a war is waged between two brothers & the first vampires and lycans are created in separate armies , leading to the fall of civilizations. 4 original vampires and 4 original lycans survived, dispersing to form the first packs & covens throughout the world. the lycan-vampire war begins in the name of a blood feud ; no clear victors.
⋆ ˚｡ * : 𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐗. 𝟓𝟎𝟎 - 𝟕𝟎𝟎 𝐀𝐃
aleksander corvinus is born to an original vampire in what is now known as modern-day budapest, hungary ; seo-yun taejo & jae-sung taejo are born to an original vampire in what is now known as modern-day seoul, korea. the lycan-vampire war rages on.
⋆ ˚｡ * : 𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐗. 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎 - 𝟏𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐀𝐃
astor mayfair is turned after a vicious vampire attack ; he is taken by amelia to join her coven where he is made into a death dealer & cleaner , a personal favorite to the queen. lazarus corvinus is born to aleksander corvinus and his wife , ankha corvinus. aera choi is born as the daughter of a human in the taejo royal court.
⋆ ˚｡ * : 𝟏𝟎𝟗𝟐 𝐀𝐃
seo-yun taejo falls in love with aera choi , the human girl who was meant to be a concubine to his uncle. as a means of rescuing her , he offers to make her into a vampire if she were to become his wife. aera agrees , but upon transformation is driven half-mad by the sheer power from the blood of an original lineage. she retaliates and tears out seo-yuns' throat. believing she has killed him, aera flees and begins her nearly one thousand year rampage as a cannibal vampire; seo-yun survives and begins his hunt for the woman who attempted to murder him.
⋆ ˚｡ * : 𝟏𝟐𝟓𝟎 𝐀𝐃
lycans take control over regions that were once considered vampire-majority ; in the skirmishes , 2 of the 4 original lycans are slaughtered , but akira kitamura , the most vicious of the two surviving originals , establishes a stronghold throughout europe and asia where vampires are exterminated with impunity. vampire covens, namely amelia's coven & viktor's coven are forced into hiding and retreat. brynjar schwab & kelechi okoye are born into akira's pack during this time.
⋆ ˚｡ * : 𝟏𝟑𝟒𝟗 𝐀𝐃
prince liudolf of the duchy of swabia & the firstborn heir to the holy roman empire is born alongside his twin brother ; he is unfortunately born sickly and is sheltered from much of outside life. the holy roman empire establishes itself as one of the strongest civilizations in europe, garnering the interest of both amelia and aleksander corvinus, now deemed one of the strongest death dealers & a potential future king. akira kitamura begins to scheme of ways to prevent either coven from gaining access to a potential stronghold for shelter and numbers.
⋆ ˚｡ * : 𝟏𝟑𝟕𝟎 𝐀𝐃
astor mayfair makes first contact with prince liudolf under amelia's orders to investigate the coven , knowing that aleksander hopes to seize the royal family in hopes of strenghtening the budapest coven ; astor mayfair concludes that prince liudolf is very sick and on the verge of death ; he feeds prince liudolf his blood as he is prevented from turning the prince in the moment. prince liudolf is now tainted.
⋆ ˚｡ * : 𝟏𝟑𝟕𝟐 𝐀𝐃
akira kitamura has caught wind of amelia's meddling and sends his prized leecher & younger brother , brynjar schwab to investigate while planning to assassinate the royal family to prevent either vampire coven from seizing them; brynjar schwab reports that the prince has already made contact with vampires as he smells tainted. akira expedites his plan to assassinate the royal family in one year.
⋆ ˚｡ * : 𝟏𝟑𝟕𝟑 𝐀𝐃
akira kitamura stages his assassination of the royal family ; he successfulyl raids the castle alongside his pack, murdering the emperor, empress, and royal court. brynjar schwab , having fallen in love with the prince , saves him from being killed , himself & allows him to escape the wreckage alongside his twin. however , aleksander corvinus and his ranks of death dealers suspected lycan interference & waited for the raid to conclude. soon after the raid was finished , aleksander investigates to discover that the princes were both still somehow alive; deciding that he could now take them both and create death dealers loyal to him alone via turning them prior to establishing his own cousin , aleksander corvinus turns liudolf & lutwick of swabia. they are now dubbed zaiden & zacharie hendricks and taken to join the covens where they are indoctrinated into becoming death dealers. aleksander places a memory block on the prince to prevent him from remembering that a lycan was responsible for keeping him safe, replacing it with a manufactured memory that it was aleksander who had rescued him. shortly after , astor mayfair is sent on amelia's orders to investigate; he and liudolf, now zaiden are reunited. zaiden had fallen in love with aleksander's cousin, damien corvinus who he had a short love affair with before damien is killed in a supposed lycan raid. soon after , zaiden. & astor begin their romantic relationship.
⋆ ˚｡ * : 𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐗 𝟏𝟑𝟖𝟎-𝟏𝟑𝟗𝟎 𝐀𝐃
on amelia's orders, astor mayfair is tasked with hunting akira kitamura down; he succeeds in finding the original lycan and a battle ensues. astor mayfair is beleived to have slain akira kitamura in a blood ordeal , but astor is far too hurt to bring back a memento of his victory. he returns to amelia with news that akira is now dead, a cause for celebration. akira kitamura survives his altercation with astor mayfair and enters hibernation, allowing others to believe that he is deceased. his pack scatters. the downfall of the lycans begins.
