his hands than he ever expected. He swore to Greg and the other Mooncasters that he would fight these horrifying creatures until the bitter end, but eventually he just gave up.
He was the first Spellcaster to be turned, and that made him the most powerful.
