Amrit the Vampire, Ch. 5

Amrit loses his humanity

CW: assault, violence, murder, blood,

Intended for mature audiences

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Previously…

Cassius the Vampire, Ch. 4

You are exposed as a monster and flee to a far off land. Lose any stationary resources. You do not know the language of this new place-how do you overcome this obstacle? What new name do you take?

305 AD, Gupta Empire

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The Christians exposed me and I fled from Rome, through Persia, to a city called Pataliputra, in a new land, the Gupta Empire. The people were different here. They spoke a different language and had many customs that were strange to me. It was a dynastic empire begun by a ruler called Sri Gupta, and at this time ruled over by his son and heir, Ghatotkacha. I pretended to be a wealthy merchant interested in establishing a new trading network and found a suitable translator to assist me. I took the name Amrit.

Roll: 1d10 - 1d6 = 8 - 1 = +7 → Prompt #36

The deceptions you practice fool even yourself. Combine any three Traits into an Experience you believe is true.

Using my ancient Egyptian ritual scrolls, I piqued the interest of influential people. I was able to manipulate them easily and found myself a wealthy and influential person once again.

I combine Diplomacy, Human are Tools, and Ritual Scrolls to create this Experience. Note: This experience did NOT happen.

Roll: 5 - 3 = +2 → Prompt #38

I continued to shapeshift and hunt at night but the more I did so, the hungrier I felt. My senses became heightened and my body stronger, but I lost more and more of my humanity. I became more animal than man, sleeping during the day and feasting at night with reckless abandon, leaving scenes of carnage found at sunrise. Citizens were scared and rumors spread that a Pishacha or a Vetala was lurking in the city.

I gain the skill Feral and lose a Memory.

Roll: 5 - 2 = +3 → Prompt #41

I lost interest in human concerns, distant, fading, focused only on feeding and sleeping. Days, weeks, months passed without notice. I forgot that I was once named Amon.

I erase my oldest name, Amon, and lose a Memory slot. I now only have 4 Memory slots.

Roll: 1 - 5 = -4 → Prompt #37

Things fall to dust. Lose a Resource for which you have no corresponding Memory. Do not create an Experience for this Prompt. It simply happens as you stare into silence.

I lose the resource Ritual Scrolls. I do not create an experience for this prompt

Roll: 2 - 4 = -2 → Prompt #35

You encounter the descendant of an old foe and help them in some way. Check off a skill and create a Mortal character.

Post-Chapter Notes

A short but brutal chapter, as Amrit slowly loses more and more of himself. The dice moved quickly, rushing past tons of prompts, but that’s the way it goes sometimes. I was planning on continuing the chapter but dropped into a great opportunity to ask for reader feedback again! Amrit is going to meet a descendant of one of his enemies. Let’s look back at our options from Amrit’s history.

• Chione, my ancient egyptian lover I turned into a vampire.

• Sekhmet, an ancient egyptian vampire who enslaved me for a hundred years until I escaped.

• Hanan, a village woman from the Qanan Depression I kept basically as a slave and made her do terrible deeds. I brought her to Italy where she attempted to kill me but I got away.

• Drusa, a Strix (Italian immortal creature), who I fought with in Italy, she turned Hanan against me and nearly killed me.

• Seth, The Christian vampire-hunter who nearly got me in Rome. I could fast-forward a few decades and have a descendant of his track me down. This is also the only enemy Amrit would remember, which is interesting.

Drop your favorite option in the comments! I may take another break next week to allow more time for comments and instead drop a post all about my fascination with ancient history. Thanks for reading!

• Name: Cassius, Amrit

• Time Period: 310 AD

• Location: Alexandria, Roman Empire, Gupta Empire

• Skills:

  • Performing rituals (X)

  • Literacy (X)

  • Diplomacy ( )

  • Bloodthirsty ( )

  • Ashamed (X)

  • Humans are cattle ( )

  • Humans are tools (X)

  • Fighting ( )

  • Hiding (X)

  • Shapeshifting ( )

  • Healthy Constitution ( )

  • Feral ( )

• Resources

  • A modest home

  • Small gold statue of Osiris

  • Ritual scrolls

  • Potions

  • Servitors of the Lineage

  • Spear

  • Ruins

  • Diary Scrolls

• NPCs

  • Mortals

    • Chione, a female servant in the temple,

    • Amr, the high priest of the temple, dead by my hand

    • Jabari, my brother, a scribe, died during the time I was enslaved for a 100 years

