It began with the screams that shattered the quiet morning. Dante had been enjoying his time in the early dawn. Dante was 24 with a lean muscular build, he had black hair and grey eyes. He was already armored when the screaming started, and he was able to grab his weapons. He found his men up and preparing, he ordered them to hurry up and they moved out leaving the manor they were occupying and going into the street of the city. The city was a small walled city. Dante and is men moved down the narrow streets, and he followed the movement of people congregating around a side street. Dante pushed past some people when and came to the scene of the tragedy. The city guard had ringed the scene and Dante could see past them an officer looking at the body of a young woman. Dante and his men approached the ring. “No, one is allowed to approach by order of captain Lucian.” The guard said. “I am Dante, I am a lieutenant of the Black Templar legion” Dante said, “We are here on order to investigate the murders that have been going on”. The guard looked surprised and leaned over and spoke to another guard. The other guard went to the captain he was tall looked to be in his 30’s his hair was white, and he had piercing brown eyes. The guard came to attention and reported to the captain. He looked at the crowd in Dante’s direction and spoke to the Guard. The guard snapped to attention and stepped away. The captain signaled to Dante to come, and Dante told his men to remain and stepped though the line.

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  Dante approached the captain “The told me you were a crusader, and you were here to investigate” the captain said, “I am Captain Lucian and I am the one the Lord placed in charge of this investigation”. Dante extended his hand “I am Dante, Lieutenant in the Black Templar Legion, I was ordered here to aid these investigations by my commander. I have no intention of usurping your authority or taking control of the investigation. “Well, I could probably use some help” Lucian said, “Come take a look”. Dante and Lucian approached the body of the young woman. The body had signs of almost surgical violence, but there seemed to be no blood. The chest was split open and as Dante moved into in check closer, he noticed that Internal Organs were missing. He also saw on the woman's neck marks of a bite. “It looks like this woman was bitten and there is a complete lack of blood” Dante said, “Was she bitten by a vampire or another blood drinker but then why extract the heart after”. Lucian nodded “I did not think we might be dealing with vampires, but I did wonder about the complete lack of blood. We are preparing to move the body to the guard post for a better examination. Would you like to accompany, and we can discuss thing further Dante”. Dante nodded and stood as Lucian signaled his men to take the body.