The Legends of the Cursed
Kallista Caterine Callidora
Beautiful, Deadly, and Unforgiving.
“When one has lived as long as I, one learns that the sins one commits depend upon the god one serves.Enter her story
Although, I must admit, my sins run deep in the eyes of most gods.
But none compare to those of Man.”
The Legend.
After her king fell in battle, Kallista, a powerful dark sorceress, swore vengeance, vowing to extinguish all light from the world and plunge the lands into eternal darkness.
As she traveled from village to village, Kallista left nothing but death and destruction in her wake, transforming those in her path into creatures of the night, condemned to an insatiable thirst for human blood.
Rumors of this mysterious woman spread far and wide. Many came to believe that Kallista was not human, but some kind of monster.
Some believed she was a demon, charged with the destruction of the human race. Others believed she was a vengeful spirit, returned from the land of the dead to avenge the thousands of slain soldiers who perished in the wars of men.
But all agreed that wherever Kallista appeared, death was sure to follow. Even the whisper of her name struck fear into the bravest of hearts.
As darkness deepened across the lands, an order of knights was established to push back the night and restore the light of dawn.
But despite their courage and determination, not even their combined strength could withstand the dark queen’s rage, as town after town fell into her grip.
Then, when all hope was lost and the endless night seemed inevitable, Kallista vanished into the void from which she came.
And as the darkness slowly lifted, the light of dawn once again shone upon a world forever changed.
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The Curse
When a powerful blood spell, performed as an act of love, did not go as expected, it transformed Kallista and her husband into the first members of a race the world had never seen.
A race of immortal beings with heightened senses, unnatural strength, and nearly indestructible bodies that were impervious to all manmade weapons, along with an intimate connection to human blood. A race that would eventually become known as the Undying.
However, immortality brought the burden of memory: being unable to forget events you wished never occurred. Or forget the loved ones who got left behind.
In a world full of cruelty and the inability to forget, Kallista would endure nearly three thousand years of loss, betrayal, and the endless wars of men.
Yet even the strongest of minds has its limits, and with each passing century, the weight of her memories would slowly drive her toward the darkness she would one day embrace.
Immortality may appear as a gift to some, offering endless opportunities to experience all that life has to offer.
But as time passes, the gift can become a curse. The passage of time may darken your heart and suppress all emotions until you become something you were never meant to be.
Long before becoming one of the Undying, Kallista had apprenticed under Lilith, who taught her to harness and control her natural gift for sorcery.
Combined with her newfound immortality, these abilities made Kallista far more formidable than others of her kind.
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The woman who would eventually become known as Kallista Caterine Callidora was born in a small village in the region now known as Ancient Greece.
Raised in a humble household, Kallista’s father worked the family farm, while her mother cared for the home and managed the daily responsibilities of village life.
Born into a simple life, Kallista should have lived and died unknown. Instead, when tragedy struck her village, the event set her on a nearly 3,000-year journey through history.
Her path would take her through the fall of many empires, and endless wars waged by men—events that would drive Kallista down a dark path of vengeance, leaving nothing behind her but a wake of death and destruction.
While she is not evil by nature, centuries of loss, betrayal, and never-ending wars would eventually push Kallista beyond the point of reason.
Compelling her to unleash a rage that would ravage the countryside for decades, claiming more lives than all the wars of men before her combined...making Kallista one of the most feared and one of the deadliest creatures of her time.
Of all the identities Kallista lived under throughout her long life, she would ultimately be remembered in legend as the Empress of the Undying; the Dark Queen who brought the world of men to their knees.
**Historical Note: A growing number of mythologists believe that legends surrounding Kallista and the Undying may have contributed to the origins of modern vampire folklore.**
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