The daughter of a noble Italian family from Naples who was born and breed for one purpose alone to marry into French nobility, to establish a concrete relationship between these two houses, for her own family had found its fortune depleted by their only heir, and Essance�s brother Andrei foolish gambling endeavors, lost more then half of their inheritance and because of the scoundrel spoiled drunken boy, upon Essance�s beautiful shoulders was placed the burden to make it right. And for the love of her mother did she become engaged to the Count Dantis whom she had met only twice, now despite the fact that she was to wed him on the eve of her sixteen birthday, it was delayed due to the death of her brother, who was killed in a duel. Out of respect the count agreed to wait three more years before taking her as his bride. Essance was left to grieve and wait for her wedding day�or rather night, for they were married three months after she had turned eighteen, despite the fact she had only seen the count a few times there was indeed a definite change within him, and when they returned to his manor in France, she indeed found out�he was no more mortal, but a vampire. And he took her as his bride, to her despair she fought him but he drank from her life�s� blood only to return it tainted, transformed. Once she had awoke from the painful embrace, enraged and confused she attacked her sire�and he died at the hands of his newborn fledgling�this was in 1531 nearly two hundred years ago.
And now mistress of Masion de le Blanc Cheval...she only wished only to end her years of lonely and gradually began to create her own coven, a small fold to hold dear and carry on her bloodline...
