Prologue
"It is with great sorrow We announce the passing of one of the greatest knight who had served Us, Sir Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing died yesterday at the age of forty six. Her passing will be mourned by all." The Queen announced the news over the public radio, television and in the newspapers. Integra's death had come as a surprise to all. The ghoul attack the previous week had not seemed so bad until she was bitten by one. The head of Hellsing had died; a silver bullet the only salvation for one bitten by the undead plague. Her daughter, Elisa had died a year before hand while on a trip around Europe, leaving the Hellsing Organisation without an heir; or so they thought.
Without Integra in the way, the Royal Protestant Knights bickered over the right to command the Organisation and hold the prestige that came with it. Yet without the bloodline, there was no known way for them to control the Nosferatu, Alucard. The Queen had announced that whoever gained control of Alucard would be the new director of the organisation. However the location of Alucard's chamber had been kept secret, and with the information lost with Integra, the Knights swamped the mansion, the race for power once more in effect.
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However Elisa had not told her mother everything. While on her trip to Europe, she had met a man and became involved in a whirlwind romance that ended with her giving birth to a daughter. The abrupt departure of him from her life left Elisa with a empty void in her heart that became filled with rage and sorrow. Chasing after him one late night, she took a wrong turn in the dark, the car crashing into a ditch in a flash of metal that left only one life inside; her daughter. A priest from a nearby orphanage happened upon the scene and carried the child from the wreck, caring for her under the watchful eyes of God.