Tome of Strahd
A ancient book found by the Fucking Furries in the crypts under Ravenloft.
Entry 1
I am the Ancient. I am the Land. My beginnings are lost in the darkness of the past. I was the warrior, I was good and just. I thundered across the land like the wrath of a just god, but the war years and the killing years wore down my soul as the wind wears stone into sand.Entry 2
All goodness slipped from my life. I found my youth and strength gone, and all I had left was death. My army settled in the valley of Barovia and took power over the people in the name of a just god, but with none of a god's grace or justice.Entry 3
I called for my family, long unseated from their ancient thrones, and brought them here to settle in the castle Ravenloft. They came with a twin brother of mine, Sorin. Somehow he was handsome and youthful. I hated him for both.Entry 5
I loved her with all my heart. I loved her for her youth. I loved her for her joy. But she spurned me! "Ancient One" was my name to her—"count" and "brother" also. Nothing tender or personal. Her heart went to Sorin. They were betrothed. The date was set.Entry 7
I found Tatyana weeping in the garden east of the chapel. She fled from me. She would not let me explain, and a great anger swelled within me. She had to understand the pact I made for her. I pursued her. Finally, in despair, she flung herself from the walls of Ravenloft, and I watched everything I ever wanted fall from my grasp forever.Entry 9
I have studied much since then. "Vampyr" is my new title. I still lust for life and youth, and I curse the living that took them from me. Even the sun is against me. It is the sun and its light I fear the most, but little else can harm me now. Even a stake through my heart does not kill me, though it holds me from movement. But the sword, that cursed sword that Sorin brought! I must dispose of that awful tool! I fear and hate it as much as the sun.
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