| Older than Aurelia... older than Angelita, the vampiress called
Millicent
was embraced sometime around 400 BC. Who she was in her first life,
what she
was, where she was born and the name given to her then have all been
lost to
the mists of time.
Then, some time around 100 BC, tragedy struck the small family. They were in Babylon, taking a rest from the carnage after leaving a blood-soaked trail all the way from Thebes, when they were attacked. They were taken completely by surprise, and Megaera and Acteon could not save their sisters. Forced to run, the two raced their way through the city... Their hunters always only a few steps behind. For a week they hid, running from one shadow to another. Finally Megaera and Acteon were able to catch one of the men who had slaughtered their sisters and they tortured him until he told them everything. He and his compatriots were - of course - all members of what was then the very earliest incarnation of the Watchers, and they had been following the family's bloody trail for decades. From that point on, Megaera's focus turned to the Hunters, and she and Acteon were actually quite instrumental in the early sect's near eradication. Over the centuries and millennia that have passed since her brother's death, she has changed her name a hundred times but for the last few centuries, the fine-boned vampiress has been known as Millicent. Unlike the younger members of those they call 'ancient', Millicent does not hide in the shadows like a ghost. She keeps herself well informed on the passings and doings within her clan and takes an active position within its members. She does not understand how younger ones like Aurelia and Angelita could take such passive positions in a clan that they helped give birth to. During the clan wars, she fought for the young Canio, believing him the true King and - unlike many of the ancients - backing it up. Millicent is not afraid to enforce what she believes with violence,
and
she still thrives on the rush of the kill. The name may have changed,
but the
demon that once called itself by the name of the Furies is still a
force to
be reckoned with. Any clan that causes trouble for the vampiress or her
kin
will soon find that out... For Millicent the Ancient is reunited with
the
King of the Di Nerezza.
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