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You cannot pass through the blue flame, witch. Go now, or be damned forever. / GWWWWRROOOOOWRRRR! |
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I told you to GO, witch! / Ggrrrrrr! / Damn you, GO!! / Grwoooorrrr!!! / You heard him, witch! Go!! Go and forget all you have seen! Go and forget all you have heard! Go and forget all you have known! / I thought you could use a little help. / Yes, a little. / I know your soul, Diane Erato Chattan. / My last name is... Monroe. / No... |
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... your soul screams as a Chattan! / Ugggghhhh!! / Huh? / Chelsea? / Disa? |
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Chelsea, are you okay? / I think so, but I'm not sure. / What was that light? What happened to that big cat? And why are you naked? / That's... a little difficult to explain, sweetie. / Oh do give it a try, Miss Chelsea. I'm certain our little next door neighbor would simply love to hear you explain yourself out of this one. / Huh? / You made her hear you? Why? Do you have to torture everybody? / Mommy! Mommy! / It is a curse I must bear. / UNHAND ME, WOMAN! I'LL HAVE YOU IN CHAINS! I'LL... I'LL... I'LL CALL PETA! |
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CHELSEA!! / My good girl, you and Timon have returned with good news, I trust? / KITTEN! / Grandma, it's so good to be back home. I can't wait to see Mama. / Your MOTHER? Perhaps it is the strain, but you and Timon went to RESCUE your mother, who was snatched away by the werewolves... we think. / Funny, I don't remember that. Hmmm. I fact, I don't remember a whole lot after... / ... after... oh my Goddess, MAMA was -- / -- OH NO, DRACULA'S ALIVE! / Jubal, are you sure about this? / VERY. / / / 7 March, 1915 / Nantillois, France. / As I said before, it took skill to destroy Vlad Dracula, but most of all it took luck. / I managed to make some of that luck on my own, though the war lasted longer because of it. / Bonsoir, Vlad. Comment allez-vous? / How am I? There is talk that you want me dead. I should be frightened, don't you think? / Oui. |
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She danced into the cold night as cinder and ash. Flames ignited where the DEAD were buried. / Vous aviez toujours MORT. / We are both dead. Do remember that the next time you weep over your hollow womb. / CRASH! / Now THERE'S my little Sheba. / Attaquez! Maintenant! |
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It need not be this way, Sheba! / Yes, it does. / English, is it now? / If I have to come down to your level, so be it. / You'll expose us all, Vlad! End your war with God. |
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My war is my business. God dammned me and I intend to respond in kind. / Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr / I thought you would say that. / KABOOM!! |
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Impaled. How ironic. / You... You aligned yourself with THEM! / The bomber was a calculated risk. To be honest, I was only hoping for a momentary distraction. / Who knows, maybe God did hate him. It didn't matter. Luck or fate, once Dracula was staked, he would be immobile and weak for a few brief moments. / I funded their technology for my own gain. I care nothing about this World War. / We can forgive a few humans learning our secrets. We can control them. But your personal war threatens to expose us all to humankind. This cannot be permitted. / I will RISE again! / I know. / Slashh! |
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Almost immediately Maritza and I took Dracula's head and body and cremated them. / Then we interned his ashes inside a silver urn. Dracula's urn was the last artifact housed within the Council vault. / Dracula said he would rise again. You said, I know. / Dracula's resurrection was inevitable. Perhaps I could have done more to stop Gustov, but it would have only delayed his return. / Vlad and I were lovers. I knew him as he knew me. You must understand, before Dracula was made, every vampire on this planet was a descendent of mine. Even the pitiful Nosferatu are fledglings of my... son, Kern. / I don't know how Dracula became a vampire. He had different powers from me, he feared the Cross. I do not. Maybe God did damn him, but like I said, we knew each other. Even though we were different, we were equals. / We loved and we hated. / You're still in love with him, aren't you. |
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DO NOT JUDGE ME!! / Not until you have exorcised your own demons! / Aye, my wee one. / I hope ye remember the time we had together. The fun we had. We can have more if'in ye give the word. This time, I'll be sure to torture ye to yer DEATH. / E-ELEANOR? / But you're dead. |
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Y-You died over two years ago. I -- We killed you. / Chelsea? / Ye know better than that, child. / No... please, don't. Not again. / I'll live with ye for the rest of yer life. / N-No. / No you won't! / DIE!!! / Remember. / Kitten? |
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Kitten? Are you okay? / I got her. That witch tortured me. She put me through Hell, glamored as my own mother. But after all these years, I got her. Eleanor is gone. / I finally fought back. Lilith showed me how. / That SHE-DEMON is in you? Wait right here and I'll help you cast her out! / No! No! She helped me, Grandma. She showed me how she killed Dracula. / And I think I can use what she showed me to help save Mama and nix Drac at the same time. / Ruth, Chelsea, there is someone here I need to introduce. / May I present to you Miss Wilhelmina Murray, formally Mrs. Mina Harker. |
