Rise of Lucan

Military action

The vampire Prince Lucan arrived in Morgau and ingratiated himself with the king of Morgau, then seized the throne. He infected the children of his bloodline with undeath and adopted the faith of the Red Goddess.

The vampire Prince Lucan arrived in Morgau and ingratiated himself with the king of Morgau, then seized the throne. He infected the children of his bloodline with undeath and adopted the faith of the Red Goddess. After his ascendance, he was nearly driven from the throne by the combined armies of Krakova, Doresh, and Endhome. However, his undead strength and persistence gave Prince Lucan an edge, the ability to return again and again and convert his enemies to his side. Furthermore, he made a second alliance, this one with intelligent and organized ghouls. The next attempt to drive him from his throne was a complete rout, with Morgau’s army killing (and devouring) the cream of Krakovan and Magdar nobility on the Field of Salesh.   Within 50 years, Lucan conquered Doresh, but the dwarves of the Ironcrags took Grisal before he could capture that as well. The vampire lords’ undead power and devotion to the Red Goddess make them extremely dangerous, but they fight among themselves more often than with their neighbors. As they have grown more numerous, it becomes harder for them to feed their ghoulish allies. The newly taken Krakova remains a precarious conquest, but a very rich one.