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[what_is_a_man]

[When the feed clicks on, it does so mid-bounce as if the device had been tossed aside with little in the way of regard for what happened to it. Those watching it was spared most of the camera shaking if only because the room in which the broadcast originates is pitch black save for three points of illumination. The first two show the shadow-cloaked face of Vlad as his eyes appear to burn with a hellish flame. The third seems to be a small crimson stone, glowing in the darkness, pulsing softly almost as if mimicking a heart beat. When Vlad speaks, his voice is restrained, but the fury is more than evident.]

I have spent quite some time in this place, and during that time I have learned quite a bit of the nature of the realm. Those of us chosen to be ripped from our own worlds seem to have been plucked from them to serve as protectors of the realm, to keep the barriers around the cities in place so that what lies beyond at bay.

It is because of this that I was willing to accept the peace offering that was returning my wife to my side. However, she is no longer here. Sent back to the fate that awaited her in our world; to be tortured and burnt at the stake for the crime of showing compassion. What this realm seems to have forgotten is that I am not as forgiving as Lisa.

[He pauses, clenching his fist around the stone, dimming the lights further but allowing the shifting shadows that fill the room behind him to become a bit more visible.]

Perhaps it is time I remind Genessia why I am called Vlad the Impaler...

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[ascendedbeing]

[ Why hello, Dracula. While she ordinarily wouldn't be put into a position such as this, there is a faint feeling within Sertoria to at least say something. He's greeted by the sight of a white blonde-haired girl with ashen-like skin and reddish eyes. ]

Violence only begets more violence. Do you think this is what your wife would have wanted?

[what_is_a_man]

What she would have wanted is irrelevant. The dead do not want, nor do they see the plights of the living.

All that is left is the filth passing as humans.

[ascendedbeing]

[ There's a frown when he makes the comment about her beloved humans. However, beyond that, her expression remains neutral. ]

I'm sorry, we might have gotten off on the wrong foot. You may feel free to not answer this, but maybe it'll be easier for me to understand why you feel like this if I knew why was your wife burned at the stake for just showing compassion.

[what_is_a_man]

She came to me to learn, and I granted her access to my library. There she learned how to turn simple herbs into healing salves, how to cure the sick and ease the injured. These methods were deemed witchcraft when word of our union reached the ears of the Church.

She was burned at the stake as a witch, and a consort of Satan.