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Vampire Knight: Smoke and Mirrors

Smoke and Mirrors : An Epitaph For The Lost

a part of “Vampire Knight: Smoke and Mirrors”, a fictional universe by Azazel.

{Remake} - When God first made Adam, he created Lilith. She was the first woman, a woman made from the same dirt as Adam. When Lilith refused to serve Adam, she was cast from the Garden of Eden and cursed. She became the first vampire.

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Smoke and Mirrors : An Epitaph For The Lost

Tips: 0.00 INK Postby Equilibrium on Mon May 13, 2013 10:34 pm

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Here, we will post those who have been taken away from us.

Here, they will be remembered.

Here, they will relive their last moments.

Here, they will leave their legacy and wishes.

Here, they will still remain alive.
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Name: Kiyoshi Takagi
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Race: Hunter; Secretly Human-turned Vampire
Personality: Kiyoshi was a man of mystery. He didn't speak often and chose to be alone rather than have company. It was something he's always preferred even as a child. He would have been considered Saya's opposite. He didn't have an opinion on vampires much. He knew only that they were the enemy and must be dealt with. He didn't give much regard to the treaty and would often rather kill a vampire here and then rather than have it be dealt with properly. Also, he was Saya's fiancé at one point in time. Their parents arranged it to keep their bloodline strong, however; it was called off due to her enrollment in the Cross Academy, much to his chagrin. He disappeared for two years and recently resurfaced.

Information: Cousin to Saya and Amaya; He knew the true Heritage of Saya and Amaya in his final years.

Kiyoshi was born into the esteemed Takagi clan where he grew up. He promised to marry Saya when they were younger, however; about two years ago, he had disappeared. It was later discovered that he was changed by Toru, a pure-blood vampire who is an avid follower of Lilith and is trying to resurrect her. Kiyoshi was manipulated against his will in his last days in order to get Saya to drop her guard, in which he was successful. He tried to warn her, but couldn't because of Toru's hold on him. Toru had kidnapped Kiyoshi because of his relationship to Saya and for two years tortured Kiyoshi for information on his betrothed and her sister Amaya. Kiyoshi would not break and was regrettably turned into a vampire as a way of Toru getting the information when the higher ups were losing patience.

In the end, Kiyoshi was killed by Sacrilegious when he finally broke free from his chains. He whispered something to Sacred before he died, and has caused a slight crack in Saya's barrier because of his death and their previous relationship. In reality, he truly loved Saya and only wished to see her happy along with Amaya. He loved them both dearly.



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Re: Smoke and Mirrors : An Epitaph For The Lost

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"If you miss me, then just smile."

Name:
Moirae Reverus

Age:
Unknown suspected to be around 100 years or more yet looks like to be the perfect image of a 17 year old girl

Gender:
Female

Race:
Human-Turned Vampire

Personality:
As a servant, Moirae is impeccable in her duties and always does all of it with her best. She never raises a complaint even if the task is said to be impossible. Adding to that, she is perceived to be a thoughtful and an understanding individual when interacting with other people whether they are vampires or humans. It is often said that she makes more sense than her Master. Although, she can also be quite manipulative and tricky in her dealings when needed that show a darker side of her persona. This shows that she is not above doing underhanded tactics when it would accomplish her duties with efficiency. In regards to Sacred, she seems to harbor certain romantic feelings towards the Pure Blood. Yet, this was never confirmed by both parties involved. Regardless, she is more of a babysitter than a servant as her creator never drinks her blood or orders her anything at all.

Relationship to whom:
Personal Attendant of Sacrilegious | Related to a special person from Sacred's past | Takeru's Friend

Life:
Moirae was born as a paraplegic and a sickly girl. She lost her parents at the young age of 3 and had been living most of her life in an orphanage. Most of her human life she is confined either in her room or bound on a wheelchair. She was changed by Sacrilegious at her insistence. Due to this transformation, she became quite a powerful vampire and her former weaknesses were all gone. She soon became attached with her pure blood master. During this timeline, she had also became best of friends with a person important to Sacred which was the main reason she and the pure blood met for the first time. When Sacred decided to enter permanent slumber, she was left in the dark. Nevertheless, she decided to wait at a certain place that is both important to them. At the time, Sacred woke up. Moirae came to find him and resumed their peculiar master and servant relationship. Although, she is not formally enrolled at Cross Academy. She is respected as the Vice Dormitory Leader of the Moon Dormitory.

