I was born in a small village called Kiosk in Russia in the year 1503. The only child of my dear Parents, during my childhood i lead a quiet and uneventful life, living in the woods.I spent a great deal of time hunting in the woods that surrounded our home.We were very poor but i felt rich in the love my parents gave me. I would dream of seeing other lands and meeting new people and traveling.
When i turned 18 i left my home with my parents blessings to make my dream come true, to seek riches, to help my parents in their old age, so that they would live out the rest of thier lives in comfort. For seven years i traveled throughout Russia and Europe, The last three years I spent in England training to be a warrior and swordsman. One winter day a messenger came to me, giving me word of the happenings in my village, word had spread of my battles and my village needed me. During the journey home the messenger told me strange tales ,of how bodies were turning up drained of thier blood. He gave me names of many that i had grown up with, I was furious , and was determined to destroy what was destroying my people,
As i rode into the village, the stench of burning bodies was everywhere. Death seemed to hover over the village. I asked an old friend if he had any word on my parents well being but the old man just grimaced and turned his head. I rode out to my small home in the woods, thanking Almight God to see my parents were alive. We hugged for what seemed to be hours on end. That night they started to tell me of what had been happening. People were saying it was a punishment from god for some reason. Many did'nt know what to think.
The next morning i rode out into the woods to see for my self if this was truly an act of God or some unholy demon. I came to a cave, one i remembered playing in as a child, but for some reason, I started to feel uneasy and my horse as well. When i dis-mounted my horse it ran away as if it felt the cold hand of death reaching for it, I was now alone and far from my home. I entered and started a fire at the mouth of the cave, and made myself a torch, I was determined to see and destroy what was bringing death to my village, and felt that, what ever it was , it was here. Strange feelings krept up on me as i walked through the cave, I started to hear voices, as if they were calling me to come closer , deeper and deeper into the cave. For a moment i almost had thought i heard a voice saying
"You may reveal yourself Gideon, it is of no use for you to hide,I felt your presence". The voice was not that of a man but of a Woman. I rose from my hiding place with sword in hand." What are you, I said", why are you killing the people in this area, they have done you no harm.". She laughed and said. "dear , dear Gideon, thier is so much you don't know. Please sit and make yourself comfortable and i will tell you a tale,". For some reason i trusted her and sat down at a table and heard her story, Of how she was embraced in England and of her Clan the ones called Nosferatu, and how because of her love for a Mortal man she was banished from her beloved clansmen. Tears of blood streamed down her cheek, I have not killed your villages Dear Gideon, other Nosferatu have, the ones that have been hunting me.I asked her why she looked that way, She told me..."It is a curse my clan has upon them to be hideous to the immortal world, although many other clans look as human as you, Sadly we do not and for that we must hide from the world. Were you the one that called out to me in the cave, and what did you mean by My Destiny. She looked at me and took my hand , I have never embraced anyone, but i must before they catch me, i must have my revenge on them Gideon , and i have chosen you. I answered.." Then i will find my horse and kill them all, i give you my word." She shook her head, No Gideon you would not make it. They would destroy you in a matter of seconds, You see, We have powers. over the mortals. Great Strength and other attributes, the only way to defeat them is to be one of them. "I shook my head, Are you telling me that you want me to die , in order to live again and avenge you, forsaking my life and family? She nodded yes. It is your Destiny to be immortal and to walk the earth forever. I started to feel something strange within my chest, a love for her, even with her Hideous looks , i had looked into her blood red eyes and had seen what little was left of her soul, I was entranced by her . I stood and faced her,"then take me Luna, take me and make me yours,she smiled and in the blink of an eye , she embraced me, her fangs digging deep into my flesh. My eyes closed and i felt my life leaving me.
When i awoke i was the same, she explained to me that for the next three days i would go through a transformation and that i would feel great pain, like no pain any man or woman should endured. When the transformation was at an end, I left her and seeked out the outlaw vampyres that were seeking out my Sire. I defeated them. easily, when i returned to the cave she was gone. She left me a note saying that she would always be there for me to just call out her name. I stayed in the village for a few months after that , i could not go to my parents , what i had become would destroy them, I then left Russia and traveled through the nights in Europe. For centuries and centuries did i wander the world. Drinking and feasting upon the blood of Mortals, I had never embraced anyone in all those years, to make them what i had become. In 1978 I left europe for the United States , I now make my home in Upstate New York ,Using the riches i have gained throughout the years i now own an Inn called, The Blood Lust Inn, in the woods isolated from the Mortals where Kindred can come and rest away from the Masquerade, I also make my Home in New York City in an old deserted subway station. Perhaps now in 1997 is the time to make more like me.
