Dark Destiny III: Children of Dracula is a fiction anthology for the World of Darkness.
Summary[]
From the back of the book:
- From the beginnings of time, evil has pervaded all human existence. In fact and fable, incarnations of ultimate darkness have sought to terrify us through the grotesque manifestations they bring - or cause. Historians trace the suffering and indignation of all humankind and have documented these frailties in scripture, print and film. Many souls have found their place in this registry of the damned, but only one has embraced the world of darkness with an existence so profane that none dare share his name. He is Vlad Tepes - Dracula.
- Journey with our maestros of the macabre to meet the Masters of the night. Through Dracula, and the Kindred which he has begotten, you will experience the atrocities committed in Gomorrah that even the Bible fails to describe, learn who was actually responsible for Bram Stoker's novel, and attend a British "Blacke's 7" convention. You'll come to know the power of the Camarilla and the Sabbat, feel the control of the Inconnu, and taste the anxiety and fear brought on by the Antediluvians.
- DARK DESTINY III: CHILDREN OF DRACULA features original fiction by award-winning authors David Bischoff, Robert J. Sawyer, Susan Shwartz, John Mason Skipp, S.P. Somtow, and others.
Contents[]
- Foreward by Edward E. Kramer
- Introduction by Brian Yuzna
- Peking Man by Robert J. Sawyer
- Brimstone and Salt by S.P. Somtow
- The Death-Sweet Scent of Lilies by David Niall Wilson
- Stoker's Mistress by Caitlin R. Kiernan
- The Devil's March by Philip Nutman & Anya Martin
- How Do I Love Thee by Rick R. Reed
- A Life in the Theatre by Esther M. Friesner
- The Wizard and the Dragon by Richard Lee Byers
- Uroborus by Victor Rodriguez
- Bloodlover by Victor Koman
- White Terror by Rick Hautala
- Avenging Angel by Doug Murray
- Revolts in the Desert by Susan Schwartz
- So Proudly We Heil! by Fred Olen Ray
- Film Noir by Stephen Dedman
- Chozzerai by Roland J. Green & Frieda Murray
- Cam Shaft by David Bischoff
- On a Big Night in Monster History by Marc Levinthal & John Mason Skipp
- Caveat Shatner by Joy Mosier-Dubinsky
- Vamway by Brad Linaweaver
- The Blood of Othinn by C. Dean Anderson
- Biographies
Background Information[]
- Most of the stories could be seen as non-World of Darkness stories involving Dracula from writers not as familiar with the setting. While authors who know the setting make constant references to it, examples include: Richard Lee Byers, Rick Hautala, Doug Murray, etc.
- "The Blood of Othinn" references C. Dean Andersson's other short story, "Small Brown Bags of Blood," from Dark Destiny.
- Ads in the book include: The Essential World of Darkness and the Masquerade of the Red Death Trilogy.
- In the Biographies section, it is mentioned that Edward E. Kramer is working on his first novel for White Wolf: Killing Time.
Memorable Quotes[]
"I thought you were Boris Karloff," muttered Lugosi, obeying.
"I hear you're about to make another movie for Wood," said Dracula. "The Ghoul Goes West."
"Yes, yes, that's right-"
"No," said the vampire. "You won't." - Pg. 403
"Lunge for His throat, then, and taste His blood, if only a drop, if you can, and have your escape well planned as did I. And maybe you will learn not only the Secret of the Stake, but how to remove the spell.
"But be warned. Othinn has the power to know what you are thinking. That part about Santa Claus is certainly true. And there is something more...
"In my mind I now see another vision. An elder vampire scribbles words by candlelight. He writes, 'HE rides the Twelve Nightwinds of Yule, HIS gallowed Staff brings Storms, HIS spider-legged steed haunts Crossroads, Vampires curse all HIS Forms.'
"And I see a title to the book, Codex Othinnicus, and a date, 942 A.D.