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You're not Mina! I've met Mina Murray, and she is much older than... / I AM Wilhelmina Murray. / Dracula's resurrection seems to have rejuvenated me. / If you are Mina, then where is my mother! / Hmmm. / Your Mum is downstairs having a rest. She has been through an ordeal. / We escaped Dracula's hold soon after you vanished. / Mama? / MAMA! / MAMA! / If this is a trick... / This, my dear Dr. Livingston, is REVENGE. / Eeeeeeiiiiiiii!!!! |
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Melisa! / Melisa! Wha' happened -- / Bloody 'ell! / I still thirst! / Meli -- / Arrrgg! / Hey there! Stop! / Stop! Stop!! / Cor blimey. / Thud! |
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You! Up there! W -- Where'd ya go? / I have two down here on Dracott. It's a bloody mess. / Somebody behind there? / Kkkrakkkk! / Are you through? / Or do you want to filet the entire Chelsea police force? |
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There were two blokes standin' right there. I saw 'em just a second ago, I swear it. / Bloody Hell. / What Devil did this? / Why? Why this? If you felt you needed to hunt, I would have provided you with -- / You seem to be under some delusion that I must answer to you. Remember who I am. / Things have changed in the last hundred years. I would not expect you to understand. / Some things have changed a great deal, but not between you and I. Make no mistake. I have no intention of being a party to your schemes, Gustov of the Nix. / I am PRINCE VLAD DRACULA. Do I need to remind you of what that means? / Mina is gone, Prince. She took the witch's mother with her. |
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WHERE IS SHE?! / Perhaps she needs only to sort things out. Alone time, as it were. After all, you did leave her an old hag for nearly one hundred years. / I'd need time alone too. / HOLD IT! Identify yourselves! / I do believe we have attracted some attention. / Have we really? Not yet, I think... / ... but we will! / What are you -- / Throw me off the roof?! / We will. |
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Revenge? / Revenge against whom? / I'm not here to harm you or your witch. / I'm here to help you destroy Dracula... FOREVER. / Mama? / Mama? Are you alright? / I'm sorry, Chelsea. I wanted to be there for you, but I had no idea what your world was really like. / Shhh. / Mama! Who did that! / Help me. |
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You want to destroy Dracula? I find that hard to believe. / JACOB!! / Merlin preserve me! What has happened?! / I would think it obvious with the holes in her neck. / Vampire! / Ruth, if you would, please bring me some garlic and blessed thistle. Mix that into a comfrey compress and bring it quickly. / The comfrey will heal the wound. The garlic and thistle will add a protection element. / Dracula did this?! Why?! / He needed to feed. Your mother was convenient. / You claim to come here to help us, so please do not lie to us. The Red Wolves took Mrs. Monroe for a purpose. Why? / Furthermore, I want to know who brought her here? Mrs. Monroe was not in your company when you came to me. / It was... Gustov. |
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Let her rest for now, but keep a watchful eye on her. / If she's tasted any of Dracula's blood, we may have a problem. / As you were saying? / Gustov can shapeshift. He's not a morph, but he can assume the shape of anyone he wishes... / ... a Black Wolf Assassin... / ... or a powerful witch. / He's been plotting this for years, his ultimate goal being the destruction of the Council of Three. / Timon has already fallen, and the werewolf will pose no threat. / Lilith. / Yes. He needs you and Dracula to kill Lilith. / You see, Gustov sent me here to sway you to our side, to pose as a traitor in order to gain your trust. What the wizard doesn't know is, I really do intend to betray him. |
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Na! Na! Na! Long Chaney Jr. ne'er played a Dracula in 'is life! 'E was the Wolfman and a Mummy. / No! He was the Wolfman, the Mummy, Frankenstein's Monster, AND Dracula! / Na! Na! Na! Only Bela Lugosi, John Carradine, and old Chris Lee ever played a Dracula! / If I may interject, your young friend is correct. Lon Chaney did indeed portray the famous Count in SON OF DRACULA, circa 1943, and a rather ROBUST vampire Count at that. / I do know something of the subject. / Ye know all about the Dracula movies, eh? / Well, I'm no expert... on the movies. / 1754 -- Somewhere in the Carpathian mountains. / I trust we are all here. |
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Cardinal Paolino Verardi, the dutiful shadow of the enlightened pope Benedict XIV. Is the INQUISITION OF THE DAMNED to come to an end? Will the Vatican finally leave the Netherworld in peace? / Marcus Lupus Ferox. Or should I say, DEUS LUPUS. You marched in the legions with Constantine and witnessed the Roman conversion to Christianity. Pureblood and self-proclaimed WEREWOLF GOD, you struggle with the Pagan and Christian spirits within you... or so I am told. / And the mysterious COUNT DRACULA. Recluse, magician, and vampire who is feared by villagers and worshipped by cultists. Tell me. Are you, by chance, related to Vlad Tepes, Prince of Wallachia and Defender of Christendom from the Muslim hordes? / An ancestor who is no longer of any importance. / Please, allow me to introduce myself. I am Gustov of the Nyx, founding member of the Dark Practitioners, Grand Wizard of Balkans... / ... and the man who will destroy the Council of Three. |