Death:
Seeing Sacrilegious in danger, Moirae did not hesitate to protect him even at the cost of her life. She died by taking the burnt of Judas' attack. Her body with her strong will was able to grip for life a bit longer to allow her impart a few words to Sacred before relinquishing herself to the embrace of death in front of Takeru. Although, she still died with one regret. It was not being the Fate of Sacred, implying that she has indeed fallen in love with him. In her death, she left one of her hair ribbons which is now at the hands of Sacred.

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"Someday, I will see you again and when that day comes, we both have smiles on our faces."

Name:
Magdalene

Age:
Unknown, but when she was turned to human, she chose the age of 22 years old

Gender:
Female

Race:
Ancestor-turned Human, the First

Personality:
She is known to be a very kind-hearted person that would not hesitate to give a hand even towards people who had mistreated her. The kind who never holds a grudge but, she would not let such actions of cruelty be left unpunished as she would deliver judgement immediately. Although, it is not the kind of punishment one would expect. A woman who is not afraid to voice her opinions but she knows well, the consequences but she would still choose a path of peace and sacrifice in her portion. Magdalene is also known for her unprecedented charisma and calming presence which she exudes unconsciously to those around her. As such, she will be the only one that Sacred would listen to or even recognized with a form of bond. Never once did she identified Lilith as no more than her Mother, unlike other who call her due to recognition and fear. She calls her as such due to affection and adoration much like a child to a mother. At some point, she even stated a mother is a god in a child's eyes. Moreover, she is known for her extreme sense of trusting people which lead to her death in the end.

Relationship to whom:
Sacrilegious' Older Sister | Ivan's Lover | Reincarnated as Takeru

Life:
Magdalene was among the few of Lilith's direct descendants to be in opposition of their Mother's desire of annihilation. She was very loving of the humans and rather understanding of everyone's flaws. To her, there is no perfection in this world. However, it is what makes all of these worthwhile and precious. As such, she advocated the protection of the humans and to treat them as equals instead of what their Mother wanted the humans to be, food. This is also lead to her personal research of turning her kind into humans with the aid of various individuals. She was the first one who was subjected to the altering process and showed the success of this possibility. However, it still was not perfected since something was still needed to be given in return of the transformation which had made her the creator of the ancient spell. At the same time, she is also the only one that Sacred truly listens to without hesitation not just because he is her sister, but due to her calming presence and the way she views the world in a unique way, something that even Lilith cannot compete with. So, it was not very odd for her to be respected and found to be a lovely existence more so than their Mother. In which, she was also very loved by a certain individual who she returned the same affection, this man would be known in the present time as, Ivan.

Death:
Magdalene was engaged to be married with her brother being the Maid of Honor. In where, she was simply invited by Lilith for a discussion about the possibility of the humans being integrated into the society. She was very thrilled that finally her Mother had thought about the co-existence instead of such annihilation due to her anger. However, this was not meant to be. It was simply a means to lure her into execution alone. She had asked Sacred and even Ivan not to accompany her. The death was rather brutal and she was not able to resist. After all, she was now human and she was never the kind to fight. Her last moments were sad as the man she loved and her precious brother saw her head being decapitated by Lilith as it rolled to their feet with her eyes in complete horror.

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"Don't be sad. Don't cry, because I will always be with you."

Name:
Ageha Shirabuki

Age:
20 Years Old

Gender:
Female

Race:
Pure-Blood

Personality:
Though Ageha is naive and innocent to a fault, as well as her ideals frequently conflicting with reality, she remains kind-hearted and open-minded to everyone around her and treats everyone with respect even if they are not Pure Bloods or Vampires. She is an extremely kind and over-optimistic girl and at times she gets spacey. At the same time, she is very loving, and finds things that wouldn't usually be that funny pretty funny. Her loving persona is proven multiple times, usually it is directed towards her friends and all of her loved ones. She is very considerate, and if somethings happens that would aggravate an average person, she just smiles and moves on. This is somewhat different from her older sister Sara Shirabuki's temperament but had been noted by her that they were close to each other.

