Vampires were not originally from this land, so it was very possible that whatever was targeting them had not come from there either.
Their roots led back to the wild fae lands, back where their ancestors were little more than savage barbarians, creatures of the night in the truest sense.
Among the fae, vampires had once been the lowest of the low: feared, mistrusted, and judged for the terrible way they sustained themselves by consuming blood. To the rest of fae-kind, a being that fed on the life-blood of others was an abomination. The dregs of society were to be shunned and reviled.
Marzen arrived at a time when they were desperate for a different kind of leadership. He possessed powers like no other vampire and carried himself with a type of certainty that convinced others he bore the mark of the old gods.
