 ~*~Lady Xanthia Andromeda~*~
Of The Triple Ruling Matriarch Of The House Of Andromeda
*You walk into a large room, directly in front of you is a large throne of
silver and marble. The seat and the back are cushioned with plush red velvet
pillows. Apon this throne sits a young woman. Her red hair flows down her
back, pooling over the shoulders of her black velvet gown. Her green eyes
stare intently at you...her face soft in the flickering candle lights...You
attempt to introduce yourself but she stops you...motioning for you to
listen...She rises from the throne and walks toward you...her heels clicking
on the marble floor...she senses a slight apprehension in your heart and she
whipers for you to be calm...you feel eerily at ease as she takes your
hand...*
Come, my child, there is much that you desire to know...and I shall tell some
of it to you...but other parts...deeper parts...they are mine...and I do not
know when or if I shall be able to share them with thee...
*She leads you up to the throne...she sits back down...snaps her fingers and
another chair appears beside her throne...She ushers you into the seat and
still holding your hand begins to speak...*
I, too, was mortal once...Many doubt that...but, all us nosferatu were once
mortal...But mortal am I no longer...I lost that over three thousand years
ago...Along with my innocence...I was but 17 winters old and I was married to
a wonderful man...He was the shaman of a rival tribe and I was the daughters
of the healers of my tribe...And so, our parents promised us to one
another...Thanks to the Gods, we found love in our forced union and our klans
found peace...or at least, alliance...I birthed us two
daughters...twins...they were my pride and joy...my whole world...But, alas,
times were hard and famine was widespread...my family and I were starving and
when temptation came...I took it...In my naivity, I gave my life and love to
Aceldama Andromeda...nosferatu...and my only hope to save the lives of my
loved ones...So, when she came, I was only too eager to join her in the
leagues of vampyres...So, I kissed my husband and hugges my children and I
walked into the arms of death...
*Xanthia shivers slightly...her hand growing even cooler as she speaks*
And I lived with her...and her other child...Khristopher...They were
lovers...and I...well, I was her child...and in his mind...of no
consequence...We strived for unity...for peace in the house, but there could
be none...Khristopher used every opportunity to deny me something...be it
food...love...anything...Finally, after some time, he persuaded her to leave
me...to simply get up and walk away from her child...And she did just
that...leaving me...a child of but a century and of very little
understanding....I feared that I would die without her near me...and I became
afraid...so frightened that I refused to leave the small home in which I
lived...I sealed the gates and I sealed myself inside...
My vampyric frame grew emaciated and drawn...I so longed for the sweet feel of
the blood passing over my lips, but I could not bring myself to leave the
grounds...That was when I was saved...On my nightly wanderings of the grounds,
I heard a whimper...a cry in the night...and I searched it out...'twas a small
boy, sitting just inside of my gates...Ravished by years of hunger, I threw
myself onto the child...taking him into the soft sweetness of death...
These gifts continued...night after night...a young boy, just inside the
gates...Some three decades wore on like this...My still being frightened of
the world...My self-entrapment within the confines of the grounds of my former
Mistress...But, yet, the gifts continued and I grew strong...And after fifty
years of entrapment, I emerged...I broke free of my hell...
I wandered the plains of Siberia...I journied all about the globe...ne'er
settling down, always searching for something which I did not even
understand...Then, I found it...or rather, it found me...My dark prince...I
cimmerinnion angel...Threatian, First Prince to The House of Ryn...He was the
one who for fifty years, brought me a young boy...He was the one who made it
possible for me to survive what my Mistress had done to me...He took me into
his arms and he kissed me...the energies of our love flowed between us...
I was accepted into his house as a chosen daughter to Threatian's sire,
Duvant, the Patriarch of the House of Ryn...as a princess to their hosue...I
traveled with them for many centuries...they taught me how to survive...they
taught me the things that Mother simply refused to share with me...And
Threatian and I...well, our love grew...we became one being...our souls melded
together when I drank of his family...Every minute away from each other was
shear agony...we yearned to be at the side of our eternal lover...
*She places her other hand over your hand*
Do you know what it is like to need something so bad that it almost kills you
not to have it? Well, child, neither did I...until...the first separation...
*a crimson tear falls from her crystalline eye*
I am sorry...mayhap this is one of the parts that I can not share with
thee...It has happened three times...three separations...they do not hurt as
bad anymore...or perhaps 'tis that I do not feel as much anymore...But, if you
must know...we are not together anylonger...well, we are still bound to one
another, and our separation still eats at us...but we need these times
apart...or at least 'tis what I keep telling myself...There is something that
I wish for you to understand, though...'tis not that he dost not share my
love, but nosferatu are a different breed...we have deep-seated fears...we can
not always admit our wrongs...
