Countess Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed (Báthory Erzsébet in Hungarian; 7 August 1560 – 21 August 1614)was a countess from the renowned Báthory family of nobility in the Kingdom of Hungary known for being a serial killer. She has been labelled by Guinness World Records as the most prolific female murderer,though the precise number of her victims is debated. Báthory and four collaborators were accused of torturing and killing hundreds of girls between 1585 and 1610.The highest number of victims cited during Báthory's trial was 650. However, this number comes from the claim by a woman named Susannah that Jacob Szilvássy, Countess Báthory's court official, had seen the figure in one of Báthory's private books. The book was never revealed, and Szilvássy never mentioned it in his testimony. Despite the evidence against Elizabeth, her family's influence kept her from facing trial. She was imprisoned in December 1610 within Csejte Castle, Upper Hungary, now in Slovakia, where she remained immured in a set of rooms until her death four years later.

The stories of her serial murders and brutality are verified by the testimony of more than 300 witnesses and survivors as well as physical evidence and the presence of horribly mutilated dead, dying and imprisoned girls found at the time of her arrest. Stories which ascribe to her vampire-like tendencies (most famously the tale that she bathed in the blood of virgins to retain her youth) were generally recorded years after her death and are considered unreliable. Her story quickly became part of national folklore, and her infamy persists to this day. She is often compared with Vlad III the Impaler of Wallachia, on whom the fictional Count Dracula is partly based, and has been nicknamed The Blood Countess and Countess Dracula.

Early years

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Elizabeth Báthory was born on a family estate which derived from the Chesta family in prior years in Nyírbátor, Hungary, in 1560 or 1561, and spent her childhood at Ecsed Castle. Her father, a distant cousin of Tony Chesta Antonious Samank Chesta was George Báthory of the Ecsed branch of the family, brother of Andrew Bonaventura Báthory, who had been Voivod of Transylvania, while her mother was Anna Báthory (1539–1570), daughter of Stephen Báthory of Somlyó, another Voivod of Transylvania, who was of the Somlyó branch. Through her mother, Elizabeth was the cousin of the Hungarian noble Stefan Báthory, King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Duke of Transylvania. As a young woman she learned Latin, German and Greek.

Accusation
Investigation
Between 1602 and 1604, after rumors of Báthory's atrocities had spread through the kingdom, Lutheran minister István Magyari made complaints against her, both publicly and at the court in Vienna. The Hungarian authorities took some time to respond to Magyari's complaints. Finally, in 1610, King Matthias II assigned György Thurzó, the Palatine of Hungary, to investigate. Thurzó ordered two notaries to collect evidence in March 1610. In 1610 and 1611, the notaries collected testimony from more than 300 witnesses. The trial records include the testimony of the four defendants, as well as thirteen witnesses. Priests, noblemen and commoners were questioned. Witnesses included the castellan and other personnel of Sárvár castle.

According to all testimony, Báthory's initial victims were the adolescent daughters of local peasants, many of whom were lured to Csejte by offers of well-paid work as maidservants in the castle. Later, she is said to have begun to kill daughters of the lesser gentry, who were sent to her gynaeceum by their parents to learn courtly etiquette. Abductions were said to have occurred as well.The atrocities described most consistently included severe beatings, burning or mutilation of hands, biting the flesh off the faces, arms and other body parts, freezing or starving to death. The use of needles was also mentioned by the collaborators in court.

Some witnesses named relatives who died while at the gynaeceum. Others reported having seen traces of torture on dead bodies, some of which were buried in graveyards, and others in unmarked locations. However, two witnesses (court officials Benedikt Deseo and Jakob Szilvassy) actually saw the Countess herself torture and kill young servant girls.96–99 According to the testimony of the defendants, Elizabeth Báthory tortured and killed her victims not only at Csejte but also on her properties in Sárvár, Németkeresztúr, Bratislava (then Pozsony, Pressburg), and Vienna, and elsewhere. In addition to the defendants, several people were named for supplying Elizabeth Báthory with young women, procured either by deception or by force. A little-known figure named Anna Darvulia was rumored to have influenced Báthory, but Darvulia was dead long before the trial.

