It was of Paimon, third King of Hell, that the first vampires were born. From his accursed blood they sprung— slavering, pale creatures.

"Make Man your prey," He told them. "And you will never again know thirst."

Europe, 1348. From the bones of a country ravaged by dire plague, age-old vampire bloodlines once thought subdued rose anew and struck when their prey was at its weakest.

In only a year’s time, the old order was all but undone, the reign of humanity at an end.

Now, sovereign blood rules all.