The Genisis of the Apocalypse Knight

Real Name: Krassius Astartes Thade.

Home Planet: Pre-Recorded History (12,000 B.C), Earth

Age: Lost Count before the exodus of the Alliance

In the history of mankind it was proven, in the late 21st century that "the truth" had been hidden. The world changed when an actual vampire was successfully examined and verified by scientists in England. The scientists went public with the findings and a very strong body of evidence. Some humans, attracted to the power and mystique of the Vampires flocked to them as servants or employees. The new Vampire nation grew quickly and co-existed with the humans. The vampires were the only reason that economic stability was actually a practice, rather than a theory. The Vampires had made a pact with them to not kill, and only take what they needed from the willing.

All of the Christian churches tried in vain to discredit the findings. In the middle of the 21st century an uprising of vampires and sympathizers took to the streets around Vatican City-- protesting a new Inquisition that led to the death of many innocent humans and vampires alike. These
new crusaders called The Riders of Abadon, were among the vilest and most insane zealots, believing themselves to be the literal hand of god. In time the sympathetic humans and Vampires eventually went to war against
the Riders and their "Purist" allies.

Late in the war, a small group of Assassins and Mercenaries snuck into the besieged Vatican City, to retrieve an ancient manuscript buried deep beneath the city in the Vatican Vault. The group was successful; they found the books major sections exactly as planned. With the book in hand, they evoked an ancient rite in the deep hallways. This allowed the vampires to assault the Vatican without burning from the consecrated holy grounds. In a short, violent 15 minutes the Vatican had fallen-- god was silent-- and the entire Swiss Guard as well as many others were slain. After this the Christian zealots scattered, and plotted revenge.

In an effort to find the truths that the Christians had buried for thousands of years, the Vatican Vault was opened to a few select scholars. They found that not only was history changed, but that it was also lied about. They learned that the Vampire Elders were to be found in the ruins of the ancient city of Enoch. A gargantuan search was mounted, and after years of hard work and searching they found the city and its long lost inhabitants. I was awakened from my centuries old slumber.

The truth about the history of the planet and what happened to some of it's inhabitants was revealed. The truth was so shocking that the Catholic religion was nearly wiped off of the planet from angry mobs of saddened people. These were times when people would sob endlessly all the time even while destroying the very churches they had known all their lives. This was called the Weeping War; it was a cleansing and rebirth for many. I found that things were different and kind of nice.

Unfortunately, the crusaders had regained their strength and attacked again as a new force, The Coalition. The new and improved Riders of Abadon stormed the lands that our people inhabited. They burned, murdered, raped, pillaged and sacked everything to fill the all-consuming hole that is revenge. Eventually the Vampires were to be driven into subterranean grottoes and caverns. The empire of man was once again in control of the planet, and we went back to sleep. In our slumber Our Lord Caine visited all of his faithful and gave us new instructions. He had seen the things going on up above and commanded that when the time comes that we needed to be ready to leave. This opportunity came when the last of the sympathetic humans known as The Alliance was leaving because of the unstoppable Coalition war machine. We hid like rats in the dark, fearing the predator hovering over our only exit to safety. Well, I have bored you long enough with ancient history. We came to the new worlds and scattered amongst them. Some went back to sleep, some like myself, explored, and finally settled into a new existence far from the zealots and the killing.

I was a Lasombra, now the clan is dead. I am the sole survivor that I know of

After having unsucessfully trying to settle in the Sirius system, Dark Eden under the strong guidance of Krass, left Magellin and eventually went into orbit around Tyria's home planet. After having made peaceful contact with the indigenous life forms we were invited to join them. They took us all in as if we were family and have shown us the proper ettiquette for this place. We will be staying here for at least a little while. When we can actually rebuild or fleet of starships we might return to our family in Sirius.