*she sighs*
Look, Threatian and I did many things before and after the first
separation...many wonderful things...many cultured things...but one horrible
thing...the worst crime a vampyre can commit...
*she squeezes your hand tightly in her nervousness, but you feel that you
should not say anything...*
We went to search for Aceldama...Duvant told us that she was a great woman...
something special and that I needed to try again to find a peace with her...to
make amends...And then we found her...she was still travelling the globe with
Khristopher...their love was so great...and when we approached her, he
attacked me...he threw my delicate frame with all the might of his nosferatu
blood...in defense I attacked back, bearing my fangs in rage...We fought and
fought and as weariness was settling into me...and I thought that I should die
right there, but Threatian leapt in...the pain in me was ten-fold in
him...And, in his rage, he destroyed Khristopher...
*smyles*
But, as of this last fall, I learnt that he did not die...he was wounded, but
he recovered...And he came home to me...We forgave the past...All this was not
this easy, though, I shall not get into the details of our trials...
But, as I was saying, Aceldama blamed me for the loss of her love...And I
blamed me...This guilt that I carried with me...it destroyed me...I was hurt
so badly and I left Threatian...And I made the worst mistake of my life...I
turned one...By magickal means, so as not to taint my own blood, but I made
another vampyre nonetheless...
'Tis not bad that I made him...that was not the evil...'twas that by the
infusion of my blood and a vile of my mother's blood that was held by Duvant,
Xander was not well...He lost his grips to humanity and he was lost...forever
damned to roam the woods and live as an animal...He is the myth of our kind,
but I assure you that he is real...that he is of my blood...And that he is my
greatest tragedy...
'Twas after this incident...some time after...that I met my eternal
companion...My daughter and my sister, Jennelle...I fed her from my veins, as
Mother had some years earlier...She grew stronger with more of the family
blood and her gift of empathy grew, too...She is by far one of the most gifted
empaths of our kind...And I love her...I did then...and I do now...and I will
for all time...
Jenn and I stayed within the palace walls, until our queen was lost...'twas
then that we began to travel...and she met Ryleigh, first Prince to The House
of Starrs...They fell in love...and they travelled together...I refound my
love, Threatian, and we once again, attempted to find a peace...to find a
method to our maddness...So much happened during this time...Us four lovers
travelled together...and separatly...I was accepted as a daughter of the House
of Starrs...So many things happened...
*she smyles, shifting her weight in the throne...*
This brings us up closer to the present...well, somewhat...Threatian and I
were separated and reunited...And in 594 CE, we decided that we would have a
child... by mortal means...or at least the closest thing to mortal means as we
could...We gathered a group of nosferatu...Ancient ones...holders of the
magicks...and through ceremony, the torture of the nosferatu was
reversed...only long enough for me to be impregnated by my love...9 months
later, my twin daughters were born...half mortal, half nosferatu...Xanthia and
Jennelle...after myself and my sister...They lived into their ninties, but
they were not destined to become nosferatu...'twas not in my plan to damn them
as I am...
*you look into her eyes, wondering how she survived all these
years...seemingly reading your mind, she begins to speak again*
You wish to know how I am still alive...You want to know how I have survived
such tragedies...Well, 'took much hard work...*she smyles* I am forced to shut
myself off from the world, sometimes, though...'Tis something that all
sentient life shares...the lack of the ability to handle the blows of
life...'tis the same for us...Sometimes it kills me to see another one that I
love perish, but I have learned to handle the tragedies...looking instead to
the joys in my life...'Tis the only way that I know how...
*She smyles, eyes lighting up...*
I have taken enough of your time...I have but one more tale to tell thee...The
coming of my newest sister and fellow matriarch, SilverEyes...
As part of the Family of Blood, she was promised the throne, when that was
denied to her, her pain was great and she suffered much...Seeing her as an
equal and as a dear friend, I thought to bring her into the family...Jenn
agreed...and she became Lady SilverEyes Andromeda...With her came her love, my
good friend, Ahriman...And finally, their daughter, the lovely Princess
Sabian...a child of great ability...she shall be a great vampyre one day...she
shall be a survivor...'tis a quality that I can see in her already...
Our second newest addition, Advisor Arphalia Thorne, was added at the opening of this last
new year of 1998...She is now the second Princess of our House...a lost soul, but she is a good
person...a special soul...
And then there is our newest addition... The LadyDarkRose... or "Jevea" to those that know her well... As a Lady in Waiting for the time being... but so much more... She is of a special and ancient soul as well... and we have many plans for her in the future...
*she smyles, raising from her throne...she takes your hand and leads you to
the door...*
Please, go through here...there is much family who can speak with you...many
things left to say...Enjoy thyself...and should you ever need
anything...anything at all...do not hesitate to e-mail me...My address is XanAndromeda@aol.com
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