TIBURTIUS: Time For War
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| Tibor’s father was the Lord of Warrington and the surrounding counties, his mother a Hungarian princess descended from the Firenze family, the last of the royal Hungarian households. Lord Warrington married royalty from overseas as an attempt to control the excessive inbreeding of the upper class system in England. Unknown to him Annuska’s family blood held a terrible curse; a hereditary blood condition that would curse the Warrington’s for centuries to come. At the age of 7 Tibor died and was buried in the families royal vault at Warrington castle, the ceremony was one of the largest in England as Tibor was the only issue from Lord Warrington as Lady Annuska died in childbirth. 3 nights later during one of England’s most furious storms a frantic and yet feeble knocking was heard on the castles large door, servants upon opening the door found the unconscious body of Tibor, bedraggled, his nails bloody and ripped from the cuticles. His face was ashen; his eyes wide open and hazed with madness. Little Tibor had been buried alive. |
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Medical examination discovered he had what is known in urban legends as “Dracula’s disease” known amongst medical circles as porphyria.
Throughout his young life Tibor *died* several times more, each time he was watched carefully and eventually came out of the state of catalepsy. Medical intervention each time preceding the *Waking* up process.
When Tibor went through puberty these episodes seemed to stop.
Other symptoms of the disease became more apparent however, light sensitivity, low white blood cell count.
He was observed and diagnosed with several mental disorders but none conclusive, it was eventually put down to his being buried alive as a child; this had left a severe scarring on his psyche.
At the age of 18 Tibor had a sever seizure and fell into a coma, the coma developed into mild episodes of catalepsy and eventually resulted in his death once more.
After the years spent watching him, both his father and the medical profession had grown weary, the final death had come.
Seven consultants were called in and each did prolonged testing, all seven pronounced Tibor truly dead.
He was taken and entombed in a quiet family ceremony once again in the families vault alongside his mother.
Nothing was heard of Tibor again.
Until
4 days after Tibor’s interment – Tibor’s father was found dead and half eaten, the horrific crime was splashed all over the tabloids.
7 days after Tibor’s interment – The family tomb was opened for the burial of Tibor’s father, they found the carcass of Tibor’s mother half eaten, her bones gnawed and strewn around the vault.
14 days after Tibor’s interment – Castle Warrington is mysteriously burnt to the ground.
28 days after Tibor’s interment – Tibor’s stone sarcophagus is opened by the detective at the head of the investigation into the murder of Lord Warrington and the burning of Castle Warrington; Tibor’s body is missing.
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