Striga Lore #5 - Dracula, the First Striga
A/N: This is headcanon I made up for the version of Dracula that exists in Valedor
WHO IS DRACULA IN VALEDOR'S HISTORY?
Dracula is known as the first striga, hatched from an egg in the Otherrealm (a spirit world)
His parents, Inferna (the cosmic blue phoenix) and Sephales (the dragon monster) cast a spell on him, slowly transforming his original batlike appearance into a magnificent human form
He is said to have been incredibly handsome in human form, but utterly monstrous in batlike form
He is remembered (and sometimes revered) as the one who spread the curse of the striga, creating dozens of monstrous turnlings that devastated the city of Telothis
AN ACCOUNT OF THE FIRST STRIGAE (ACCORDING TO THE BOOK OF THE LOST)
"They came from the darkness, from caves and holes in the ground. Their faces brought much terror to those who gazed upon them, being as bats, or ashen ones that once lived under the surface; they were grey as a storm-struck sky, and carried wings like sheets of stretched fabric.
They snarled and hissed, speaking no known language; and possessed no hunger or thirst save for that of ichor. The sun drove them away, sealing them in the night; the moon rose them to be as wild beasts that raged forth.
And chief among them, was one called DRAGHUL, or DRACUL, or DRACULA, the Fanged One. Though his visage be that of a man, whenever the thirst struck, the bat's face came over his."
Every single one of a striga's powers and abilities came from him. However, a few extra were also noted:
Soul/Total Consumption - Not just ichor, but souls were devoured whenever he fed, leaving empty (often severely aged) husks behind
Mist/Bat Transformation - He was capale of turning into a mist or bat at will
Sunlight Immunity - Sunlight did not diminish his powers in the slightest
Total Striga Control - His psychic control over night creatures extended to the very strigae he sired, able to summon and command them effortlessly
Psychic Linking - He had a psychic link with his brothers, Faeran (King of Reptiles) and Apollion (The First Watcher), making him invulnerable whenever he was near them
Following the failed Second Rebellion, Dracula was finally captured
His soul was bound into an obisidian goblet and locked away deep underground
Known as the Bat Chalice, it is said to be found "in the deepest cave, across a bridge over a boiling sea of ichor".
The ichor sea is designed to distract and lure in any strigae or mortals that may try stealing the goblet
However, there is a legend that suggests the Bat Chalice was used to create the current strigae in Valedor today (explored in the Valedor History series)
More to come in part 6! If you liked this, feel free to comment below, like and share!
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