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This novel is my baby, I have been writing it for nearly five years now. That includes rewrites, I have NEVER opened it up to the public until now. I am in hopefully the finally stages of the rewrite, and I want to post this and see what people think, so let me know in my forum, I would super appreciate it. Also, you will find mistakes in this book, more then just my protection flaws. Before I put this novel onto completed works I will try to find them all, please excuse them.
Warning: This book contians violence and adult situations. Also, if you do not read the introduction AND the prologue you will NOT understand the novel at all. I wrote them for a reason, not because I was bored.
Authors Note: PLEASE READ This novel is alot different then most vampire novels. These vampires aren't your everyday generic bloodsuckers, who look down on humans and etc. They are hand crafted, orginal breeds created by the author. I used some common lore, and some I made up myself. So, before you read this novel, take all the notions and expectations you have from other vampires novels... walk over to the trash can, and put it in there. This is not that kind of novel. In truth this is more about immortals that live off the blood of the living then anything else. Vampire is just a generic term for them that humans gave them.
I am a fan of both Anne Rice and Jeanne Kalogridis, if I wanted to write an everyday vampire novel, I would have. I hope that when someone reads this they can read it as if reading for vampires the first time. Please, enjoy the novel, and if you can't throw aside your beliefs or if you are just a hardcore vampire fan then just don't waste your time on it. Because odds are you are going to be upset and give me a bad rating/review or send me an email. These are RKP Hunt's vampires... not Anne Rice's... not Jeanne Kalogridis'... they are different. Now enjoy Kailin's adventure!
It was in the beginning of the human race that gave birth to all that has occurred. They were the reason the evil was born, and the reason another evil was given life to protect them. For reasons unknown, the Higher Being breathed life into these creatures, who crawled from the belly of the ocean onto the fresh dry lands. In time they evolved from instinct based creatures into those with abstract thoughts. But this creation didn’t go unnoticed, the Ultimate Evil watched patiently as his adversary did what he could not. He was unable to touch the pure beings until they brought evil upon themselves, which didn’t take long.
With evil now tainting the hearts of the Higher Beings creations, the Ultimate Evil brought forth the body of a dead human. Sending the shivers of a deathless life into it’s rotting corpse, he created a new breed for the world to contain. A breed whose purpose was solely to destroy the Higher Being’s creation. Taking the blood of the humans to feed it’s undying thirst, the humans were haunted for generations by it. Until the Higher Being allowed the birth of a special human, one who could sense out these creatures. And in all hopes destroy them, a hunter of evil. This human, who is long forgotten except here, discovered the creature’s weaknesses, finding they were afraid of garlic and high sun. However it was too late, the creature had already begun making kin.
The man came to realize that items that had been blessed by the Higher Beings through devoted prayer, could be used to keep the creatures away. The same tactic was used on land, and was found to be even more powerful then the artifacts. Yet, keeping them away was not enough, they had to be destroyed. Before his death, and many years of searching for their true weakness, he found that all that needed to be done was to remove their innards by slashing their stomachs. These creatures were destined to be called the Bowery.
Soon the Ultimate Evil realized his creatures were no longer powerful enough, and he turned his back on them to create anew. Knowing now that the humans could evolve to the evils that arose, he took a new body and forced the evil life into it. A stronger life with more of his power. The humans discovered this creature to still fear it’s artifacts, but if needed it could simply overcome the feeling to escape, not become immobilized like the Bowery. It was able to walk upon the holy land with only slight discomfort, and hear far in each direction with the ability to control the range.
This new creature could move faster then any human could see, and could even walk in full daylight with a great deal of pain. The Pyrrhonians, as the humans began to call them, didn’t have to hide from the sun until noon and could come out earlier, because of this, there were many more deaths. But in turn there were many more rebirths as they were sloppy in their kills, not completely killing off their prey. Their population grew rapidly, threatening the very existence of human life. Their weakness had been found, one merely had to destroy their heart in order to kill them. Humans, however, were far to slow to destroy them and began to understand that the end was near.
The Higher Being was not going to let the creatures destroy what it made, but was helpless in fighting against them, as it couldn’t harm a living creature. Therefore, with much reluctance the Higher being created his own creature. One able to walk on holy land, look at artifacts, and even drink the holy water if it so desired. He gave it the ability to change into a wolf. He allowed them to read thoughts in order to find evil, the opposite of the Pyrrhonians, who could force thoughts into a beings mind.
Still, this was not enough to fight the Ultimate Evil’s creations, and so he added enhanced strength making them stronger then any human or vampire combined. A creature who could bask in the Higher Being’s sun all day, and then hunt throughout the night with ease. It could levitate itself and at first could even talk to the Higher Being.
His new creation was given the name of Eva, she was not born of the human race. Instead she had been created from nothing, without emotion. The moment of her existence she began to destroy the population of the Ultimate Evil’s creatures. They gave no resistance, as they were surprised to stumble upon a creature who could match them. And so the vampire population decreased, and the humans were once again safe from the powers of evil. As the decades past they cheered their Higher Being’s creation. This Hallowed one.
The Ultimate Evil knew he couldn’t create anything to match the creature, and instead tried to find a weakness. After many centuries, he discovered a simple metal, that seemed to weaken the Hallowed, and even burn her skin. He tricked her into eating it, in hope that she would perish, however her life remained. Instead, it took something far greater from her, the ability to speak with the Higher Being. In turn, it took her faith, and in desperate loneliness she began creating kin, Hallowed just like her. It was of no use, the Hallowed felt a tortured strain in their hearts standing near another of their kind. Something, that could be willed away, but would take immense amounts of concentration.
Eva turned to a Pyrrhonian that she had spared many centuries before, named Adon. He was the first of his kind, still faithful to the Ultimate Evil. It is unknown if she did it out of protection for the humans or from the loneliness of her heart, but she attempted to make him see the evils of his leader. It took many centuries of hounding the Pyrrhonian, but he did eventually see the truth.
They began roaming the lands, preaching to any of the creatures that needed human blood to survive, creatures that were now being called vampires. Eventually, the Ultimate Evil’s creations turned on him, not for the Higher Being, but for themselves. Forgetting his existence, and who had been their creator.
Most of the Pyrrhonians believed still in the Higher Being, but did not worship him. While the Bowery became atheists, and did as they pleased. The Hallowed Beings could not make such a decision, as Eva’s memories of her creation, of her loss, were burned into their minds. As each vampire created another, their memories, life, emotions, and death were stored into their peon. They had no choice but to believe in the Higher Being, as they had the memories of his existence.
The humans did much like the Bowery, as the population of vampires began to vanish from their eyes, they soon forgot about their Higher Being. A new god was created, a more powerful, friendlier god, with a better way of life. Though the Hallowed didn’t want to be the only ones to remember, they allowed the humans to find their own paths. Let them forget the horrific history they had once lived, allowing the vampires to hide in the shadows.
Eva vowed to protect the humans from all sets of evil, until the Higher Being again called to her, be that in death or in life. She promised that it would be the directive of every Hallowed ever created.
The Ultimate Evil did not vanish from the world, he too like the Higher Being and the vampires vanished from the humans’ eyes. However, he swore that someday he would create the most evil of vampires. That this vampire would destroy the world, he foretold that from what is good will come evil.
Excerpt from the Elders Holy Book
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