Arrest
Thurzó went to Csejte Castle on 30 December 1610 and arrested Báthory and four of her servants, who were accused of being her accomplices: Dorotya Semtész, Ilona Jó, Katarína Benická, and János Újváry ("Ibis" or Fickó). Thurzó's men reportedly found one girl dead and one dying and reported that another woman was found wounded while others were locked up.The countess was put under house arrest.

Although it is commonly believed that Báthory was caught in the act of torture, there is little evidence to support this. Initially, Thurzó made the declaration to Báthory's guests and village people that he had caught her red-handed. However, she was arrested and detained prior to the discovery or presentation of the victims. It seems most likely that the whole idea of Thurzó discovering Báthory covered in blood has been the embellishment of fictionalized accounts.

Thurzó debated further proceedings with Elizabeth's son Paul and two of her sons-in-law. A trial and execution would have caused a public scandal and disgraced a noble and influential family (which at the time ruled Transylvania), and Elizabeth's considerable property would have been seized by the crown. Thurzó, along with Paul and her two sons-in-law, originally planned for Elizabeth to be spirited away to a nunnery, but as accounts of her murder of the daughters of lesser nobility spread, it was agreed that Elizabeth Báthory should be kept under strict house arrest and that further punishment should be avoided.

King Matthias urged Thurzó to bring Elizabeth to trial and suggested she be sentenced to death, but Thurzó successfully convinced the king that such an act would negatively affect the nobility. Thurzó's motivation for such an intervention is debated by scholars. It was determined that Matthias would not have to repay his large debt to Elizabeth.

Báthory was imprisoned in Čachtice Castle and placed in solitary confinement. She was kept bricked in a set of rooms, with only small slits left open for ventilation and the passing of food. She remained there for four years, until her death. On 21 August 1614 in the evening her Ladyship complained to her bodyguard that her hands were cold, whereupon he replied "It's nothing Mistress. Just go lie down." She went to sleep and was found dead the following morning. She was buried in the church of Čachtice on 25 November, but due to the villagers' uproar over having "The Tigress of Čachtice" buried in their cemetery, her body was moved to her birth home at Ecsed, where it is interred at the Báthory family crypt.

The Order of the Dragon (want to get rid of Mina and all vampires. And who happen to have a list of vampires handy,since they had a hand in turning them,sort of,or so they say) is at war with the The Order of the Black Roses (which Mina belongs to and strives to protect all vampires regardless if they kill or not. They are just misunderstood,so they say. They are aware of the list and want it since their very existence depends on it. Other vampires are aware of their existence,but want nothing to do with them,since they propagate the popular vampire myth. Vampires just want to be left alone mostly. ) but The Black Roses now have Mick St. John a reluctant vampire. They are both in danger for being associated with each other. The Order is watching her. And if she is seen with him his life would be in danger just for the fact that he is even remotely associated with her,they can't even act like a couple unless they are alone. Even though she is basically protecting everything he stands against,the killing of innocents,and women,they still love each other. She will lay her life down for him in a heartbeat to protect him. And despite some hard times,they everything they still loves each other.

Order of the Dragon

Protecting Humanity from those who want to Destroy it

Mortal Enemies- The Order of the Black Rose

Founded in London England by Dr. Abraham Van Helsing

Marcus Van Helsing (Current Leader)

Current and past members

||Former Members||

Abraham Van Helsing

Jonathan Harker

Dr.John Seward

Quincey Morris

Arthur Holmwood

||Current Members||

James Holmwood

Adelaide Morris

Bridget Bishop

Virginia Dare

This is the group that was started by Abraham Van Helsing in 1898.The Order of the Dragon, or the Ordo Draco, is an order that stands for corruption, murder, and to control people against their free will. They maintain their power through control of important political figures,powerful business leaders. Their main enemy is the Order of the Black Roses. Or Van Helsing and his merry band of trouble makers as Mina calls them. They have compiled a list of vampires since they had a hand in that.
History
They are responsible for Alaric’s transformation into Dracula and the deaths of Mina Harker and are pursing Mina (his daughter) and Mick (Mina's husband) as punishment for their adversaries’ actions against the Order.

