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Post by Otto Kretschmer on Jan 28, 2022 21:09:35 GMT
Chapter 1 - The Rise of the Vampire
It was January 4th 1867. Berlin was captured, Prussia apparently was no more. Having started the Prusso-Austrian war with more than adequate enthusiasm, Prussia has since learned a bitter lession - one named the breach loading rifle. Prussians generals led the Prussian army in hopes of crushing the Austrians but the crushing blow never materialized. Instead, the innovative Austrian breech loaders shredded the Prussian army to pieces, the superb Austrian cavalry ran down the fleeing remains of the army and the rest is history.
The siege of Berlin started on September 27th 1866 and lasted until January 3rd 1867. The beaten Prussian remains could no longer bear the fire of modern Austrian guns and the city surrendered.
Most of the city's population was happy as the war was ending. They have eaten all horses, pigeons, dogs, cats and other animals present in the city. The Austrian troops were searching for Otto von Bismarck. They entered the building of the chancellary and searched it through.
There the body of Bismarck lay lifeless and without any signs of violence. The officer in command thought he'd taken a poison. He was buried with full honors on January 8th 1867.
On January 10th an unnamed person reported an act of vandalism. The grave of von Bismarck was completely destroyed, the coffin laid on top with no body.
The Austrians arrived at the scene the day later. The commander of the party was Max von Jellineck, an experienced investigator with foresnic experience.
"Hmm... The grave is completely destroyed. It requires multiple people to do such a thing and it would be quite noisy. And no body? Who would steal a body and why? " - thought Jellineck.
But the body was not stolen but mere grave robbers. It was done by a far more sinister being.
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Post by Otto Kretschmer on Jan 28, 2022 21:10:28 GMT
Chapter 2 - The First Victim.
Inspector von Jellineck did not think much of the incident he had witnessed. His thought was that it was just a band of quite stealthy grave diggers, he saw such groups many times. He went to work again and then dealt with usual stuff -wife beaters, drunk brawls, robberies. Nothing worth of note.
On January 11th 1867 a body was found on the streets of Austrian occupied Berlin. It belonged to a young Leutnant named von Nogay. The first investigator called into the scene was Max von Jellineck. He arrived and began examining the body.
The murder was quite strange. The upper body of the victim was bare and the clothes were folded flawlessly and laid next to the body together with service rifle, pistol and helmet. The victim had two small holes on his neck and on his back there was a single letter written with blood:
"v."
"What does that "v." mean?" Jellineck was puzzled. He saw some deviant murderers before. What is this one trying to tell? Is he a disgruntled cadet who failed to get into the academy? A devaiant obsessed with blood?
Soon he will get more evidence to examine
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