Re: NEW GAME

From: Angela Christie <anj@clara.co.uk>

Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Harlequin wrote:

> BACKGROUND
>
> Bright, sharp, piercing light, pain, seems to last forever, then darkness,
> silence.
>
> Awakening in darkness you stumble and curse, dragging your broken body through
> thick underbrush, you find a cave.  Crawling as far back as you can away from
> the entrance, you curl into a tight ball, and sleep.
>
> You awaken to the smell of smoke, and a keener smell, heightening your quenching
> thirst, the smell of fresh blood.  Making your way slowly towards the entrance
> of the cave you hear the crackling of a fire, edging closer and peering round a
> jagged rock, you see two men huddled just inside the entrance of the cave,
> warming themselves through the glow of a small fire.  Lying alongside the fire
> is the bloodied corpse of a freshly slain deer, the smell of blood assailing
> your parched senses, but why settle for the blood of an animal when the sweetest
> flesh also lies so close, so alive...
>
> Testing your weakened body, you smile as you recognise the sensation of freshly
> knitted arteries and healed bones, with a fury burning deep in your chest, you
> rise, red eyed and oh so thirsty...
>
> The two hunters had no idea what spending the night in this oh so convenient
> cave might lead them into.  One noticed the gleam of glowing eyes as if
> reflected by the fire, though these seemed to burn with their own menacing
> source.  He had no time to consider this source, no sooner had he turn to gaze
> into these twin orbs of blood, when he felt himself tumbling backwards under the
> weight of an immensely strong being whose clawed hands held his throat in a
> deathly grip.  The other hunter was taken completely by suprise.  Seeing his
> companion dashed to the ground by some shadow from the recesses of the cave, he
> leapt to his feet and backed up to the wall behind him, his face gripped in a
> mask of utmost fear...
>
> Your gorged yourself upon your first victim, tearing open his tender throat and
> slacking your deep deep thirst.  But remembering your situation you deny
> yourself a complete feast, rising from the blood soaked corpse you slowy turn to
> the second figure...
>
> The hunter saw the shadow rise from the body of his friend, it slowly turned
> toward him.  Like a dagger he felt something pierce his mind, 'Come to me now,
> you shall be my first, you shall feast with me and revel in my glories, you
> shall serve me body and soul, come to me now'.  With but a second of hesitation,
> the hunters grimace slackened, and he made his way across to the figure, who,
> reaching out a long clawed arm, took his wrist and bit deeply...
>
> Thus you had survived the banishment inflicted upon you by your enemies of old.
> Thrust into the portal to hell, they thought you would be destroyed completely,
> little would they know they had sent you to a fresh world, a world young and
> innocent, a world full of life, a world full of blood, a world for the
> conquest...
>
> You remember the others who had been sent through the portal before you, they
> would be here too, to own this world they must be found, and destroyed
> forever...
>
> INTRODUCTION
>
> You are a vampire, but so much more than the vampires found in the history of
> earth, you are a vampire Lord, an ancient creature of bloodthirsty terror.  You
> have been banished from the world of your creation, through an ancient portal
> believed to be the gateway to hell, little did your enemies realise where you
> would end up.
>
> Now, finding yourself in an unpolluted world, your hunger for power and blood
> continues.  But you are not alone, other nightmarish creatures of power were
> also sent through the portal.  In order to gain control of this fresh new land
> these creatures must be taken care of.
>
> Beware, the other Lords are not the only dangers.  You know little of this new
> land, you know little of the customs or beliefs, there may be other horrors
> allready infesting the land, and do the peoples of this strange new land know
> what vampires are?.
>
> You will soon find out, for now it is time to grow powerful once again.
> Restored to your former strength, you have created yourself a new Aerie, a new
> base from which to spread your terror across the land.  You have allready found
> a small hamlet and 'converted' its inhabitants to your cause.  It is now time to
> search out your age old enemies and claim this land for your own, it is time for
> the Blood Wars to begin...
>
> --------
>
> Sound interesting?

Sounds like David Gemmell - are you going to have other elements of his writing in
there as well? If so I'd certainly be interested.

References

NEW GAME
Harlequin <dionysus@ihug.co.nz>
Wed, 20 Jan 1999 00:00:00 +0000

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NEW GAME
Harlequin <dionysus@ihug.co.nz>
Wed, 20 Jan 1999 00:00:00 +0000