Around the 14th century in the European Middle Ages, the church publicly acknowledged the existence of vampires.
The origin of vampires first appeared in the Christian Bible. Its character is Cain. According to legend, Adam and Eve, the founders of mankind, were cursed by God and expelled from the Garden of Eden because they were tempted by Satan and ate the Fruit of Wisdom. Adam and Eve gave birth to two children, Cain and Abel. Cain was responsible for farming and Abel was responsible for grazing. Once, when offering sacrifices to God, Cain could only bring out some vegetables and rice as sacrifices, while Abel took out meats such as lambs as sacrifices. God only favored Abel's sacrifice, which led Cain to become jealous and eventually stone his brother Abel to death. None of this escaped God's eyes, and God called Cain to Himself. When asked about the whereabouts of his brother Abel, Cain lied and said he did not know. Then God revealed what Cain had done and cursed Cain:
"What have you done? Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground. The earth is opened. and you will receive your brother's blood from your hand. Now you will be cursed from this land. The land will no longer serve you, and you will be a wanderer on the earth." Cain said to God, "My punishment. It is too heavy for me to bear. Now you have driven me out of this land, so that I will wander on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.” God said to him, “Kill me. Whoever hides will be repaid sevenfold.” So God put a mark on Cain so that no one would kill him if they found him. So Cain left God's Mena and went to the land of Nod, which was east of Eden. (Excerpted from the Bible, Genesis, Chapter 4, verses 10 to 16)
The record in the Bible ends here, but it is said that Cain later wandered near the Red Sea and met a man who jumped into the Red Sea because he disobeyed God. Lilith, the witch (also considered to be Satan's lover, most of the current demons on earth were born from him). He learned to use blood to use magic and power from Lilith, and God's oath to him "not to kill him" gave Cain the conditions for eternal life. And using magic and power requires a lot of blood. So this is how Cain became the ancestor of vampires (some people think that the ancestor of vampires refers to Lilith). By the way, a very interesting thing here is that the "Book of Nod", the holy book of prophecy circulated among vampires, coincides with the place where Cain's haunts are recorded in the Bible.
After becoming vampires, Cain and Lilith gave birth to 13 third-generation vampires with the reputation of "the power closest to God". And these 13 third-generation vampires evolved into the 13 clans of modern vampires. There are also legends that this third generation of vampires refers to the humans in Noah's Ark. After the flood receded, they came out of the ark to engage in holy war with the second-generation vampires and killed all the second-generation vampires. The third-generation vampires were known as the vampires "closest to the power of gods".
Thousands of years later, the vampire bloodline has reached the 13th to 15th generation. Before the Middle Ages, vampire members could usually become the overlords of one party or even compete with each other for power due to their special powers and immortality. It wasn't until around the fourteenth century that the Catholic Inquisition became aware of the existence of vampires, and immediately carried out mass killings. Although vampires have supernatural powers, no single vampire can stop the cooperative threats of thousands of mortals at the same time. As a result, the survival of vampires has fallen into an unprecedented crisis.
In order to cope with the bad situation, several vampire clans at that time (approximately the sixth to eighth generations) had to form an alliance, and the Camarilla (Secret Party) alliance was born. This is an alliance composed of seven clans, and it is also the largest alliance so far. When the Camarilla was founded, they established the Six Traditions, a strict code of commandments that future generations of vampires in the sect will always abide by. The highest purpose of the entire commandment tradition is to stipulate that vampires must hide in human society and must not reveal their identity to avoid putting the vampire's survival in danger. This is the origin of the "avoidance" commandment.
Another alliance besides the Camarilla is the Sabbat. Although every clan can join the Demon Party, it is mainly controlled by two clans. The Devil's Party is Camarilla's old enemy. They do not recognize the doctrine of escapism. They use fear, force and threats as their way of rule. Legend has it that the Devil's Party will bury new vampires alive to inflict fear in them, and then use rituals and bloodlines to (Blood Bound) to control. The demon party also regards humans as lower animals and kills them at will. Members of the Camarilla often refer to Sabat as the "Hand of Darkness".
