When God suspended death itself across the heavens, Eden ceased its endless expansion. Jonah emerged as dusk personified, commanding the inevitable decay that claims all existence. Yet Kuba rebelled against divine order, earning exile for his defiance. Seeking refuge from mortality's grasp, he fled sunlight and discovered the path to eternal life. Norton seized his pen with trembling fingers and struck Kuba's name from the sacred Covenant, replacing it with his own in bold strokes. The progenitor of all vampires—Kuba himself? No matter. When Norton's blade found the vampire progenitor's heart— Then by right of conquest, Norton would become the vampire progenitor!