Author's Notes: Okay sorry it took me a while to get this up. I got banned for a while. But now I'm back and I hope you all enjoy my story. This is actually the first story I finished. Surprise, surprise.

Anyways this is of course the prolog to it. Just lets you know a little insight about the Holy Order. So If you all wouldn't mind please review it and tell me what you think! Thanks!

Last thing, If you care the title, De Profundis, it means 'out of the depths.' It's Latin. I thought It sounded cool.

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PROLOG

For the past 400 years the elders have been fighting a war with the underworld. During those past 400 years they have brought together a secret society known as the Holy Order. Men who fight the underworld in the name of God. All men were to live in celibacy and secrecy within the churches. They were trained to be God's army.

Blood thirsty monster's of the underworld would come in large amounts to kill all in their paths. That's when the Holy Order would send out it's armies to protect God's people. Battles after battles and hundreds of men would die. Most men fought a few battles till their death. Only a few men were left standing at the end.

During one battle, one of the greatest knights of the order almost faced his death if it weren't for another man who saved him. After that these men never went to battle alone and fought side by side. Their loyalty drew no boundaries. Both trusted each other with their lives. One was the Holy Order's elder's son, Vladislaus Dracula, and the other man was Gabriel Van Helsing, a skilled and devoted fighter.

One of their missions sent them to Transylvania. A group of knights were dispatched to clear the lands near there of the underworld monsters before they reached the town. Valerious, the Elder of the Order sent the two men he trusted would get the job done, his son Vladislaus and Gabriel.

Hundreds of men marched to icy Transylvania. All were willing to die for the name of God. And sadly most did. The beasts of the underworld fell but most of God's men fell too. Like most battles only a few were left alive. When the underworld's fighters ran low in numbers they would retreat back to their world. But in this battle, two were left alive, Vladislaus and Gabriel. Both hurt, wounded, and cold, they made their way into the nearest town.