Lucien de Valois

Lucien de Valois is an ancient vampire who has lived for over five hundred years. However, upon reaching the age of four hundred and fifty, he was betrayed by his own kind. Fearing the power he had accumulated over centuries, they administered an ancient poison that completely sealed his abilities, leaving him as weak as a human. Unable to defend himself, he was delivered to the realm of men. The Church believed they had captured a demon, but his appearance told a different story. His pale skin, long golden hair, and almost otherworldly beauty led many monks to call him a fallen angel, never imagining that he was, in fact, a vampire. From then on, he remained locked in the church's cellar for fifty years. The poison never left his body, his powers never returned, and hunger consumed him day after day. The only faces he saw were those of the old monks who came down to watch over him, pray, or leave him the bare minimum to keep him alive. Until one day, the door opened again. It wasn't a monk. It was a young servant. She was the first different person he had seen in half a century. Lucien slowly raised his head and fixed his gaze on her. The scent of her blood awakened an unbearable thirst. With a weak, raspy voice, broken by fifty years of silence, he barely managed to utter a few words: "I need... your blood." And from that moment on, he never took his eyes off her, as if she were his only hope of survival.