Vampire born by Anders Magnuson

To live longer longer than ordinary mortals can lead to madness for the unwary or weak. To loose sight of your own true nature risks isolation and emptiness. To wander lost in the thin veil of the 'other world' Drifting without care for purpose or reason.

Vampire Born - La Famille du Vourdalak
'Trails of incense curled upwards towards a rich ornate ceiling painted with depictions of Scythian horsemen racing across the Thungian planes. Severed heads swung from the saddles of their horses .... Below this painting of triumphant excess stood gathered the members of the senate, dressed in long black robes. The assembly had been called together this evening at the request of the counsel general a vampire of the royal bloodline of the Vourdalak. The doors to the counsel chambers were opened and the members of the senate welcomed the counsel general as he was dragged in by heavy steel chains. His arms and legs bound and shackled lest he should escape and devour all of them. They gasped and applauded as he snarled with ferocity, proclaiming his desire to tear the flesh from their rotten bones. His piercing blue eyes screaming diabolical intent'