In addition, the remaining four clans that have not joined the secret party or the devil party usually remain neutral or act according to the situation in the struggle between the two alliances
At this point, it can be regarded as the ancient clan. There are no records of vampires. There may be some but they have not been found. Why do people think that vampires are mostly set in medieval Europe? This is caused by one of the earliest and most classic vampire literature. In addition, standard vampires always live in old castles like those in the European Middle Ages and live for hundreds of thousands of years. Moreover, vampires are super nostalgic, so they always remind people of the cruel and barbaric darkness of Europe. era.
The book that created modern vampires is Bram Stoker's "Dracula" (English "Dracula"). At that time, Bram Stoker was preparing to write this novel and accidentally discovered the name of this archduke, which means devil, when he was searching for information. Later it was named after this. And in European history, there is indeed Dracula. He was known for his cruelty. A long wooden stick was often inserted into the prisoner of war from the buttocks and passed all the way through the body and out of the mouth. The wooden stick was then erected high and the prisoner of war was tortured to death.
Look at what our Judas betrayed the Son of God for? That’s right! 13 Roman silver coins! ! ! ! So there is another theory, another ancestor of vampires - Judas. It should be noted here that the vampires of the third generation seemed to have gone into hibernation after completing the Holy War. After that there are few things about vampires. It was not until around the 14th century that the Christian Church publicly recognized the existence of vampires, which led to large-scale killings by the Inquisition. During this period of time, the only person who could be remotely connected to the 14th century was Judas. Otherwise, it would be impossible for a vampire to appear for nothing.
There is a demon living in the bag of silver coins that Judas got for betraying God. It is formed by the continuous accumulation of sins in the human inner world. Judas walked into it unknowingly while avoiding the believers. When he was resting under a tree, he couldn't help opening the money bag. His evil heart awakened the devil. The devil flew out of the money bag. Seeing Judas's miserable appearance, he felt it was very funny and asked Judas: "What are you doing?" Do you regret it?
The dissatisfied Judas said to the devil: I regret not killing those stupid believers, which makes me so miserable now.
The devil was very happy when he heard this: Are you willing to make a contract with me?
Judas asked the devil very carefully: What kind of contract is it?
The devil stretched out his hand: As long as you have the heart to kill those believers of God, I can help you fulfill your wish.
Judas asked: Are there no other conditions?
The devil smiled and said: There is nothing else.
Judas immediately agreed.
Judas used his own blood to write a contract with the devil on the bark-stripped tree trunk under the big tree.
Just when I was about to finish writing, a deep sigh came from the sky. The devil and Judas looked up and found that a holy and majestic angel had appeared above them.
The angel held the sword of light and said solemnly: "Judas, you have betrayed the Son of God and will be punished by God. You will be punished for the rest of your life..." Before the angel could finish speaking, a sharp arrow penetrated It was a hidden arrow shot by the devil. The angel fell from the sky and was captured by the devil. The devil immediately sucked the angel's blood dry. Then the devil got the angel's beautiful face and immortal life. The ecstatic devil said to Judas: I don't need you anymore, I have the life force of an angel.
When Judas found out that he had been deceived, he cursed and said: I will not let you be so proud. You want everything that angels have-power, life, beauty, but you forget that you and I have an unfinished contract. about.
The devil realized something was wrong and wanted to stop him, but he had just sucked the blood of the angel and was unable to move.
Judas saw that the devil was restricted, and quickly wrote on the contract:
You have power countless times stronger than humans, but you must drink blood every day to survive.
You have a beautiful face, but as long as you suck blood, you will return to your original ugly appearance.
You have immortality, but if a tree stump stained with my blood is driven into your heart, you will die.
Your strength, life, and beauty come from darkness. When you appear in the light, everything disappears.
Next are the modern vampires, most of whom are divided into several gangs, Camarilla (secret party) and The Sabbat (devil party), as well as some "escapist societies" formed by vampires who have lived for who knows how long. "Waiting for the party members (too young not to mention).