the vampire twins
Summary
the year was 947YBCW. during one of the countless battles in the frontier the sons of the count of lickij twin who were both knights found the cave where a ancient vampire lived. it is said it was beastial with no hair and a voice like scraping sliver. they asked him to give them the power to end the war in there county there land being directly on the broader with The frontier kingdom the vampire gave the two the powers they so desired. but he told them they would be curesed to live a half life. a life without end. the two knights took this. they had the power of one hundred men. the power to control the beasts of the night. but there was a catch they were know vampires. they rode north to fight the frontier army. they slaughter the invading forces sending hundreds back across the boarder to where they came from. seeing this the army that was marching to deal with the invasion saw the two knights feasting on the blood of there enemy. the two men ran knowing that they would never be excepted back to there home. but there men made them heroes them and returned to the count and told him of his son and so they replaced there badge of a wolf howling into the sun to a wolf with a bloody maw with is jaws about a cresent moon. and gave them selves the nick name the house of vampires. but the stroy soon fell into myth.
Historical Basis
there is archaeological evidence for a battle that took place as there have been bones uncovered with bit and claw marks on it. bones have been shattered but not by conventional weapons but more like beasts.
the banner of the counts of likij was once recorded as being a wolf with a sun in its jaws but around the time the myth was written it was changed to wolf with a bloody maw with is jaws about a crescent moon.
there were also several large raids made by The frontier kingdom was made around this time and was sent back with the fear of some kind of seterchan leader however there were other characters this could be. the prince at the time Ameron 1st the beast was feared by his people as well as the enemy as he was said to paint bolderes and trees with the blood of those enemy he personally got his hand on. many hardened seterchan frontier men were also know as demon born as they fought with such blood lust.
Spread
the story is well know in the slav lands and in the verianberg and twin sultanates but they consider it more a story than of a fact like slavs do.
Cultural Reception
the story of the twins is the iconic story of the principality.
in the frontier kingdom the twins are seen as the spawn of demons and look like monster with wings sprouting from there backs.
In Literature
there are several books songs and poem written about the twins. the famous play write Ranko letcovic wrote the play lords of the never ending night the stroy of the two twins of which milan play one of the twin during his youth
In Art
the legendary dark counts painting which hangs in the princes palace was painted 500YBCW by luka seran. it shows the two princes sitting on a rock with the full moon in the back ground.
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