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<blockquote data-quote="ChrisKarter" data-source="post: 7969038" data-attributes="member: 7023103"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">[ATTACH=full]121225[/ATTACH]</span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><strong><u>EPILOGUE</u></strong></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">EXT. BEAUCLAIR, TOUSSAINT - DAY</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">Spring, 1283 - It's been eight years since Toussaint's capital of Beauclair was attacked by an elder vampire Dettlaff van der Eretein and his vampiric horde. This event has been dubbed as "The Night of Long Fangs" by scholars and historians but the circumstances surrounding that evening have been heavily disputed. It's a virtual consensus that Dettlaff was "The Beast of Beauclair" responsible for the killing spree of knights in the weeks prior to the attack on the capital, but there's a hundred different tales as to what triggered it as time has only blurred the lines of fact and fiction to make the truth even more obscure.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">The events following the attacks eventually lead to a regional cleansing of vampires. Initially there was political resistance from Toussaint's more notable houses and factions regarding the potential dangers of promoting a vampiric genocide, most were genuinely concerned about provoking future attacks, but the slightest resistance was bound to lead to accusations that the court of Beauclair and the upper echelons of society were infiltrated by vampires. This was only partially true, in reality the actual influence vampires had on Toussaint politics was minimal - likely by choice, considering human politics trivial - but that didn't stop conspiracy theories from circulating.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">Shortly after the Witches Trials ended in 1276, a prominent count was ousted in Beauclair as a Bruxa and executed by a witcher. This incident lead to a series of tense but mostly non-hostile protest until The Lady Duchess passed a bill called "Avec Leur Tête" (translation: 'off with their head') to finance a bounty program through the Ducal Camerlengo that offers a reward for every vampire head brought to it's office.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">The results were promising and the capital felt a sense of retribution. On more than one occasion entire enclaves of their species were uprooted and wiped out. But like with all witch hunts and genocidal agendas, there were innocents and bystanders caught in the occasional crossfire, especially in the earlier years, but the madness dwindled. For a time hunting a vampire became a regular rite of passage for the Knights-Errant of Toussaint, but in recent years the pursuit of their kind has faded drastically. Nowadays vampire sightings are rare and reported attacks have become an anomaly. The Ducal Camerlengo's bounty program is still active and has attracted several witchers to the Duchy over the years, with one such witcher still residing there to this day.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">This is the story of that witcher...</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ChrisKarter, post: 7969038, member: 7023103"] [CENTER][FONT=times new roman][ATTACH type="full" alt="Beauclair Palace (721x300).png"]121225[/ATTACH] [B][U]EPILOGUE[/U][/B][/FONT][/CENTER] [FONT=times new roman]EXT. BEAUCLAIR, TOUSSAINT - DAY Spring, 1283 - It's been eight years since Toussaint's capital of Beauclair was attacked by an elder vampire Dettlaff van der Eretein and his vampiric horde. This event has been dubbed as "The Night of Long Fangs" by scholars and historians but the circumstances surrounding that evening have been heavily disputed. It's a virtual consensus that Dettlaff was "The Beast of Beauclair" responsible for the killing spree of knights in the weeks prior to the attack on the capital, but there's a hundred different tales as to what triggered it as time has only blurred the lines of fact and fiction to make the truth even more obscure. The events following the attacks eventually lead to a regional cleansing of vampires. Initially there was political resistance from Toussaint's more notable houses and factions regarding the potential dangers of promoting a vampiric genocide, most were genuinely concerned about provoking future attacks, but the slightest resistance was bound to lead to accusations that the court of Beauclair and the upper echelons of society were infiltrated by vampires. This was only partially true, in reality the actual influence vampires had on Toussaint politics was minimal - likely by choice, considering human politics trivial - but that didn't stop conspiracy theories from circulating. Shortly after the Witches Trials ended in 1276, a prominent count was ousted in Beauclair as a Bruxa and executed by a witcher. This incident lead to a series of tense but mostly non-hostile protest until The Lady Duchess passed a bill called "Avec Leur Tête" (translation: 'off with their head') to finance a bounty program through the Ducal Camerlengo that offers a reward for every vampire head brought to it's office. The results were promising and the capital felt a sense of retribution. On more than one occasion entire enclaves of their species were uprooted and wiped out. But like with all witch hunts and genocidal agendas, there were innocents and bystanders caught in the occasional crossfire, especially in the earlier years, but the madness dwindled. For a time hunting a vampire became a regular rite of passage for the Knights-Errant of Toussaint, but in recent years the pursuit of their kind has faded drastically. Nowadays vampire sightings are rare and reported attacks have become an anomaly. The Ducal Camerlengo's bounty program is still active and has attracted several witchers to the Duchy over the years, with one such witcher still residing there to this day. This is the story of that witcher...[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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