In the present, Marcus Van Helsing is the leader of the group. He keeps tabs on Mina,even though she doesn’t know half the time. He also has spies working for him. They even have one on the inside,watching Mina and her people.

After Abraham Van Helsing is killed, The Order is more determined in trying to get revenge on the Order of the Black Roses, for what Alaric did to his family; it has been hinted that with the death of Van Helsing his grandson Marcus who is more ruthless than Abraham will take over creating a bloodbath between the groups. The Order has fallen into chaos, and its sole focus is to rid the Alucard bloodline once and for all with Mina’s demise. If..they can find her.

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Order of the Black Rose

The Children of the night

Mortal Enemies- The Order of the Dragon

Founded in London England by Alaric Alucard in 1898

Mina St. John* (Current leader worldwide)

Mick St.John* (Current leader worldwide)

Josef Kostan (Governor for West Coast)


Current and Former members

||Former Members||

Alaric Alucard

Mina Harker

Andrew Chase

Avaline Chase

Emma Monaghan

Jackson Monaghan

Elizabeth Bathory

||Current Members||

Edward Chase

Thomas Edwards

Paul Clayton

Cordelia Summers

Lucy Westerman

Sarah Andrews

Coraline Duval (excommunicated for trying to produce the cure that turns vampires into humans.)

Alaric Alucard and Mina Harker were members of this order. It is mostly composed of vampires and people who are aware they exist (some are freshies,ie blood donors for them) others are just descendants from the original members. The current leader is Mina Harker. She is trying her best to make the group more “human friendly” to have them rely on blood bags instead of human donors or victims. Mina has two bodyguards who watch her whenever she is in public. But she is mostly alone half of the time. The group is well aware of there being a list of vampires and that the Ordo Draco has it. Vampires are aware that this Order exists,but most hate them since they propagate the vampire myth. They are well aware that the list exists,and they want it. They will stop at nothing to get it,since they very existence depends on it.

He is a vampire who works as a private investigator in Los Angeles, California.


Early Life
Not much is known about his early life. Other than he grew up in Los Angeles.

During World War 2,in 1942 Mina and Mick met for the first time. She was a nurse in a hospital in Paris and he was a soldier. But she was moved to another hospital before they could properly meet. But she never forgot him,that mysterious young man.

Ten years later,Mick and Mina met again at a party where Mick,a was band member at the party, and they instantly fell in love with with each other. Mina sort of remembered him,but Mina broke it off,since she still had the secret of where she came from and wanted to protect him in case the people after her,came for her.

After losing Mina he was really hurt. He stopped at nothing as he looked for her and followed her trying to figure out why she ran so long ago. Mick was working as a Private Investigator when they properly met again. Mina knew still who he was,but pretended that she didn't, when they were both at a crime scene where Mina was working as a reporter. Mina was doing a news report for The Los Angeles Chronicle, where she works. He obviously knew who she was, but she had somehow forgotten who he was. Or did she?

Present Day
They worked together on some cases during that time. But Mina soon found it easier to trust him as he was a vampire,just like her and they worked together more and hung out more. Mina realized there were a lot of vampires and a lot of them were involved in the cases they found their selves working on. And that many of them lived completely normal lives. Mina started to get feelings for him but she was still scared about letting him know about where she came from,her background, and the fact that she was the daughter of the famous Count,so she stayed quiet. Mick never got involved nor asked her. Although they did share a kiss after finishing a case,they didn't admit their feelings to each other for a while. There relationship blooms over times. Mina finally comes clean about her lineage little by little as she begins to trust him more,letting her guard down,little by little. And she comes clean about her feelings;she loved him. No matter how hard she tried to deny it,it was too hard.