Relationship to whom:
Sara Shirabuki's Younger Sister | Sacrilegious' Former Fiancée | Takeru's First Love

Life:
Ageha was born as the youngest descendant of the Shirabuki Clan. She is also the younger sibling of Sara Shirabuki who had died in regards to her dream of becoming the Queen of the Pure-bloods. However, Ageha was not concerned about such matters nor is she bothered by the state of the world as of now. She is more worried about the well-being of the people around her and those especially she holds affection for. Thus, the death of her Older sister had been quite hard for her yet, she did not blame anyone for it nor did he hold any grudge towards anyone in particular. Soon enough, she was also pulled into the political schemes of the vampires as she was offered as the fiancée of the mysterious and elusive Sacrilegious. By the stroke of certain preferences, she was the only one taken. It was also during her tenure as Sacred's Lover did she met Takeru Kuran and became close friends with him. She was widely known as the Angelic Pure-blood and held the title as youngest of the pure-bloods until the discovery of Takeru and the Kuran Twins. At the same time, she is also known to have the ability to foresee the future although, this is never clear or detailed.

Death:
Receiving a vision, Ageha opted to act which would benefit the future the best. She chose to be the one to sacrifice her life to seal Takeru's pure-blood lineage and some portion of his memories to alleviate probably the sadness or depression. Thus, she died in the hands of Sacred and seemed to show that she truly cared for the said pure-blood more than it was assumed, since it was believed to be only a marriage of convenience. She died ultimately with a smile on her face.

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"Perhaps when I sleep, I will see you in my dreams..."

Name:
Evie

Age:
???

Gender:
Female

Race:
Ancestral Vampire | Pure Blood | One of the Firsts created by Lilith

Personality:
Evie's personality is a cold, sadistic, hate-twisted, manipulative, compulsive, obsessive and truly a psychopathic killer without guilt or remorse. She has a strong wish to destroy all of Humanity and replace it with Vampires. Due to her leadership during various skirmishes in the past wars, her subordinates and fellow Pure Bloods who shared Lilith's cause all look up to her as their superior. They are willing to do anything at her orders or wishes. Furthermore, her powers are not to be taken lightly as she is known to be only in second in power to Lilith, herself. This is not even a rouse as she has proven this many times throughout the course of history. That is why without doubt everyone respects and fears her especially when in her personal presence. It is said that even in her shadow form, her power makes even those who had been declared powerful tremble in disbelief and fear.

Although, Evie is summarized to be essentially a child, with a psychopathic streak of selfishness. Like it was mentioned earlier, she is sadistic, killing for pleasure rather than duty. Due to her upbringing, she has a ruthless nature wrapped in a child-like demeanor. She often giggles or smiles happily after killing people, shows little reaction to the death of her own people, and tends to destroy things when bored. At the same time, she is also shown to be incredibly fearless and would not hesitate dangerous things that could make her regret in the end. She is also shown to actually engage in playful threats on her enemies which irks her enemies. This shows that she really thinks nothing of those who oppose her but nothing more but domino pieces waiting to fall with the slightest touch of the breeze.

Relationship to whom:
Lilith's Child - Shadow | Judas' Twin | Magdalene, Sacrilegious, Ivan, Genesis, and Faust's Ancestral Brethren

Life:
Evie is one of the oldest pure blood in existence. It is more accurate to say that she is one of the founding ancestors of the vampire race. She has also been dubbed as second to Lilith in terms of beauty and ability which reigns control over the shadows and darkness. It also been compared that she seem to also inherit the sadistic and cruel traits of the Dark Mother. This is why she had been a very powerful foe and a symbol of fear among anyone who had caught her interest and spite. However, the only ones saved from her nefarious deeds are her twin, Judas, and Genesis who she seems to hold a heart of admiration towards to. In truth, she had been in love with the latter ever and did everything to garner his affection. Still, it fails comparison to the loyalty Genesis possesses towards Lilith. That is why she had lean on to her brother for support and even the love she seeks from another.

In any case, Evie had been a very prominent mastermind in the many tragedies that sparked around the life of Sacrilegious or to his friends and acquaintances. She was the one behind the curtains in the deaths of Emily, Calliste, Kiyoshi, Toru, and even in regards to Ageha.

Death:
Evie suffered her end at the hands of Sergei when the group had come seeking to retrieve Takeru from their grasp. However before her body could dispersed into nothing, Genesis stored her away. It appeared that the pure blood she hold great love towards had seen her nothing more but a mere tool for the revival of Lilith. She represent the essence of the Dark Mother and is needed to create a suitable vessel. That is why her death had always been preordained and becomes the driving force of a vengeful Judas.

