Chapter 2: The New Clan Territories
~~~The Mystic Swamp (Dumah/ Malek)~~~
Dumah and Malek were exploring the Mystic Swamp, Malek did not actually like this place as his clan territory, but it did make it hard to get to especially when they noticed the big island in the middle of the swamp. The island was about ten miles across in each direction, making it the largest island in all of Nosgoth. The Mystic Swamp stretched from the slimy part of the sea into the abyss. This part of the swamp was, cut off from the abyss by a small underground river. Dumah had to constrict several trees and tie them together, so they could get to the other side of the stream. When they crossed the stream and made it over to the next part of the land Dumah brought the logs with him and put them into the water, towards the island. Dumah gathered more logs, while Malek gathered slime carefully. They built a temporally bridge over to the island and back. When they made it to the other side, they found a hidden cave with a huge fortress inside. It was totally abandoned, but it was-protected against any storms that might pass by. There was a human village, on the other side of the island. Which connected with another island, twice as small the island they were on. They made their way over to the village and found a ring of islands that stretched about five miles out to sea. Dumah thought this would have been better for Rehab than the drowned abbey. Though this was the extremely slimy part of the sea, it was, still considered apart of the Mystic Swamp. They cautiously walked into the village and found a huge man with incredible muscles; he was about 8 feet tall. Dumah thought he would make a fine addition to his clan, but Malek got to him first and was already drinking his blood. Everyone else in the village ran away from the two vampires and left the two vampires alone. When Dumah sensed his soul he was about to draw it into the man, but again Malek got to it first and drew it back into the man. The man woke with a start and surprised Dumah, even the strongest fledglings took a couple of hours to wake up, but he woke up right away and said, "Who are you and which one of you is my master?" This surprised Dumah even more, the man knew he was a vampire and that he was master to one of the two vampires. Then Malek spoke up and said, "I am your master. Now what is your name?" The man replied, "My name is Malenk, master." Malek then said, "You are now a Malekem, the first to be precise. Now follow me to our clan territory, the Mystic Swamp."
~~~The Ruined City of Meridian (Raziel/Turel/Kobra)~~~
As Raziel, Turel, and Kobra walked towards the place Kobra, wanted to check out, they shared the stories that they remembered from their past. Raziel had abruptly left out the part of finding the Sarafan Tomb. Only he and Kain knew of the lieutenant's pasts and what they were, before they were vampires. When they reached the destination that Kobra wanted to check out, they looked around at the surroundings. The city was all, but abandoned; the people that once lived here had fled to the ocean or the other nations, surrounding Nosgoth. The few people that still lived in the city had put up defense points all around the city, incase of a vampire attack. The population was around 300 humans living in the city. When Kobra, Raziel, and Turel arrived in the city, they looked around to find the perfect place for his throne room. While searching through a building, Turel was attacked by human, who was all alone and scared. Turel captured the human and took him to the center of the city and through him into a cage. When Raziel arrived, he threw the human female into the cage as well. The three vampires went around the city and captured all the residents that did not escape the city in time. They captured about 200 humans while the rest escaped into the forest, mountains, and river. They would invite the rest of the clans to the city and hold a contest to see who was the strongest human. When they finished rounding up the humans and putting them into the cages, they went into the capital building and found a hidden room which they found ton of weapons in there, enough weapons for thirty armies. This room would be the throne room of the soon to be Kobram Empire.
~~~The Ruined Fortress of the Nemesis (Rehab/Viperadar)~~~
Rehab and Viperadar arrived at, the Ruined Fortress of the Nemesis. They looked at the villages surrounding the ruined fortress. When the two vampires entered the village, they had to stick to the shadows, because Rehab was weak against the sun. When they quickly ran from alley to alley they were almost spotted by a human with a knife in his hand. In the village vampires had to be especially careful, as not too come in contact with humans. When Viperadar and Rehab finally reached the gate into the fortress they were spotted and Rehab had fallen into the sunlight. However, his latest evolution restored him with the ability to withstand sunlight again. When they finally got inside the fortress, they explored it carefully, as not to set off any traps or get lost. Viperadar was pleased with what he saw in the fortress. Weapons in just about every room, plenty of room to walk the corridors, and the throne room was about as large as the Sanctuary of the clans itself, more or likely though, the size of the pillar room. Viperadar was pleased all right, because he had the perfect stronghold against invaders. Now all he had to do was build his clan and repair the stronghold to be stronger than it was before. Viperadar and Rehab captured as many humans as they could and put them in the dungeon with Rehabem to guard them. The fortress was lucky enough to have a small lake around it. Therefore, the Rehabem could easily guard the fortress for the time being. They would hold a tournament with the humans to separate the weak from the strong. They would hold it as soon as they were done finishing the fortress's repairs, the fortress would be invulnerable and invincible.
~~~The Ruined Mansion of Vorador (Dinoador/Zephon/Melchiah)~~~
Zephon was really annoyed that he had to come along with Melchiah and Dinoador. Especially since Melchiah, got them lost in the swamplands of Nosgoth. The swamp that was rumored, too have once been home to the Vampire Champion, Vorador. Zephon was annoyed that they were lost in the swamplands of Nosgoth and he finally said, "Melchiah, why did I let you lead? Especially if you get a little wet your skin will begin to deteriorate and smell!" Melchiah countered what Zephon said, by saying, "Don't blame me for my skin problems, Zephon! You are lucky enough that you were given a second chance in that form! I was brought back as a vampire like this so there! I received the least amount of the vampiric gift than you did! Now lets just head over to the mansion over there!" Therefore, they did and when they arrived, they realized they were at the Ruined Mansion of Vorador. Dinoador instantly claimed it to be his clan's capital for his territory. Dinoador in life was a greedy man, but a formidable opponent. He would do whatever it took to gain more territory. Even cause a war within the clans. He immediately chose his chambers and chambers for his soon to be Generals. They left immediately to take the news to Kain and the others.