    • Mido, a lowly peasant who wishes to become a vampire, was in my service in Alexandria

    • Hanan, a village woman who loved me and I forced her to kill her family, she burned my Diary Scroll and I forgave her, she fled with me to Italy when the army came for me

    • Seth, a Christian vampire-hunter trying to find and kill me

  • Immortals

    • Osiris, leader of a secret cult, claiming to be a god

    • Chione, a female servant in the temple, who I accidentally turned into a vampire

    • Sekhmet, ancient egyptian vampire who enslaved me for a 100 years

    • Drusa, a strix, who recognized me as a fellow immortal, we fought and she took my spear but I managed to escape, she converted my companion to attack me but I escaped again,

• Marks

  • A hole my chest that doesn’t bleed but doesn’t heal

• Memory 1

  • 303 AD: I drink centuries-old potions and gain a new skill, shape-shifting, which helps me elude hunters and find prey to feed on.

  • 303 AD: To sustain and increase my shape-shifting abilities, I train my body but lose bits of myself the more I shape-shift and lose a Memory.

  • 305 AD: I lose myself in my animal instincts and bloodthirst, hunting and slaughtering with wild abandon.

• Memory 2

  • 310 AD: I find myself uninterested in human concerns and live only to hunt, kill, feed and sleep.

• Memory 3

  • 305 AD: Christians expose me as a monster and I flee to the Gupta Empire and take a new name, Amrit.

  • 305 AD: I use diplomacy and manipulate humans in order to increase my wealth and influence in this new land.

• Memory 4

  • 295 AD: Over 300 years, the Servitors of the Lineage, created by a servant I did not remember, Mido, serve me and my interests as I grow in wealth and influence in Rome.

  • 303 AD: I kill a Christian after reading his bible and help turn the Roman aristocracy against Christians.

  • 303 AD: A Christian vampire-hunter named Seth comes after me.

• Diary

• Lost Memories

  • Amr

    • 30 BC: Amr honors me with a small, golden statue of Osiris, I am grateful and display it in my house.

    • 30 BC: Working late with Amr at the temple one night, I am overcome with hunger and murder him, drinking his blood.

  • Chione

    • 30 BC: Chione and I begin a secretive romantic partnership, I show her some of my scrolls and read to her.

    • 30 BC: Chione sees me bloodied and we fight, I end up turning her into a vampire like myself.

  • Mido

    • 70 AD: A peasant called Mido has been following me and wants to be like me, he enters into my service.

  • Jabari

    • 30 BC: Jabari has dinner with me in my home and we discuss our worries about the war and what will happen between Rome and Egypt as Octavian’s army approaches the city.

    • 30 BC: Jabari witnesses me drinking blood from rats and discovers my condition, he promises to help me, bringing me potions.

  • How I became a Vampire

    • 30 BC: Osiris performed a dark ritual, pulling my heart out of my chest, consuming it, and having me drink his blood, I have changed into a Vampire.

  • My life before a Vampire and the decades soon after

    • 30 BC: Publicly, I am Amon, priest of Osiris, responsible for performing rituals at a temple in Alexandria, privately I am part of a secret cult led by a figure claiming to be Osiris.

    • 70 AD: A creature or goddess, Sekhmet the Bloodthirsty, enslaves me and uses me for dark purposes for a hundred years, I finally use a ritual to escape her clutches.

    • 95 AD: I find solace from my hunger in observing human lives in Rome, it brings me peace for a time.

  • My Time in The Qattara Depression

    • 70 AD: Disgusted with myself, I flee to the Qattara Depression to seclude myself from society in a cave

    • 80 AD: A woman named Hanan finds me and visits me over the years, becoming a close companion, I force her to kill her family when she resists me.

    • 85 AD: Hanan burns my Diary Scroll in anger, I do not remember what I’ve lost and I forgive her.

  • Fleeing to Italy

    • 80 AD: I find a new outlet in painting the walls of my hut and finding some peace within the beauty.

    • 85 AD: A group of mortals attacks me and burns my hut to the ground, I kill them all in their sleep as revenge.

    • 90 AD: An army comes after me, I flee with my things and Hanan to Italy and take a new name, Cassius.

  • Drusa

    • 95 AD: In a small Italian village, another immortal, a strix named Drula, attacks me, takes my spear and I hide from her.

    • 95 AD: Drusa turns Hanan against me, Hanan uses my old spear to nearly kill me, I express how ashamed I am and she can’t finish the job, I flee.

Next Chapter → Chapter 6: Haunted by a forgotten past