"Look for the book! A copy must still exist somewhere. Maybe it will tell us how to lift the spell!"
And there Varina's notes end.
I hear a storm building outside. Isn't there a line in "The Night Before Christmas" about a clatter up on the roof?
At least I don't have a chimney.
It sounds like hail up there.
I'm signing off now.
Good luck to you all.
And to all a good night. - Pg. 574-575
Characters[]
- Peking Man
- Dr. Roy Chapman Andrews
- Franz Weidenreich - Scientist
- The Stranger - Vampire
- Davidson Black - Paleontologist, Died
- Kart - Past Vampire, Died
- Brancusi - Vampire, Servant at Castle Dracula
- Dracula
- Brimstone and Salt
- Melvin - Patient
- Mildred - Patient
- Jack - Patient
- Shoshana - Vampire, Daughter of Lot
- Enkidu - Past, Died
- Abraham - Past
- Lot - Past
- Gilgamesh - Past
- Turak -Past, Guide
- Rachel - Past, Daughter of Lot
- Cain
- Queen of Gomorrah - Vampire
- Adam
- Eve
- Dracula, Vlad the Impaler
- The Death-Sweet Scent of Lilies
- Myrna - Vampire
- Vlad, Dracula
- Radu - Vlad's Brother
- Ahmed
- Stoker's Mistress
- William Scoresby, "Billy" - Died
- Edward Spenclagh - Died
- Molly Breen - Vampire
- Abraham, "Bram Stoker"
- Ellen Terry
- Wilde
- Florence
- Henry Irving
- Jacobb - Coachman
- Mr. Harry J. Loveday
- Lord Randolph Churchill
- Alfred Gilbert
- Sarah Bernhardt
- Lord Erskine
- Sheridan
- Marco Polo
- Arminius Vambery
- Mr. Sargent
- Vlad III, Dracula, Vlad Tepes
- The Devil's March
- Lieutenant James Tyler, "Jimmy"
- General Hood
- General Henry Slocum
- General William Tecumseh Sherman
- Wallace Baker or Warren Baker - City Councilman, Died
- Sarah Baker - Wallace's Wife, Died
- Helen Baker - Wallace's Daughter
- Mr. Benjamin Castle - Vampire, Destroyed
- General Hardee
- Lincoln
- Catherine
- Rodeny Habersham
- John Maddox
- Davey Puckett - Died
- Corporal Tom Taylor - Died
- Captain Orlando Poe
- P. T. Barnum
- Count Dracula
- General Robert E. Lee
- Stonewall Jackson
- General Jeb Stuart
- Jefferson Davis
- James Kilpatrick
- Natalie Wendall
- Dr. Foster
- Mayor Calhoun
- John Myers
- Tom Halligan
- Sergeant Thompkins
- Ira Templeton
- General Grant
- Majot Henry Hitchcock
- How Do I Love Thee
- Maria
- Bridget
- Vlad Dracul
- Uncle John
- Miss Russell
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- Lizzie Borden
- A Life in the Theatre
- John Brown, "Johnnie"
- Sir Henry Irving - Actor-Manager
- Edwin
- Lincoln
- Booth
- Dracula
- Bram Stoker
- The Wizard and the Dragon
- Thomas Alva Edison, "The Wizard of Menlo Park"
- Guice - Ventrue Justicar
- Symons - Archon
- Mina - Edison's Wife
- Marion - Edison's Daughter
- Tom Jr. - Edison's Son
- Will
- Ezra Gilliand
- Lippincott
- Tomlinson
- Insull
- Johnson
- Dickson
- Prince Dracula, Vlad Dracula
- Bram Stoker
- Fielding - Archon, Destroyed
- Bell
- Muybridge
- Swan
- Tesla