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"This time, I will properly be with you."

Name:
Judas

Age:
???

Gender:
Male

Race:
Ancestral Vampire | Pure Blood | One of the Firsts created by Lilith

Personality:
On contrast with his sister, Judas is rather mature in dealing with things and would not resort to childish actions like Evie does. He is mostly quiet and stays behind the curtains rather than be at the center. At the same time, he usually would not speak when not asked for his opinion or anything. At the same time, he is not the type to move at his own jurisdiction and always tends to listen to what his sister order him to do. This leads to idea that he is greatly in love with his twin. Although, he had never confirmed this nor denied it. In any case, this affection of his prevents him doing things that are often deemed by Evie as reckless. Even though, he is somewhat calm and cool on the outside. He always acts on impulse and emotions alone which is rather different from Evie who appears to be childish but is actually manipulative. This could be viewed on how he reacts in regards to Sacrilegious. He does not care about the consequences of his actions as long as Sacred is good as dead.

Relationship to whom:
Lilith's Child | Evie's Twin | Magdalene, Sacrilegious, Ivan, Genesis, and Faust's Ancestral Brethren

Life:
Judas is Evie's Twin and known to be her most powerful pawn and loyal dog. If her sister had been given the ability to govern darkness, he was given the ability to govern ice. He had always been very attached to his sister and would do anything that she wishes even if it would be harmful to him. It is because of this devotion that he showed no care about the affairs around him. In truth, he does not care about the revival of their mother, Lilith. He was only supporting it because it seems to make his sister happy. At the same time, he was never fond of either Genesis and Faust. His toleration of them was solely because of Evie.

At some point, Judas' world expanded when he came in to contact with Sacrilegious in one of the ploys decided by Evie. He was assigned to kill the purple pure blood's hunter partner as a sort of twisted punishment. This backfired as he suffered a massive injury where Sacred tore his entire lower jaw and it never healed. This prompted him wearing a half-mask to cover this scar.

Death:
After many encounters, Judas finally died in the hands of Sacrilegious. His vengeful streak had been put to rest as he disappeared with the winds. It was also then when he finally confirmed that he is in love with Evie. This also prompts that he must also been in doubt of his feelings for quite some time but was overwhelmed by the fragility of his sister's insanity and opted to protect it. Nevertheless, he did serve his purpose of retrieving the vessel for Lilith before reaching his end.




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"Hey, I have something to tell you. My life had always been perfect with you."

Name:
Emily

Age:
Unknown, appears to be around 17 to 18 years old

Gender:
Female

Race:
Descendant of the Ancestors, Pure-blood

Personality:
Cheerful would be the best description for Emily. She had always been an optimistic person and never let the sorrows of life to get in the way of her smiles. There was never a dull moment with her and in tandem with her boundless curiosity of many things, her company had always been an adventure. However, it will an underestimation to say that she doesn't understand when situations arises where she has to act seriously. During those times, she is the unyielding voice which reminds every one that they must bear strength only to protect what is most important. It also helps she is rather persistent and has the heart to aid anyone who needs help. She was also not the kind to judge and was rather a tomboy not minding rolling in the dirt for mere fun. This vivacious and bright personality had become a steady anchor for Sacred.

Relationship to whom:
Sacrilegious' Lover and Wife | Ivan's best friend | Calliste's Mother

Life:
Emily was born in the time in which Lilith had already been sealed. It would be the time where Pure Blood families were fighting for their own supremacy. She was part of such a clan, however, she was never interested in politics or power and kept herself away from such matters. It had been by accident that she had chanced upon the one who will be known in the future as Ivan visiting what appears to be a tomb. Safe to say, their first meeting could have gone much better. Regardless, she won his friendship which lead her to meet Sacrilegious. From that point on, she had become the pillar to which Sacred cling onto. This relationship slowly but certainly turned into romance in which paved the road for her marriage to the man she loves the most.

After some years, Emily gave birth to her and Sacred's daughter making their happiness more brighter. They named her Calliste. However, this news drifted to the ears of Evie who sought the newborn as a perfect container for the Dark Mother and also to serve as an ironic punishment for the misdeeds of Sacred. This resulted for the couple to hide but Evie was relentless.

Death:
It was due to not wanting Calliste to be sacrificed as a vessel. Emily gave up her life by turning their daughter into a human and making Sacred promise to watch over and keep her safe from harm. Ever since then, she had become a very indispensable part of Sacred's morality and reason. It is his promise to her which kept the purple pure blood still alive. He did not want to break the vow.




