In the world of medieval times, Vampires and werewolves are real. All too real. They both are not always evil, yet as a whole they each represent dangers to humanity. They have gathered, forming clans, and societies as their numbers grew, though many stuck to isolation. Most vampires look upon humans as food, as do most werewolves, though they look upon each other with great distaste. There have been many skirmishes between vampires and werewolves, even a few minor battles. But an open war would leave them too vulnerable to the humans.
However, as the human mages, vampire warlocks, and werewolf spies gathered information of the arcane, they made a startling discovery. An ancient race of humans had been able to seal off a section of the earth, which was accessible only by strong magic. A great deal of research revealed that hidden here were many treasures, and weapons. Among them, was a tool that could destroy a specific race of people.
This was amazing news to all three factions. The vampires wished to destroy their blood nemesis, the werewolves, in order to minimize the resistance to their workings. The werewolves wished to slay all of the vampires, so that there would be none to truly interfere with their prey. An elite faction of humans, the Hunters, wish to rid the world of these abominations, once and for all.
As the human mages began preparing the magic required to create such a gate to transport a team of the best hunters into the sealed off area, the greatest vampire warlocks began draining the energy of every source they could find, pulling the energy together to warp some of their greatest fighters to the same area. The werewolves were immediately on the prowl, and kidnapped several human mages of equal skill to create the gate for their greatest pack leaders to go in search of the item.
The story starts out with us, among the group sent to this area, completely intent on our cause to destroy those who would destroy us. Before I give the form, there?s going to be a description of each faction.
Vampires
Known for their skill at trickery and deceit, vampires are foes never to be underestimated. They live secluded in dark ness, the great vampire clans forming into one, in the need of preserving their species. Vampires are quicker, and stronger than normal humans, but have no innate resistance to sunlight. They burn in less than a minute under the cruel light of day. They feast upon the blood of others to heal themselves, though they require no true sustenance. They spread vampirism through their bites, though it does not always take in the subject. There is no way to tell whether a person is a vampire or not, at least not without the aid of hunter magic, without getting them out into direct sunlight.
Werewolves
The true beasts of the night. Contrary to popular belief, they do not transform at the full moon, but have control over their form to change at will. With startling agility, strength, and cunning, saying that they are swift death with claws and fangs is not an exaggeration. Werewolves suffer from bloodlust, but most skilled werewolves can control it. Silver weapons however, are surprisingly effective against their flesh. Since they can transform at will, there is almost no way to tell a werewolf in human form from a normal person, besides hunter magic, but they are unable to communicate with speech to anything but other werewolves in their beast form, and are no better than regular humans when they aren?t. Lycanthropy is spread through their claws and their fangs, but it?s not all that common that a victim will become a werewolf.
Hunters
The best of the best. Hunters, humans trained from birth to slay the ?abominations? are trained in almost every field of combat. Their weapons and armor are enchanted with bane-rituals to make it powerful against both vampires and werewolves, and so that they can neither steal nor use it. Enchantments cast upon their bodies as they grey makes them physically competent against the abominations, so they are practically equal with either faction. They supposedly have a cure for the diseases that cause vampirism and lycanthropy, but only if it is used before it sets in.