Aeons ago, there was a war in heaven. Three angels, Moloch, Ba'al and Belial rebelled and declared war on God's greatest creation; mankind. The war raged with Moloch, the leader, decimating humanity. In a final battle against their fellow angels, Moloch made a vicious attack on Archangel Micheal but was burned to death by divine light. After his rebirth, Moloch came upon all he saw in great wrath and killed them for pleasure. Ba'al, unlike his co-conspirators, worked his way into the hearts and minds of men. In the final battle he cut into Michael's side before being decapitated. Following his rebirth, Ba'al set about corrupting those around him. In the final battle, it was Belial who had the chance of delivering the killing blow to Michael. Instead, he hesitated. His hesitation meant he met his end and was drained of blood. When he was reborn, he retreated to the darkest corners of the earth, where his grief could be concealed.

The fallen three found themselves with a thirst for blood and began hunting the humans, discovering that they could create creatures similar to themselves: vampires. Finding that these new creatures shared their own blood lust, the three angels agreed to limit themselves and future vampires to turning just three humans in order to preserve their food source for generations to come. With the birth of this new breed came another birth. This time of hunters. Not content to just sit back and let their fellow humans become a vampire's next meal, small communities of hunters began to form across the world, dedicating their lives to eradicating vampires.

For centuries, the hunters policed the vampires, keeping their numbers as low as they could. Then, gradually, the hunters began dying off. Old age, sickness and many murders. The vampires were getting smarter, sticking together in nests. For once, the hunter's were on the back foot. Nearly a thousand years ago, a vampire known to many as The Slayer was born. Initially, she caused little trouble as a Belial vampire. But then she mastered her blood lust, a feat never before seen and joined the hunters' side in the eternal battle. Word of this vampire spread through the vampire and hunter worlds, one side wanting her dead, the other very much alive. One hunter, known as The Protector found her and and along with a werewolf, who became known as The Hunter, The Circle was formed. The Circle became something of a legend within the hunter community, with few believing that such a group ever existed or that the stories attributed to them were entirely true. Only one thing stopped The Circle becoming a complete fairytale. 1666.

In 1666, the vampires were on the verge of destroying the hunter community in England, and the hunters of Continental Europe and Asia were greatly weakened following various outbreaks of the Bubonic plague. Going unchecked, the Moloch vampires in particular were wreaking havoc across the country. Then something caused them to stop and descend en masse to London. Most hunters believe The Slayer at least had something to do with it, if not the entire Circle. London burned for four days, destroying the Molochs who had taken the bait and severely weakening the Ba'al and Belials that had come.

Following 1666, it was said that The Circle began searching for the Sword of Angels. After killing three of his brothers, Michael's sword was shattered and the pieces fell to earth. It is said that this is the Sword of Angels and will provide humanity with its most effective weapon against vampires. It has since been agreed that they were unsuccessful in their attempts and for reasons unknown, The Circle disbanded.

Nowadays, vampires continue to hunt the humans and werewolves and the werewolves and hunters continue to hunt the vampires. But something is changing. All through the hunter community there's an unspoken acknowledgment. They're losing once again. Rumours fly around that Moloch himself has been seen. While many hunters have dismissed The Circle and the sword as legend, a story that belongs to the past, some hunters believe that The Circle did truly exist and the sword too. Finding themselves in increasingly desperate times, some hunters have begun searching for The Slayer in the hope of reforming The Circle and finding the Sword of Angels.

Weapons:
Religious Artifacts: Only useful if the person wielding them is a true believer of their faith. If the person does not believe, they might as well be holding a blade of grass.
Guns: Only effective with silver bullets, and even then they must pierce the heart to be effective.
Wooden Stakes: Useful to incapacitate with but not for killing.
Swords: Silver blades will inflict grievous damage on a vampire while the Sword of Angels will kill a vampire outright.

NB: Reflections:
Contrary to popular belief, vampires do indeed have reflections. The strength of the reflection depends on how recently they have fed, becoming fainter the hungrier a vampire becomes. If you should find yourself in a situation where a vampire has absolutely no reflection, your family will be informed of their loss.

Characters:


The Protector/Name/Age/Human/OPEN


The Hunter/Gwyn Alpher/582/ Werewolf/TAKEN: burningdark


The Slayer/ Alice Fletcher/ 1000/Belial/TAKEN: phoenixheart


The Shard Holder/Katheline E. Dyre/20/Human: TAKEN: shifter13


The Fallen Leader/Moloch/Unknown/Fallen Angel/TAKEN:LivyGrey

The Fallen Griever/Belial/Unknown/Fallen Angel/RESERVED


The Fallen Trickster/Ba'al/Unknown/Fallen Angel/TAKEN:phoenixheart


Please make your reservations in the OOC. Also, other characters may be accepted. If you have an idea for a character that isn't here, just run your idea by me. If I like the idea, I'll accept it, if not, it's really nothing personal. Obviously, I'd rather get these characters filled up first.