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"Even if I am not beside you and not the one for you, I will always wish for your happiness."

Name:
Calliste Kiryuu

Age:
19 years old

Gender:
Female

Race:
Pure-blood turned human, then returned to being a Pure-blood

Personality:
The only similarity she has with her mother is her being a tomboy. Calliste is a very independent person and would always want to do things by her own. She is also not the kind to ask for help even when its crucial believing that would be a weak thing to do. At the same time, she always follows rules and regulations no matter what and is a very serious individual, making her appear rather distant to others. Well, she is not the best in social matters as she is a rather frank person and does not literally know how to mince words. So, she chooses to simply remain silent and avoid entering casual conversations. However, deep inside, she is naive and also a bit of an airhead which is somewhat comedic from time to time.

Relationship to whom:
Sacrilegious and Emily's Daughter | Moirae's Best Friend | The Hunter's One Metal

Life:
Calliste was born as a pure blood but grew up as a human as she was turned when she was still an infant. Sacred left him in an orphanage as he could not handle the thought of raising her by himself especially when he was still consume by the lost of Emily. Still, he made sure that she would be well-taken care of. Soon enough, Calliste was adopted by the Kiryuu family who was very kind and generous. Unfortunately, the family business was hunting vampires which was passed on to her. She was not the kind to complain and at the same time, she did saw purpose in maintaining peace and order. She soon rose to the ranks and at the point, news was heard by Sacred.

The pure blood without hesitation joined the hunters and was partnered with her. Of course, this was his means of making sure she was protected. It was Calliste who gave Sacred the infamous bell earring and to introduce him to Moirae. As their relationship deepened, Calliste knew that she was falling in love with her partner, but then the secret was finally revealed. Judas attacked her and even changed her but was welcomed by a surprise. It seemed she was not who she appears to be. During her transition to a vampire, she was given the blood of Sacred and from there learned of her birth and their true relation.

Death:
The Hunters were on the losing side as they do not really have weapons that could defeat vampires. Their only hope was Sacred, however, Calliste could not allow that situation to continue. She believed his father was being tied down to her as a daughter. She was also tormented by her feelings of love and felt betraying her mother. Thus, she sacrificed herself into becoming the One-Metal in order to give the humans a fighting chance and believed in this way, she could be with her father and at the same time protect him.

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"I always knew that loving you would be the end of me… but I never resented it."

Name:
Ivan Rasputinov | Abel

Age:
Unknown | Appeared about 25

Gender:
Male

Race:
One of Lilith’s First Children | Ancient Vampire

Personality:
Ever reserved, mysterious, and seemingly cold, Ivan seemed to encapsulate the essence of a scientist, perfectly logical, a genius of the very highest caliber, and not at all given to excessive displays of emotion. Nevertheless, he was a particularly sentimental man at times, something perhaps brought to life in him by his eternal and abiding love for Magdalene, who was most assuredly the light of his life, his sun, moon, and stars. He loved only once, and never felt that way about another again, despite thousands of years in the interim. He didn’t want to love again, because he knew beyond the shadow of a doubt that no one would ever compare to her in his heart.

But he learned to love in other ways, and was very protective of those he came to care about, even if he seldom paid lip service to this fact. Ivan tended to take a very long view on events, viewing the entire exchange between Lilith’s faction and the rest as a prolonged game of chess, usually one he played with Genesis. Unfortunately for the latter, Ivan was the smarter of them, as it was usually acknowledged. He was the one, after all, who had learned to balance the long view of the game with a real understanding of the worth of the lives of the people they used to play it. He was difficult to relate to, past his pain and his reticence, but at his core, he was kind, and generous with his time, intellect, and resources.

Relationship to whom:
Lilith’s Second Son—Fire and Time | Brother of Cain, Lucius, Genesis, Evie, and Judas | Friend of Emily | Best Friend of Seth | Magdalene’s Lover | Ekaterina, Sergei, and Dmitri’s Father

Life:
Abel, like Cain, was originally a son of Adam and Eve, though not in the same way Seth was. He was changed by Lilith as a form of revenge on his parents and their Creator, but he was never especially bitter over this. He was disdainful of his parents’ willingness to live in ignorance, and it was not until Lucius Faust transformed into a snake and beguiled them into eating from the tree of knowledge that he really reconciled with them, though by that point, he was as Lilith was, and there was little they had in common anymore. She was more his mother than Eve was, and this was simply the way of things.

