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Originally posted by eagle32
Erm, why are people acting like they exist?
Dracula was actually Vlad the impaler who drank and bathed in the blood of young boys to try to retain his youth (as done in Egypt thousands of years ago).
So sorry to those that wish to believe vampires are real, sorry but its all nonsense.
it was One night in June, after the company had read aloud from the Tales of the Dead, a collection of horror tales, Byron suggested that they each write a ghost story. Mary Shelley worked on a tale that would later evolve into Frankenstein. Byron wrote (and quickly abandoned) a fragment of a story, which Polidori used later as the basis for his own tale, The Vampyre, the first vampire story published in English.
Rather than use the crude, bestial vampire of folklore as a basis for his story, Polidori based his character on Byron. Polidori named the character "Lord Ruthven" as a joke. The name was originally used in Lady Caroline Lamb's novel Glenarvon, in which a thinly-disguised Byron figure was also named Lord Ruthven.
Polidori's Lord Ruthven was not only the first vampire in English fiction, but was also the first fictional vampire in the form we recognize today—an aristocratic fiend who preys among high society.
Dismissed by Byron, Polidori travelled in Italy and then returned to England. His story, "The Vampyre", was published in the April 1819 issue of New Monthly Magazine without his permission, whilst in London he lived and died in Great Pulteney Street (Soho). Much to both his and Byron's chagrin, "The Vampyre" was released as a new work by Byron. Byron even released his own Fragment of a Novel in an attempt to clear up the mess, but, for better or worse, "The Vampyre" continued to be attributed to him.
Originally posted by chicscribe
Am I afraid of vampires? No. I'm more scared of being jacked by gang bangers when I go to Wal-Mart.
I suppose I'm looking for something REAL that may actually scare me (and my readers for that matter!)
Originally posted by IntastellaBurst
You dont find, ... vampires, .... vampires find you.
Originally posted by AccessDenied
reply to post by chicscribe
Where in my post did I claim authority? I was using common sense.
I said research the culture.They would rather be with their own kind would they not. Does that make sense to you? I was trying to offer you help, but since you seem to know everything,why should I elaborate further.
Go ahead, peruse the boards here, find your immortals.
Best of luck to you.
Originally posted by eagle32
Dracula was actually Vlad the impaler who drank and bathed in the blood of young boys to try to retain his youth (as done in Egypt thousands of years ago).
He fled under the cover of darkness and through underground tunnels down to the sea where he boarded a ship and travelled to England where he after docking at Whitby he slipped into hiding, onlookers said they saw a 'large dog' leave the ship and run up the cliffs 199 steps towards the abbey.