Prolouge

The best stories start at the very beginning so let me start mine there. My name is Damien Church. I was born 19 BC, yeah 19 years before Christ died. I am a vampire, probably one of the oldest vamps still around. Most give up and kill themselves by now, but I havent because I know what waits on the other side for me. Nothing. The origin of vampires is often debated in the circles that believe, let me clarify for you. The first vampire was Judas Iscariot. The betrayer of Jesus Christ. He was turned that night, when he was damned for the part he played in the betrayal. He was only a vampire for only 1 hour before the blood lust drove him insane, ( the blood lust is the feeding frenzy that all new vampires experience their first night as a full vampire, it also marks the last day most vampires ever see the sun). In his insanity Judas killed 110 people, but in the morning he regained some semblence of sanity and in horror of what he had done he killed himself. When Judas attacked me, I fought back, I was originally a soldier in the Roman army, so I got at least one good blow in, I stabbed him with a knife I was carrying when he attacked me, and unfortunately for me, got some of his blood in my mouth before I died. I woke up 48 hours later wrapped in a shroud in my families tomb. I was weak when I first woke up, so it took me some hours to claw through the shroud and break the tombs seal. I was ravenous by the time I got out of that tomb, which is why when I lapsed into a blood lust I only killed 3 people and a cow, normally a vampire in blood lust just kills and kills and doesnt take time to feed on their kills, but I in my hunger, had to feed. I was one of the lucky vampires that night, I survived, the Roman empire found out about us, labeled us demons, and hunted us with a vengeance. The there were at least 2 survivers of their purge, myself and some other vampire that I have yet to meet, they may have gone insane and killed themselves for all I know. Some Vamps do that especially after the consequences of the Blood lust over take them. I was a soldier to start with, so the taking of life has not really bothered me as much as is does many others.

I survived the Purge by constantly moving, only killing when i had to feed, never using my powers in public, generally just staying nondescript. I traveled the length of the empire during that time. always making sure that my kills were clean to prevent other vampires from suffering my fate. For I am immortally 19, doomed to live till God destroys the world. Then Nothing. When you first turn, you have the blood lust, then some time in the first 3 years, you hid yourself somewhere, ive heard of vamps that hide in caves, penthouses,or underground( my favorite) and you sleep for 4 -5 years. What you dream during that time, I will not tell you other than that you meet with Judas. It was from Judas that I learned that Vampires lose their souls, they dont go to heaven or hell, or even a purgatory, we just die, and are gone forever, except appearantly Judas, who was damned by God himself, Judas resides in Hell. But when a vampire awakens from their sleep they are exponentially more powerful than when they first went to sleep. We must "sleep" every 100 years or so there after, we become weaker if we do not. Vampires become more powerful the longer they live. But their power decreases if they dont sleep, or if they Make other vampires with our blood we impart some of our power during the making process. I have never made another into a vampire. I was made against my will, and would not inflict it upon any mortal. Being Dead is a curious sensation. My heart does not pump, I dont need to breath. But to make up for being dead, vampires are gifted with a limited telepathic ability, we are invisible in shadows, strength that increases with age, our skin is impervious to most everything, unless weakened by sunlight, although sunlight immunity does build up as a vampire ages. Those are the basic gifts of the new vampire. I have developed my power so that i can alter my form, have some telekinetic abilites, and can walk on walls.

I have fought in every major war since 100 BC. I especially enjoyed the World wars, I worked for the US government for both, I dont know if they knew what I was for the first war, but during the second war they knew, they learned from Hitler of our existence,. Hitler hired many young vampires as SS, they were especially fun to destroy. I dislike others of my kind. Especially those that become vampires willingly. To voluntarily destroy ones soul is a decision stupider than any I can comprehend. During Vietnam I was a tunnel rat, as my ability to change form, and blend with shadows, made me the ultimate tunnel rat.I have blazed a path through history, altering events, killing when neccessary, but until recently I have never found any groups that I am comfortable with being around. I despise my kind, and I feed upon humans, so what other groups are there?

I had heard rumors of Mutants since Ancient Egypt, but always discounted the rumors thinking it must be other vampires, werewolves, or some other monster. But now I have seen it with my own eyes, Mutants fighting giant robots in New York. I wouldnt have believed it if I hadnt seen it with my own eyes. I was in New York hunting a 500 year old vampire, that had been displaying her power far too prominently for my taste. I hate the new vampires that dont realize that if Humans could ever prove we exist they will hunt us, possibly to extinction. I am not going to die again.

I admit I was excited when I learned of Mutants, I had found other beings of power, that were not inherently evil. I have heard rumors of their base being in Bayville, New York. I must pay them a visit.