Hellsing: Witch Hunter 1616
Sapphirewyren
Chapter 8: History has its Eyes on You (So do Something Useful)
Disclaimer: I do not own Hellsing.
One thousand years ago, the country of England was plagued by four abysmal demons; a blood-sucking demon vampire from the West, a fire breathing wyvern from the South, a large man-eating tiger from the East and earth churning sea serpent from the North. These denizens of evil made life miserable for people far and wide, so the King sent out four families and their armies to defeat these monsters. These families were trained in magic, the occult, and military tactics, they were: the police family; the Victorias, the assassin family; the McClarens, the military family; the Hellsings and the political family; the Whitehalls. They went out and did battle with these demons, sealing them in four blades, but unfortunately, the Whitehalls head was killed and the sword with the sea serpent was lost to the ocean. When the families returned to England, though the Whitehalls were mourned for, the other three were hailed as conquering heroes and given the title of the King's Hunters or the Black Riders due to their black attire, which included a heavy, waterproof cloak with deep pockets on the inside, on it was stitched the king's coat of arms in a lighter shade of black thread, known as the Hunters Cloak. So, they wielded the demon blades, hunting down monsters of any kind, while the Whitehalls had nothing to show for their participation. While they were granted status and positions of power, the Whitehalls wanted more. As the years went by, the three families were revered as the saviors of England, and the Whitehalls were seen just as another noble family. The descendants grew more and more jealous of the Hunter families until they plotted to get rid of them. Once they were out of the way, the Whitehalls would wield the demon blades and become the King's Hunters, if only it was that simple. At this moment three women stood in their way and the blades chose their masters. Of course, the failure to get rid of these three girls had George Whitehall, the patriarch, very upset. And one of them had adopted some street urchin, how cute. He didn't care for any of that, George just knew that the Whitehalls will be a Hunter family, as they should have been for centuries. He would wield the black blade and everyone would see that they were wrong in excluding them. His family would wield the demon blades even if he had to kill those three girls to ensure it.
Chapter End
Author's Notes. I thought of writing this short chapter about 12:30 at night. I figured that some more information on the Whitehalls would be good for the readers. There will be more on the shifty family in future chapters, so if it seemed incomplete, don't worry too much about it. And there's a FOURTH sword, somewhere in the deep blue sea and of course, it will make its appearance sometime in the future. Can one family be all bad? Would they try and off the Hunters? Will the Whitehalls get their just desserts? Wait and see. See you in the next chapter.