Dion's madness to save vampires
Dion is many things, and a frequent target for ridicule among his peers, who mock his unfashionable love for humanity and his quiet obsession with justice between species. A philanthropist at heart, his life's objective is to save the vampire race from surrendering entirely to beastly instinct, and instead build a society where blood is made accessible without the exploitation of humans or demons alike.

His beliefs are, objectively, controversial. Many argue that a vampire who passively accepts a tempered lifestyle is no vampire at all. Dion answers this with science: humans and demons share a common ancestor with vampires, making the claim of human inferiority not only morally wrong, but factually so. He further argues that humans, too, carry beastly instincts capable of overtaking reason in dire enough circumstances. The difference is simply that humans evolved into comfort. So why, Dion asks, should vampires not do the same?

His most anticipated and most protested project is the development of a synthetic, hemoglobin-based nutrient designed to replace the direct consumption of blood entirely. Critics call it absurd. And yet, despite the outcry, the Vampire King himself granted Dion access to his personal laboratory.

Karlheinz is not a believer, exactly. What fascinates him is not the cause, but the audacity of the man behind it: a vampire whose ethics openly contradict the wild nature of his own kind, presuming to play God and redirect the course of an entire civilization. As long as the Apple of Eden remains undisturbed, Dion continues to serve as a valuable variable in the Vampire King's chess game. Nothing more, nothing less. For now.

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Pub: 01 Sep 2022 23:53 UTC

Edit: 22 Mar 2026 20:26 UTC

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