Long ago, the nobles of Lahmia stole the secret of the elixir of eternal life from the Great Necromancer, Nagash, during the war in which he was expelled from the land of Nehekhara. Over time, corrupted by the secret they had stolen, they became the first true vampires and were themselves driven out. Banished from their ancestral home, the Lahmians became mistresses of seduction and cunning, indulging their hedonistic appetites through manipulation of lesser wills.
Of all the great vampire bloodlines, the Lahmians above all have become most adept at exploiting that great weakness of humanity, the desire for love, power and an escape from death. Their poor, deluded followers do their bidding by night and protect them by day. Their interest in humanity (if interest is the right word to use of what are, after all, merely instruments and playthings) has made them strong.
Now, centuries after they were dispossessed, Nehekhara is once again a land of the dead, and the Lahmian vampires have returned from the Northlands to reclaim their own. In the North, they have learned how to bend humans to their will. In their ancestral home they have older, more faithful servants who, dormant through the centuries, have awaited their return.
Of all the great vampire bloodlines, the Lahmians above all have become most adept at exploiting that great weakness of humanity, the desire for love, power and an escape from death. Their poor, deluded followers do their bidding by night and protect them by day. Their interest in humanity (if interest is the right word to use of what are, after all, merely instruments and playthings) has made them strong.
Now, centuries after they were dispossessed, Nehekhara is once again a land of the dead, and the Lahmian vampires have returned from the Northlands to reclaim their own. In the North, they have learned how to bend humans to their will. In their ancestral home they have older, more faithful servants who, dormant through the centuries, have awaited their return.
