Vlad Tepes (Dracula)

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Hearing the crises of the dying Vlad Tepes, the Red Death came to the former Wallachian prince at his death and reanimated him as a vampire. Since then, Dracula has been one of the Red Death's top servants.[1][2] He is rated as a lord level on the hierarchy of the Red Death's servants.[3]

Vlad Tepes has had three notable defeats in recent years, though always at a high cost in blood. Two were at the hands of Die Wächtern, once in his native land of Transylvania in his first encounter with the qabal and another in England when he struck back at them.[4] More recently, he was defeated in San Francisco where he was trying to form a new qabal under his leadership.[5]

One of Dracula's most notable enemies is Professor Abraham Van Helsing, a member of Die Wächtern.[6]

See also the Wikipedia entries for for the real life person and the fictional Count Dracula persona.

Background in Red Death

Although Vlad Tepes does not appear in the module Red Death, he plays an important role in its background. Vlad was once a rival of Prince Prospero before the former became a vampire. Prospero sought to win the hand of Frytha, a servant of the Dracula household. After Prospero achieved a narrow victory over Tepes in a sparring match, Vlad brutally attacked her. Midway through the attack, Prospero came across them and, incited with rage, lunged at Tepes with his polearm. Unfortunately, Tepes avoided the blow, deflecting it to strike Frytha. She survived, but Prospero's errant blow badly scarred her. The whole event also drove her mad. Prospero married her and cared for her the rest of her existence, which lasted some 3 decades.[7]

Years later, Prospero would eventually catch up with Tepes again at the latter's residence in Transylvania. There, Vlad Tepes laid down his cruel curse upon Prospero. The Red Death twisted and perverted the curse, giving Prospero a twisted form of quasi-immortality instead of a long-lasting death as Dracula intended.[8]

Activities in Red Tide

In the Red Tide module, Vlad Tepes has taken up residency in San Francisco, where he plans on establishing a spy ring to eventually stretch across the world.[9] He is served by Mortimer Toombs.[10]

Stats

Chaotic Evil male human Ancient Nosferatu Vampire soldier 13/occultist 4/criminal 3[11]

References

  1. ↑ A Guide to Gothic Earth p. 116, Masque of the Red Death and Other Tales.
  2. ↑ Masque of the Red Death (Book)p.221
  3. ↑ Masque of the Red Death (Book) p. 219
  4. ↑ A Guide to Gothic Earth p. 116, Masque of the Red Death and Other Tales.
  5. ↑ Masque of the Red Death (Book)p.221
  6. ↑ A Guide to Gothic Earth p. 116, Masque of the Red Death and Other Tales.
  7. ↑ Red Death (Adventure) p.5
  8. ↑ Red Death (Adventure) p.6
  9. ↑ Red Tide (Adventure), Masque of the Red Death and Other Tales p.2-3
  10. ↑ Red Tide p.32
  11. ↑ Masque of the Red Death (Book)p.220
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