Because a very long time ago, my ancestor opposed a vampire who would do others harm, and in doing so ran afoul of both humans and daemons. Using a weapon forged from the soul of someone he couldn't save, he took up the mantle of Hunter to set things right as best he could.
[It's text, but it feels recited from memory, something she's heard many times before.]
Those who came after him followed first because we blamed ourselves. Then because we had no choice; as we fought the darkness, we were feared for contact with it. We were exiled. Excommunicated for at least a few centuries, until the situation became so bad that we were called by those who had pushed us aside. And then, it became clear that even as we claimed victory, it would never be eternal. Evil would always rise up again, and it followed that so must we.
That's what I inherited from my brother and my parents and their parents, going back to the 11th century. But whatever you make of yourself, you are the first of it. It would follow that you forge your own idea of your responsibility to this world, would it not?
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[It's text, but it feels recited from memory, something she's heard many times before.]
Those who came after him followed first because we blamed ourselves. Then because we had no choice; as we fought the darkness, we were feared for contact with it. We were exiled. Excommunicated for at least a few centuries, until the situation became so bad that we were called by those who had pushed us aside. And then, it became clear that even as we claimed victory, it would never be eternal. Evil would always rise up again, and it followed that so must we.
That's what I inherited from my brother and my parents and their parents, going back to the 11th century. But whatever you make of yourself, you are the first of it. It would follow that you forge your own idea of your responsibility to this world, would it not?