In his time among Lilith’s other children, he became friends with Lucius due to a shared interest in solving the mysteries of the universe, and for a long time, devoted himself wholly to science. It was in the process of reacquainting himself with his younger brother, Seth, that he began to emerge from that shadowed life and see a more complete version of the world, but it was not until he met her that he would be able to make sense of the emotions that others took for granted. At first, Abel did not understand what he felt for Magdalene, and his falling was a gradual process, one he is certain that she understood long before he did. Nevertheless, after a discussion with Seth on the topic of love, he came to realize that what he felt for her must indeed be the very same thing, and, being the honest person that he was, he told her as much.

They were officially affianced on the day she went to die. Abel had been growing more and more distant from his mother for some time, but it was not until after he realized his feelings for Magdalene that she truly became a monster, and he severed his ties with her entirely. He knew that whomever Lilith was then, she was not the kind of person who would take kindly to Magdalene’s pro-human views, and he begged her not to go. But she did anyway, and it was at that very moment that he began to plan how it was that he would follow her into death. For Abel found that he simply had no desire to exist in a world without her.

The events that followed were muddy, and stemmed as he knows now from a misunderstanding Lilith had about something that Seth said to Abel, during that very same fateful conversation. When it ended with Lilith sealed and Seth returned to the Garden as its King, Ivan began to set his plans in motion. It was during this time that, in an ironic twist of fate, he met and befriended a young woman named Emily, who would later marry his brother, by then known as Sacrilegious. As Abel had lost Magdalene, so Cain lost Emily, though the knowledge of one another’s pain brought them no closer. They had always been distant, mostly because Cain had never seemed to like him much and Abel had never seemed to care. But the string of fate that connected them was much stronger than either of their preferences, after all.

Over the next many centuries, he continued to hone his science, though this time with a purpose: to fix what a simple misunderstanding had broken. He kept track of Seth’s descendants, waiting for the one that would suffice to fulfill his design. When it looked like the last had died out in a freakish “accident”—likely Faust—he took matters into his own hands, and, with blood samples left over from both Seth and his mother, created a being that was neither and yet both. He named the child Sergei, but it was clear enough that, however powerful the boy might be, he was not the key to Ivan’s plans, for he lacked the true touch of divinity present in Seth alone.

It was ten years ago that Abel’s life at last regained the light of hope, for it was then that he found her—the girl that would become his daughter and his salvation. Ekaterina, was her name, and she belonged to the direct lineage of Seth himself, something he could tell about she and her brother right from the start. He trained Dmitri as a hunter, hoping that the boy would suffice for his purpose, for he knew very early on that he was growing too attached to the girl—a fragile little thing with no sight in a world that could crush people with a heart like hers, ad yet… so much stronger than anyone had a right to be. Certainly stronger than anyone he knew.

In time, however, it would become evident to him that, while strong and indeed divine-touched, Dmitri was not the heir to Seth’s power that Ekaterina was, and it would be the girl that rose to the occasion, else everything he planned should go awry. So he sent her to Cross Academy, knowing full well that it would attract his enemies like a flame attracts moths. Unfortunately, he did not foresee the role his daughter would come to have in his brother’s life, a fact which always rankled him. He had rather thought Sacred beyond saving, but it appeared that she was capable even of this, at least in part.

Death:
Abel, as was typical of himself, did not often act directly in the fight against Lilith’s other children, preferring to provide exactly what the others would need to do things themselves and conduct the affair from afar, but there were times where his direct intervention was indeed necessary, and one of those places was in the final battle. It was there, at the hands of a combination of his mother’s power and his daughter’s master-stroke of purification, that he found his end. Having freed Magdalene’s soul from its prison and ensured that Faust would interfere no further, he died as a human being, feeling the weight of his soul, a weight he had not felt in countless years, return to him, only to be released into the beyond. He knew, then, that he had achieved what he wanted: Lilith was human, and now capable of entering the Garden, should Seth will it, as well as weak enough to be killed, should she prove irredeemable.

And Abel? He would return to the cycle of life, with a chance at last to be once more with the one he could never stop loving.

It was all he had been playing for from the start.
"Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it."

-Lloyd Alexander

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