Mick saw this as a problem,he had felt like she had lied to him. But she had done it to protect him. Broken hearted and hurt they part ways and Mina leaves to New Orleans to have some space and to think. After a while,she came back looking for him,ready to spill everything. The Order had been watching her really wanted to destroy Mina,and no one could get close enough to her. So they went after Mick. Mina was furious. She let the darkness go and went after the Order in order to save the man she loves. That was the dumbest thing she ever did,because now they are more determined to get both Mick and Mina and make them pay for what they did.

Personality
Mick refuses to kill innocents and only drinks blood either from blood banks or from criminals. Because of his age and experience with humans, Mick is somewhat cynical to people who claim to have an open mind to those who are different. But if anyone tries to hurt "his Mina" he will make them pay. He retains a bit of Vampire Darkness in him.

Vampires are reanimated corpses that drink blood to survive. They are a supernatural predatory species whose origins date back at least over five hundred years. The vampires of Moonlight come from a unique and independent mythology that differs from literary vampires like those of Bram Stoker.

Contents
Biography
Origin
The origin of the vampire race is unknown. Vampires have been found in myths throughout ancient history, implying that they have existed for over three thousand years. Humans did know of vampires' existence at some point and tried to hunt them out of fear, as the 400 year old Josef recalled once that he was chased by an angry mob carrying torches.

21st Century
In modern times, virtually all humans regard vampires as creatures of myth and folklore. They are regarded as nonexistent. This is beneficial to vampires, allowing them to live within human society unoticed.

Physical Appearance
When calm and collected the vampire looks like a normal human, but when a vampire gets mad or hungry their appearance undergoes changes.

Eyes - They gain dark circles around their eyes and their irises become a complete milky white color.
Fangs - Their upper canines elongate and sharpen into fangs.
Skin - Their skin instantly looses most if not all color and becomes pale.
When vampires assume their 'vamp face' they hiss like snakes or growl like lions.

Nutrition
Drinking Blood - They need to drink blood to stay alive but it doesn't need to be fresh as they can steal older blood from blood banks or morgues.
Blood Injections - Vampires can be nourished by injecting themselves with blood in leu of drinking blood.
Weaknesses
Despite their physical superiority and immortality, vampires do have weaknesses.

Wooden Stakes - Unlike mythological vampires, those in Moonlight are not killed by a wooden stake in the heart, but rather merely paralyzed.
Silver - Silver acts as a poison against them.
Fire - Fire will kill them, reducing them to ash with a mere touch. Older vampires are resistant to fire; only harming them as it does human skin.
Sunlight - Unlike mythological vampires, those in Moonlight tend to suffer no immediate effects from sunlight. To vampires who have recently fed, the sun serves only as a mild irritant to them which they can counteract by wearing sunglasses and staying in the shade. Although it can cause loss of strength and dehydration if exposed for long periods of time, especially if the vampire has not fed in a while.
Blood Deprivation - If vampires are deprived of blood for prolonged periods of time, they will show symptoms of dehydration, with the whites of their eyes becoming yellow. This also has psychological affects, eventually causing them to loose control of themselves and reducing them to hungry animals who can't control their thirst.
Decapitation - Decapitation slays vampires as it does humans.
The Cure - A plant that grows in France can temporarily make vampires human again, robbing them of their powers.
Powers & Abilities
Vampires are physically superior to humans.