- Michael Faraday - Vampire, Destroyed
- Uroborus
- Daniel Alicanto - Vampire, Descended from Dracula
- Zita - Died
- Dimitri - Zita's Father, Died
- Mirella - Stephan's Wife
- Stephan - Mirella's Husband
- Lady Katalin - Vampire, Diableriezed
- Prince Vlad Tepes
- Bloodlover
- Grigory Yefimovich Novykh, "Rasputin"
- Tsaritsa Alexandra Nikolayevich
- Manus - Banker
- Archimandrite Theophanes
- Alexi Nikolayevich - Vampire
- Irina Pavolvna
- Romanov
- Tsar Nicholas II
- President Roosevelt
- Governor Stolypin
- Olga - Nocholas II's Daughter
- Grand Duke Dmitry Pavlovich
- Carl
- Prince Felix Yusupov
- Vladimir Mitrofanovich Purishkevich
- Dr. Lazovert - Died
- Dr. Abraham van Helsing
- Vlad Dracul
- Sukhotin - Officer
- Yurovsky
- Tsarevena Anastasia - Vampire
- Rear Admiral Kolchak
- White Terror
- Markku Lahti - Johan's Ghoul, Died
- Baron Johan Linderman - Tzimisce, Destroyed
- Count Yugo - Tzimisce, Dracula's Nephew, Destroyed
- Urho Salminen - General, Tzimisce
- Dracula
- Avenging Angel
- Bey, Murad II
- Tsigrine - Vampire
- Durga Syn
- Bela - Tsigrine's Brother, Died
- Mircea - Tsigrine's Brother, Died
- Lord Dracula
- El Aurens
- Radu
- Lawrence
- Sheriff Ali
- Revolts in the Desert
- Thomas Edward Lawrence
- Jemal
- Tafas - Chief
- Halim
- Faris
- Feisal
- Sir Thomas Chapmen - Lawrence's Father
- Ned Lawrence
- Allenby
- El-Aurens
- Abd el Kader
- Bey, Nahi Bey, "Hajim" - Vampire
- Ahmed ibn Bagr
- Hassan Chowish
- Colonel Joyce
- Vyvyan
- Farraj - Servant
- Daud - Servant
- Vlad Tepes, "Dracula"
- Ya Aurens
- Film Noir
- Harker
- Van Helsing
- Mina Harker
- Jack Seward
- Bram Stoker
- Peter Kurten
- Renfield
- Vlad Dracula, Vlad Tepes, "Count Vieszcy"
- Hitler
- William Henry Pratt, "Boris Karloff"
- Laszlo Loewenstien, "Peter Lorre"
- Lupita Tovar
- Bela Lugosi
- Carlos Villarias
- Thelma Todd - Vampire, Destroyed
- Luciano
- Mr. Moto
- Karen
- Fritz
- Frederick's
- Mother Riley
- Abbott and Costello
- Ed Wood
- William Beaudine
- Norma Jean Baker, "Marilyn Monroe" - Vampire
- Chozzerai
- Sergei Igorevich
- Pavel - Vampire
- Anya - Vampire
- Asher - Vampire
- Ignacze Bor-Chinevski - Vampire
- Baruch de Espinoza
- Napolean
- benim Yisroel
- Cam Shaft
- Flowers Brown - Jack's Girlfriend
- Jack Dillion
- Doctor Jacob Alucard, "Dracula" - Vampire
- Bram Stoker
- Van Helsing
- Joseph - Vampire
- On a Big Night in Monster History
- Ivan - Vampire, Son of Dracula
- Gregor - Vampire, Son of Dracula
- Melvin Spece - Died
- Bob Goodson, "Hell-Bob" - Primordial Being
- Muffy, "Muffy-Thing" - Primordial Being
- Kirsten - Vampire, Musician
- Scotty, "Scotty-Beast" - Primordial Being
- Caveat Shatner
- Jimmy Amdenio
- Kurt - Died
- David - Vampire, Destroyed
- Billy - Died
- Mrs. Johnson
- Tina Anderson
- Ben - Vlads Member, Died
- Snakes Lazar - Vlads Member
- Vamway
- Mr. Sepet - Vampire, Founder of Vamway