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Destroy the Council of Three? Quite a bold statements to make in front after of its strongest supporters, wouldn't you say? / No, Marcus. / No? For thousands of years the Council's purpose has been to prevent war within the Netherworld. Otherwise it would be werewolf against werecat, vampire against wizard, werecat against vampire, etc., and mankind cowering in the corner. We have not changed. We will never change. / But man has changed, Marcus. Man has lost his trust of angels and his fear of devils. Science has overtaken superstition. A light has been cast into the shadows to reveal no monsters are there. / An age of enlightenment? / No monsters? Mankind needs a brighter light. / I have little trust in mankind, however I must ask what this AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT has to do with the Council of Three. / The Council rules the Netherworld, but Lilith rules the Council, and she does so with a cold heart. She would have you all live in the shadows forever. / And you would have us come out of the shadows? One day we will, but it is not time. Mankind is not ready for us, and without the Council we would destroy ourselves and this world along with us. / Unless there was a leader, a hand to order the chaos. |
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You would presume to lead the Netherworld? Does your arrogance know no bound? / Not me! / You, Marcus. / Lord Conner and Timon, though powerful, can be dealt with. Lilith, on the other hand, will pose a problem. / And that is where the mysterious Count Dracula comes in. Although a vampire, you are unique. You are not a descendent of Lilith. Together, you, Deus and I could defeat her. / To live in the light would be much more palatable than my present circumstances, but I must decline your offer. / It is good they do not believe. That gives us power over them... / ... though that does leave the Church in a precarious position. / Unfortunately, my sympathies lie beyond the Church these days. |
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London, Present day. / I picked him up trying to hop a portal with a witch down in Chelsea. / I thought I recognized the guy as a friend of Mel's sister, but I didn't remember his being a vampire. / Then I saw the Black Wolf pup, and I brought them both here. / That's rather peculiar. We had heard that the Chattan Witch took the Sabina pup! Now you bring him to us? Curiouser and curiouser, eh, Jeremy? / If you're talking about Chelsea, she didn't take the runt, but I know who did. / And why should we trust... / Oh Hell. |
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You've come to pose as a traitor, but you really are a traitor? / I know how that sounds. / I don't think you do. / I've come to help you kill Dracula. / I KNOW how to kill Dracula. / Really? We're all ears! / Mina, please. / We just have to catch him off guard. We have to do something totally unexpected, like... / Drop a bomb on him? / Well -- look, Gustov is the real bad guy, isn't he? He's the one who's behind it all. He's the one you BETRAYED! / Gustov is chaotic, yes. He's a mischief maker. If he disbands the Council, he's just as likely to try and reinstate it afterwards. He IS a bad man, but... / ... Dracula is EVIL. / I don't believe in Evil. |
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Jacob, here's some Rosemary. Put a sprig or two in every corner of the house. I'll mash some Garlic and we'll rub that into the window seals and door ways. / Yes, ma'am. / Garlic and Rosemary won't stop him, and your disbelief in his evil will be your undoing. / Are you talking about Dracula or Gustov? / DRACULA IS THE EVIL ONE! DRACULA made me an old hag for nearly one hundred years! DRACULA made me love him and betray everything I was! I've been in his embrace and I know the evil he is capable of, witch. / He has to be destroyed FOREVER. That's why I brought him back! That's why I... sacrificed a child tonight. / Get out! I will not have a child murderer in my house! Get out now! / Very well. I will go, but head my warning. Find the TRUE CROSS. Find it or God help you. |
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Good evening, gentlemen. / Hell, Oh Hell. You're him. You're the BIG D. I ain't got one reason to know you from Adam, but you're him. I can feel you... inside... you're inside my... in my head. / I will speak with Marcus Lupus Ferox. / Dude, get out of my head! / DEUS LUPUS is dead! His soul now dwells in all kin. / Please, get out! / Please, get out... I can see what you've done... / Jeez, you're one evil bastard! / What's with the stakes, man? You got a phallic thing going on? Gah! She was only fourteen years old. Jeez, her kitten too? Damn you! / SILENCE, FLEDGLING! / I... okay. / Who? |
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The Chattan Witch killed Marcus Lupus? Why? / Yeah, well, Deus has gone a little... eccentric. He concocted a plan to combine the Netherworld and the human world. / A nice little dream, except he left out anybody who wasn't Pagan or Christian. / I don't mind telling you that I had a hand in taking him down. Well, Chelsea did most of the taking down. I mean, I did come in at the last moment and save the day, but later I went into therapy. / A werewarthog saved the day, heheh. / Wereboar! Wearboar! / WHO DARES?! |
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