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{{a|heroes|{{image|First Men|jpg|[[Vlad Paripasu|Paripasu]] (the dishy dark haired-one behind and to the right) with fellow [[First Men|First Man]], “Ginger” [[Reg Margin]].}} | {{a|heroes|{{image|First Men|jpg|[[Vlad Paripasu|Paripasu]] (the dishy dark haired-one behind and to the right) with fellow [[First Men|First Man]], “Ginger” [[Reg Margin]].}}}}===History=== | ||
}} | <div class="indent">Vlad was born in Bistrița in the high Carpathians, the bastard son of King [[Mutandis Mutandis]] of Carpathia. | ||
===History=== | |||
Vlad was born in Bistrița in the high Carpathians, the bastard son of King [[Mutandis Mutandis]] of Carpathia. | |||
A sickly but intelligent child, Vlad learned to speak and read before he was a year old. From this time he was susceptible to bad dreams. He would recount them to his mother, a serving wench, who dismissed them as the product of an over-active imagination, but they had a habit of coming true. The King found this out, and took the boy into his court (over the fierce protestations of the Queen, who always hated him. But while the other children of the Royal Court would fence with wooden [[promissory note]]s under the tutelage King’s Consul Viclean,<ref>Romanian for “Deceitful”.</ref> the King kept Vlad away, not letting him out, ensuring no-one found out about the boy’s strange halluncinogenic power, which he feared could one day be used against the kingdom (this was one of Vlad’s earliest dreams). Mutatis tried to keep Vlad’s foretelling to himself, to stay one step ahead of his enemies, quelling any fomenting dissent among his people. | A sickly but intelligent child, Vlad learned to speak and read before he was a year old. From this time he was susceptible to bad dreams. He would recount them to his mother, a serving wench, who dismissed them as the product of an over-active imagination, but they had a habit of coming true. The King found this out, and took the boy into his court (over the fierce protestations of the Queen, who always hated him. But while the other children of the Royal Court would fence with wooden [[promissory note]]s under the tutelage King’s Consul Viclean,<ref>Romanian for “Deceitful”.</ref> the King kept Vlad away, not letting him out, ensuring no-one found out about the boy’s strange halluncinogenic power, which he feared could one day be used against the kingdom (this was one of Vlad’s earliest dreams). Mutatis tried to keep Vlad’s foretelling to himself, to stay one step ahead of his enemies, quelling any fomenting dissent among his people. | ||
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“Son, you are deluding yourself,” [[Uctis]] sighed. “A bastard once, a bastard always shall you be. What is done is done: You can’t retreat in time and put a wedding ring upon your mother’s finger. You should prove your worth instead by ''outwitting'' your father and brother.” | “Son, you are deluding yourself,” [[Uctis]] sighed. “A bastard once, a bastard always shall you be. What is done is done: You can’t retreat in time and put a wedding ring upon your mother’s finger. You should prove your worth instead by ''outwitting'' your father and brother.” | ||
One day his opportunity arrived. On the solstice, Vlad told the King — a superstitious man — that he had had a dream in which a cunning trickster would gain entry to the | One day his opportunity arrived. On the solstice, Vlad told the King — a superstitious man — that he had had a dream in which a cunning trickster would gain entry to the Royal Court and trick the King into handing over his crown. | ||
“How would he sneak in? My guards are the most vigilant and loyal in Eurasia” his father retorted. | “How would he sneak in? My guards are the most vigilant and loyal in Eurasia” his father retorted. | ||
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It is said, but never proven, that he lives on, [[Nosferatu|undead]], a phantom of our unexpressed and recurring fears. | It is said, but never proven, that he lives on, [[Nosferatu|undead]], a phantom of our unexpressed and recurring fears. | ||
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