February 18, 2021 • 5 mins
Season 01 - Episode 01.
In his search to uncover weaknesses in the undead, Alaric corners a vampire, hoping to extract a sample of its blood.
Credits:
- Alaric Von Beller - George Ledoux
- Vampire - Chris Sharpes
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(00:01):
Third of Auct, in the year 218 after Deadhaus.
At dawn, on the fifth day of our search, wecame upon the vampire’s dwelling, a ruined
tower from the first age.
Twelve of us stormed the lookout and rodedown the mindless thralls that sought to warn
their master.
The knights wished to breach the tower onfoot, to smite the wretch as it lay in its
(00:26):
coffin, but I stood them down.
That’s what it wanted us to do… to assemblein the confines of those ruins, dismounted,
away from the sun.
From my satchel, I procured a flask, shookit vigorously, and threw it at the base of
the tower, setting it ablaze with alchemicalfire.
(00:47):
For a time, there was no sound or movementbut the kindling of the structure, and I wondered
if we had come too late yet again.
But then at once a portion of the stone wallblasted apart, sending pieces of it hurtling
toward us.
Two were killed outright, skull and ribs crushed.
They were lucky.
(01:09):
My satchel was torn from me, and a figureleapt out of the gap, over our horses, fleeing
as it hit the ground.
We pursued our quarry from the burning hilltop,closing on its lead in a thundering charge.
Under the light of day, it could not changeits form to elude us, and its strength was
but a fraction of what it would have beenin darkness.
(01:32):
It was still swift enough to outpace any man,but on horseback we were swifter.
Sensing that we drew nearer, the vampire swervedfrom the open field and sought refuge in an
abandoned church.
I shouted for the knights to stop, to drawno closer, to hold position and allow me to
retrieve my satchel from the tower, but theyhad been hunting the fiend for five days and
(01:57):
had just lost two of their brothers.
One of them dismounted and approached thechurch doors.
From the darkness inside, a voice poured outand stood my hair on end.
“I invite you in,” it said, and the knightstepped forward.
“In the name of the Emperor, I command youto stop!”
(02:17):
I shouted, and the knight hesitated, tornbetween my command and the dead thing’s power.
“I killed your friends.
Their blood seeps into the earth, even now…it smells so sweet,”
and the knight drew his sword in wrath.
Stay in the light!”
(02:38):
I cried in vain.
My chimes were left in the fallen satchel.
I could not strike them to ring through thevampire’s voice.
The knight stepped into the shadows.
His screams followed shortly after, and thesound of tearing flesh.
Others drew their swords, some dismounted.
(02:58):
There was shouting, arguing.
I tried to convince them that eight of themwas not enough, not even with me, not without
my implements.
I lost command in the chaos.
What followed… the blame lies with me…if I had but kept my satchel.
(03:19):
I lingered only for a moment as they crossedinto the church.
I saw it there in the darkness, glimpses ofit, flickers of predation.
It fell upon the knights as if from all sides,slicing into them, dragging them screaming
into the shadows.
They called for me, begging me to help them,but had I entered the church that day, then
(03:48):
Deadhaus would have my secrets, and thousandsmore would have died.
I turned my horse and fled, hearing my namefall into the distance behind me, until at
last the church was silent.
I retrieved my satchel from the tower andleft its smoldering ruin behind.
(04:11):
I dare not write what became of the knights…
I can only pray that their deaths were theend, but that thought does little to still
the echoes of my name as they called it that day…
Alaric…
(04:31):
Alaric.
– Alaric von Beller, Grand Inquisitor ofthe Thacean Empire
Third of Auct, in the year 218 after Deadhaus.
At dawn, on the fifth day of our search, wecame upon the vampire’s dwelling, a ruined
tower from the first age.
Twelve of us stormed the lookout and rodedown the mindless thralls that sought to warn
their master.
The knights wished to breach the tower onfoot, to smite the wretch as it lay in its
(00:26):
coffin, but I stood them down.
That’s what it wanted us to do… to assemblein the confines of those ruins, dismounted,
away from the sun.
From my satchel, I procured a flask, shookit vigorously, and threw it at the base of
the tower, setting it ablaze with alchemicalfire.
(00:47):
For a time, there was no sound or movementbut the kindling of the structure, and I wondered
if we had come too late yet again.
But then at once a portion of the stone wallblasted apart, sending pieces of it hurtling
toward us.
Two were killed outright, skull and ribs crushed.
They were lucky.
(01:09):
My satchel was torn from me, and a figureleapt out of the gap, over our horses, fleeing
as it hit the ground.
We pursued our quarry from the burning hilltop,closing on its lead in a thundering charge.
Under the light of day, it could not changeits form to elude us, and its strength was
but a fraction of what it would have beenin darkness.
(01:32):
It was still swift enough to outpace any man,but on horseback we were swifter.
Sensing that we drew nearer, the vampire swervedfrom the open field and sought refuge in an
abandoned church.
I shouted for the knights to stop, to drawno closer, to hold position and allow me to
retrieve my satchel from the tower, but theyhad been hunting the fiend for five days and
(01:57):
had just lost two of their brothers.
One of them dismounted and approached thechurch doors.
From the darkness inside, a voice poured outand stood my hair on end.
“I invite you in,” it said, and the knightstepped forward.
“In the name of the Emperor, I command youto stop!”
(02:17):
I shouted, and the knight hesitated, tornbetween my command and the dead thing’s power.
“I killed your friends.
Their blood seeps into the earth, even now…it smells so sweet,”
and the knight drew his sword in wrath.
Stay in the light!”
(02:38):
I cried in vain.
My chimes were left in the fallen satchel.
I could not strike them to ring through thevampire’s voice.
The knight stepped into the shadows.
His screams followed shortly after, and thesound of tearing flesh.
Others drew their swords, some dismounted.
(02:58):
There was shouting, arguing.
I tried to convince them that eight of themwas not enough, not even with me, not without
my implements.
I lost command in the chaos.
What followed… the blame lies with me…if I had but kept my satchel.
(03:19):
I lingered only for a moment as they crossedinto the church.
I saw it there in the darkness, glimpses ofit, flickers of predation.
It fell upon the knights as if from all sides,slicing into them, dragging them screaming
into the shadows.
They called for me, begging me to help them,but had I entered the church that day, then
(03:48):
Deadhaus would have my secrets, and thousandsmore would have died.
I turned my horse and fled, hearing my namefall into the distance behind me, until at
last the church was silent.
I retrieved my satchel from the tower andleft its smoldering ruin behind.
(04:11):
I dare not write what became of the knights…
I can only pray that their deaths were theend, but that thought does little to still
the echoes of my name as they called it that day…
Alaric…
(04:31):
Alaric.
– Alaric von Beller, Grand Inquisitor ofthe Thacean Empire
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