Unholy Empire

Before he became Count Dracula, he was Dragomir.

For centuries, Dragomir has lived among humans without incident — careful, restrained, unseen. In 12^th-century France, that restraint fractures. Inside Saint-Gilles Abbey, he uncovers something darker than himself: corruption disguised as piety, violence masked as charity.

Dragomir executes those responsible and burns the abbey to the ground, setting in motion the feud that will follow him for centuries.

Compelled by his faith, Father Peter of Cluny sparks a holy crusade to destroy the vampire and his spawn. He names Dragomir a heretic, a demon, a contagion. Fear spreads faster than truth. A holy campaign begins — not only against a vampire, but against anyone suspected of standing beside him.

Dragomir is forced into the shadows—but he is not alone.

From the ashes of Saint-Gilles rises an unexpected alliance — and a love that complicates everything. With friends, allies within the Church, and a future suddenly worth defending, Dragomir must navigate a world that would rather turn him into a monster than confront its own rot.

History will remember him as a fiend.
This is how it began.