- Johna - Vampire
- Dr. Gene Scott
- Lucy
- The Blood of Othinn
- Virana Lokena - Vampire, Destroyed
- Othinn, "Santa Claus" - God
Terminology[]
Agirevsk, Alabama, Alamo, Alps, America, American Museum of Natural History, Anarchs, Anathema, Andes, Andover, Antioch, Aqaba, Arabia, Archon, Asia, Atlanta, Auschwitz, Austria, Az Est (Hungarian Newspaper), Baltic Sea, Berlin, Beverly Hills, Blake's 7 Fan Club, Blood Bond, Bloodlines, Bridge of Sighs, Britain, Bronx, Brown University, Bukarest, Bulgaria, Cairo, Camarilla, Cambridge, 'Cambridge, Ohio,' Canada, Carchemish, Caribbean, Carpathians, Charleston, Chattanooga, Chelsea, Chicago, China, Chou Kou Tien, Clan, Clontarf, Colorado River, Constantinople, Costa Del Sol, Cross College, Cruden Bay, The Cup, Damascus, Deraa, Derah, Des (Town), Dublin, Dublin Bay, Dublin Castle, Dusseldorf, Eden, Egypt, Elder, Ekaterinberg, Embrace, Emmanuel College, England, Es-Salt, Euphrates, Europe, Finland, Florida, Forest Lawn, France, Georgia, Germany, Get of Fenris, Gettysburg, Ghoul, Ghost, Gobi Desert, Gomorrah, Greece, Hampshire, Hampstead Heath, Hanko Peninsular, Hauran, Haven, Hawaii, Heathrow, Helsinki, Hindenberg, Hiroshima, Hollywood, Hollywoodland, Hong Kong, Houston, Hungary, Hunger, Inconnu, Istanbul, Italy, Japan, Jerusalem, Jonesboro, Justicar, Kazakhstan, Khalfati, Kilmarnock Arms, Kindred, Kine, King's College Chapel, Kodak, Knights Templar, Kuneitra, Lancaster, Liaotung Peninsula, Lilith, Lindisfarne Abbey, London, Los Angeles, The Lyceum, Mage, Malibu Beach, Manhattan, Masquerade, Massachusetts, Mexico, Miami, Middle East, Moika Quay, Mojave Desert, Moscow, Mt. Athos, Naples, Nefud, Neva River, New Orleans, New York, Nisib, Nizhni Gyorgevsk, Novimisovsk, Nuremberg, Oakland Cemetery, Odessa, Ogden, Ohio, Omsk, Order of the Dragon, Orlando, Oxford, Palmdale, Paris, Pathe Laboratories, Pegnitz, Peking, Peking Union Medical College, Pennsylvania, Petrovsky Island, Philadelphia, Poland, Port Arthur, Prince, Providence, Rhode Island, River Esk, Rivov Marsh, Rom, Romania, Rome, The Roxy, Rumania, Russia, Sabbat, Sakhalin Island, Salton Sea, San Diego, San Francisco, San Quentin, Santa Ana, Savannah, Scotland, Shilmulo, Siberia, Sinai, Sire, Sligo, Sodom, Soul, St. Petersburg, Sumer, Suommenlina, Syria, Telefor's Woods, Temple of Ishtar, Tennessee, Texas, Thrall, Tigris, Tobolsk, Toreador, Transylvania, Tremere, Trinity College, Troy, Tsarskoye Selo, Tunisia, Turkey, Tzimisce, United States, University of Chicago, Ur, Vampire/Vampyr, Vamway (Founded by Mr. Sepet), Ventrue, Vienna, Virginia, Vitae, The Vlads (Gang), Voevode, Voivode, Vrykolakes, Wallachia, Waterloo, Westside Cemetery, Westthor Graben, Whinneyfold, Whitby, Whitechapel, Wicklow Mountains, Wild Hunt, Yorkshire,
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