"You are the tragic hero."

"What, no mug of ale for a weary traveler from distant Coorhagen!? I can reward you well, for I am of noble blood!"

"And so I left - cold of heart and soul. Forced to the road, and the long, bitter night."

"Victis - suffering to the conquered. Ironic that now I was the one suffering. Not anything as pedestrian as physical …"

"After being killed and waking in his mausoleum: "I woke to the pain of a new existence, in a dank womb of darkness an…"

"Reputed to have been ripped from the chest of the greatest vampire who ever existed, Janos Audron. The heart of darkn…"

"Their sneering faces were forever etched upon my memory. I had crossed death for this moment. My mind was empty save …"

"Alas, poor Nupraptor. I knew him well... Well, not really."

"Worms and maggots fed upon his festering skin, the scent of tainted blood seeped through the wounds upon which they f…"

"Life without blood. What a travesty!"