...about horrendous demons called vampires. At full moon the dead, not at peace because of terrible deeds they did while living, rise from their coffins- to suck the blood of children and young people- and prolong their own life in the land of the shadows
At night, creatures of the Abyss visit homes of the living to sow death and despair. Whoever falls into the hands of the vampire withers away hopelessly... a wound on the throat, as by a bite of a rat or a cat, is the mark of damnation.
...to grow accustomed to their miserable fate- which, besides pain to the body, brings untold agony to the soul. Therefore, like an epidemic, a vampires craving for blood is carried over the victim, who himself becomes a vampire...
...and goes searching for new victims among his dear ones. Whole families, yes, whole villages, in this way have been sucked into the curse.
Shadows of executed criminals are their helpers. Living people may also be forced to do their dreadful bidding. A tale from Hungary tells how a village doctor, having sold his soul to the evil one…
Became the helper of a vampire- and was accomplice to a series of horrid crimes in that parish. Here vampires---
The vampire, who has obtained complete power over its victim, tried in every possible way to drive it to suicide; for the one who taken his own life is lost for eternity. For him, the golden gates of heaven are closed- all hope is gone! Oh, you devilish…
…the riddle of life? Who can penetrate the secrets hidden from the light of day? Just as strange as the life of the vampires, is the manner of breaking their might.
These monsters, who cannot find peace, must be murdered so that persecuted mankind way be freed from its nightmare. Many monasteries and libraries have, in their secret…
…how sometimes vampires have been made harmless. In the village of Gisiolova, which was haunted by a vampire in the body of an old woman, they went about it as follows… At dawn the grave was opened; they found the old one laying down, as if asleep.
They drove a metal bar into her hear- and nailed detestable soul to the crypt. She now died a true death, and the crime, that rested over…
…certain places were haste by vampires. Many years ago there was a foul epidemic in the village of Courtempierre- claiming eleven victims. Doctors gave the sickness a scientific name. yet among men a rumor spread that a vampire was playing its game… People believed this vampire was one Margerite Chopin, buried in the village churchyard. All her life, Margerite Chopin was a monster in a human body. She died without remorse, and at the hour of death the church refused her…
~Vampyr: Der Traum des Allan Grey