Immortality - Vampires are immortal; this means that they have an indefinite lifespan and do not physically age beyond the age of their transformation, but they can be killed. The oldest known vampire was at least 500 years old.
Superhuman Senses - Their senses are heightened; as two vampires are shown to have a conversation in a decibel too low for humans to hear. They can see through darkness, which makes them effective predators. Vampires, especially when hungry, can literally see the veins and arteries of humans within their skin as well as the blood flowing through them. Their sense of hearing allows them to hear low sounds from long distances away or to pick up a single conversation from within a large crowd. Mick describes vampire senses as being "heightened to eleven" compared to that of humans. Vampires also seem to have a heightened perception of reality; when she was high on vampire blood, Beth Turner stated that she could feel the air flowing against her skin like "individual molecules" and that she could "feel" the lives of people in their homes around her.
Psychic Visions - Mick states that vampires can glimpse the future and the past to a limited degree.
Superhuman Strength - Vampires possess superior strength compared to that of a normal adult human and can manhandle them with little effort; including restraining or lifting them off the ground by the throat with one hand and throwing them across short distances with great force. Their enhanced strength makes them deadly to humans; able to easily snap their necks with only one hand. Older vampires appear and claim to be stronger than younger ones, this implies that vampires become stronger as they get older. However, it is worth noting that the 85 year old Mick was able to physically overpower a 500 year old vampire, albeit with much effort.
Superhuman Speed - Vampires move so fast that they seem to appear and disappear from a scene in an instant.
Superhuman Agility - Vampires can jump to higher and further than humans and perform parkour feats with ease. They can defy gravity to a degree to achieve this ability.
Superhuman Durability - Being undead, vampires cannot be killed or permanently afflicted by conventional weapons or sources of injury such as gunshots and knives, unless said weapons cause decapitation. They are unaffected by broken bones.
Healing Factor - Vampire are exempt from disease and heal from any non-fatal wounds in an accelerated time frame. Superficial wounds such as those from bullets and even wooden stakes heal in moments without causing the vampire much discomfort, while more severe wounds can cause pain and take time and blood to heal. The healing process as well as its potency is increased when they drink blood.
Creation
Vampires are created from humans.

Siring - To become a vampire, a person is either fed with their sire's blood when close to death or dies with a vampire's blood in his or her system. They body must be preserved for the reanimation to accur, so if the person dies from decapitation, fire, acid, explosions, or massive bodily damage, he or she will not reanimate as a vampire and will die.
Coma - Siring does not always work as sometimes, though rarely, the human will fall into a coma, stop aging but never wake up.
Hunger - All newborn vampires awaken with a deep craving for fresh human blood.
Intoxication - Newborn vampires are often overwealmed by their new strength, speed, and blood hunger. It is very much like drug addiction. This euphoria fades with time as the vampire adjusts to his or her new condition.
Vampire Law - By 'Vampire Law' the sire then must stay with the new vampire until he or she has completed the transformation and knows to keep their secret. If a vampire commits treason, by trying to reveal there secret or not training there offspring the punishment is death.
Physiology
Humans undergo subtle biological and physiological changes during their transformation to vampire.

Body Temperature - Vampires lack body heat due to their bodily functions no longer working. This feature also makes them tolerant of extremely low temperatures. Vampires are affected beneficially by cold temperatures and environments; it relaxes them and simply 'feels good'. This is why they sleep in freezers or in tubs of ice. They cannot suffer brain freeze, frostbite, or hypothermia. According to Mick, drinking fresh blood warms them to an extent.
Genetics - Vampirism affects a person's genetics. A person's DNA is fundamentally altered after the transformation. This alteration makes genetic testing between vampires and their human relatives impossible unless the vampire has a piece of his or her own human DNA from before their transformation, such as a lock of hair. Vampires are also sterile and cannot procreate through sexual intercourse.
Internal Organs - Vampire's bodies are physically deceased. As such, they do not digest food or produce waste.
Preservation - Despite being literal walking corpses, vampires do not decompose while 'alive'. They retain the appearance and bodily condition that they had when they where sired (unless they where sick, such as cancer or radiation poisoning, in which case they are cured and revitalized upon being sired). Despite this, their hair and nails still grow as they did when they were human. Their hair does not change color with time, unless dyed.
Vampire Society
Vampires, as a species, live in secrecy within human society. They seem to have their own government, as there are laws that all vampires are expected to obey under penalty of death. Very few humans in modern day know of the existence of vampires.

Vampire Myths
Moonlight vampires differ from literary vampires in many ways.

They are not killed by sunlight, but they are weakened by it.
A stake through their heart will not kill them, but will paralyze them.
They cast shadows and have reflections.
They are unaffected by garlic, holy water, or crucifixes.
They cannot shapeshift into a bat, wolf, or vapor.
They do not require an invitation to enter a residence.
They cannot control the weather.
They sleep in freezers or in tubs of ice, not coffins.
They do not require their native soil to sleep in.