The Vampire Origin Story of Many!
This is a Vampire Love Story that started it all.
In this version of the Vampire story, It is about a love
Story
Of a young adventure named Ambrogio, who was born and
Raised
In Italy.
He
Had always longed to travel to Greece to have his fortune
Told
By the Oracle of Delphi. When he was an adult, he got on a boat an
Sailed to the western edge of Greece which was near Astakos.
Ambrogio
Then traveled east until he eventually reached the city of Delphi.
When
He reached Delphi, the home of the great temple of Apollo, the Sun
God.
It
Was also the home of the Pythia, better known as the Oracles. The
Pythia would sit
In a chamber within the temple and speak of the prophecies, inspired
By Apollo, too
Those who came to seek the Oracle's wisdom.
When
Ambrogio finally arrived at the temple, he went to speak to the
Pythia, The
Pythia, whose words have been often cryptic, said only a few words:
"The
Curse, The moon, The blood will run."
He
Couldn't sleep that night. He stayed awake outside of the temple,
Pondering the meaning of the Pythia's words. As the sun rose in the
Morning he realized that he had not
Slept.
As
He walked back toward the town he was a beautiful woman dressed in
White robes
Walking to the temple. He ran over to her and introduced himself.
Her name was
Selene and she was a maiden of the temple. Her sister was the Oracle,
And so Selene tended
To the temple and took care of her sister while in her entranced
State.
For
The next few days every morning Ambrogio met Selene at dawn before Sheentered the temple. They soon fell in love.
On
His last day in Greece, Ambrogio asked Selene to marry him and return
With him to Italy. She agreed. He said he would make the preparations
Then meet her at dawn the next morning at their meeting spot outside
The temple.
Apollo,
The sun-god, had been watching. He, himself, had taken a liking to
The beautiful Selene
And was enraged that Ambrogio would come to his temple and take one off
His maidens away.
At
Sunset that night, Apollo appeared to Ambrogio and cursed him so that
From that day forth a mere touch of Apollo's sunlight would burn
Ambrogio skin.
Ambrogio
Was distraught. He was set to leave with Selene in the morning,
but he
Would not be able to meet her at sunrise as he promised because of the
Curse.
Having know
Where, else to turn, he ran into a cave that led to Hades for
Protection. Hades, God of
The underworld, listened to his tale and made him a deal - if he
Could steal the silver bow of Artemis and bring it back, Hades would
Grant him and Selene protection in the underworld.
The
Deal specified that Hades would give Ambrogio a magical wooden
Bow and
11 arrows to hunt with. He was to offer his hunting trophies to Artemis in order to gain in her favor and steal her favorite silver bow.
As
Collateral, Ambrogio had to leave his soul in Hades until he returned
With the silver bow. Should he return the silver bow, he would have
To live in Hades forever, never to return to Selene, Having no other
Choice, Ambrogio
Agreed.
Ambrogio
Had no way to contact Selene. He had parchments, but no writing
Implements so
he took his bow and arrow and killed a swan. Using its feather as a
Pen, and its blood as
The ink, he wrote her a note explaining that he could not meet with her but would find away for them to be together. He left the note in their meeting place and ran off to find a place to hide from the sunlight.
Naturally,
Selene was devastated when she found the note, but she kept working at the temple as she did not want to anger Apollo any further.
The next morning, Selene went back to the meeting place, but once again Ambrogio was not there. She saw another piece of parchment with writing in blood on it.
It was a love poem form Ambrogio Before morning on of the for 44 days, Ambrogio slew another swan and used it's blood to write Selene a love poem. After draining the blood from the white swan and taking a single feather, from the swan, he offered the body of the swan as a tribute to Artemis, the Goddess of hunting and the moon and also her sister to Apollo. He hoped that even if he could not steal her silver bow, she would be honored be the tribute and would be able to
convince her brother Apollo to remove the curse. On the 45th night, Ambrogio had only one arrow left. He shot it at a swan and missed, the arrow went sailing into the distance.
He had neither the blood to writhe Selene poem nor the swan to sacrifice to Artemis. He fell to the ground and wept.
Seeing how good of a hunter and how dedicated of a follower
Ambrogio had been, Artemis came down to him. He begged Artemis to let him borrow her bow and an arrow so he could kill one last bird and leave one final note to Selene.
Artemis took pity on him and agreed to let him borrow her silver bow and an arrow.
He took the bow, and in desperation, ran to the cave that led to Hades.
Artemis realized what was happening and cast her
own curse on Ambrogio. The curse caused all silver to burn his skin. So when Ambrogio dropped the silver bow and fell to the ground in terrible pain.
Artemis was furious at his deceit, but he begged her for forgiveness. He explained the deal he was forced to make with Hades, his curse by
Apollo and his love for Selene. He apologized profusely and swore that he had no other choice.
Artemis took pity on him again and decided to give him one
last chance. She offered to make him a great hunter, almost as great as she was, with the speed and strength of a God and fangs with which to drain the blood of the beasts to write his poems.
In
exchange for his immortality, he would have to agree to a deal. He
and Selene would have to escape Apollo temple and worship only
Artemis forever. The catch was that Artemis was a virgin goddess and
all of her follower had to remain
chaste
and unmarried, so Ambrogio was never allowed to touch Selene again.
They
could never even kiss, touch, or have children.
Ambrogio
agreed. At least this way he and Selene could be together. He Killed
another swan and left Selene a note telling her to meet him on a ship
at the docks.
before
dawn the next morning, she saw the note and ran way before Apollo
could notice.
When
Selene arrived at the dock she found Ambrogio's ship and met him down
in the hull.
There
was a wooden coffin with a note on it, telling her to order the
ship's captain to set sail, and to open the coffin only after the sun
had set. She did as the note said, and after the sunset she opened
the coffin to find Ambrogio alive and well.
The
couple sailed to Ephesus, where they lived in a cave during the day
and worshiped Artemis at her grand temple every night. They lived
happily together for many years,
never
touching, never kissing, never having children.
After
a number of years, Ambrogio's immortality allowed him to stay young,
but Selene continued to age as a mortal, She finally fell ill and was
on her deathbed. Ambrogio was
distraught,
knowing that he would not join Selene in the afterlife because his
soul still resided in Hades.
At
night, he went into the woods and found a white swan swimming alone
in a small lake. He killed the swan and offered it to Artemis begging
for her to make Selene
immortal
so they could stay together forever.
Artemis
appeared to him. Thankful for his years of dedication and worship,
she made him one last deal. Artemis told Ambrogio that he could touch
Selene just once - to drink her
blood.
Doing
so would kill her mortal body , but from then on, her blood mixed
with his could create eternal life for any who drink of it. If he did
this, Artemis would see to it that
they
stayed together forever.
Ambrogio
wanted to refuse, but after telling Selene what happened, Selene
begged him to do it. After much convincing, he bit her neck and took
her blood into his body.
AS
HE SET HER LIMP BODY DOWN, SELENE BEGAN TO RADIATE WITH LIGHT, AND
RAISE UP TO THE SKY. AMBROGIO WATCHED AS SELENE'S GLOWING SPIRIT LIFT
TO MEET ARTEMIS AT THE MOON. WHEN SHE ARRIVED, THE MOON LIT UP WITH A
BRILLIANT LIGHT.
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